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RADOR: News from Romania, 98-10-16

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

October 16, 1998


CONTENTS

  • [01] Laws Promulgated;
  • [02] Senate Proceedings;
  • [03] House of Deputies Proceedings;
  • [04] Cabinet Meeting;
  • [05] PD Press Conference;
  • [06] PSDR Press Conference;
  • [07] PNL Press Conference;
  • [08] PAR Press Conference;
  • [09] Regulations for Admission to Colleges and Training Schools;
  • [10] The Romanian President Met the Chief of Staff of the Polish Army;
  • [11] Fourth Meeting of Romania-EU Association Committee;
  • [12] Final Account of a Meeting in Budapest.

  • [01] Laws promulgated

    Romania's President Emil Constantinescu has promulgated a series of laws on Thursday. The documents included the Law ratifying the loan agreement between Romania, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Romania's National Telecommunications Company ROM TELECOM signed in Luxembourg and Bucharest on November 12 and 14, 1997, concerning the second part of the financing for the telecommunication development project, the Law allowing Romania's accession to the Statute of the Inter-Eurropean Organisation of Fiscal Administrations signed in Slovakia on Septeber 29, 1997, and the Law allowing growing facilities for developing rural tourism. RADOR

    [02] Senate proceedings

    At its session on Thursday, the Romanian Senate has adopted the draft law approving the Emergency ordinance 92/1997 encouraging direct investments. The document stipulates tax relief for foreign and domestic investors using funds for developing their own businesses or participating in new projects. According to the law, the businessmen investing more than 1 million dollars (or their equivalent in lei) benefit from a tax relief similar to the capital they invested. The senate has also adopted the law approving the Ordinance 9/1998 allowing an exchange of agriculutre cupons for purchasing veterinary medicines, mixed animal fodder, spare parts for farming machine- tools or diesel fuel. RADOR

    [03] House of Deputies proceedings

    At their meeting on Thursday, the Romanian deputies have adopted a series of draft laws such as the draft law amending and completing the law on the restructuring of Romania's Savings Securities (CEC), the law amending and completing the Ordinance on audio and video licences, the law allowing Romania's National Bank (BNR) to issue precious metal-made coins of numismatic value, and the low approving the Government Ordinance on stamp taxes for notarial activities. RADOR

    [04] Cabinet meeting

    At the meeting on Thursday, Industry and Trade Minister Radu Berceanu has presented Romania's Cabinet with a report concerning preparations carried out to ensure the energy resources during the winter. He said the government intended to cut the price of energy products, but one however should pay for them. As far as the domestic customers are concerned, gas and energy meters are to be introduced in the very next future. RADOR

    [05] PD press conference

    The vicepresident of the Democratic Party (PD), Alexandru Sassu, told a press conference on Thursday that the two draft law protecting the tennants and the draft law on property returns could lead to serious social troubles as they were not a solution but a 5-year delay in the dispute between owners and tennants. The PD leadership has announced the party would amend the two draft laws in parliament and support only the project establishing the tennants' protection at institutional level. RADOR

    [06] PSDR press conference

    At a press conference on Thursday, the leadership of the ruling Romanian Social Democrat Party (PSDR) has expressed its concern about the vote in parliament and the anti-NATO speeches made by the Opposition. PSDR leader Sergiu Cunescu said the attitude could lead to the wrong impression that Romania did not want to join NATO anymore. Mr Cunescu said that recent opinion polls denied such allegations. RADOR

    [07] PNL press conference

    The president of the National Liberal Party, Mircea Ionescu Quintus, believes that Romania's position on the Kosovo crisis answers to both the country's political and moral commitments to NATO and its commitments to Yugoslavia. At a press conference on Thursday, the PNL leadership has welcomed the appointment of stage director Cristian hadjiculea as president of Romanian Television's Administration Council and expressed the hope the public television would become more balanced and objective. Answering press reports about alleged disputes between Democrats and Liberals over the law protecting the tennants and the law on property returns, PNL first vicepresident Valeriu Stoica said such disagreements were not serious. He explained the Democrats' attitude by the party's fear of losing its supporters. Referring to the Law on land reform, Mr Stoica shared the PD proposal of a draft law to be drawn up by the government. RADOR

    [08] PAR press conference

    At a press conference on Thursday, Romania's Alternative Party (PAR) has presented the Right-Wing doctrine of national security. PAR leader Varujan Vosganian said the Right-Wing believed that the guarantee for the Romanians' basic rights and liberties, the political and economic stability, the elimination of threats to Romania's national interests, an enforcement of Romania's position as pillar of security and stability in Europe and around the world - all these could ensure Romania's national security. Mr Vosganian said the Right-Wing believed the Romanian Army was one of the pillars of the country's moral revival, and therefore, the civil community should authorise and help the army's reform by increasing its annual budget by 1.2 billion lei at least. RADOR

    [09] Regulations for admission to colleges and training schools

    The board of Romania's National Education Ministry (MEN) has completed the regulations allowing the pupils graduating the eighth form to enter colleges and training schools. According to new regulations, the college or training school candidates covering the number of admissions already planned may be accepted according to the mark average following their eighth form graduating exams. After the eighth form graduating exams, the music, fine arts, theatre, ballet, sports or theology colleges as well as police or navy colleges should carry out skill tests. The tests should get a mark between 1 and 10, and the average should be 50% of the general average added to the gratuating average. College and training school candidates exceeding the number of admissions already planned should take a test according to the profile of the school they applied for. RADOR

    [10] The Romanian president met the Chief of Staff of the Polish Army

    While at the Cotroceni Palace on Thursday, Romania's President Emil Constantinescu met the Chief of Staff of the Polish Army, Army General Henryk Schumsky. The Chief of Staff of the Romanian Army, Division General Constantin Degeratu has also attended the meeting. RADOR

    [11] Fourth meeting of Romania-EU Association Committee

    The headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels hosted the fourth meeting of the Romania-EU Association Committee. The Romanian delegation included state secretaries, directors and counsellors in several ministries led by Romania's Minister for European Integration Alexandru Herlea. The meeting on Thursday focused on general issues concerning the current stage of relations between Romania and the EU. The way Romania was meeting the EU accession criteria was also subject to debates. The meeting reviewed Romania's activity according to the 1998 annual report sent to the EU experts last month. RADOR

    [12] Final account of a meeting in Budapest

    The meeting in Budapest of the Romanian-Hungarian Intergovernment Commission for cooperation and active partnership has ended on Wednesday. The second session was aimed at analysing the activity of the ten working subcommissions set up according to bilateral agreements previously reached. Commissioners have agreed on the setting up of new commissions such as the commissions on religious, youth, sports, health and social issues. The subcommission on minority affairs has already started its activity. The meeting however focused mainly on examining the activity of the subcommission for economic affairs and new opportunities of developing trade between Romania and Hungary. Participants have expressed satisfaction with their cooperation under the CEFTA Agreement. They have also decided to open new border crossing points and modernise the existing ones. The cooperation between the two sides was actually appreciated as an example since the bilateral basic Treaty was signed. The commission has decided to present the foreign ministries and then the governments in the two countries with concrete proposals designed to improve bilateral cooperation in various fileds. At a press conference after the meeting, the Hungarian Foreign Ministry's State Secretary Zsolt Nemeth and the director general for political affairs in Romania's Foreign Ministry, Mihnea Constantinescu, have organised a press conference aimed at providing details about the event. RADOR
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