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RADOR: News from Romania, 99-04-27

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

April 27, 1999

Political events PNTCD - Christian Democratic National Peasants Party - Press Conference PNTCD thinks that the new strategic conception of NATO to administer together with the United Nations Security Council the crises all over Europe is good for Romania as it offers our country the right to look optimistically towards its integration in the Alliance. According to RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI at the press conference on Monday, the President of that party, Mr. Ion Diaconescu said that all European countries will necessarily become NATO members and it is to this aim that these countries must be helped to overcome economic problems.First vice president of that party, Mr. Gabriel Tepelea is of the opinion that the main important results of the Washington summit are the options of the most developed countries from the economic point of view to work out a MARSHALL PLAN, assistance given Romania and the other countries that run for joining the Alliance as well as the reconstruction of the Balkan countries affected by the war in Yugoslavia. In connexion with the proposasl of the National Liberal Party - PNL - first vice president Valeriu Stoica regarding participation in local elections on separate lists, Mr. Diaconescu said PNTCD does not accept this option as the CDR -Romanian Democratic Convention - has been set up from the very beginning starting from the idea of joint lists. He added that if the PNL wishes to have separate lists in the local elections they should do the same in the general elections. As the same time PNTCD does not accept the idea of alternate leadership of the Convention. The next meeting of the National Council of CDR will discuss all amendments of the National Liberal Party, said spokesman of the PNTCD, Dr. Remus Opris. President Diaconescu is of the opinion that the proposal of senator Gyorgy Frunda of the UDMR - the Democratic Union of Magyars of Romania - for the setting up of a special commission for ethnic minorities at the European Council is not necessary as there already is a commission for human rights, transmits RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI. RADOR

