MEETING Romania’s president Klaus Iohannis on
\nThursday gave assurances to the foreign ambassadors accredited to Bucharest that
\nhe would see to it that Romania remains a vector of stability and a firm
\npromoter of democracy at international level. Against the present international
\nbackground fraught with risks, challenges as well as new and old threats, the
\nneed for a North-Atlantic alliance strong, united and effective is bigger than
\never, the head of the Romanian state went on to say adding that NATO is a successful
\nmilitary alliance and we are going to continue to work in tight connection with
\nthe other allies to make it even stronger. As for the relation with Chisinau,
\nRomania will resume full cooperation with the ex-soviet, Romanian-speaking
\nRepublic of Moldova when it learns that at government level actions have been
\ntaken for this country’s implementation of the European road-map. During the
\nmeeting with the ambassadors in Bucharest, the Romanian president presented the
\nmain directions of Romania’s foreign policy this year with emphasis on the
\nconsolidation and extension of the country’s strategic partnership with the USA
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RESPONSIBILITY The Romanian government will assume responsibility
\nfor the law on the two-round election of mayors, Prime Minister Ludovic Orban
\nannounced on Thursday. According to the Liberals, the move will give the local
\nofficials elected more legitimacy and representation. Marcel Ciolacu, the
\ninterim president of the opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) has said that
\nhis party together with the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania
\nUDMR will table a censure motion against the executive but that will not lead
\nto snap election. ‘We will prove that we have the capability of creating a new
\nParliament majority’, Ciolacu went on to say. The Save Romania Union has hailed
\nthe Romanian government’s decision recalling the idea of switching to the
\ntwo-round system of voting was a major objective in the agreement concluded
\nwith the government. Assuming responsibility is a ‘brave initiative’ which the
\ncentre-to-right People’s Movement Party will support in Parliament, Eugen
\nTomac, the president of the aforementioned party said. Romania’s president
\nKlaus Iohannis is totaly supporting the government’s initiative, which he
\nconsiders a correct, democratic and normal move. Also on Thursday the
\ngovernment postponed until August 1st the implementation of a law on doubling
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TENNIS The fourth-seeded tennis
\nplayer Simona Halep of Romania will be taking on Jennifer Brady of the US in
\nthe first round of Australian Open due to kick off in Melbourne on Monday.
\nAnother two Romanians are on the main draw, Sorana Cirstea and Irina Begu,
\nwhile Ana Bogdan, also from Romania, will be playing in the qualification’s
\nlast round. On Thursday, Halep lost to Arina Sabalenka of Belarus and was
\neliminated from the quarterfinals of the WTA tournament in Adelaide. <\/p>\n
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