Government.<\/strong> The Romanian prime minister Ludovic Orban has announced that
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Revolution.<\/strong> A series of events
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Colectiv trial.<\/strong> The Bucharest
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France strikes. <\/strong>French public sector
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Handball.<\/strong> The Romanian women’s
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\nhis cabinet will next Tuesday ask Parliament for a vote of confidence on a
\nnumber of important bills, including those on budget caps and the amendment of
\nthe justice laws. The Liberal prime minister says the budget cap law is
\nnecessary to finalise the state and social security budget bill. The amendment
\nof the justice laws refers to the prorogation of the deadlines for the early
\nretirement of magistrates, the transition from two to three-judge panels and
\nthe seniority required for becoming a magistrate. In another move, the
\ngovernment has adopted a bill on the government’s ability to issue emergency
\norders while Parliament breaks up for the winter holidays. The government will
\nthus be able to issue simple orders in areas that are not covered by organic
\nlaws, between Parliament’s final session this year and its first session next
\nyear. The areas in question are public finance, economy, energy and business,
\npublic works, development and administration, home affairs, transport,
\ninfrastructure and communications, culture, European funds and healthcare. <\/p>\n
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\ncelebrating the 30th anniversary of the December anticommunist
\nrevolution has begun in Timisoara, in the west of the country. Over the course
\nof two weeks, marches will be held following the routes of the Revolution, as
\nwell as remembrance services and tributes to those who died, festive
\nassemblies, conferences, exhibitions, concerts, book launches and events
\ndedicated to the young generations in order to keep alive the memory of those who
\nsacrificed their lives to freedom. 17th of December will be a day of
\nmourning and on the 20th of December the events will feature
\nfestivities and grandiose concerts dedicated to the day 30 years ago when
\nTimisoara became the first city in Romania to declare itself free of communism.
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\nTribunal is expected on Monday to issue the first ruling in a trial that began
\nin the aftermath of a fire that broke out in October 2015 at the Bucharest club
\nColectiv and in which 65 people were killed and several hundred wounded. On
\ntrial are the club’s owners, the fire safety people who inspected the club, the
\nformer mayor of the sector where the club was located and representatives of
\nthe company that installed the fireworks that caused the fire. Friday saw the
\nhearing of the former health minister Nicolae Banicioiu as part of
\ninvestigations into how the Romanian authorities acted in the immediate
\naftermath of the fire. Baniciou said at the time that the Romanian authorities
\ndid not need help from abroad to treat the wounded. A year later, the parents
\nof the victims filed a criminal complaint with the Prosecutor General’s Office
\nin which a number of government and health officials were blamed for the
\nauthorities’ handling of the situation. The Prosecutor General’s Office opened
\na criminal investigation for aggravated manslaughter, abuse of office and
\nnegligence in employment with respect to the authorities’ intervention. <\/p>\n
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\ntrade unions continue their strike against the reform of the pension system.
\nThe yellow vests are joining the protests. The biggest disruptions are reported
\nin the railway and public transport in the Paris region. According to Radio
\nRomania’s correspondent in Paris, things may complicate even further on Monday,
\nwhen refinery workers are planning to join the strike. Air transport and
\nairport services, on the other hand, return to normal. The government has
\ncontracted a number of bus companies to travel between airports and Paris in
\norder to reduce some of the chaos faced, in particular, by tourists, during the
\nwinter holidays. The government has invited trade unions and employers’
\nassociations to hold fresh talks on Monday, but the people on strike do not
\nwant to end their protest unless the government completely gives up plans to
\nreplace the current pension system with a point-based one. Trade unions are also
\npreparing a huge protest for Tuesday, which they already refer to as black
\nTuesday.<\/p>\n
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\nhandball side on Sunday face Russia after defeating Hungary 28-27 in a dramatic
\nmatch on Friday to reach the Main Round of the World Championships under way in
\nJapan. Romania will next be playing Sweden on Tuesday and Japan on Wednesday. All
\nmatches will take place in Kumamoto. Having previously failed to win any points
\nagainst Spain and Montenegro, Romania have zero points thus far in the Main
\nRound ranking. <\/p>\n