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RADOR: News from Romania, 00-03-30

The Press Agency of the Romanian Radio (RADOR Society) Directory - Previous Article - Next Article

From: RADOR Press Agency <http://indis.ici.ro/romania/news/rador.html>

March 30, 2000

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CONTENTS

  • [01] CALENDAR
  • [02] POLITICAL, ECONOMIC and FINANCIAL NEWS
  • [03] President of Romania meets Prime Minister
  • [04] Decree signed by the President of Romania
  • [05] Plenum of the Council of national minorities of Romania
  • [06] PNTCD - Christian Democratic National Peasants Party - does not agree with the increase of prices of gas and natural gas
  • [07] The budget, finance and banking committees of the Romanian Parliament decided to increase allowances for agriculture
  • [08] Setting up of a special money fund for public roads
  • [09] Privatization of CONEL will not start this year
  • [10] US Congressmen take a stand at the economic losses of Romania following the blocking of the river Danube
  • [11] European Union grants importance to the protection of the environment in the process of accession of Romania
  • [12] Regional Conference of the Central and Eastern European countries against corruption
  • [13] Accord of cooperation between the ROMANIAN RADIO BROADCASTING CORPORATION and MAGYAR RADIO </UL> <HR SIZE=3> CALENDAR President Emil Constantinescu is attending the opening of the regional Conference of Central and Eastern Europe on the theme JUSTICE, FORCES OF ORDER, SOCIETY and the STRUGGLE AGAINST CORRUPTION. Attending and participating are 130 officials of 20 countries as well as representatives of important international organizations. The PNTCD parliamentary group of the Chamber of Deputies in collaboration with the National Trade Unions of the Romanian Farmers are organizing the launch of the volume AGRICULTURE OF ROMANIA IN THE PAST AND TODAY.FUTURE PROSPECTS. STRATEGY OF DEVELOPMENT OF ROMANIAN AGRICULTURE IN THE THIRD MILLENIUM. Weekly session of the Government of Romania followed by the briefing of the spokesman of the Cabinet. Prime Minister Mugur Isarescu meets Mrs. Emma Nicholson, Baronness of Winterbourne, first vicepresident of the Committee for Foreign Relations, Human Rights and Defense of the European Parliament, reporter for Romania of this Committee. Press Conference of Andrew Vorkink, Manager for Romania of the World Bank at the seat of the World Bank, Romanian Branch in Bucharest, today. Romanian foreign minister Petre Roman receives today the first deputy of the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia Nizar Madani. The Commander of the Romanian Gendarmerie, general Anghel Andreescu, has a press conference at the seat of the Home Ministry of Romania. General yearly session of the Cereal producers and vendors - ANCER - here in Bucharest. Management of Austrian Creditanstalt Banka of Romania invites all those interested to attend the launching of a new service which is TELEPHONESERVICE on which occasion the show THE COSTUMES directed by Dan Puric. ROMANIA CULTURAL organizes the fourth national journalism seminar at the ROTONDA OF THE MUSEUM OF ROMANIAN LITERATURE. Romanian tour of the contemporary dance group VERTICAL TAKE OFF AND LANDING on which occasion the British Council organizes the press conference of today at 14:00 followed by the a workshop for professional dancers with Mark Murphy and Christine Devaney. The cultural center of the Republic of Hungary organizes the conference Magyar Literature of today with Gorombei Andras at 18:00. The international poetry festival NICHITA STANESCU is organized in the town of Ploiesti, the home town of the poet, today and tomorrow. <HR SIZE=3> POLITICAL, ECONOMIC and FINANCIAL NEWS President of Romania meets Prime Minister President Emil Constantinescu met on Wednesday with the Prime Minister of our country at the seat of the Cabinet. On this occasion, according to the Press Bureau of the Presidency, talks took place on the request of a number of distributors to increase prices to the population. At the same time the issue was tackled of merging departments of the Cabinet with the aim of increasing their efficiency, reports RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI. RADOR

  • [01] Decree signed by the President of Romania

    The president of Romania signed a Decree for the assigment of the following as Judges with the Supreme Court of Romania: Gabriel Victoria Barsan, Florica Glodean, Ion Jumanca, Edita Lovin, Veronica Carmen Popescu, Zenovia Mariana Carmen, Petre Railean, Luana Stancu, reads an info from the Press Bureau of the Presidency taken over by RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI. RADOR

