" Romania scrapped Sunday a contentious corruption decree in a climbdown after the biggest mass demonstrations since 1989 Emmitt Smith Jersey , but protesters kept up pressure by taking to the streets for a sixth straight day.
As thousands of people gathered in Bucharest and elsewhere, the government announced it had approved a repeal of the decree that would have decriminalized certain corruption offences.
This fulfilled the promise made late on Saturday by a pale and tired-looking Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu after a fifth day of demonstrations that were the largest since the ouster of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989.
But the announcement didn't stop demonstrators gathering again on Sunday to make it clear to Grindeanu and his left-wing government, which has been in office only a month, that they were on thin ice and that corruption must be rooted out.
""I hope that this is a real repeal... We are going to keep an eye on them to make sure we are not being had,"" said protester Daniel, 35.
""Today we are going to break new records Jason Witten Jersey ,"" electrician Florian, 40, told AFP in Bucharest, distributing free pretzels and tea at Victory Square, the epicenter of this week's protests.
By midafternoon, around a thousand people could be seen gathering in the square and the crowd was expected to swell later with buses arriving from outside the capital.
Again they brandished placards Dak Prescott Jersey , chanted and blew whistles and plastic vuvuzela horns in the national colors of blue, yellow and red. Later in the evening they were all to sing the national anthem.
The decree, passed Tuesday and due to enter into force on February 10, was to make abuse of power a crime only punishable by jail if the sums involved exceeded 200,000 lei ($47,500).
The government also wants in a separate decree to be reviewed by parliament next week to free some 2 Ezekiel Elliott Jersey ,500 people from prison serving sentences of less than five years.
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by Luis Alberto Sierra G.
PANAMA CITY, July 29 (Xinhua) -- As part of 2016's Year of China-Latin America Cultural Exchange, an exhibit showcasing contemporary Chinese art has opened in Panama City.
"Color Symbiosis" opened Wednesday night at the city's Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC), featuring a selection of 50 works of art by some 20 Chinese artists working in a wide range of media, from sculpture to video installations, and themes Tony Pollard Jersey , from traditional landscape paintings to abstraction.
These works, according to the MAC, "depict the artists' strong desire to transcend all types of borders, presenting their unique view of the contemporary world grounded firmly in their traditions and their identity."
Wang Weihua, representative of the China-Panamanian Trade Development Office, said the exhibit is one of several projects designed to boost cultural and artistic exchange between China and Panama.
"This way we can strengthen cultural exchange Connor McGovern Jersey , knowledge, understanding and cooperation between the two countries and two peoples," Wang said.
Five of the artists traveled with the show to Panama, to increase interaction between the two countries on a personal level through meeting with Panamanian artists.
The show includes works by Ai Xudong, Bai Xiaogang, and Fang Xueyi Trysten Hill Jersey , whose work hangs from the ceiling of the MAC, and others.
A second component of the exhibit, called "Panachina," will be presented at the MAC starting on Aug. 3 with the participation of Chinese-Panamanian painters, said Wang.
MAC's Executive Director Silvia Estaras noted China's presence in Panama goes back 160 years.
The exhibit, she told Xinhua Cowboys Kids Jersey , is valuable for both its artwork, a blend of contemporary influences and China's millenary traditions, and what it represents in terms of China-Panama cultural exchange.
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