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SUMMIT The European Commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, will for the first time participate in the Three Seas Initiative Summit due in Bucharest over Monday and Tuesday, the European Commission representation in Bucharest announced on Friday. According to the same sources, president Juncker, who will be accompanied by the European Commissioner for Regional Development Corina Cretu, is expected to deliver a speech during the summit. On the sidelines of the meeting, the first edition of the Three Seas Initiative Business Forum will be taking place under the patronage of Romanian president Klaus Iohannis. The initiative is an informal political platform at presidential level, which brings together the 12 EU members between the Baltic Sea, the Adriatic Sea and the Black Sea and is aimed at developing the economic ties between countries from Central and Southeastern Europe.
HEARING State Secretary with the Romanian Interior Ministry, Raed Arafat who is also heading the Department for Emergency Situation, was heard on Friday at the General Prosecutor's Office in a file on the violent events that took place during the anti-government protest on August 10th in Bucharest. State Secretary with the Interior Ministry Gheorghe Nucu Marin, the head of the Riot Police Special Unit Catalin Paraschiv and the Subprefect of Bucharest Corneliu Cirstea have also been heard in the same file. Over 800 complaints from the people who suffered following the riot police intervention during the protest have been attached to the file.
ASSESSMENT A delegation of the Venice Commission has ended its meetings in Bucharest with authorities and representatives of the judiciary aimed at evaluating the impact of changes brought to the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedural Code. On Thursday, experts from the commission were received by President Klaus Iohannis, and also met Justice Minister Tudorel Toader as well as representatives from Parliament, in order to prepare a statement to be adopted next month in plenary session.
STATISTICS On Friday, the National Institute for Statistics announced that Romania had 4.1 million pigs on May 1st, 2018, over 357,000 less than on the same date in 2017. Since last summer, Romania has been swept by an epidemic of African swine fever, culling 230,000 pigs as a result. The epidemic has hit 207 localities in 12 counties. European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan said that he is working with the authorities to deal with the situation, considering that 75% of pigs raised in households in the EU are in Romania.
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