AGREEMENT The PM
\nof Romania Marcel Ciolacu and the representatives of farmers and carriers
\nFriday reached an agreement ending the recent protests. On Monday, the PM’s
\noffice will set up an inter-ministry committee tasked with identifying the best
\nsolutions for the protesters’ demands. Farmers and carriers in Romania
\nprotested for 3 weeks against high business costs, low prices for produce, the
\nimport of cheap foodstuffs from Ukraine and the constraints introduced by the
\nEU as part of its climate change action.<\/p>\n
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COMMEMORATION A
\nceremony commemorating the prominent politician Iuliu Maniu, a former prime
\nminister of Romania and leader of the National Christian-Democratic Party, was
\nheld on Saturday at the Memorial for the victims of communism in Sighetu
\nMarma\u0163iei (north-west). Maniu died on the night of February 4 1953, in the political
\nprison in Sighet, where he was serving a life sentence for high treason
\npronounced by the communist regime. His name was cleared under a Supreme Court
\nruling in 1998, and a monument was erected in his honour in the Revolution
\nSquare in Bucharest.<\/p>\n
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MOLDOVA Chi\u015fin\u0103u
\nextended an entry ban against the leader of the Romanian nationalist party AUR,
\nGeorge Simion, by another 5 years. Under Moldova’s legislation, foreigners may
\nbe declared undesirables if they have or if there are strong reasons to believe
\nthey intend to conduct activities likely to endanger the country’s national
\nsecurity or public order. According to the R. of Moldova, the Romanian
\nauthorities have been notified in this respect, and George Simion challenged
\nthe decision in court. The AUR leader was expelled from Moldova in 2018, with
\nan entry ban in place for a period of 5 years.<\/p>\n
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MIDDLE EAST The
\nUS conducted scores of air raids against targets operated by Iran-controlled
\ngroups in Iraq and Syria. The Pentagon said the raids were a response to the recent
\ndrone attack by Iran-supported fighters, which killed 3 US troops at a military
\nbase in Jordan, the BBC reports. Taking part in Friday’s raids were B1
\nlong-range bombers, flying out of the US. Iran condemned the strikes, claiming
\nthey violated the sovereignty of Syria and Iraq, AFP reports. In Bagdad, a
\ngovernment spokesman announced the US strikes in western Iraq killed at least
\n16 people, including civilians. Meanwhile, the US state secretary Antony
\nBlinken will travel to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Israel and the West Bank
\nbetween February 4-8, primarily to reach a deal securing the freeing of all the
\nIsraeli hostages kept in Gaza following the Hamas terror attack of October 7.<\/p>\n
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TENNIS The
\nRomanian player Marius Copil takes on Stefanos Tsitsipas, no. 10 in the world,
\nin Athens today, in the first match between Romania and Greece in the playoffs
\nfor the Davis Cup World Group I. The second singles match will be pitting Nicholas
\nDavid Ionel against Aristotelis Thanos. The doubles match and 2 other singles
\ngames are scheduled for Sunday. Romania and Greece played twice against each
\nother in the Davis Cup before, with one win each. Previously in this year’s competition,
\nin the first round of the World Group I, Romania lost to Taiwan and Greece was
\ndefeated by Slovakia. (AMP)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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