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  • 16 June, 2017

    16 June, 2017

    Government. The prime minister of the leftist government in Bucharest,
    Sorin Grindeanu, who refuses to resign, has called for a meeting of the Social
    Democratic Party Congress as a solution to the ongoing political crisis.
    Earlier, the ruling coalition formed by the Social Democratic Party and the
    Alliance of Liberals and Democrats decided to initiate a no-confidence vote in
    Parliament against its own government, which is to take place next week. Also,
    the National Executive Committee of the Social Democrats decided to exclude
    Grindeanu from the party. The leader of the Social Democrats Liviu Dragnea and
    that of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats Calin Popescu Tariceanu blame
    the prime minister for lack of efficiency in the implementation of the
    governing programme, an accusation Grindeanu has rejected. President Klaus
    Iohannis has called on the ruling coalition to solve its problem internally.




    Visit. Luxembourg’s prime
    minister Xavier Bettel is on a visit to Romania until Sunday. Today, he meets
    president Iohannis to discuss ways to consolidate and expand bilateral
    cooperation and European affairs. Xavier Bettel also met his Romanian
    counterpart Sorin Grindeanu. On Saturday, Iohannis and Bettel travel to Sibiu,
    in the centre, to attend events celebrating 10 years since the city held the
    title of European Capital of Culture.


    Theatre. The International Theatre Festival continues in Sibiu,
    where the city’s mediaeval streets and historic centre have been turned into
    outdoor stages for shows and circus performances from companies from around the
    world. More than 40 different performances are scheduled on Day 8 of the
    festival. The famous dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov will again give his one-man
    show based on the poems of Nobel Prize winner Iosif Brodski. The biggest
    performing arts festival in Romania and one of the biggest in the world, the
    Sibiu International Theatre Festival comes to an end on Sunday.




    Inflation. The
    annual inflation rate dropped in May to 1.4% in the eurozone and to 1.6% in the
    European Union from 1.9% and 2%, respectively, in April, the Eurostat announced
    today. Ireland, Romania, Denmark and Holland saw the lowest inflation rates in
    the European Union. The highest levels were reported in Estonia, Lithuania and
    the UK. According to Eurostat, the inflation rate in the eurozone is moving
    further from the target level of the European Central Bank, which wants to
    maintain price increases to around 2%, a level it sees as beneficial to
    economic activity.




    Tourism. The number of foreign
    visitors who used accommodation in Romania in the first quarter of the year
    stood at around 450,000. They spent around 220 million in the country,
    according to the National Institute for Statistics. Last year, Romania received
    2.4 million foreign visitors, who spent 530 euros per person on average.
    Business was the main reason for the trips by non-residents visitors in the
    first quarter of the year, followed by congresses, conferences, courses, fairs
    and exhibitions, while the amount they spent in the country accounted for 66%
    of the total.




    Handball. The
    Romanian men’s handball side were categorically defeated by Belarus 32-22 on Thursday
    night as part of a Group 2 qualifying match ahead of the 2018 European
    Championships hosted by Croatia. Romania are now in the third place in their
    group. In their final match, they will face Poland on the 18th of
    June, but have very slim chances to qualify. The two best-ranked teams, Serbia
    and Belarus, will most likely qualify.