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RADOR: News from Romania, 97-09-11
September 11, 1997
CONTENTS
[01] Romanian Parliament Activity
[02] PSDR Press Conferece
[03] Romanian President Visiting China
[04] European Commission Communique
[05] Prime Minister Ciorbea Met French High Ranking Official
[06] Weather in Romania
[07] Currency Rates
[01] Romanian Parliament activity
Approved Documents
The Romanian Senate have debated and approved on Tuesday the Emergency
ordinance for improving the social protection of people having lost totally
or partially their working capacity and also of people having been killed
during the December 1989 anti-comunist revolution. Still on Tuesday, the
commission for budget, finance and banks of the Chamber of Deputies have
approved sanctioning people that have not yet payed the road taxes settled
by the Emergency Ordinance no 20/1997 by 10 times the anual amount of the
tax. Traian Basescu said the reason of the sanction is to discourage the
attempts to skip paying debts to state. RADOR, September 11
Hearings
The Defence Commissission of the Senate has Responded to General Pavel
Abraham's request to be heard by the Commission. Mr. Abraham said that his
dismissal "was the result of obscure actions carried out by some senior
Police members who were still using the old methods of the 50's and who
disinformed the minister of Internal Affairs". RADOR, September 11
Debates on the the SRR and TVR organizing Law
The Deputies examined and approved the first 19 articles of the law
proposal on the altering and completion of the Romanian Radio and TV
Broadcasting Corporations organizing Law. Both institutions are to book
important broadcasting time for European programmes, 50% of those being
planned to be Romanian - including the minorities' ones. At least 10% of
the total broadcasting time is to be booked for independent producers.
Categories of qualified personnel has also been defined. Part of this
category is any individual making, producing and coordinating radio and TV
features and programmes or taking a direct and creative part in making
them. Each corporation's statute is to define the jobs that will be part of
this category. RADOR, September 11
[02] PSDR press conference
While attending the press conference of the Romanian Social-Democrat Party
(PSDR), the Minister of Labour and Social Security Alexandru Athanasiu
admitted that the living standard of the Romanians has unfortunately
dropped because of the "fool or fooled" way of managing the Roamnian
economy. "It's hard to reach a good social security level with no
resources", said Mr. Athansiu. He added that starting with October 1 the
the medium wage will reach 828,500 lei/month. RADOR, September 11
[03] Romanian president visiting China
Romanian President Emil Constantinescu arrived on Wednesday in Shanghai,
where Romania is willing to open a consulate. The Romanian president has
been hosted by the mayor of Shanghay and held talks with Chinese senior
officials: President Jian Zemin, Prime-Minister Li Peng and the Speaker of
the Parliament Qiao Chi. Romania announced its intention to settle Romanian
diplomatic representatives teams in Shanghai and Hong Kong. "We know that
the Asia-Pacific area is a more and more dynamic one and that most of the
experts predict it will be one of the economic and cultural power poles of
the future, besides the US and the united Europe. Seeing that Shanghai and
Hong Kong are to have important economic roles we decided to open
consulates in Shanghai and Hong Kong." the Romanian Minister of Foreign
Affairs Adrian Severin said. RADOR, September 11
[04] European Commission's communique
Between 1990 and 1996 Romania received by the UE 726 MECU, meaning 16% of
the PHARE fund - a communique of the European Commission quoted by ROMPRES
said. Romania will receive 550 MECU; 184 MECU have been given in 1995 and
1996 for assistance programmes and now the programme for 1997 is almost
finalized. RADOR, September 11
[05] Prime Minister Ciorbea met French high ranking official
The Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ciorbea has received Marceau Longue,
Honorific President of the French State Council. The ceremony was attended
by the Minister of Reform Ulm Spineanu and the Coordinator General
Secretary of the government Remus Opris. Mr. Longue noticed the
restructuring process in Romania and gave some general recommendations over
the necessity to explain and to watch over the appliance of the laws. Prime-
Minister Victor Ciorbea has presented to Mr. Longue the real situation of
the reform process in Romania. RADOR, September 11
[06] Weather in Romania
Weather in Romania will be colder but sunny in most of the country. Some
showers are forecast in northern regions. Temperatures will range from 6
centigrades in the morning to 26 centigrades at noon. RADOR, September 11
[07] Currency rates
1 USD = 7.484 lei; 1 DEM = 4.127 lei; 1 CHF = 5.022 lei; 1 FRF = 1.227 lei;
1 GBP = 11.885 lei. RADOR, September 11
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