Talks.<\/strong> Romanian president Klaus Iohannis is meeting prime minister
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Diplomacy.<\/strong> The foreign ministers of
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Death.<\/strong> Romania lost two well-known
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Tennis. <\/strong>The Romanian-German pair Horia Tec\u0103u and Kevin Krawietz reached
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Football.<\/strong> Romania defeated Liechtenstein 2-nil on Sunday in Bucharest
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\nFlorin C\u00ee\u021bu today to discuss the government crisis. On Saturday, he called on
\nthe Save Romania Union and PLUS Alliance to resume dialogue within the
\ncoalition and to find a viable and rational solution to unblock the situation.
\nThe president criticised the Alliance for its possible association with the
\nAlliance for the Union of Romanians, a party considered extremist and
\nanti-western, accusing it of betraying the will of the people who placed their
\nhopes in a centre-right coalition for the development of their country. Also
\ntoday, Parliament’s standing bureaus are meeting to discuss the timetable for
\ndebating and discussing the no-confidence motion filed by the Save Romania
\nUnion and PLUS Alliance, in the ruling coalition, and the opposition Alliance
\nfor the Union of Romanians. The former say they want to remain in the coalition
\nwith the National Liberal Party and the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians
\nin Romania, but that they no longer support Florin C\u00ee\u021bu as prime minister. The
\nAlliance for the Union of Romanians says the motion seeks to bring down the
\ncurrent government and that it will join forces neither with the Social
\nDemocratic Party, the main opposition party, nor with the Save Romania Union
\nand PLUS Alliance. The Social Democrats for the moment gave up filing their own
\nno-confidence motion and say that if the current motion is put to the vote,
\nthey will vote in favour. The liberal leadership reiterated their support for C\u00ee\u021bu but called for the resumption of dialogue in the coalition. The
\nDemocratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania also called for
\nresponsibility, saying no other government formula is possible at the moment. <\/p>\n
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\nthe Republic of Moldova, Greece, Italy and India are the special guests of this
\nyear’s edition of the Annual Meeting of the Romanian Diplomacy which is getting
\nunder way tomorrow in Bucharest. Participants will discuss the role of
\ndiplomacy to consolidate Romania’s resilience. The event, which is
\ntraditionally held by the foreign ministry around the date of Romanian
\nDiplomacy Day, is held this time online. It brings together the heads of
\nRomania’s diplomatic missions and consular offices abroad and its special guests will include the vice-president of the European Commission for Democracy
\nand Demography Dubravka \u0160uica and the Secretary
\nGeneral of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Helga Schmid.<\/p>\n
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\npublic figures on Sunday: actor Ion Caramitru, currently the director of the
\nNational Theatre in Bucharest and a former minister of culture and president of
\nthe Romanian theatre union. He was also one of the best known figures of the
\nRomanian communist revolution of 1989. He passed away, aged 79, only hours
\nafter former rowing Olympic champion Ivan Patzaichin, aged 71. Patzaichin
\ntook part in five Olympic Games, winning 5 medals, and also had 22 world
\ntitles. We are saying goodbye to two of the most beloved Romanians, wrote
\npresident Klaus Iohannis on Facebook.<\/p>\n
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\nthe men’s doubles quarterfinals at the US Open after defeating the
\nMexican-Argentinean pair Santiago Gonzalez and Andres Molteni. Tec\u0103u and Krawietz,
\nwho are seeded sixth, will next be facing Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey of the
\nUS. In the women’s doubles, Raluca Olaru of Romania and Nadiia Kichenok of
\nUkraine reached the last 16 after winning against Andrea Petkovic of Germany
\nand Ajla Tomljanovic of Australia. They will next be playing Alexa Guarachi of
\nChile and Desirae Krawczyk of the US. The all-Romanian pair Monica Niculescu and
\nGabriela Ruse are today facing Leylah Fernandez of Canada and Erin Routliff of
\nNew Zealand in the last 16. Romania has no player in the singles competition,
\nafter 12th seed Simona Halep lost to Elina Svitolina on Sunday. Halep
\nmissed both Roland Garros and Wimbledon because of an injury. <\/p>\n
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\nand went up to third place in World Cup qualifying group J, with 9 points. Romania
\nwon their second consecutive victory in this qualifying campaign, after 2-nil
\nagainst Iceland away. On Wednesday, they will play North Macedonia in Skopje,
\nwho are currently in fourth place. Germany top the group with 12 points,
\nfollowed by Armenia with 10. Winning the group means qualifying for the World
\nCup, which will be hosted by Qatar, while the second-placed side will go into
\nplay-offs. (CM)<\/p>\n