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VISIT Currently on a working visit to Brussels Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila on Tuesday held talks with the president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and with other EU officials. Dancila also met diplomats with Romania's Representation to the EU during this visit, which was aimed at stepping up the Romanian government's dialogue with the European institutions with a view to Romania's taking over the EU rotating presidency on January 1st 2019. The Romanian official also met the European Commissioner for regional policy Corina Cretu with whom she talked about the implementation of the cohesion policy in Romania. Also on Tuesday, Prime Minister Dancila met Gunther Oettinger, the European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources. The Romanian official presented the main objectives Romania is to assume during its mandate concerning a series of major European files, including the 2021-2027 multi annual financial framework, a priority of Commissioner Oettinger's portfolio. The Romanian Prime Minister had earlier met the European Commissioner for Agriculture and rural Development Phil Hogan.
HANDBALL The Romanian women's national handball side on Tuesday qualified for the quarter-finals of the World's Junior Championships in Hungary after a 28-25 win against Croatia. Sorina Tirca was the best Romanian player with 8 goals scored during the game. On Wednesday the Romanians will be playing the winner of the game pitching Hungary against Slovenia. We recall that our athletes clinched this title two times, in 1995 and 1999.
WEATHER The weather remains unsettled in Romania in the next 24 hours. Showers and thunderstorms are still expected in the country's mountainous areas and in the north-east, but the amount of water will be insignificant this time. Temperatures are expected to slightly rise as compared to the previous days ranging between 23 and 31 degrees Celsius. Firefighters, gendarme and police troops are still involved in various operations aimed at eliminating the effects of the heavy downpours that have affected scores of towns and villages across Romania.
BALANCE Romania's trade balance deficit increased by more than 12% in the first 5 months of 2018 as compared to the same period last year, which amounts to more than 5 billion Euros, the National Institute for Statistics says. Exports stood at 28 billion Euros and imports at 33 billion Euros. In the imports- exports structure, high percentages were reported in the machines industry, transport equipment and manufactured products industries.
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