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**[[Romania]]'s [[centre-left politics|centre-left]] [[Social Democratic Party (Romania)|Social Democratic Party]] won 45% of the seats in both houses of parliament in Sunday's election, and with the expected participation of the [[Liberalism|liberal]] [[centre-right politics|centre-right]] [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (Romania)|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats Party]] in the coalition government, will hold an outright majority of 250 seats in the 465-seat [[Parliament of Romania|assembly]]. [http://in.reuters.com/article/romania-election-parliament-idINR5N18K008 (Reuters)] [http://www.romania-insider.com/social-democrats-get-221-465-seats-romanias-new-parliament/ (Romania-Insider.com)] |
**[[Romania]]'s [[centre-left politics|centre-left]] [[Social Democratic Party (Romania)|Social Democratic Party]] won 45% of the seats in both houses of parliament in Sunday's election, and with the expected participation of the [[Liberalism|liberal]] [[centre-right politics|centre-right]] [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (Romania)|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats Party]] in the coalition government, will hold an outright majority of 250 seats in the 465-seat [[Parliament of Romania|assembly]]. [http://in.reuters.com/article/romania-election-parliament-idINR5N18K008 (Reuters)] [http://www.romania-insider.com/social-democrats-get-221-465-seats-romanias-new-parliament/ (Romania-Insider.com)] |
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[Bach Netherlands Society records [[BWV 232]] 'Mass in B Minor', one of the most famous works of [[J.S. Bach]]. This recording was later published on June 9 2017. |
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Revision as of 19:21, 16 February 2024
December 15, 2016 (Thursday)
International relations
- War in Donbass
- The European Union extends its main Ukraine-related economic sanctions against Russia for six months until mid-2017. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories
- Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio holds a press conference showing findings from 2 different forensic experts of "9 points of forgery" alleging President Obama's long form birth certificate was forged and also claims to have found the birth certificate used to make the forgery. (USA Today) (Newsmax)
- Charleston church shooting
- Dylann Roof is convicted of the racially motivated murder of nine black churchgoers in the U.S. city of Charleston, South Carolina. (New York Post)
Politics and elections
- Romanian legislative election, 2016
- Romania's centre-left Social Democratic Party won 45% of the seats in both houses of parliament in Sunday's election, and with the expected participation of the liberal centre-right Alliance of Liberals and Democrats Party in the coalition government, will hold an outright majority of 250 seats in the 465-seat assembly. (Reuters) (Romania-Insider.com)
Music
[Bach Netherlands Society records BWV 232 'Mass in B Minor', one of the most famous works of J.S. Bach. This recording was later published on June 9 2017.
Science and technology
- A Pegasus rocket successfully deploys the CYGNSS hurricane observation satellite constellation for NASA. (NASA) (SpaceFlight 101)