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RADOR: News from Romania, 99-02-24
February 24, 1999
CONTENTS
[01] Four New Presidential Advisers;
[02] Senate Proceedings;
[03] House of Deputies Proceedings;
[04] The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg Is Visiting Romania;
[05] Romania's Joint Chief of Staff on a Visit to Washington;
[06] FPS Delegation on a Visit to Portugal;
[07] Roma European Conference Against Racism.
[01] Four new presidential advisers
President Emil Constantinescu is to designate four new presidential
advisers. The new officials include Petru Paun Jula, who is to be the head
of the Department for social and health affairs, Emil Moroianu, the future
head of the Legal Department, and Claudiu Doltu, the new head of the
Department for economic strategy and reform. Floricel Marinescu is to act
as chancellor and presidential adviser of the recent Orders Office. RADOR
[02] Senate proceedings
At its meeting on Tuesday, the Romanian Senate has continued the debates
about the draft law on preventing and sanctioning corruption. The senators
have adopted 26 of the 38 articles in the law, and decided to send the
article 27 back to the Legal Commission for review as, in their opinion,
the provisions in article 27 might lead to human rights abuses. The initial
version allows the prosecutor or the court to decide a 30-day period of
bank account monitoring, listening in to phone calls and access to
information systems in order to provide evidence or detect criminals. If
the court believes it is necessary, the 30-day period may be extended.
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[03] House of Deputies proceedings
At their meeting on Tuesday, the Romanian deputies have adopted the Law on
legal executors and the Law on pensions for the disabled, orphans and war
widows. The law on pensions stipulates fixed pension quantums according to
invalidity degrees as follows: 1-st degree - 1 million lei; 2-nd degree -
800,000 lei; 3-rd degree - 600,000 lei. The war widows are expected to get
500,000 lei. Further debates are expected about the public system of
pensions and other rights of social insurance. RADOR
[04] The deputy prime minister and foreign minister of the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg is visiting Romania
The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg, Jacques Poos, has arrived in Bucharest on Tuesday for a three-
day visit. At the talks with Romanian officials in Bucharest, Mr Poos is
expected to tackle issues concerning the bilateral relations of economic
and cultural interest. Other topics of major interest on the agenda of the
talks include Romania's integration into the European structures, the
European security, the regional and subregional co-operation and the
country's relations with its neighbours. RADOR
[05] Romania's Joint Chief of Staff on a visit to Washington
Romanian Joint Chief of Staff, General Constantin Degeratu, is on a visit
to the US following an invitation by General Hugh Shelton, the head of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. In an interview with the American media,
Mr Degeratu said the visit was taking place "in a crucial moment for the
developing military co-operation between Romania and the US and Romanian-
American relations in general". Mr Degeratu hold working talks with the
vicepresident of the Joint Chiefs of Staff International Committee aimed at
establishing the Romanian-American joint schedule of the new stage in
reforming the Romanian Army. The Romanian Joint Chief of Staff had a series
of meetings with other similar counterparts in the US Army. RADOR
[06] FPS delegation on a visit to Portugal
A delegation of Romania's State Ownership Found (FPS), led by FPS chief
Radu Sarbu, is in Portugal to attend the opening ceremony of the FPS
Business Centre in Lisbon. At a press conference on Tuesday, Mr Radu Sarbu
has presented Romania's privatisation opportunities in 1999. While meeting
Portuguese Economy Minister Pino Moura, the FPS chief has presented his
government's objectives in accelerating the economic reform. RADOR
[07] Roma European Conference against racism
The Roma European Conference against racism is taking place in the
Transylvanian city of Sibiu. Participants include delegates of more than 40
Roma organisations in Europe. The two-day conference is expected to focus
on the human rights abuses the Roma people are facing in the countries they
live. The Roma would like to set up dialogue groups which might achieve a
partnership between Romania's government structures and Roma civic
associations aimed at drawing up a coherent policy on Roma minority
matters. RADOR
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