GOVERNMENT Romania’s Prime Minister designate Ludovic
\nOrban has submitted to Parliament a list of the new cabinet’s ministers and the
\nupdated governing programme with a view to launching procedures for their swearing
\nin. Orban has specified the new cabinet has the same ministers as the one sacked
\nthrough a no-confidence motion last week. We recall the motion had been tabled
\nby the Social Democrats and UDMR in response to the former cabinet’s assuming
\nresponsibility for returning to the two-round voting system in the local election.
\nThe Liberals have announced they are not going to vote for their own executive
\nhoping this will lead to early election. However, the Social Democrats, who aren’t
\nin favour of early election, said they are ready for any kind of election. In
\nthe meantime, the Social-Democrats have notified the country’s Constitutional
\nCourt, dissatisfied with Orban’s second nomination as a Prime Minister and are
\ninvoking an institutional conflict between Parliament and the presidency. <\/p>\n
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HANDBALL Thailand will be Romania’s opponent in the women’s
\npre-Olympic handball tournament in Montenegro together with the host country
\nand Norway, the International Handball Federation has announced. The
\ntournaments will be held over March 20th and 22nd. The
\nfirst two sides in each tournament will qualify for the upcoming Tokyo
\nOlympics. <\/p>\n
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MEETING Romania’s Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu on Monday met Rafael
\nGrossi, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the
\nsidelines of the International Conference on Nuclear Security held under the
\npresidency of Romania and the Republic of Panama. Aspects related to political
\nand technical cooperation between Bucharest and IAEA were tackled as well as
\ntopical issues on international agenda with emphasis on Iran’s nuclear programme.
\nAurescu mentioned the IAEA designation of the International Institute of
\nNuclear Research in Pitesti, southern Romania as an International Centre of
\nExcellency for Research Reactors. The International Conference on Nuclear
\nSecurity is an IAEA major event in the field of nuclear security and takes
\nplace once in three years. <\/p>\n
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STATISTICS The trade balance deficit deepened in
\nRomania in 2019, standing at 17.28 billion euros, by 2.16 billion more than in
\n2018. Exports increased by 1.9% and imports by 4.2%, according to data released
\non Monday by the National Statistics Institute. The highest shares in the
\nstructure of exports and imports are represented by automobiles and transport
\nequipment and other manufactured goods. 6.9% of total exports was represented
\nby foodstuffs and livestock, while the imports of the same category of goods
\nstood at 7.8%. According to the Institute, Romania’s exports of raw materials,
\nnon-food products, mineral fuels and lubricants dropped. <\/p>\n
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