PM Viorica Dăncilă has asked policy makers in Parliament on Wednesday to have a decent political language and to refrain from „actions that might hurt Romania’s image”, amid preparations for Romania to take over the Presidency of the EU Council ...
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A SPP NCO was found shot dead in Libya, where he was on duty, on an international protection mission under the UN aegis. He was found dead in his room inside the UN base. The Protection and Guard Service (SPP) ...
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Judge Lia Savonea, seen as being close to the Social-Democratic Party, has been validated on Wednesday by the plenum of the Superior Council of Magistracy for the office of CSM chairperson. Savonea was the only candidate for this position. Prosecutor ...
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The votes on the 2019 draft budget and the pensions law have been postponed in Parliament on Wednesday over problems with the ruling majority in Parliament. The Government has officially invoked that in the case of the draft budget the ...
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An overwhelming majority of Romanians (91%) are opposing amnesty and pardon for the corruption crimes, says an ISSPOL opinion poll commissioned by Geeks for Democracy NGO. Moreover, a potential emergency ordinance or bill on pardon and amnesty is not popular ...
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The Hungarian minority’s party, UDMR, has not yet decided to vote for or against the censure motion against the Government, claiming the reason is related to the opposition’s failure to propose a prime minister, ministers, governing programme. UDMR leader Kelemen ...
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Several localities and county councils in the counties of Maramures, Satu Mare, Salaj and Bistrita want to launch, by January 15, 2019, an association called ‘Northern Transylvania Province’ with the aim to consolidate the state by the region’s economic development. ...
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Belgium-based WDP has signed an agreement for the development and lease of 77,000 m²of logistics warehouse space at its existing site in Bucharest for retailer Auchan. The investment budget amounts to about EUR 45 million. This new development emphasizes WDP’s ...
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At least three people have been killed in a shooting in the eastern French city of Strasbourg. Parts of the city are still on lockdown and a major security operation is underway around the city’s famed Christmas market. A gunman ...
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The European Parliament has give its go-ahead on Tuesday for Romania and Bulgaria to join Schengen free zone, without being linked to the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism report. MEPs have approved the report by 514 votes to 107 and 38 ...
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