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RADOR: News from Romania, 98-07-27
July 27, 1998
CONTENTS
[01] Senate Speaker's Press Conference in Arad;
[02] Elections in the Village of Balanesti;
[03] Heavy Rains in Arad County;
[04] Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on a Visit to the County of
Harghita;
[05] Tribute to Tudor Arghezi at Martisor Memorial Home;
[01] Senate speaker's press conference in Arad
The speaker of the Romanian Senate, Petre Roman, said that since Hungary
was accepted as NATO member, the rejection of Romania's candidacy was a
mistake. While in Arada on Suday, the leader of the Democratic party (PD)
has told a press conference that he hoped the Hungarian Government would
not change the policy the country's former prime minister Gyula Horn has
been promoting. Mr Roman said that, as far as the setting up of a Hungarian
language teaching university was concerned, no agreement was reached over
the issue. On the other hand, the PD leader said that emergency measures
should be taken for a 45% raise in the custom duties on wheat and flour
imports. Refering to the fact that the Arad leadership of the Christian
Democrat National Peasant Party (PNTCD) has denied the Transport Minister
Traian Basescu the access in the county of Arad, Mr Roman has warned that
such a political diversion might become a source of tensions. RADOR, July
27
[01] <P>2. Elections in the village of Balanesti
Voters in the village of Balanesti, Gorj county, have gobe to the polls on
Sunday morning to elect a new mayor as the former mayor was convicted two
years ago for bribe. Nine candidates ran for the job, but there was a low
turnout in the three constituences of Balanesti, Voitesti Deal and Glodeni
opened at six o'clock in the morning. RADOR, July 27
[03] Heavy rains in Arad county
Following several days of drought, heavy rains were reported in the county
of Arad on Sunday morning. The traffic is badly affected and the rains are
threatening some crops in the region. RADOR, July 27
[04] Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on a visit to the county of
Harghita
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban paid a visit to several cities in the
Romanian county of Harghita. Along with his wife and his daughter, the
Hungarian official visited the Franciscan Church in the village of Sumuleu
and then attended a mass and baptised the child of a Reformed priest in
Miercurea Ciuc. While in Odorheiu Secuiesc, the Hungarian prime minister
met representatives of the local authorities and businesses in the area.
After he signed in the town's Book of Honours, the Hungarian guest have
attended a wreath-laying ceremony at the Orban Balasz memorial and then he
addressed the people. He assured the Romanian Hungarians that the new
Government in Budapest would make every effort to preserve the cultural
identity of all Hungarians living ouside Hungary, those living in Romania
included. As the RRA reports, before living for Targu Mures, the Hungarian
delegation and the people in front pf the Odorheiu Secuiesc City Hall
building have sung some of the lines in the Hungarian national anthem. On
Sunday afternoon, the Hungarian guests have arrived in Targu Mures where he
attended a private dinner at the home of Marko Bela, the leader of the
Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania (UDMR). Prime Minister
Viktor Orban then left for Arad from where he was expected to fly to
Budapest by helicopter. RADOR, July 27
[05] Tribute to Tudor Arghezi at Martisor Memorial Home
31 years after the death of the Romanian writer Tudor Arghezi, the Museum
of the Romanian Literature has organised a tribute ceremony at the Memorial
Home of Martisor on Sunday. In his address to participants, academic
Alexandru Balaci has pointed out the importance and the greatness of
Arghezi's works as well as the fame of their translations around the world.
In his turn, writer Petre Ghelmez has compared the poet's home at Martisor
with a shrine where the Romanians pray and discover the Romanian soul and
the deep spirit of the Romanian language. The daughter of the poet, Mrs
Mitzura Arghezi, has announced that the 41 volume of Arghezi's complete
works was soon to appear in bookshops on the occasion of the 31-st
commemoration of her father's death. RADOR, July 27
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