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TALKS After a new round of talks with leaders of Parliament parties on the referendum on justice held in Romania last month, the country's president Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday announced that he had invited political parties to sign a pact for strengthening Romania's European progress. The document refers to putting the referendum's results into legislation and revising the justice laws in keeping with recommendations from the Venice Commission and the European Commission. Iohannis also proposed that the signatories of the document pledge to put into legislation a.s.a.p the measures needed for guaranteeing the Romanian citizens' right to vote both in the country and abroad. The statements come after the talks the president held with the representatives of the ruling PSD and ALDE, the representatives of the People's Party Movement and of the minorities in Romania. On Tuesday, the first day of talks, president Iohannis met with the leaders of the Liberals, the Save Romania Union and UDMR, the Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania.
TENNIS The game pitching Romanian Simona Halep, the defending champion and the world's number three tennis player against the young US challenger Amanda Anisimova in the quarter finals of the Roland Garros tournament scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed. This would be Anisimova's first quarter finals match in a Grand Slam tournament and the winner of this match will be playing in the semifinals the winner of the game between US player Madison Keys and Ashleigh Barty of Australia.
WEATHER A yellow warning for unstable weather and heavy downpours has been issued for the whole Romanian territory until Friday night. The sky will be overcast in most of the regions and torrential rain as well as gale-force wind, hail and thunderstorms are expected in the country's west, south-west, north and center. Maximum temperatures are ranging between 22 and 30 degrees Celsius. Flood alerts have been issued for several rivers including the Danube. According to official sources, roughly 160 towns and villages in 28 counties as well as capital Bucharest have been affected by the latest heavy downpours. Landslides have disrupted traffic on several national and county roads.
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