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Chairman of the the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) Calin Popescu-Tariceanu, who attended on Sunday the meeting of the Social Democratic Party's (PSD) National Council (CN), voiced his belief that the main objective for the PD-ALDE coalition in view of exercising the Presidency of the EU Council, should be the promotion of one single-speed Union and a truly solidary one.

President Klaus Iohannis will attend the High-Level Forum Africa-Europe on Monday and Tuesday in Vienna.

On Monday, the head of state will participate in the official dinner offered by Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz, in honor of the delegations heads.

The National Council (CN) meeting of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) convenes on Sunday at the Palace of Parliament, in order to validate the new CN president and elect the chiefs of the specialised departments of the Social-Democrats.

The meeting is scheduled to start at 16:00hrs.

The censure motion titled "Enough! Dragnea - Dancila Government, shame of Romania!," initiated by the National Liberal Party (PNL), the Save Romania Union (USR) and the People's Movement Party (PMP), was filed with Parliament on Friday.

The document is signed by 163 MPs.

The joint standing bureaus are going to set the debate procedure.

The analysis of opportunities for the development of the bilateral cooperation was one of the main topics discussed on Tuesday by Prime Minister Viorica Dancila with Montenegro's Parliament President Ivan Brajovic who is paying an official visit to Bucharest.

Romania's President Klaus Iohannis will attend the High-Level Forum Africa-Europe in Vienna on December 17 and 18.

November 2018 annual inflation rate fell to 3.4pct, from 4.3pct in October, when prices for non-food goods advanced 4.24pct, food prices 2.86pct, while services posted a 2.5-pct advance, according to data released on Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

Attending a Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting in Brussels on Monday, Romania's Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu welcomed the opportunity to discuss the Western Balkans, given the upward trend in their relationships with the EU.

The National Bank of Romania (BNR) will fulfill its two mandates this year - price and financial stability, BNR Governor Mugur Isarescu said on Monday at a news conference where the bank's report on financial stability was released, noting that in all likelihood the consumer price index will enter the fluctuation margin of 2.5pct plus/minus one percent.

Romania's ten-month trade balance deficit was standing at 11.845 billion euro in late October, up by 1.62 billion euro from the same period of 2017, according to data released on Monday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).