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RADOR: News from Romania, 99-03-01
March 1, 1999
CONTENTS
[01] The Government hopes to be able to control inflation
[02] Works of the DUHR Representatives' Council
[03] National Council of ARP approved merge protocols with LDP and DRP
[04] Viorel Catarama is the new president of the National Romanian Party
[05] Bulgary's Prime-Minister ended his visit to Romania
[01] The Government hopes to be able to control inflation
Prime-Minister Radu Vasile said that the Government hoped to be able to
hold the inflation at the level they estimated - 25%. Mr. Vasile said that
keeping the inflation rate under control depended very much on keeping the
wages at the state owned public utilities at most 4 times greater than
those in the last quarter of 1998. This and maintaining the budget deficit
will allow keeping the inflation rate at the estimated level. "There are no
problems from this point of view at the negotiations with the IMF. The Fund
is anyhow accepting a variation of plus or minus 5%. Of course a minus
would be execellent but also a plus would be good as a more realistic rate"
- the Prime-Minister said. RADOR, March 1
[02] Works of the DUHR Representatives' Council
The Representatives' Council within the Democratic Union of Hungarians
ended its works in the city of Targu Mures on Sunday. They prepared the 6th
congress of the DUHR and they established that this congress would be
attended by 519 delegates, almost 100 more than last year. The works of the
congress are due to take place in Miercurea Ciuc on May 15 and 16. At the
end of the Council's works they adopted a declaration in which they show
discontent over how Romanian authorities fulfil their duties in cases
involving ethnic Hungarian citizens. The Council also protested over the
recent decision by the National Audio-Visual Council over the duty to
translate in Romanian all texts in other languages. They said this decision
was unconstitutional. The participants also adopted a declaration stating
that the leadership of the Party is empowered to make all approaches with
the authorities to lift ban on lawyer Eva Maria Barki coming to Romania.
They also gave a statement saying that the DUHR should call for jhoining
the Eupean People's Party. RADOR, March 1
[03] National Council of ARP approved merge protocols with LDP and DRP
The National Council of Alternative for Romania party (ARP) has approved
the protocols for merging by absorbtion with the Liberal Democratic (LDP)
and Democrat Republican (DRP) parties. The leaders of the ARP met on Sunday
to discuss on creating a right wing political pole based on the ARP. The
President of the Party Varujan Vosganian told a press conference that he
might call for an extraordinary congress of the party to ratify these
changes. The Prime-Vice President of the Party Adrian Iorgulescu has said
that the Party is at an advanced stage of merger negotiations with other
two parties with no parliamentary representation: a liberal and a christian-
democratic one. RADOR, March 1
[04] Viorel Catarama is the new president of the National Romanian Party
The former member of the Liberal Party Senator Viorel Catarama is the new
acting president of the National Romanian Party (NRP). He has said that his
coming to the NRP is based on the obvious approach between his liberal
aspirations and the NRP's projects over swinging up the economy, backing
small and mediun enterprises, granting subsidies to agriculture and
promoting a wise fiscal policy. The NRP is going to consider alliances and
mergers with the Alliance for Romania Party, Romanian Unity Party, the
Humanist Party and other parties. The first congress of the Party is going
to be held in Bucharest on March 27-28 when they are due to set up the
changes to the party's statute and to present the party's economic and
political programme and its strategy. RADOR, March 1
[05] Bulgary's Prime-Minister ended his visit to Romania
Bulgary's Prime-Minister Ivan Kostov said on Sunday at the end of his visit
to Romania that Romanian-Bulgarian relations were very good and that they
had turned that way after Bulgaria had joined CEFTA. Mr Kostov also said
that there was a historical and cultural link between the two countriesand
that link helped developing the bilateral relations between the two
countries. About the talks he had with his Romanian counterpart Mr Kostov
said that the system of working meetings between the two countries'
presidents and prime-ministers was important for developing bilateral
relations. RADOR, March 1
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