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\nPRICES The ruling coalition has
\nreached an agreement regarding an offset mechanism for retail fuel prices.
\nAfter Thursday’s government meeting, PM Nicolae Ciuca announced that for the next
\n3 months, starting on the 1st of July, retail fuel prices will be 0.5 leu per
\nlitre lower. Half of the offset package, which amounts to EUR 400 million, will
\nbe covered from the state budget, and the balance by companies operating in
\nthis sector. The mechanism will be regulated under a bill to be passed by the
\ngovernment next week. <\/p>\n
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CORRUPTION The Romanian agriculture minister Adrian Chesnoiu announced
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BULGARIA In Bulgaria, the Liberal PM Kiril Petkov’s
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MEDAL The Romanian David Popovici, 17, is the second swimmer in history
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\nstepping down and withdrawing from the Social Democratic Party over a
\ncorruption investigation. He asked the Chamber of Deputies to lift his
\nparliamentary immunity and claimed he had not committed any offence or act of
\ncorruption. The National Anti-Corruption Directorate had previously requested
\nthe Chamber of Deputies to lift Chesnoiu’s immunity, in order for him to be
\nprosecuted for abuse of office. Judicial sources told AGERPRES news agency on
\nThursday that the investigation concerns the rigging of exams for filling
\npublic positions.<\/span><\/p>\n
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\ncabinet was dismissed through a no-confidence vote, which pushes the country
\ninto a new political crisis, after 3 rounds of elections held last year, AFP
\nand Reuters report. The coalition, formed in December after controversial
\nBoiko Borisov’s 10 years in power, broke up in early June over disagreements
\nconcerning public spending and the country’s stand on North Macedonia’s EU
\naccession negotiations. President Rumen Radev will invite parliamentary parties
\nto negotiations for forming a new government. If they fail, Bulgaria’s
\nParliament will be dismantled and new elections will be held.<\/p>\n
\nstate of emergency introduced in the Republic of Moldova on 24th
\nFebruary, following Russia’s invasion in Ukraine, was extended on Thursday by
\nanother 45 days. The request was tabled to Parliament by PM Natalia Gavrili\u0163a, with
\na majority of 59 MPs voting in favour. The Opposition was against the measure,
\naccusing the government of incompetence, Radio Chi\u015fin\u0103u reports. According to
\nMoldova’s PM, the state of emergency had to be extended given the persistent
\nrisks related to Moldova’s energy supplies, border security and the Ukrainian
\nrefugee crisis.<\/p>\n
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\nto have become world champion in the 200m and 100m freestyle events of the same
\nedition of a championship. The athlete has broken three world junior records in
\nthe World Aquatics Championships underway in Budapest. Romania has another
\nrepresentative in the competition, Robert Glinta, who will compete on Friday in
\nthe 50 meter backstroke race. Glinta ended the 100m race on the eighth
\nposition. Another two Romanian athletes, Angelica Muscalu and Constantin
\nPopovici, will be competing in the dive event of the competition. (AMP)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"