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RADOR: News from Romania, 00-08-24The Press Agency of the Romanian Radio (RADOR Society) Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: RADOR Press Agency <http://indis.ici.ro/romania/news/rador.html>August 24, 2000CONTENTS
[01] POLITICS, ECONOMIC and SOCIAL NEWS[02] A group of very well known members of the National Liberal Party announced they resign from the partyA group of very well known members of the National Liberal Party announced they resign from the party and organize a group that will constitute the real and genuine PNL - National Liberal Party - the group being made up of the following: Traian Decebal Remes, Dan Amedeo Lazarescu, Vincentiu Gavanescu, Laurentiu Priceputu, Sorin Botez, Maria Tetu, Ioana Bratianu and Alexandru Popescu. They are all saying they leave PNL in the present formula as it flagrantly deviates towards the communist left wing.The leadership of the National Liberal Party announced they invited the present finance minister Decebal Traian Remes to be present at the next meeting of the leadership of the party and explain his position after the extraordinary congress of the that party that decided to support the candidacy of Stolojan to the position of President of Romania while Finance Minister Remes, instead of abiding by the decision of the congress, continues to declare he stands for the candidacy of Prime Minister Mugur Isarescu for the position of President of Romania. [03] Petre Roman declares he hopes his candidacy to the office of president of Romania be approved by the next national convention of the Democratic PartyNow at Neptun on the Black Sea Coast of Romania, Petre Roman, president of the Democratic Party, for his meting with the visiting foreign minister of Slovenia, Alojz Peterle, his counterpart, said he hoped the next extraordinary convention of the Democratic Party will pass his candidacy for the office of president of Romania as he considered he was the most suited of the candidates for this office. Petre Roman added he was the most appropriate person to fill in the office of President of Romania for the period 2001 - 2004.[04] PDSR is not happy with the date of the elections on 26 NovemberThe Social Democracy Party of Romania released a communique by which it declares it was not all happy with the date of 26 November as the date of the next parliamentary and presidental elections of Romania. The communique reads among other things that PDSR considers that by this the parties now ruling the country will take advantage of the National Day of Romania to further their electoral propoganda for the second ballot of the Presidential elections and the future cabinet of this country will not be able to cope with the winter situation and difficulties. In short PDSR would have better preferred to have the date of the elections on November 12.[05] General Mayor of the Capital city of Romania, Traian Basescu said there will be no more street vending with the exception of flowers. books, newspapers and magazinesAccording to RADIO ROMANIA ACTUALITATI this is the future street commercial activity of the city as most the street vendors and doing nothing else but selling contraband cigarettes and bad food. The mayor said that if the street vendors do not understand to cease activity bulldozers will be used and in this way the public spaces and sidewalks which at present are occupied by the street vendors will be freed for public use again.[06] Prime Minister Mugur Isarescu received the ambassador of the United States to RomaniaDuring the meeting between the Prime Minister and the Ambassador stress was laid on the relations between the two countries, the economic ties in the first place and on the participation of United States companies in the privatization process of this country. Both Prime Minister Isarescu and Ambassador Rosapepe also talked of the latest developments economy wise in this country especially now on the eve of negociations with the International Monetary Fund.[07] Visit to Romania of the Canadian Head of the Joint Cheifs of StaffGeneral Maurice Baril had official talks with his Romanian opposite number general Mircea Chelaru on which occasion an analysis was made of the Romanian - Canadian cooperation and capability of the Romanian army to participate in actions of peace keeping including the Balkan region. The restructure process of the Romanian army was tackled during the talks of the Canadian general with the Romanian secretary of state for defense Mircea Plingu.[08] CALENDARRomanian and International Monetary Fund experts start negociations for the second instalment of the loan which is on stand-by, the main topic being budget alteration this year.United States Ambassador James Rosapepe alongside the home minister Constantin Dudu Ionescu and the FBI Assistant Director are attending the opening of the office of the legal attachee of the FBI here in Bucharest. Political parties of CDR 2000 are resuming talks for the places on the lists of candidates for the Parliament of Romania with a view to the elections in the fall. At Mamaia, on the Black Sea Coast of Romania, this year's edition of the yearly festival of Romanian popular music. Ballet star Rasvan Mazilu and the group RO - MANIA present today a show at the second edition of the festival BALKAN SQUARE organized by the municipality of Neapolis, near Salonika. The Press Agency of the Romanian Radio (RADOR Society) Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |