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RADOR: News from Romania, 00-01-07
7 January, 2000
CONTENTS
[01] Decisions Adopted during the Government Meeting
[02] Prime Minister's New Staff
[03] Measures Taken Against Mayor Marian Lutu
[04] PNTCD Organization in Sibiu Reacts
[05] Top Police Officers from Sibiu Dismissed
[06] Possible Meeting between prime minister Mugur Isarescu and the IMF
Chief Negotiator
[07] The Inflation Estimated for the End of 2000 Will Exceed 10%
[08] Financial Support for the Poor Families in Valea Jiului
[09] Statements Made by the BNS Leader Dumitru Costin
[10] Protocole Signed by the Managers and Trade Unions in RATB
[11] Romanian-Israeli Cooperation in Defense and Education
[01] Decisions Adopted during the Government Meeting
During the meeting on Thursday, the Government decided to create an
Interdepartmental Commission for Romania's joining NATO. According to RADIO
ROMANIA ACTUALITATI, the commission's maim tasks will be to coordinate and
support the actions taken at home and abroad in view of Romania's joining
NATO, to periodically evaluate the country's prospects, and to put forward
suggestions for the next steps. The commission will have as members
representatives of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, National Defense,
Transports, Finance, Healthcare, of the Romanian Information Service and
the External Information Service, and will be headed by a secretary of
state. It will meet every month or as frequently as necessary. Another
Government decision enables the Finance Ministry to guarantee on behalf of
the Romanian State commercial credits worth 25 million dollars granted by
the US Government. The Cabinet also adopted a package of draft laws
regarding the ratification of several agreements and conventions. During
the same meeting, at the prime minister's request, the industry and trade
minister Radu Berceanu informed the Cabinet members about how CONEL assured
the energy stock for the winter. The prime minister also asked the finance
minister Decebal Traian Remes to present the exact situation of the
financial resources from abroad which are not used. Other two Government
decisions concerned the removal of the prefect of Constanta county, Marian
Parjol, and the prefect of Salaj county, Gheorghe Tamba. RADOR
[02] Prime Minister's New Staff
The prime minister's counsellor Adrian Vasilescu announced during a press
conference that prime minister Mugur Isarescu decided to reduce his staff
from 37 to 22 people, and the number of counsellors from 10 to 6 people. He
also announced the names of the counsellors already appointed, namely
Nicolae Staiculescu, Mihai David, Minodora Ilie and Victor Chiujdea. The
new counsellors will be Lucian Croitoru for budget and finance, Dinu
Ianculescu for legal issues, Valentin Lazea for economic issues, Cristian
Paunescu for science and culture, and Adrian Vasilescu for communication.
The Government spokesman will be the state secretary Ionut Popescu - RADIO
ROMANIA ACTUALITATI informs. RADOR
[03] Measures Taken Against Mayor Marian Lutu
The Coordination Bureau of the PNTCD Organization in sector 4 met on
Thursday evening and decided, by eight in favour, two against and one
abstention, to suggest the central leadership to censure mayor Marian Lutu.
The party leaders are waiting for the results of the legal inquiry and,
according to those results, will decide other measures against Lutu,
including his exclusion, RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI reports. RADOR
[04] PNTCD Organization in Sibiu Reacts
The joint meeting of the county and city PNTCD organizations in Sibiu
decided to cease supporting MP Lia Galic and to punish other seven party
members who deviated from the party principles and created a so-called
reformist group within the organization. The communique released by the
Sibiu Organization and quoted by RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI mentions that
the decision taken proves the party members are decided to restore the
christian-democratic ethical principles and to remove the opportunists from
the party. RADOR
[05] Top Police Officers from Sibiu Dismissed
General Nicolae Neagu, first deputy of the chief police inspector, went to
Sibiu to carry out the order signed by interior minister Constantin Dudu
Ionescu, regarding the dismissal of the chief police inspector in Sibiu and
hos two deputies, colonels Eugen Rotarescu and Nicolae Deac. According to
RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI, colonel Nicolae Ghergu was appointed ad-interim
chief inspector of the Sibiu county police. RADOR
[06] Possible Meeting between prime minister Mugur Isarescu and the IMF
Chief Negotiator
Prime minister Mugur Isarescu might meet next week the IMF chief negotiator
for Romania, Emanuel Zervoudakis, RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI informs. Anyway,
Mugur Isarescu met on Thursday the ministers in charge with the
negotiations with the IMF, in order to establish the details of the
Romanian position in these negotiations. RADOR
[07] The Inflation Estimated for the End of 2000 Will Exceed 10%
Prime minister's counsellor Adrian Vasilescu said the inflation estimated
for the end of 2000 will exceed 10%. He also said, quoted by RADIO ROMANIA
ACTUALITATI, that the National Bank did not and will not issue money
uncovered, all the money issues being covered by the currency in the state
reserve. RADOR
[08] Financial Support for the Poor Families in Valea Jiului
The Government decided to allocate 677.3 million lei to urgently help 221
families in Valea Jiului, RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI informs. These families
are to receive between 800,000 and 5 million lei, according to the results
of the social analysis carried out last year. The 221 families are among
the poorest in the area, and their members are mostly unemployed miners.
According to the Labour Agency of Hunedoara county, the number of
unemployed in Valea Jiului reached 16,981 people, of which 8,869 people
receive no allowances. RADOR
[09] Statements Made by the BNS Leader Dumitru Costin
Dumitru Costin, leader of the National Trade Unions Block, expressed his
dissatisfaction with the tax policy adopted by the Government, adding that
the budgetary policy needed transparence regarding both the collection and
the allocation of the financial resources. In Costin's opinion, quoted by
RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI, the measures adopted by the Cabinet could not
assure a proper social protection. According to the BNS prognosis, Costin
said, the present elections year would determine an issue of uncovered
money, which would cause a monetary reform, probably at the middle of the
year. RADOR
[10] Protocole Signed by the Managers and Trade Unions in RATB
The representatives of the managers and trade unions in RATB (Bucharest
Public Transport Administration) signed a protocole sanctioned by general
mayor Viorel Lis, which answers all the trade unions demands, RADIO ROMANIA
ACTUALITATI informs. The protocole provides a salary increase by 12%
starting with January 1, restaurant tickets worth 10,000 lei/day, and
closed cabins for all trams and buses. The salary increase would be in the
detriment of 1,000 employees, who would be fired. A social pact was also
signed, providing that no further demands would be forwarded till July.
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[11] Romanian-Israeli Cooperation in Defense and Education
The ministers part of the official delegation who accompanied president
Emil Constantinescu in his visit to Israel met with their counterparts,
RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI reports.
Defense minister Victor Babiuc met the Isreali deputy defense minister
Efraim Sneh. The two agreed on drawing the final wording of the military
cooperation framework-agreement, on exchanges of experience and
specialistis in anti-aircraft defense, defense against chemical and nuclear
weapons, and on joint military research. Another field of cooperation
concerns the social protection of the military. The Israeli part suggested
the creation in Romania of a helicopter repair and modernization centre and
of an armoured vehicles modernization centre.
In his turn, education minister Andrei Marga met the Israeli education,
culture and sports minister Yosi Sarid. The two analysed the cooperation
between the two countries concerning education, and decided to conclude an
agreement regarding the validation of the school graduation diplomas, to
start a tourism program for Romanian students in Israel, to set up a joint
commission to word the text books of interest for both parts, to support
the Institute of Judaic Studies "Moshe Carmili" in Cluj and the centres of
Judaic studies in Bucharest and Craiova. RADOR
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