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RADOR: News from Romania, 98-08-06

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From: RADOR Press Agency <http://indis.ici.ro/romania/news/rador.html>

August 6, 1998


CONTENTS

  • [01] President Emil Constantinescu met Romania's Minister for European Integration Alexandru Herlea;
  • [02] A Multicultural University - the PNL Central Permanent Bureau's Option;
  • [03] PNL: Further Controversy over the Bell Helicopters Affair;
  • [04] SIE Chief Hearing Delayed;
  • [05] Special Government Measures Following Hot Weather;
  • [06] Victims of Hot Weather;
  • [07] Alfa Cartel Against Private System of Pensions;
  • [08] Prime Minister Radu Vasile on a Visit to Israel;
  • [09] Irish Justice Ministry's Concern over Romanian Immigrants.

  • [01] President Emil Constantinescu met Romania's Minister for European Integration Alexandru Herlea

    A communique issued by the Presidential Press Office says that President Emil Constantinescu is expected to ask the prime minister, the speaker of the House of Deputies and the speaker of the Romanian Senate to accelerate Romania's process of European integration and focus on both the approximation of the country's legal system to the European law and the economic and institutional reform. The president has expressed his position during his meeting on Wednesday with Romania's Minister for European Integration Alexandru Herlea. The minister provided details about the current stage in the drawing up of Romania's National Programme for EU Integration and the European Commission's possible opinion of Romania's progress after the adoption of the Agenda 2000. RADOR

    [02] A multicultural university - the PNL Central Permanent Bureau's option

    At its meeting on August 5, the Central Permanent Bureau of the National Liberal Party (PNL) discussed the issue concerning the setting up of Hungarian language teaching university. PNL first vicepresident Valeriu Stoica said the party's leadership decided to support the multicultural model. "There are several versions of the issue", the minister said. "Firstly, the Babes-Bolyai University is already a Romanian- Hungarian multicultural university. Another university may open in another town, in Targu Mures for instance, as I believe that another univerity in Cluj would not be appropriate. It should be a multicultural university using the languages of all Romania's national minorities", Mr Stoica concluded. RADOR

    [03] PNL: further controversy over the Bell Helicopters affair

    The Central Permanent Bureau of the PNL has decided to ask the Romanian Government to draw up a document including all political, strategic- military and economic arguments for and against the Bell Helicopters contract. PNL first vicepresident Valeriu Stoica said his party would be able to express its position only after such a document could be examined. The PNL leader pointed out that the decision over the issue should belong to the government as "only the government, and not a particular party, was supposed to take over the responsibility for the project". According to Mr Stoica, the procedures may not be delayed as long as Finance Minister Daniel Daianu has actually signed the contract. The PNL first vicepresident has expressed his party's further support of the finance minister. RADOR

    [04] SIE chief hearing delayed

    The parliamentary commission monitoring the activity of Romania's Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE) has decided to postpone the hearing of the SIE chief planned on August 6. Chief commissioner George Serban has explained that the SIE chief should be interrogated along with his deputy, Corneliu Grigoras. As general Grigoras could not be found, the hearing of the SIE chief was useless, deputy George Serban said. RADOR

    [05] Special government measures following hot weather

    A draft law allowing the working day to be reduced or cancelled on hot weather conditions is to be submitted to the government within a week. The project referes only to public institutions, utilities or commercial companies lacking air conditioning. The law is also stipulating a reduction in the working programme from eight to six our and free protection food and cool drinks. The ministries responsible - the Labour and the Finance Ministries - are to evaluate the resulting costs and the fiscal implications the project involves. RADOR

    [06] Victims of hot weather

    17 people died in the last two weeks following the hot weather. The meteorologists have warned that high temperatures would persist in the southern parts of the country, exceeding those in 1945. Romania's Labour Ministry is preparing a legal document stipulating reduced working hours at temperatures over 40 centigrades while the City Hall of the 5-th Sector in Bucharest has already reduced its working programme from eight to six hours. RADOR <P>

    [07] Alfa Cartel against private system of pensions

    The trade union confederation Alfa Cartel says the emergency law on the private system of pensions is the result of group interests and the pension system restructuring should not be achieved without previous public debates as such decisions would have major consequnces for the population. The Alfa Cartel's National Executive Bureau reminds the Labour Ministry that any legal initiative should be discussed by the three-party commissions before its submission to the government. RADOR

    [08] Prime Minister Radu Vasile on a visit to Israel

    The Prime Minister Radu Vasile's official visit to Israel has ended with a meeting hosted by the Romanian ambassador to Israel. Participants included Romanian officials and intelectual Jews of Romanian descent. When asked to brief the journalists on hos four days of talks, meetings and contacts with Israeli politicians and businessmen, The Romanian prime minister said his visit was very special and exceeded the usual ordinary relations between two governments. According to the prime minister, both the official and private talks have concentrated on economic and political matters of mutual, regional and national interest. The prime minister said he was convinced that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would come to Romania shortly. RADOR

    Prime Minister Radu Vasile paid a visit to Nazareth on Wednesday afternoon. The Galati-born mayor of the town, Menahem Aliav, gave him a warm welcome along with the key and the badge of Nazareth. The mayor has mentioned the existing relations between the Association of Romanian Jews and Romania. "The town of Nazareth and the town of Alba Iulia, as actually Romania in all, have established relations of brotherhood", Mr Aliav added.

    [09] Irish Justice Ministry's concern over Romanian immigrants

    The Greek police has arrested 46 Romanian illegal immigrants on Tuesday. Another 70 Romanian immigrants were arrested by the French police while they were preparing to leave for Ireland. On Saturday, the Italian police has detained a minibus full of Romanian illegal immigrants and then sent it back to Austria. The Romanians seem very interested in taking advantage of all the weaknesses the European immigration system may have. Ireland seem to be the Romanians' main target, but the Irish Government has announced measures aimed at making them change their mind. The Irish Ministry of Justice is preparing a draft law stipulating fines and prison terms for ship commanders, plane pilots and truck drivers who illegally bring such refugees to the country. The Irish authorities and public opinion were actually terrified after the last wave of Romanian refugees, most of them Gypsies, broke into the country in their attempt to benefit from the Irish social assistance system. According to the Irish law, a refugee may stay in Ireland up to three or four years until his case is solved, the same source says. RADOR
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