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RADOR: News from Romania, 00-02-16
February 16, 2000
CONTENTS
[01] POLITICS, ECONOMIC and FINANCIAL NEWS
[02] Follow-ups of pollution with cianide of the river Danube
[03] Assets of BANKCOOP are being sold
[04] Communique of the Commercial Bank of Romania
[05] Strike of teachers continue
[01] POLITICS, ECONOMIC and FINANCIAL NEWS
The 15 member countries of the European Union have started negociations of
accession to the Union of the six new candidates: Bulgaria,Latvia,
Lithuania,Malta, Romania and Slovakia. Previously foreign ministers of each
of the countries mentioned participated in separate conferences. The
programme of accession of Romania to the Union was presented by foreign
minister Petre Roman who was received by the permanent representatives of
the 15 to Brussels under the chairmanship of the Portuguese foreign
minister Jaime Gama. In his address Foreign Minister Petre Roman reaffirmed
the will of his country to take action with determination to make up for
the delay we have as compared to the countries that have already started
negociations in order to adhere to the European Union at the proper moment.
The European Commissioner for Accession, Gunther Verheugen said at a press
conference after the official start of negociations that Romania must face
a difficult and complex process of economic and legislative efforts and
added that Romania has the advantage of a powerful political consensus in
favour of adherence to the European Union. R R A - R A D O R.
[02] Follow-ups of pollution with cianide of the river Danube
Minister of the Environment Romica Tomescu spoke before the Senate on
Tuesday in favour of a fund destined to protect the environment and then
told the media that there are chances the European Union allot funds of pre-
accession for the removal of the aftermath of the ecological catastrophe
which was caused by the AURUL Company of Baia Mare. Mr.Tomescu also said
that on Thursday, in the town of Satu Mare, Romanian officials meet with
Magyar experts and with the European commissioner for environmental issues
to assess damage and seek ways and means of action to limit effects of the
accident. R R A - R A D O R.
The Hungarian government has not asked the Romanian state for reparations
for the damage caused by the pollution with cianide of the rivers Somes,
Lapus and Tisa by the AURUL Romanian - Australian Company of Baia Mare said
secretary of state with the Hungarian Foreign Ministry Zsolt Nemeth in
Bucharest where he met with the secretary of state at the Romanian Foreign
Ministry Mihai Razvan Ungureanu. The latter told media that the charge
d'affairs of Romania to Belgrade officially received the note of the
Serbian authorities regarding the situation of the Yugoslav segments of the
rivers Tisa and Dunare and added that Romanian - Yugoslav consultations
will soon take place. R R A - R A D O R.
[03] Assets of BANKCOOP are being sold
The Bucharest municipal court, commercial section, designated as liquidator
of Bankcoop on Tuesday both Price Waterhouse Cooper Management Consult SRL
and SC RECONVERSIE si VALORIFICARE ACTIVE SA. Also on Tuesday the court
officially announced Bankcoop of the decision of the National Bank of
Romania to declare the first bankrupt. Bankcoop could ask for a retrial
within 15 days the decision having to be made by the shareholders that meet
on 17 February. R R A - R A D O R.
[04] Communique of the Commercial Bank of Romania
Commercial Bank of Romania expresses surprise at the decision of the rating
agency MOODY'S regarding the financial power of the bank. This decision has
no real support specifies the communique of the Commercial Bank of Romania
quoted by RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI as the very good financial results
recorded at the end of 1999 contradict MOODY'S Agency. R A D O R .
[05] Strike of teachers continue
Cabinet ministers Mircea Ciumara and Andrei Marga were called before the
Senate on Tuesday and presented the situation of the funds allocated by the
state budget to education in order to find out solutions for ending the
teachers' strike. State Minister Mircea Ciumara said that although the
budget is not yet finalized education does receive about 4,2 per cent.
Former minister of education, Senator Liviu Maior said the Executive does
not have any strategy to successfully end the teachers' strike which most
probabluy will continue this week too. The President of the Education Free
Trade Unions Aurel Cornea told RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI that the strike of
the education personnel continues until the Cabinet enacts a normative act
which stipulates the increase of the salaries of the teachers and others
working in the education sector and espeacially the increase of the lowest
salaries which are very poor. R A D O R.
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