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RADOR: News from Romania, 98-09-22
September 22, 1998
CONTENTS
[01] PNTCD Press Conference;
[02] PNL Central Permanent Bureau Meeting;
[03] PAR Concerns About the Situation of Ethnic Romanians in Ukraine;
[04] Statement of Attorney General Mircea Criste;
[05] An Unknown Recording of George Enesco;
[06] Romanian President Met Participants in the Seminar on "Romanian
Language as Means of Radio Information and Communication";
[07] Kazakhstani President on a Visit to Romania.
[01] PNTCD press conference
The leader of the Christian Democrat National Peasant Party (PNTCD), Ion
Diaconescu, also president of the Democratic Convention in Romania (CDR),
does not rule out a government reshuffle in the very next future, before
the by-elections for the City Hall of Bucharest. In a statment made at the
end of a press conference on Monday, he pointed out that any measure the
Cabinet was expected to make was welcomed under the condition of a previous
agreement between coalition leaders and according to the following rules:
"The newly elected team should follow the programme already agreeed by
coalition partners. The new team should be the result of restructuring and
preserve the existing balance between political forces in the governing
coalition. The government reshuffle referres to issues of national
interest. I feel that some changes may occur as soon as possible, but a
substantial reshuffle will only go along with the government restructuring,
and I mean the expected merger between some ministries or any other change
requesting a reshuffle. Any minister may be removed in theory, but no
decision was made actually, and I cannot mention any name". RADOR
While speaking at the PNTCD press conference on Monday, president Ion
Diaconescu recalled that the leaders in the governing coalition decided
that the 25-th of October could be the possible date for the Bucharest City
Hall elections. He told the press conference that no agreement was reached
concerning the non-aggression between coalition partners during the
election campaign. Mr Diaconescu said that, if the possible winners
belonged to parties in the governing coalition, then each coalition partner
would support his own candidate in the second round of voting. In case the
second round includes a coalition candidate and an opposition candidate,
then, of course, all coalition partners will support the candidate
belonging to the coalition party. RADOR
[02] PNL Central Permanent Bureau meeting
At its meeting on Monday, the Central Permanent Bureau of the National
Liberal Party (PNL) held talks to appoint their representative in the Audio-
Video National Council (CNA) and the president of the Romanian Television's
Administration Council. The bureau has decided to submit to the prime
minister the nomination of Serban Pretor as PNL representative in the CNA.
As far as the election of the TVR Administration Council's president was
concerned, PNL first vicepresident Valeriu Stoica stopped however short of
providing any detail to the press. Referring to the situation of PNL
vicepresident Viorel Catarama, Mr Stoica said the issue was not subject to
debates at the meeting. In a statement to reporters, PNL president Mircea
Ionescu Quintus said he was not aware of any written statement or
announcement indicating that Mr Catarama was about to resign. RADOR
[03] PAR concerns about the situation of ethnic Romanians in Ukraine
The president of Romania's Alternative Party (PAR), Varujan Vosganian, has
expressed his regrets that the Romanian State showed little concern about
the situation of ethnic Romanians in Ukraine. Mr Vosganian told a press
conference on Monday that the Romanian minority in Ukraine was threaten to
lose its right to mother tongue teaching next year while the Romanian
Government did not show any intention to appoint the members in the
Ukrainian-Romanian joint commission to carry out the monitoring of the
Treaty between the two countries. In his turn, PAR first vicepresident
Adrian Iorgulescu has presented his party's position on recent remarks
calling for Transylvania's autonomy. The party condemns such statements and
believes their authors should be severely penalised. RADOR
[04] Statement of Attorney General Mircea Criste
Romania's Attorney General Mircea Criste has warned a press conference on
Monday about the growing danger of the economic and financial crime. In his
opinion, a team of experts may solve the problem if they were paid parts of
the fraud recovered following their investigations. Mr Criste said the
restructuring of the Public Ministry was designed to improve its activity
by promoting genuine professionals and honest people. He mentioned the
