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RADOR: News from Romania, 98-10-22

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

October 22, 1998


CONTENTS

  • [01] Call for Inquiry;
  • [02] National Minorities Council Plenum;
  • [03] Interior Ministry Restructuring;
  • [04] PNTCD Concerns about Parliamentary Discipline;
  • [05] Health Ministry Ban on Powder Milk-Made Milk;
  • [06] Robin Cook on a Visit to Bucharest;
  • [07] Romanian Government Aid for Romanians Living in Hungary;
  • [08] Romania Is Ready to Participate in the OSCE Mission;
  • [09] Solemn Service at the Cathedral in Alba Iulia;
  • [10] "Radio House for Every Child and Family".

  • [01] Call for inquiry

    The Parliamentary Commission monitoring the activity of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) has decided to call for an inquiry after Ion Coja, former president of the Democratic Agrarian Party in Romania (PDAR), has accused the ministers Radu Berceanu, Andrei Plesu, Ion Caramitru and former Finance Minister Daniel Daianu of collaborating with foreign intelligence services. Commissioner Daniela Buruiana said that, at the hearing on Wednesday, Ion Coja did not bring any evidence in support of his accusations. At the commission's next meeting, SRI director Costin Georgescu is expected to present the commissioners with the results of the inquiry. RADOR

    [02] National Minorities Council plenum

    The meeting of the Council of National Minorities was taking place at the Victoria Palace on Wednesday. The agenda of the talks included such topics as the draft law on national minorities and the institutional activity fighting racism and xenophobia. The head of the Legislation Directorate in the Government Department for national minorities' protection, Attila Marko, said the draft law referred to minority rights mentioning other laws including provisions on the matter. The councillors have passed the draft law which is now expected to go to the Cabinet for further debates. RADOR

    At its meeting in Bucharest on Wednesday, as a results of the nine year- effort made by Democratic Union of Ethnic Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), the Council of National Minorities in Romania has passed the draft law on national minorities. The document provides the legal framework and ways of implementing its provisions. As a new element, the draft law includes penalties against minority abuses, press reports against minorities, racial hatred and antisemitism which are now considered as crimes. The meeting on Wednesday has adopted both the text of the law and the sanctions against breaking it. Another new element is the legal status of the minority groups the law is now stipulating. RADOR

    [03] Interior Ministry restructuring

    Romanian Interior Minister Gavril Dejeu told a press conference on Wednesday that the restructuring measures of his ministry were designed to get the Romanian Police closer to the civil structures in the local public administration. According to the Law 116/1998, the Romanian Geandarmerie is responsible for preserving the public order in the country. Referring to the border security, minister Dejeu said that measures were taken for the restructuring of big units belonging to the National Command of Borderguards. RADOR

    The Interior Ministry restructuring includes, among other things, the demilitarisation of the police - a move expected to cost nearly 4,500 billion lei. The statement was made by Romanian Interior Minister Gavril Dejeu at a press conference on Wednesday. The obstacles against illegal immigration and smuglling are going to be enforced as the measure is an important condition for Romania's accession to the European structures. Special structures to fight gambling crimes and copyright piracy are to be created by the end of the year, the interior minister added. RADOR

    [04] PNTCD concerns about parliamentary discipline

    The meeting of the MP groups representing the Christian Democrat National Peasant Party (PNTCD) and the party's ministers in the governing coalition has been taking place on Wednesday. According to PNTCD vicepresident Sorin Lepsa, the talks concentrated on the Prime Minister Radu Vasile's message to all MP groups representing the coalition parties as the prime minister was complaining of poor coordination between MPs and Cabinet ministers in adopting a series of laws which actually had no similarity to the projects the government proposed after being passed by parliament. PNTCD leader Ion Diaconescu said he would call for the restoration of the famous coordination council. RADOR

