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VISIT Romania is a serious partner, responsible and committed to meeting its EU objectives and implementing the regulations adopted by the European institutions, the country's Prime Minister, Victor Orban said during his talks with the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels. The EU is by Romania's side and the block is getting ready for the digital era for which it counts on Bucharest's support, as this country has an excellent reputation in this field, the EU official said. Also high on the talks agenda were economic and justice issues. Orban is also seeing today the NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg and will be having talks with Antonio Lopez Isturiz, secretary general of the European People's Party to which the Romanian National Liberal Party is affiliated. The Romanian Prime Minister began his working visit to Brussels on Tuesday and has so far held talks with officials of the European Council, the European Commission and Parliament.
FORECAST The World Bank has revised up to 3.9% its forecast for Romania's economic growth in 2019, 0.3 % more than the forecast in June last year, shows the Global Economic Prospects report published on Wednesday. According to the same sources Romania is expected to register a GDP growth of 3.4%, 0.1 % higher than the previous forecast. In spite of improved performances, the World Bank believes the GDP growth will significantly slow down to 3.1% in 2021 and 2022. The World Bank estimates a slight economic growth all over the world in 2020, which is expected to reach 2.5% after the slowdown last year. The World Bank has cautioned about this growth, which it described as fragile and subject to potential risks.
YO 35 athletes will be representing Romania at the 2020 Youth Olympics due in Lausanne, Switzerland over January 9 and 22. According to a communiqué issued by the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee the Romanian athletes will be competing in several disciplines, such as biathlon, bob-sleigh, ice hockey, speed skating, sledge, ski-jumping, alpine skiing, cross-country skiing and snowboarding. At the previous edition in Lillehammer, Norway, the first medals in the history of Romania's participation in such an event went to Eduard Casaneanu, who walked away with gold from the ice-hockey event and Mihaela Hogas, who won bronze in the speed skating race.
HANDBALL Romania's national handball side is in Italy. There our handballers are to take on Italy, Georgia and Kosovo over January 10th and 12th in the first stage of their qualification for the World Championship in Egypt next year. Coach Rares Fortuneanu, who is also coaching French side Saint Raphael, has voiced optimism concerning Romania's qualification for the final tournament next year, the first attended by 32 sides. We recall that the Romanian women's representative had made it to the main groups of the World Championship held last month in Japan.
UNEMPLOYMENT In November last year Romania reported an unemployment rate of 4% the same level of October, data released by the National Institute for Statistics on Thursday show. Unemployment among men exceeded unemployment among women by 0.9%. The number of unemployed among those with ages between 15 and 74 stood at 366 thousand people in November last year. The number of unemployed with ages between 25 and 74 accounts for 70% of the total number of unemployed in November 2019. According to the same sources, Romania registered a trade deficit of 15.5 billion euros last year, 2.1 billion more than in the same period of 2018. Imports went up by 4.1% while exports only by 1.7%
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