    [02] Plenum of the Council of national minorities of Romania

    The Seat of the Government of Romania hosted the Plenum of the Council of National Minorities of Romania. The representatives of the 17 organizations of ethnic minorities talked about the alterations which they wish to be made at the Emergency Ordinance no. 26 which in its turn altered the status of the associations and foundations. According to RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI the representatives of the minorities wish that a difference be made between the already recognized statute of minorities of tradition in this country and those organizations of imnmigrants that have come to Romania of late. RADOR

    [03] PNTCD - Christian Democratic National Peasants Party - does not agree with the increase of prices of gas and natural gas

    PNTCD does not agree with the proposal of the minister of industries and commerce Radu Berceanu according to whom an increase should be operated of 40 per cent of the prices for gas and natural gas said the President of that party, Ion Diaconescu, after the weekly session of the leadership of that party. Ion Diaconescu also said he already talked to Prime Minister Mugur Isarescu and they have agred that only an increase by VAT be applied which is already included in the draft budget for this year. It was also decided that the Cabinet work out a strategy of altering Bill of Local Administration which would be debated and passed by emergency ordinance, transmits RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI. RADOR

    [04] The budget, finance and banking committees of the Romanian Parliament decided to increase allowances for agriculture

    The two committees decided on Wednesday to increase allowances for agriculture by one thousand billion lei. Minister of Finance Decebal Traian Remes opposed this action, reports RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI, according to which the MPies decided that the sources for this boost be established by both the initiators of the increase and the minister of finance. RADOR

    [05] Setting up of a special money fund for public roads

    Minister of transports Traian Basescu met with the trade unions and employers of transports and signed a protocole regarding the setting up of the special fund for public roads by prefacing today's Cabinet session which discusses the inclusion of the five per cent tax of public roads in the price of gasoline. RADOR

    [06] Privatization of CONEL will not start this year

    Minister of Industries and commerce Radu Berceanu said on Wednesday that the privatization of CONEL will not start this year. According to RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI Berceanu attended the opening of the largest and most modern PECO oil station of Romania in the town of Targu Jiu. The Cabinet Minister also met with officials of the coal industry in the area. RADOR

    [07] US Congressmen take a stand at the economic losses of Romania following the blocking of the river Danube

    Eight US Congressmen express in a letter to President Bill Clinton their serious concern at the economic losses suffered by Romania following the blocking of the river Danube by the debris of the bridges destroyed by NATO bombardments during the conflict in Yugoslavia. The US Congressmen agree that Romania which manifested a clear pro NATO attitude during the conflict is suffering losses worth 800 million USD all the more so that the Yugoslav President has delayed intentionally the repair of the bridges. RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI mentions that foreign minister Petre Roman who was a guest of one of the programmes of that Radio channel said he nurtured the hope that President Clinton will exercise his authority with a view to the more rapid deblocking of the river Danube, for the resumption of the river traffic. RADOR

    [08] European Union grants importance to the protection of the environment in the process of accession of Romania

    The initiative of creating a group of work to assess accidents at Baia Mare demonstrates the importance which the European Union attaches to environmental protection and the issue in the process of negociations of accession of Romania to the European Union, said Tom Garvey who is the Head of the Working group for assessing the polution accident at Baia Mare as quoted by RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI. The group was set up by Margot Walstroem, European commissioner for the environment in the wake of her visit to Romania which will end in the report assessing the damage brought about by the accident and the ways and means to prevent this kind of accidents in the future. RADOR

    [09] Regional Conference of the Central and Eastern European countries against corruption

    In the interval 30 - 31 March under the high patronage of president Emil Constantinescu Bucharest is hosting the conference of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe against corruption GLOBAL FORUM 1 initiated by the vicepresident of the United States Al Gore. An information bulletin received by RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI from the US Embassy in Bucharest mentions the delegation of the United States is led by Ambassador James Rosapepe. The info bulletin mentions that vicepresident Gore thanks president Constantinescu and the Romanian government for the initiative of organizing this conference. RADOR

    [10] Accord of cooperation between the ROMANIAN RADIO BROADCASTING CORPORATION and MAGYAR RADIO

    The Press Center of the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation hosted the ceremony of the signing of the accord of collaboration between us and MAGYAR RADIO. By this accord the two radio organizations are mutually supporting the trips of their reporters for programme-making and feeds as well as with a view to exchange of experience. The two sides are mutualy supporting the regional stations for professional training and will cooperate for scientific research, restauration and exchanges of materials from central sound archives that have historical and cultural value for the respective country. The accord was signed by Andrei Dimitriu, President - Director General of the ROMANIAN RADIO BROADCASTING CORPORATION and HAJDU ISTVAN, President of Magyar Radio, informs RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI. religious freedom and its emcompassing by proselitism. RADOR


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