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MEETING Romania's president Klaus Iohannis on Thursday gave assurances to the foreign ambassadors accredited to Bucharest that he would see to it that Romania remains a vector of stability and a firm promoter of democracy at international level. Against the present international background fraught with risks, challenges as well as new and old threats, the need for a North-Atlantic alliance strong, united and effective is bigger than ever, the head of the Romanian state went on to say adding that NATO is a successful military alliance and we are going to continue to work in tight connection with the other allies to make it even stronger. As for the relation with Chisinau, Romania will resume full cooperation with the ex-soviet, Romanian-speaking Republic of Moldova when it learns that at government level actions have been taken for this country's implementation of the European road-map. During the meeting with the ambassadors in Bucharest, the Romanian president presented the main directions of Romania's foreign policy this year with emphasis on the consolidation and extension of the country's strategic partnership with the USA as well as on the increasing role Romania must have in the EU and NATO.
RESPONSIBILITY The Romanian government will assume responsibility for the law on the two-round election of mayors, Prime Minister Ludovic Orban announced on Thursday. According to the Liberals, the move will give the local officials elected more legitimacy and representation. Marcel Ciolacu, the interim president of the opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) has said that his party together with the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania UDMR will table a censure motion against the executive but that will not lead to snap election. 'We will prove that we have the capability of creating a new Parliament majority', Ciolacu went on to say. The Save Romania Union has hailed the Romanian government's decision recalling the idea of switching to the two-round system of voting was a major objective in the agreement concluded with the government. Assuming responsibility is a 'brave initiative' which the centre-to-right People's Movement Party will support in Parliament, Eugen Tomac, the president of the aforementioned party said. Romania's president Klaus Iohannis is totaly supporting the government's initiative, which he considers a correct, democratic and normal move. Also on Thursday the government postponed until August 1st the implementation of a law on doubling child benefits for which no funds have been found yet.
TENNIS The fourth-seeded tennis player Simona Halep of Romania will be taking on Jennifer Brady of the US in the first round of Australian Open due to kick off in Melbourne on Monday. Another two Romanians are on the main draw, Sorana Cirstea and Irina Begu, while Ana Bogdan, also from Romania, will be playing in the qualification's last round. On Thursday, Halep lost to Arina Sabalenka of Belarus and was eliminated from the quarterfinals of the WTA tournament in Adelaide.
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