CONTENTS

  • [01] Social life Starting August the National Agency for Homes Building - Agentia Nationala pentru Constructia de Locuinte - will give credits to this aim, said RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI quoting MR. Laszlo Borbely, state secretary with the MLPAT; We will not grant credits for purchasing houses and apartments but for the building of homes as our aim is the relaunching of house building in this country. We have a fund of about 11o thousand million lei from the state budget and we hope that next year our budget will be much bigger. Acccording to the present legislation our Agency will have credits for the newly wed couples and this means they will have to pay five to ten per cent in advance while we give them a credit with interest in much more advantageous conditions than any other agency for any other category of citizens" said secretary of state Laszlo Borbely. He added that for the other categories of citizens of this country pay in advance is of up to 2o per cent of the sum total and then a mortgage agreement is concluded with the bank; in a year the apartment is ready to be lived in and in the conditions of inflation in this country monthly rates are of 2.5 million lei a month for a period of 2o to 25 years. RADOR
  • [02] DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC LOCAL ADMINISTRATION IS ASSESSING LOSSES IN THE WAKE OF FLOODS The Government is late in helping the victims of the recent floods in this country. The Repartment of Public Local Administration is still assessing the damage after which a Government ordinance will be issued to provide for the victims. According to ANTENNA ONE TV in the wake of floods in the last few days damege is registered at two national highways, five local roads, two bridges, a railway route, more than 1oo towns and villages and more than 15oo households. Most damaged is county Mures where from about 4o people were moved. The Head of Public Local Administration, Vlad Rosca who is quoted by the afore mentioned source said the victims will get money for repairing their houses while making up for any other damage falls within the responsibility of the Transports Ministry. However the Government still has to pay 5o thousand million lei to people that are victims of floods at the beginning of the year. Due to shortage of money, Mr. Rosca said, local authorities should no longer allow building of houses in the areas that can be subjected to floods. RADOR International relations
  • [03] In Washington Romanian specialists continue talks with the IMF President Emil Constantinescu said refering to his meetings with the managements of the World Bank and the IMF that he noted a more flexible stand in connexion with Romania, a stand which does take into account economic progress against the background of macrostability which is preserved. Talks of Romanian specialists with management of the IMF continued on Monday for a more rapid release of the loan asked for in the letter of intention, says RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI. RADOR
  • [04] Statement of the IMF Director General after meeting President Emil Constantinescu IMF Director General Michel Camdessus said after meeting President Emil Constantinescu that the IMF is concerned with the situation in the Balkans and it is ready to offer assistance to all countries affected by the crisis. He added that Romania has an important role to play in the process of reconstruction which will follow after the conflict and that the IMF is confident the Bucharest officials will successfully conclude a new loan agreement, says RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI. RADOR
  • [05] Points of view regarding Washington decisions on Romania President Emil Constantinescu said he was satisfied with results obtained by Romania at the Washington Summit by its nomination on top of the list for gaining NATO membership and the implementation of a more intensified partnership after the patterns used by the European Union. The idea of a meeting of the EU members and of the countries in South Eastern Europe will have to be materialized in Bonn at the end of May, says RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI. According to the President of Romania our country has made remarkable progress within the Partnership for Peace and cooperation with NATO; it cam compare to a member country and does not differ from the first three accepted countries. "Romania has succeeded to overcome inter ethnic problems for good by its own forces that are loyal to democracy and dialogue (....) I have had the occasion to present a Romanian draft project for the reconstruction of the area which asks for a simultaneous tackling of the military and strategy issues, of the political issues linked to the ensurance of democratic structures by involving strongly the civil society plus a financial and economic component part meant to ensure the reconstruction of Yugoslavia and the long lasting reconstruction of the entire region"-said President Constantinescu. According to the spokesman of the Presidency, Mr. Rasvan Popescu, the Washington meeting was a step forward compared to Madrid as there is a term of assessment by 2oo2, a programme of assisting the candidate countries and a score which in 2oo2 at the latest will be decisive." It is up to us to be best prepared by the deadline " underlined Rasvan Popescu. The President of the PDSR - the Party for Social Democracy of Romania - Mr. Ion Iliescu thinks that, we quote;"nothing has changed " and that the nomination of Romania in the group of the nine countries brings no change after Madrid. " Perhaps the only significant aspect of the Washington Sumnmit is the attempt of NATO to become legal by having all its decisions passed by the Security Council first" said the leader of the PDSR. RADOR
  • [06] Romanian visit of the US Defense Information Agency Director The Director of the US Defense Information Agency, Mr. Patrick Hewes has met with the representatives of the Defense Committees of the Romanian Senate and Chamber of Deputies yesterday at the seat of the Parliament of Romania. The main topic of the discussions was parliamentary control over the military information institutions.As stressed by the vice president of the Defense Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, Mr. Mihai Nica who was quoted by RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI the situatioin in Yugoslavia was tackled only marginally. The US guest was very much interested in strengthening collaboration between the agency he represents and the Romanian Military Information Department.
