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RADOR: News from Romania, 97-10-17
October 17, 1997
CONTENTS
[01] EU Commissioner Hans Van Den Broek in Romania Again
[02] EBRD Investment Projects in Romania
[03] Week for Fighting Poverty
[04] Romanian Senate Speaker Returned from Athens
[05] 1998 Budget to Provide New Jobs
[06] Weather in Romania
[07] Currency Rates
[01] EU Commissioner Hans Van Den Broek in Romania again
During his visit to Romania and Bulgaria, on Thursday and Friday, EU
Comissioner for Central and Eastern Europe Hans Van Den Broek is trying to
show how important it is for the two countries to join the EU. In his view,
Romania and Bulgaria have made progress in the right direction. Hans Van
Den Broek paid a one-day visit to Bulgaria and on Friday he is due to meet
Romanian President Emil Constantinescu and Prime Minister Victor Ciorbea.
RRI-RADOR, October 17
[02] EBRD investments projects in Romania
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has worked out
investment projects in Romania worth 350 million USD till the end of 1997,
EBRD President Jacques de Larosiere declared in Bucarest on Thursday. Mr.
Larosiere made this statement after meeting President Emil Constantinescu.
He further said that operations worth over 1 billion two hundred and fifty
milion dollars for Romania have already been approved. As far as the macro-
economic stabilisation is concerned, Mr. Larosiere sad it was one of the
most impressive programmes he has seen in his whole career. On Thursday,
the EBRD president met Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ciorbea. RRI-RADOR,
October 17
[03] Week for fighting poverty
Between October 17 and 24, the Week for Fighting Poverty will be held in
Romania. Organised under auspices of the UN Development Programme, the
event will include seminars, round tables, conferences and meetings which
are to take place in many towns around the country. Discussions will
concentrate on problems raised by poverty in the period of transition. The
programme implemented by the UN bodies and the actions initated by the
National Commission for preventing and eradicating poverty will be
presented as well. At a press conference held in Bucharest on Thursday,
Romanian Presidet Emil Constantinescu said that it was absolutely necessary
that this phenomenon, inevitably accompanying economic reform, "should not
acquire the seriousness of an incurable disease". RRI-RADOR, October 17
[04] Romanian Senate speaker returned from Athens
Romanian Seate Speaker Petre Roman has pointed out that Romania makes an
important contribution to the common stand of the South-East European
countries within the EU. He made the statement upon his return from Athens
where he took part in the meeting of the parliament presidents in the
region. He also said that the conference decided to set up a working group
to analyse the opportunity of institutionalising the initiative. RRI-RADOR,
October 17
[05] 1998 budget to provide new jobs
In an interview with ROMANIAN TELEVISION, Finance Minister Mircea Ciumara
said that "the ordinary citizen will feel a relief because we will allot
more money for new jobs and investments, because the fiscal presure, the
taxes paid by the citizen will be lower through the new law of total income
and thus we can better focus on social protection for the people who really
need it. I consider that the most important criteria for the next year are
the relaunching of economic growth and the creation of new jobs. Next week
we shall start talks with the unions and employers in this respect, and
after that with the parliamentary groups". Referring to the IMF
representative Poul Thomsen's visit to Romania, Mr. Ciumara has mentioned
that "it is a regular one, suitable in this time of budget accomplishment,
and it will allow him to make sure that we shall also manage to meet the
main criteria for the next year. At the same time, we would like him to
tell us the extent to which the IMF is willing to finance Romania in the
next three years. RADOR
[06] Weather in Romania
Weather in Romania will be unstable the next three days especially in south-
western and northern parts of the country. In Bucharest, the weather will
be cold and some showers are forecast for Monday, October 20. Temperatures
will range from -2 centigrades in the morning to 15 centigrades at noon.
RADOR, October 17
[07] Currency rates
1 USD = 7,706 lei; 1 DEM = 4,412 lei; 1 CHF = 5,287 lei; 1 FRF = 1,316 lei;
1 GBP = 12,478 lei; 1 XEU = 8,658 lei. RADOR, October 17
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