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RADOR: News from Romania, 97-06-05
June 5, 1997
CONTENTS
[01] Romanian Senate Speaker Will Participate in the Third Congress of the
European Socialists in Malmo, Sweden
[02] IMF Continue to Analyse tge Stage of the Reform Programme in Romania
[03] In Bucharest, the Fifth Edition of the International Book Fair
[01] Romanian Senate Speaker Will Participate in the Third Congress of the
European Socialists in Malmo, Sweden
Bucharest - On Friday and Saturday, Romanian Senate speaker Petre Roman
will participate in the third congress of the European socialists due in
Malmo, Sweden. He has been invited in his capacity as president of the
Democratic Party, which is part of the ruling coallition in Romania. Petre
Roman will attend the plenary session on the topic "A Europe, a world, a
struggle for human rights" and will speak at the round-table debate on the
theme "Europe in a world of peace". Petre Roman will also have a series of
important meetings, pursuing Romania's integration into NATO in the "Madrid
wave"; thus, he will meet British prime minister Tony Blair, foreign
secretary Robin Cook and possibly the new French prime minister Lionel
Jospin. Asked whether the political changes in Paris and London will affect
in any way Romania's chances to join NATO, Petre Roman has stated that
Romania has a lot of friends supporting her among the social-democrats in
these countries. Many politicians of Europe will be present in Malmo, as in
13 of the 15 EU member countries socialist or social-democrats are ruling.
Also attending will be NATO secretary general Javier Solana, who is a
Spanish social-democrat.
[02] IMF Continue to Analyse tge Stage of the Reform Programme in Romania
Bucharest - The IMF chief negociator Paul Thomsen and members of the
executive continue to analyse in Bucharest the stage of the reform
programme in Romania. After a first assessement, Paul Thomsen has indicated
that the progrsmme is carried out in a fair manner, while the monetary and
fiscal policies are "running smoothly". Such analyses are made every two
mounth; the tranches of the 430 million dollar loan, given by the IMF in
April to support the Romanian restructuring programme, depend on the
results of these analyses. The other day, the World Bank approved a 550
million dollar loan for the same purpose. In Wednesday's session, the
Romanian government made a new step in the enforcement of the reform,
decidoing to improve the foreign investment regime. An emmergency ordinance
provides for the regulation and liberalization of the capital market, the
promotion and guarantee ofdirect foreign investments, as well as free
competition. We also inform you that a Frame agreement of financial
cooperation between the European Investment Bank and Romania was signed in
Bucharest on Thursday, this being an important stage in backing Bucharest's
efforts to join the EU. So far, Eomania received loans from the European
Investment Bank worth 500 million ECU.
[03] In Bucharest, the Fifth Edition of the International Book Fair
Bucharest - The fiffth edition of the International Book Fair has got under
way in Bucharest. More than 130 private publishers, 17 state publishing
houses as well as book distributors, literary agents and printers of
Romania, France, Germany, Holland, Grat Britain, Norway, the Republic of
Moldova, Belgium are participating in this fair. More than 150 new titles
will be launched.
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