inefficiency and the delays he noticed in the Bivolaru case or in cases
involving MPs accused of insult or calumny. In his opinion, such cases may
be solved very quickly. The attorney general also announced that the files
concerning the miners' assault on Bucharest and events in December 1989
could be completed by the end of the year. Mr Criste informed that the
inquiry into events on June 13-15 1990 is coordinated by Major Gheorghe
Surdescu. RADOR
[05] An unknown recording of George Enesco
While the George Enesco Festival was going on in Bucharest last weekend, an
e-mail message has announced that the recording of a George Enesco concert
in 1950 was discovered in the archives of the University of Illinois. The
recording of George Enesco as both soloist and conductor includes
compositions by Brahms - one of Enesco's most favourite composers. RADOR
[06] Romanian president met participants in the seminar on "Romanian
Language as Means of Radio Information and Communication"
While at the Cotroceni Palace on Monday, President Emil Constantinescu met
participants in the 7-th edition of the seminar on "Romanian Language as
Means of Radio Information and Communication". The president has answered
to questions by participants - delegates representing more than 20 radio
stations in the world broadcasting programmes in Romanian language. The
Romanian head of state has announced that the basic Treaty between Romania
and the Republic of Moldova might be signed early next year while stressing
that more important it was to continue the process creating a common
economic and cultural framework. The president said he was invited to visit
Ukraine but the visit was possible only when concrete steps would be made
to developing bilateral relations and a Romanian Consulate and Cultural
Centre would open in the Ukrainian city of Chernautzi. He added that
Austria, Germany and Jewish groups in the US already expressed their
support of a multicultural university in Ukraine's capital Kiev. As far as
Romania's relations with Hungary were concerned, Mr Constantinescu said
that no matter who was supposed to come to power in Romania or Hungary, the
process of reconciliation could not be damaged as it already reached the
very essence of the community. RADOR
[07] Kazakhstani president on a visit to Romania
While visiting Romania, Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev met his
Romanian counterpart Emil Constantinescu on Monday. This is the first
official visit of a Kazakhstani head of state to Romania. Along with recent
developments in the bilateral relations, the two presidents have also
discussed issues concerning the TRACECA project - the restoration of the so-
called "Silk Route" linking Europe and Asia which is now expected to
include the Caspian oil transport. The modernisation of the Romanian port
of Constantza, the Danube-Black Sea Channel ensuring the transport of oil
to the Dutch port of Rotterdam and an oil processing capacity of more than
30 million tonnes a year are only a part of Romania's opportunities in the
project. The Romanian offer includes an oilpipe linking the port of
Constantza and the Italian port of Trieste. Transport costs may hit only 12
USD for 1 tonne as compared to the 35-40 USD for 1 tonne in the Bulgarian
version. RADOR
The speaker of Romania's House of Deputies Ion Diaconescu met the
Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev at the Parliament Palace on
Monday afternoon. Mr Nazarbayev is visiting Romania following an invitation
by his Romanian counterpart Emil Constantinescu. Privatisation Minister
Sorin Dimitriu has also attended the meeting. Mr Diaconescu said after the
meeting that the talks mainly concentrated on issues concerning the
economic cooperation between the two countries and the TRACECA project as a
priority for the transport of Caspian oil to Western Europe. The Romanian
official pointed out that the meeting was aimed at ensuring the project's
support in the two parliaments as the final decision should be made by the
governments in the two countries. RADOR
Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbyev met Romanian Prime Minister Radu
Vasile. After the meeting, the Kazakhstani president planted a tree into
the ground near the Cotroceni Palace and then attended a working lunch.
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Kazachstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev was awarded the Honorary
Citizenship and the key of the city by the acting Mayor General of
Bucharest Viorel Lis. The Kazakhsrani president has expressed his gratitude
and the wish to ensure further cooperation between the two countries.
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