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SOLDIERS The four Romanian servicemen wounded in a bomb attack in Afghanistan on Saturday are now out of danger. An improvised explosive device went off close to the military vehicles of the Romanian Battalion 300 Saint Andrew on a patrol mission on that day. The explosion was followed by an attack with light infantry weapons by insurgents, which was repelled with support from the US ground and air troops. The four wounded soldiers were stabilized and transferred to the Kandahar Air base. In 2019, the Romanian army will dispatch 780 servicemen to Afghanistan, the Romanian defense ministry announced last year. Romanian Battalion 300 participates in a NATO- coordinated mission, which has brought together 16 thousand servicemen from 40 countries. The most numerous contingents have been deployed by the USA, 85 hundred soldiers, Germany 13 hundred and Italy with 9 hundred.
POLL Romania's main opposition party, the National Liberal Party (PNL) estimates the turnout in the EU parliamentary elections on May 26th and the referendum on justice around 50%. Liberal leader Ludovic Orban believes the Foreign Ministry will open only few polling stations for the Romanians abroad and voiced his concern about this situation. According to Orban, most of the Romanians who left the country did it because of the lack of prospects and the way in which the Social-Democrats ruled the country, and that means the Romanians abroad would vote for the opposition. The fact they aren't allowed to cast their vote would affect the outcome of the elections. In another development, Calin Popescu Tariceanu, leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in Romania, (ALDE) currently ruling the country together with the Social Democrats has said that president Klaus Iohannis is using this referendum for a better start in the presidential race. Iohannis has recently announced the issues to be voted on during the referendum - a ban on amnesty and pardon for corruption offenses as well as a ban on emergency ordinances for crimes, penalties and judicial organization, correlated with the right of authorities to directly notify the Constitutional Court over these ordinances.
GROWTH The spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank ended in Washington in an optimistic tone as the United States hinted that its trade disputes with China might come to an end, and that could translate into a genuine kick-start for the world economy. Trade disputes and restrictive financial conditions are among the biggest threats to a world economy that is currently slowing down. A strengthened global growth is expected for the next year, while according to experts, 2019 has seen the slowest growth in the past three years. Central Banks and fiscal authorities have limited options to foster recovery next year though, an IMF communiqué also reads. Besides expectations for global economic growth next year, the challenges the world economy will be facing are: trade tensions, geopolitical risks and political instability. Finance officials, including Romanian line minister Eugen Teodorovici, have agreed to take action in order to protect economic growth.
TENNIS A pair made up Romanian tennis players Sorana Carstea and Andreea Mitu is today taking on Veronica Kudermetova of Russia and Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan in the doubles finals of the WTA tournament in Lugano, Switzerland. For the two Romanians this is the first finals in 2019. Cirstea has four WTA titles won in doubles matches and five finals played, while Mitu has three titles and a finals.
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