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RADOR: News from Romania, 98-11-09
November 9, 1998
CONTENTS
[01] Third Round of Voting for the Bucharest City Hall;
[02] Damaging Floods in Northern Romania;
[03] General Strike by Student League;
[04] Romanian Foreign Minister on a Visit to Prague;
[05] PRM Delegation on a Visit to Iran;
[06] Celebrating Romania's Former Sovereign.
[01] Third round of voting for the Bucharest City Hall
A 35.56% turn out was reported at the third round of voting for mayor
general of Bucharest on Sunday, November 8. Accoring to the PRO TV, the
turn out was higher than last week, and, following the vote counting in 965
polling stations, the candidate of the Democratic Convention in Romania
(CDR) gained 50.5 of the votes while the votes for Sorin Oprescu, the
cadidate representing the opposition Party of Social Democracy in Romania
(PDSR), were 1% lower than his challenger's. The president of the Central
Electoral Bureau (BEC), Cristian Panait, said that "no inicidents were
reported during the poll despite the PDSR who claimed some irregularities.
PDSR said that 43 people who lived outside Bucharest broke the law and
voted for the CDR candidate, but", the BEC president explained, "our staff
succeeded in solving the dispute". RADOR
[02] Damaging floods in northern Romania
More than 10.000 people were affected by the floods of the Tisa River in
the Maramures County of northern Romania. The heavy rains in the northern
Romanian province early last week made the Tisa waters reach their highest
level in years. Aid operations in the villages of Remeti-Teceu, Repedea and
Poienile de sub Munte were coordinated during the weekend by the prefect of
the Maramures County, Gheorghe Mikhai Barlea, and representatives of the
Civil Protection Inspectorate. The traffic on the DN 19 linking Sighetu
Marmatiei and Satu Mare resumed on Sunday, and the county route 187 between
the villages of Repedea and Poienile de sub Munte was restored. The head of
the Romanian Christian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Teoctist, called on all
the priests and believers to help the victims. Tens of tonnes of food and
clothes were delivered in the area while the troops of the 7-th Army in Dej
have ensured the water supplies for the villagers in Remeti. The military
in Baia Mare and the border guards in Sighetu Marmatiei help the people
restore their homes. RADOR
[03] General strike by Student League
The Student League is starting a general strike on Monday. The decision was
made on Friday by the Student League Council who also decided to call a
meeting of all student organisations already on strike to coordinate the
strike actions. In a communique issued to the press, the student leaders
have announced that the president of the League, Bogdan Aligica, was
dismissed for seriuosly deteriorating the League's image in his attempt to
discredit the student movement. RADOR
[04] Romanian foreign minister on a visit to Prague
Romanian Foreign Minister Andrei Plesu has arrived in Prague on Sunday
following an invitation by his Czech counterpart, the RRA reported. The
Romanian-Czech dialogue is expected to focus on issues concerning the
bilateral relations after Romania joined the CEFTA, the EU entry visas for
Romanians and cooperation between the two ministries mainly within the Euro-
Atlantic structures. The Romanian minister has attended a dinner offered by
the Industry and Trade Union while on Monday, he would meet his Czech
counterpart for official talks. He is also expected to meet the speaker of
the House of Deputies and the Czech prime minister. Czech President vaclav
Havel and the speaker of the Czech Senate are expected to meet Foreign
Minister Plesu on Tuesday. RADOR
[05] PRM delegation on a visit to Iran
The Asian tour of the delegation representing the Greater Romania Party
(PRM) led by senator Corneliu Vadim Tudor is also including an official
visit to Iran following an invitation by Iranian Foreign Ministry. The PRM
delegation met ayatollah Natek Nouri, the speaker of the Iranian Parliament,
for tanks on revigorating the Iranian-Romanian cooperation mainly in
Iranian oil exports and Romanian tractor exports to Iran. The PRM
delegation had a series of talks with Iranian Foreign Ministry and Chamber
of Commerce officials. RADOR
[06] Celebrating Romania's former sovereign
According to press reports, the Romanian Presidency sent a message of
congratulations to Romania's former sovereign, HM King Michael I, on the
occasion of St Michael and Gabriel Day. The University Plaza and King
Michael's Knights Foundations hosted a series of events celebrationg King
Michael but also comemorating the spontaneous protests and demonstrations
in support og the king, on November 8, 1945. RADOR
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