    The lack of a good coordination between the government and the parliament has been repeatedly mentioned recently as the main reason for the delaying reforms. Following the last government reshuffle, the meetings of the famous COCOPO were cancelled after claims that the Cabinet should be allowed to work quietly, with no interference from leaders of coalition parties. Now, such interference comes from the MPs representing the coalition parties in parliament to the prime minister's obvious discontent. The prime minister has actually launched a big campaign designed to secure his position in the government and his party. RADOR

    [05] Health Ministry ban on powder milk-made milk

    A Health Ministry communique says that, as the Law 42/1991 is banning the use of ready-made products in the processing of other goods, the powder milk-made milk should be banned as well. The communique mentions that the powder milk is a ready-made product and its use in milk processing was sporadically allowed given the difficulties the milk industry was facing. The Health Ministry has warned that it could not afford to support such inefficiency anymore. RADOR

    [06] Robin Cook on a visit to Bucharest

    British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook has arrived in Bucharest on Wednesday for a 24-hour visit. While at the Otopeni Airport, he said his first official visit to Romania was aimed at seeking ways to intensify the bilateral cooperation between Britain and Romania becuase, as he put it, the relations between the two countries were already good. The head of the British diplomacy said he was expected to discuss with the Romanian authorities the way Britain could better help Romania in its efforts to join the EU. The agenda of the talks in Bucharest also includes such topics as the situation in the Yugoslav province of Kosovo. British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook met Romanian President Emil Constantinescu on Wednesday evening. RADOR

    [07] Romanian Government aid for Romanians living in Hungary

    While in Hungary where he attended the meeting of the Romanian-Hungarian joint Commission monitoring the implementation of the bilateral basic Treaty between the two countries, Mugur Vasiliu, Deputy State Secretary in the Romanian Government's Department for Minorities, mentioned the aid the Romanian Government was providing to the Romanians living in Hungary. In an interview on Wednesday, Mr Vasiliu said that 20 proposals from both the Romanian communities living in Hungary and the Hungarian minority living in Romania were included in a single document to be submitted to the foreign ministers of both Romania and Hungary who were expected to examine the proposals and then present the governments in the two countries with them. RADOR

    [08] Romania is ready to participate in the OSCE mission

    Romania is ready to participate in the OSCE mission. In a communique issued on Wednesday, the Romanian Foreign Ministry has announced that 50 Romanian experts were expected to arrive in Kosovo as part of the OSCE mission. The decision was made despite Opposition protests who warned that the mission could bring the region's independence and indirectly support the autonomy efforts of the Hungarians living in Romania. RADOR

    [09] Solemn service at the Cathedral in Alba Iulia

    A solemn service was held at the Unification Cathedral in Alba Iulia in remembrance of the Transylvanian saints. The Holy Mass was celebrated by Romania's Patriarch Teoctist along with senior priests of the Christian Orthodox Church in Transylvania. Participants also included representatives of the Greek Catholic Church and the Church of England as well as local officials. The Episcopal Church in Alba Iulia was solemnly proclaimed as Archepiscopal Church following a decision by the Holy Council of the Romanian Christian Orthodox Church. At the ceremony on Wednesday, Patriarch Teoctist said the celebration was actually confirming the unity our ancestors dreamed about and then achieved through the sacrifice of the Romanians from around the world. RADOR

    [10] "Radio House for Every Child and Family"

    The Press Centre of the Romanian Broadcasting Corporation (SRR) is hosting the seminar on the "Radio House for Every Child and Family". Organised by the Department for Education and Educational Programmes in cooperation with the Romanian branch of the UNICEF, the event is part of the celebrations marking 70 years of Romanian radio broadcasting. In his opening speech on Wednesday, the president director general of the SRR, Tudor Catineanu, has mentioned the interest of the national Radio in the didactic and educational restructuring of its Romania Cultural and Romania Tineret (ed.n. Romania Youth) Channels. The UNICEF representative for Romania and the Republic of Moldova, introduced the basic elements of the integrated educational project for families and human rights support while pointing out the Radio's contribution to the project. RADOR
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