Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel Coordinating With Russia In Syria
In an interview with Russian-language news channel in Israel, Netanyahu confirms that the IDF is coordinating activities with the Russian army so as to avoid clashes between the two countries.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims that Israeli efforts to stop weapons transfers from Iran and Syria to Hezbollah are conducted in coordination with Russia so as to avoid a clash between the two countries.
“I flew to Moscow and told him the following: ‘We are working in Syria to prevent the transfer of very dangerous weapons by Iran via Syria to Hezbollah in Lebanon, and I will continue to order the IDF to act against these transfers,'” said Netanyahu.
“I told Putin there are two options: Either we coordinate between our two armies so that there are no clashes, or we clash. I told him I’d rather we coordinated to avoid a collision and he agreed. Every few months we have to tighten the screws and we are working to prevent a clash between our armies.” (mediafax.ro)
Autovit.ro: Romania’s Auto Market Had, In First 3 Months, The Most Dynamic Quarter In Last 8 Years
Romania’s auto market registered, in January- March 2017, the most dynamic quarter of the last eight years, according to an analysis by Romanian car fair operator Autovit.ro.
Comparing both public data offered by the Driving License and Vehicle Registration Department (DRPCIV), and website data registered in the first three months of 2017, compared with January-March 2016, Autovit.ro experts reached the conclusion that the first quarter of 2017 saw record highs in all categories – both new cars (over 22,000 vehicles were registered), and used cars (over 128,000 vehicles were registered).
According to the analysis, the new car market saw an increase of 27.6% on the year in the first quarter of 2017, but some brands, such as Opel, Citroen, Ford and Renault, saw increases of over 50%.
However, Dacia, the leader, saw an increase below market average, of only 11%. The market of imported used cars doubled on the year in January-March 2017, nearing 130,000 units.
If the used car market is expected to rebound sooner or later, the new car market might exceed 110,000 sold units, in 2017, also due to the cash-for-clunkers program expected to set off at the middle of May 2017. (mediafax.ro)
PSD Head Liviu Dragnea Firmly Disapproves Of Senate Lawyers’ Vote
Liviu Dragnea, head of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), said, in a Facebook post, that he firmly disapproves of the vote in the Senate’s committee for legal matters, adopting the amendments on pardoning acts of corruption.
Dragnea said he would talk to PSD members so that the final version of the report would not include these amendments.
Senate lawyers on Wednesday approved by a vote of five to three an amendment according to which the persons convicted of bribery or influence peddling are being pardoned.
People’s Movement Party Senator Traian Basescu suggested that bribe taking be pardoned, explaining that many politicians are charged with this crime and abuse of office for acts committed during election campaigns, “whilst it’s broadly known that all parties got illegal financing.” (mediafax.ro)
Constitutional Court To Discuss, For Fifth Time, On Law Banning Dragnea From Government
The Constitutional Court will discuss on Thursday, for the fifth time in the last two months, Law no. 90/2001 which bans social democrat head Liviu Dragnea from being part of the government, due to his suspended sentence.
On January 5, 2017, the Ombudsman challenged in the Constitutional Court the law which bans Dragnea from becoming member of the government. (mediafax.ro)