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Acting national chairman of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Marcel Ciolacu says that the option of early elections is not excluded.

Scenographer Radu Boruzescu on Thursday was awarded a honorary doctorate by the I.L. Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film (UNATC) of Bucharest at an event at UNATC's Ileana Berlogea Hall before a large audience.

About 35 hectares of dry vegetation and forest litter burned down on Tuesday night in a forest fire at Vladeni, Brasov County, as firefighters took about eight hours to extinguish all the outbreaks, the Brasov Emergency Inspectorate reported on Wednesday morning.

Mircea Diaconu, who runs for President as independent with the support of the "Un Om" electoral alliance made of the Alliance of Democrats and Liberals (ALDE) and Pro Romania, said upon leaving the polling station at the "Ion Neculce" National College in Bucharest that he has voted for "a President of all Romanians".

President of the Romanian Senate Teodor Melescanu and Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Romania Fusun Aramaz commended the rising dynamics in the Romanian-Turkish relationships during a meeting on Thursday.

MP Daniel Constantin has said that lawmakers of Pro Romania - "six, seven, possibly even eight" - will be attending today's joint sitting of Parliament and will vote for the proposed Orban government. "For several days inside Pro Romania, there have been some opinion discussions.

Romanian fencer Ana-Maria Popescu won on Saturday the Women's Epee World Cup 2019 in Tallinn (Estonia), after defeating Russian fencer Violetta Kolobova in the epee final with a score of 15-13.

Ousted Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said in Timisoara on Friday that Romania will not overshot its 2019 government deficit target, contrary to public statements made by opposition leaders.

Berlin Golden Bear winner "Synonymes" by Nadav Lapid, and Cannes Camera d'Or awardee "Nuestras Madres" (Our Mothers) by Cesar Diaz will run in Bucharest on Saturday as part of the Les Films de Cannes a Bucharest events, according to the festival organisers.

Ana Maria Popescu won the first medal for Romania in the 7th edition of the World Military Championships in Wuhan (China), namely a silver medal which she won in the individual epee event, informs the Website of the CSA Steaua club.