  • [07] The European Council Parliamentary Assembly passed a document worked out by the UDMR - Democratic Union of Magyars of Romania - Senator Gyorgy Frunda At Strasbourg, the Parliamentary Assembly of the European Council passed a document worked out by Senator Gyorgy Frunda on the control of domestic secret services, says RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI.Following the reccomandation passed Monday evening the secret services could not be used as instruments of political opposition oppression or for oppressing national ethnic minorities or religious groups. At the same time the document reccomends the demilitarization of domestic secret services and their financing by the State budget exclusively after Parliamentary debates. RADOR
  • [08] A Delegation of the Parliament of Chisinau is paying a visit to Bucharest A delegation of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova led by Mr. Dumitru Diacov has started a visit to Bucharest at the invitation of the Romanian Senate. Mr. Diacov said on Monday after having been received by the President of the Senate, Mr. Petre Roman that he hopes very much in the speedy finalizing of the bilateral treaty as it is very important even from the moral and psychological points of view that this treaty be operational, RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI reports. The guests also met with the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Ion Diaconescu. Mr. Dumitru Diacov told Romania media that both Bucharest and Chisinau have democratic and reforming leadership and managerial structures which increases chances to work out joint programmes of economic relaunching and European integration. The delegation of the Chisinau Senate also had talks at the Romanian Foreign Ministry where both guests and hosts estimated that dormant tension at the Eastern border of Romania is dangerous and damaging for the future of relations between states in this part of Europe. RADOR Media news
  • [09] Press Conference of the Trade Unions Federation of the National Radio communication Company At the press conference held by the Trade Union Federation of the National Radio communication Company of Romania, the leader of the federation Mr. Constantin Popescu said that the work conflict involves the federation and the employers of that company, reports RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI. Last week the warning strike stopped 76 transmitters for 3o minutes in the morning and that action was meant to make the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation and the Romanian Television Corporation answer the demands of the radio communication company to pay for services rendered. Although the Romanian Radio Broadcasting Corporation mentions it has paid all its dues in keeping with budget allotment this does not satisfy the Radio communication Company as the Law does not mention exactly the amount of broadcasting time covered by budget allotment. If the law is not amended and if the two national broadcasting radio and television corporations do not pay for all services rendered which would also mean sources other than the budget, then general strike will be unleashed in May which results in only one third of broadcasting time to be relayed by transmitters. The President of the CNSLR FRATIA Trade Union Federation said that what was happening among the three companies and corporations is an example of the way the government is practicing market economy with tariffs for some and coverage from the budget for some others while money is to be found nowhere. RADOR Economic news
  • [10] Romania will get short term IMF emergency credit The IMF announced a programme of short term emergency credits for countries that have a sound economic policy but which are faced by difficulties resulting from global economic problems. The vice president of the World Bank for Central and Eastern Europe, Johannes Linn - mentioned by RADIO FREE EUROPE - said in a statement that Romania unlike Bulgaria has no political consensus for a speeded up reform process. " Romania has had considerable difficulties which have their sources in the lack of political consensus and in having trouble to build a clear political basis to reform and stability. Now we hope that looking towards the future Romania would be able to implement a process of reforms which would enjoy larger consensus." " Romania - added Mr. Linn - is one of the pilot countries for the implementation of a comprehensive development framework as part of which alongside the President of the country we will focus attention for the speeding up of the process of reforms. RADOR
  • [11] Contract between SNP Petrom and ABN AMRO Rotschild The "Clubul Petrolistului " of Bucharest hosted the signing of the financial consultancy contract between SNP and ABN AMRO Rotschild for the increase of capital and shares public offer. The Executive Director of SNP PETROM SA, Mr. Ion Popa gave details on the stages which his company will have to cover;" The following step is for the next three months during which assessment reports are being finalized after which there are three more months during which we will have to find strategic and financial investors both in this country and foreign who will participate in augmenting capital" said executive director Popa. In a statement to RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI Mr. Popa said the next stage will be " the second contract which deals with public shares offer". RADOR
  • [12] Committee to investigate activity of BANCOREX The Senate Committee to investigate Bancorex activities started work on Monday with the day that bank began crisis and with those responsible for the situation. The activity of the Committee will unfold in the period 26 April - 26 June, says RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI. RADOR
  • [13] Businessman Viorel Catarama buys 50.1 per cent of the shares of Tractorul Brasov Company Mr. Catarma intends to buy 50.1 per cent of the shares of Tractorul Brasov Company; he was quoted by Radio Tirgu Mures as telling a group of businessmen gathered at the Brasov Chamber of Commerce that the buying of the plant would be good business as the company can soon be profitable. Mr. Catarama added he will come with his offer at the seat of the State Ownership Fund in Bucharest and that he would not dismiss staff or start restructuring in the near future. In conclusion Mr. Catarama said he had a plan for relaunching activity at the Tractorul company. RADOR
  • [14] Sidex Galati plan of modernization The management of the Sidex Galati combinat works intends to conclude contract with US based company for modernizing roll plating. According to RADIO IASI there will be less energy used added to reduction of raw material consumption and increased efficiency, as well as a much higher quality of finished products for both home and the international markets. RADOR
  • [15] Days of Constanta in the city of Vienna The city of "Vienna and the harbour of Krems host the DAYS OF CONSTANTA for four days , RADIO CONSTANTA informs its listeners. Attending the festivities are businessmen of both Romania and Austria who have the occasion to debate business opportunities and the blocking of traffic on the river Danube. RADOR
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