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RADOR: News from Romania, 99-12-17The Press Agency of the Romanian Radio (RADOR Society) Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: RADOR Press Agency <http://indis.ici.ro/romania/news/rador.html>17 December, 1999CONTENTS
[01] Mugur Isarescu is the new Prime Minister designated by the President of RomaniaThursday night President Emil Constantinescu officially announced he designated Mugur Isarescu, Governor of the National Bank of Romania, to the position of Prime Minister. The decision was made after long and difficult consultations with the representatives of the political parties of the ruling coalition and with most of the parties in the opposition, including with the former President of the country. The designated Prime Minister and his team have to present to the Parliament of Romania the programme of the Isarescu Cabinet as well as the membership of the new Government by 20 December. The President said that he based his designation on Mr. Isarescu's professional competence and experience which are well known and appreciated both in the country and abroad. These strong points ensure the success of Romania in the negociations of accession to the European Union. With referrence to the programme of the Cabinet President Emil Constantinescu said that it should be directed at the recovery of the economic and social life in keeping with the needs of the population and he also stressed the fact that for Romania European Union access negociations are far more important that the elections of the year 2000. As a consequence it is only a Prime Minister who is not politically implicated in the second process that can ensure the good and correct unfolding of the two. The President also said:" The new Cabinet will be a political cabinet, it will be strong and it will have to be stable". The ruling coalition is further assuming responsibility and the new cabinet will not differ from the old one very much as any change brings about extension of political instability. For the good unfolding of public administration it was suggested that the Department of Local Administration and the new National Agency of civil servants should merge in one single ministry of the social function while the Department of European integration should be part of the structure of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In his nation-wide address which was covered live by RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI President Emil Constantinescu mentioned that the present crisis was generated by the refusal of Radu Vasile to resign his position of Prime Minister and added that now"the crisis was over".[02] Timisoara: solemn session devoted to the anniversary of the 1989 December RevolutionEvents in the town of Timisoara devoted to the anniversary of ten years since the start of the 1989 December Revolution were opened by a solemn session at the City Opera. RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI informs that numerous speakers stressed the significance of the events of Timisoara in 1989. Also attending were the former sovereign of Romania, Mihai I and Queen Anne of Bourbon Parma that arived in the town on Wednesday night. All the speakers noted that all Associations of Revolutionaries were united during the events occasioned by a decade since the Revolution and added that they did not loose hope to find out the truth and further expect President Constantinescu to attend the festivities. Also stressed was the introduction of the uninominal vote, as a measure to increase responsibility of the MPies for the electorate.The final part of the solemn session was devoted to the awarding of medals and commemorative diplomas to political personalities and public life officials. Also on Thursday morning a press conference took place at the seat of ALTAR ( the Association of the Reovlutionaries Arrested during the Revolution at Timisoara ) with the participation of Senator Ticu Dumitrescu, former Prime Minister Victor Ciorbea and general Dan Voinea, Head of Section of Military Prosecutors. Also present was the United States Ambassador to Romania, James Rosapepe whom the organizers handed an honorary diploma of the ALTAR Association, reported RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI from the town of Timisoara. Secretary of State with the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zsolt Nemeth who participated in the events commemorating the Revolution at Timisoara said, according to the MTI Hungarian news agency, that, we quote:"Timisoara is important not only from the point of view of the past, but also because Timisoara has a very important message for the present; the road of Romania to the European Union passes through Timisoara, in the sense that the Revolution of the people of this town did mean the start of the nation-wide movement that overthrew the dictatorship, leading the country toward Europe.Truth and the wish to be free have had a most important role in the achievement of the role of the Revolution and in this sense it is important to maintain the spirituality of Timisoara". The Hungarian secretary of state announced at Timisoara that Hungary awarded to Bishop Tokes Laszlo the Great Cross of the Republic of Hungary. [03] Press conference on the balansheet and prospects of French-Romanian cooperationAs part of a press conference on the balansheet and prospects of French Romanian cooperation, the French Ambassador to Romania, Pierre Menat greeted the decision of the Helsinki European Council Conference according to which Romania is invited to start negociations of accession to the EU in the year 2000. RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI mentions that the ambassador said stress will be laid on bilateral economic and cultural cooperation. In as far as the visa issue is concerned Ambassador Menat said France was very active in supporting the decision of the European Commission to forward a proposal to the European Council, at the beginning of next year, for liberalizing the visa regime.[04] A new candidate to the position of Prime Minister of the Republic of MoldovaDumitru Braghis, former vice prime minister in the governments Sturza and Ciubuc was entrusted with the formation of the new Cabinet by President Petru Lucinschi. The statements which a number of MPies gave media tend to form the opinion that this time the Parliament of Moldova will approve the new Cabinet, RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI informs.Go to: <A HREF="/romania/">Home Page</A> <A HREF="/romania/news/rador.html">News Home</A> <A HREF="/romania/news/news.html">Back</A> <A HREF="/romania/news/stiri.html">Romanian Language</A> <A HREF="/romania/sysnet/contact.html">Contact Info</A> The Press Agency of the Romanian Radio (RADOR Society) Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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