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RADOR: News from Romania, 97-05-15
May 15, 1997
CONTENTS
[01] The US "Helsinki Commission" Is Supporting Romania's NATO Membership
[02] Trade Union Protests
[03] Romanian Complaint to Bulgaria
[04] Romanian foreign minister is visiting Viena and Vrsac
[05] Weather in Romania
[06] Currency Rates
[01] The US "Helsinki Commission" is supporting Romania's NATO membership
The Commission for Security and Cooperation in Europe of the US Senate,
better known as the "Helsinki Commission" considers that NATO should admit
Romania, the Czech Republic and Slovenia in the first round. The statement
was made by the president of the Commission, Alphonse D'Amato, after
hearings by the Helsinki Commission during which ambassadors Geoana
(Romania), Vondra (the Czech Republic) and Petric (Slovenia) presented
their countries' stances regarding the integration into NATO. RRI-RADOR,
May 15
[02] Trade union protests
The Fratia trade union confederation in Romania will organise, stating
Thursday, protest demonstations across the country. The disatisfaction of
the CNSRL-Fratia trade unionists is due to an alarming decrease in real
wages, to increase in prices for energy and staples and to the delay in
adopting the laws of the reform as well as the lack of measures of social
protection that should compensate the costs of restructuring. RRI-RADOR,
May 15
[03] Romanian complaint to Bulgaria
Romanian Foreign Ministry called on Bulgaria to take measures in
stregthening the protection of Romanian citizens transiting her territory.
The intimation is motivated not only by the case of a coach with Romanian
tourists on board who were robbed near the town of Gorgova, but also by te
fact that the number of Romanian tourists travelling to Bulgaria is
expected to rise this summer. RRI-RADOR, May 15
[04] Romanian foreign minister is visiting Vienna and Vrsac
Romanian foreign minister Adrian Severin is on a two-day visit to Vienna as
from Wednesday. There he will present to the OSCE Standing Council the
address on "Regional and Suregional Cooperation - a Priority of Romania's
Foreign Policy and a Factor of Stability on the Continent". Adrian Severin
will have meetings with the OSCE acting president and with representatives
of the local media. On May 16, the Romanian foreign minister will have a
working meeting in Vrsac, Yugoslavia, with its Yugoslave counterpart Milan
Milutinovic with whom he will exchange the ratification instruments of the
basic political treaty between Romania and the FR of Yugoslavia. Mr Severin
will also meet representatives of the Romanian minority in the neighbouring
country. Romanian Foreign Ministry sources say Mr Severin will visit Zareb
on May 19 following an invitation of his Croat counterpart Mate Granic.
RRI- RADOR, May 15
[05] Weather in Romania
Weather in Romania will be warm and sunny all over the country.
Temperatures will range from 10-13 centigrades in the morning to 30
centigrades at noon. RADOR, May 15
[06] Currency rates
1 USD = 7,088 lei; 1 DEM = 4,158 lei; 1 CHF = 4,907 lei; 1 FRF = 1,235 lei;
1 GBS = 11,562 lei; 1 ECU = 8,101 lei. RADOR, May 15
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