FOOTBALL Romania's national football side on Monday night clinched a 4-0 win against the selection of Malta in group F of the 2020 European Football Championship preliminaries. On Friday Romania ended their away game against Norway in a 2-all draw but in March they lost to Sweden in Stockholm 2-1. Our footballers have also secured a 4-1 home win against the Faeroe Islands. Spain tops the table with 12 points followed by Sweden and Romania, each with 7 points. The preliminaries are to resume in September when Romania will be up against Spain in Bucharest. The first two sides in the group will book tickets for the final tournament whose lots are to be drawn in Bucharest on November 30th. The Romanian capital is to host four matches of the final tournament, three in the group stage and one in the round of 16. We recall that also this month, Romania's Under 21 football selection will be playing in the European Championship in Italy and San Marino. Romania is part of group C together with England, France and Croatia.
EXPLANATIONS Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu has today been invited to the Chamber of Deputies upon a request from the opposition National Liberal Party and the Save Romania Union to speak in the 'Government's Hour'. Also on Tuesday the Senate is debating upon a simple motion tabled against the Foreign Minister on the situation during the May 26th election when many Romanians abroad had difficulty in casting their ballot. The opposition MPs are calling for Melescanu's resignation. On Monday the Foreign Minister again asked the Romanians abroad to forgive him but said that the Ministry had fulfilled its legal obligations. Melescanu has announced that talks are to be held at the embassies where voters faced difficulty during the elections in order to find the culprits and see to it that the situation will not repeat.
FILE The Prosecutor General of the Republic of Moldova, an ex-Soviet Romanian-speaking country, has opened a file on the possible funding of the Socialist Party of president Igor Dodon by the Russian Federation. In another development, Dodon has announced that he cancelled the decree signed by Pavel Filip on dismantling Parliament and staging snap election on September 6th. On June 9th the Constitutional Court in the Republic of Moldova suspended Dodon from the position of president and appointed Prime Minister Pavel Filip as the country's interim president. The Democratic Party of controversial businessman Vlad Plahotniuc believes the legal government is that led by Filip. The first meeting of the new cabinet led by pro-European Maia Sandu, which enjoys the Socialists' support, in spite of the Constitutional Court's invalidation took place on Monday. Sandu has given assurances the government will succeed in unblocking foreign funding, especially from the EU. The meeting was held on the Parliament premises as the new cabinet was denied access to the government building, which is controlled by the executive team of Filip. The Democratic Party has invited all the Parliament parties to identify solutions for overcoming the political deadlock. Andrei Nastase, one of the leaders of the ACUM bloc, has answered favorably, saying these talks must take place.
CONFERENCE Romania's Foreign Ministry is today staging an international conference on the strategic partnership relations between the EU and China. The event, which is held under the auspices of Romania's presidency of the EU, is aimed at promoting an inclusive dialogue platform for the relations between the EU and China. High on the agenda are talks about the future strategic EU-China partnership, the Europe-Asia connectivity and the cooperation between the EU and China in a multilateral format. The event has brought together representatives of the foreign ministries and the academic world from the EU members and China, as well as representatives of the European institutions.
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