The Government meeting convened for this evening aims to approve a decision declaring August 7 a day of national mourning in honor of former President Ion Iliescu, who died at the age of 95. Iliescu died due to complications from lung cancer, having been hospitalized at the 'Prof. Dr. Agrippa Agrippa Ionescu' Clinical Emergency Hospital in Bucharest for almost two months. The meeting of the State Funeral Organizing Committee was also concluded.
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Guvernul declară ziua de 7 august zi de doliu național în memoria lui Iliescu
Zi de doliu național pentru Ion Iliescu, stabilită de guvern
7 august – zi de doliu național, în memoria fostului președinte al României Ion Iliescu
A murit Ion Iliescu. Ilie Bolojan a convocat ședință de urgență la Guvern: când va fi declarată zi de doliu național
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