21 January, 2018

21 january, 2018 Tens of thousands of people protest in Romania against judicial overhaul./ Social Democratic Party to discuss new government's membership on Monday.

Protests. Tens of thousands of people protested on Saturday night in Bucharest and other big cities across Romania against the overhaul of the justice laws adopted by Parliament last month and the recent tax measures taken by the government. People from around the country came to Bucharest to join the protest. Traffic in the centre of Bucharest was disrupted and some incidents were reported between protesters and the security forces. The protesters gathered in the University Square before setting off on a march towards Parliament Palace, which they picketed for dozens of minutes. They shouted slogans criticising the government and the ruling coalition and demanding an independent justice system. In solidarity with the protesters in Romania, many Romanians living abroad took to the streets in several European cities, such as Milan, Budapest, Madrid and Paris.


Government. The National Committee of the Social Democratic Party, the senior partner in the ruling coalition in Romania, meets on Monday to discuss the membership of the new government. President Klaus Iohannis accepted the nomination of the Social Democratic MEP Viorica Dancila for the position of prime minister at the proposal of the Social Democrats and their ruling partners, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats. The Social Democrat leader and speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Liviu Dragnea has said Parliament will meet in extraordinary session on the 29th of January to vote on the new government and adopt the governing platform. Outgoing Social Democrat prime minister Mihai Tudose resigned almost a week ago after losing his party's political support. On Friday, the minister for European funds Marius Nica also tendered his resignation.


Australian Open. Tenth seed Romanian pair Irina Begu and Monica Niculescu on Sunday reached the women's doubles quartefinals at the Australian Open after their opponents, the Ukrainian-Australian pair Nadia Kichenok and Anastasia Rodionova withdrew. Begu and Niculescu will next face either the American-Czech pair Nicole Melichar and Kveta Peschke or the all-American pair Jennifer Brady and Vania King. The Romanian-Brazilian pair Sorana Cirstea and Beatriz Haddad Maia lost in the fourth round to the Czech pair Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova. On Monday, top seed and world no. 1 Simona Halep plays against Japan's Naomi Osaka in the fourth round. Halep advanced to this stage of the competition after a dramatic 3h 45 m match against the American player Lauren Davis, who is no. 76 in the world.


Tourism. Romania has taken part in the International Travel Fair in Madrid which comes to an end today. Romania's promotional campaign is entitled Romania - A Tourist Destination for 365 Days a Year. To celebrate the Centenary of the Great Union, the Romanian stand featured a replica of the gates to the citadel of Alba Iulia, in the centre. Throughout the fair, visitors to the Romanian stand have been able to find out more about the Great Union anniversary and about Romanian tourist offers, such as cultural packages, nature tourism, rural tourism, city break packages, active and adventure tourism and spa and wellness tourism. Also, six Romanian travel companies have attended a travel fair in Helsinki, the biggest in Scandinavia. These companies promoted luxury tourism and ecological tourism, local products, packages focused on nature, photography and cycling, as well as experience exchanges in agriculture and Untold Festival, the largest electronic music festival in Romania.


Weather. Meteorologists have today issued a yellow code alert for snow in half of Romania's counties in the south-west, south, centre and south-east. The alert is in place starting tonight until Monday night. 



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