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RADOR: News from Romania, 98-09-16
September 16, 1998
CONTENTS
[01] Senate Proceedings;
[02] House of Deputies Proceedings;
[03] Police Monitoring of Schools in Cluj County;
[04] 20% of Schools in Mures County Did Not Get Sanitary Licence;
[05] The 12-th Europe Regional Assembly of the Prliamentary Assembly of
French Speaking Countries Opened in Bucharest;
[06] Italian Defence Minister on a Visit to Romania;
[07] MAE Communique on Recent Developments in Albania;
[08] Romanian MP Delegation Met NATO Secretary General Javier Solana;
[09] European Integration Minister Alexandru Herlea at the US Chambre of
Commerce Annual Meeting;
[10] Constantin Degeratu-Momcilo Perisic Meeting in Belgrade;
[11] Military Training Exercise in Ukraine;
[12] The Film Festival in Venice: Jury Prize for Romanian Director Lucian
Pintilie.
[01] Senate proceedings
At its meeting on Tuesday, the Romanian Senate has passed the draft law
adjusting the convention between Romania and Hungary on admitting the
mutual validity of graduating diplomas. RomaSia and Hungary are expected to
mutually recognise the graduating cetificates in elementary schools,
graduating diplomas in training schools and colleges as well as diplomas
certifying qualifications, professions or degrees issued in both countries.
The two countries are also expected to mutually recognise the master's
degrees and doctorates on different sciences. RADOR
[02] House of Deputies proceedings
The legal commission in Romania's House of Deputies has decided that former
Health Minister Francisc Baranyi, now a deputy, may be allowed to act as
counsellor to the health minister as he is not paid any additional money
for the job. The commission for labour and social protection affairs has
ended on Tuesday the debates over the new draft law on pensions. The deputy
representing the Romanians' National Unity Party (PUNR), chief commissioner
Valentin Iliescu, has announced that the government was asked to adjust the
pensions at its meeting on Thursday. RADOR
[03] Police monitoSing of schools in Cluj county
The police is to start monitoring every school in the Romanian county of
Cluj. The decision by the county's Police Inspectorate is aimed at
preventing underage crime and permanently watching the climate in schools.
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[04] 20% of schools in Mures county did not get sanitary licence
According to a communique issued by the Public Health Inspectorate in the
Romanian county of Mures, 20% of the schools in Mures county are running
illegaly. The School Hygyene Service says the service did not authorise
activities in some schools as most of them carried out their activity in
deteriorating buildings. Some of the schools seem satisfied with the
situation threatening the children's health despite repeated warnings. The
sanitary unauthorised schools will however continue to operate. Their
closing down is impossible as there are too many children of school age.
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[05] The 12-th Europe Regional Assembly of the Prliamentary Assembly of
French speaking Sountries opened in Bucharest
The Parliament Palace in Bucharest has hosted on Tuesday the opening of the
12-th Europe Regional Assembly of the Parliamentary Assembly of French
speaking countries. In his openieng speech, House of Deputies speaker Ion
Diaconescu said the meeting in Bucharest was expcted to enforce the
international cooperation and peace around the world. He expressed the
belief that the French speaking would prove its constructive skills in
achieving a system of global relations designed to create a united and
powerful Europe. RADOR
[06] Italian defence minister on a visit to Romania
While in Bucharest on Tuesday, Italian Defence Minister Beniamino Andreatta
had talks with Romania's President Emil Constantinescu, Defence Minister
Victor Babiuc and Foreign Minister Andrei Plesu. The Italian official
reiterated the support the Government in Rome was providing to help Romania
join NATO. He said Italy would like the documents of the NATO summit in
Washington to incSude special references to Romania and Slovenia's steps on
their way to join the Alliance. RADOR
[07] MAE communique on recent developments in Albania
Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE) expresses its deep concern about the
situuation in Albania and regrets the recent killings in Tirana. MAE calls
on all political forces in Albania to exercise restraint and prevent
further violence as a sign of democracy. A MAE communique says that, along
with NATO and EU countries, Romania will seek new ways to support democracy
in Albania. RADOR
[08] Romanian MP delegation met NATO Secretary General Javier Solana
While on a visit to NATO headquarters in Brussels, a Romanian MP delegation
met NATO Secretary General Javier Solana on Monday. Mr Solana said the
relations between Romania and NATO were taking the right way as well as the
partnership and the separate dialogue between the two sides. He added that
Romania should make further political, economic and military efforts to
become a member ofSNATO which, he insisted, still remained open mainly to
the countries already mentioned in the Madrid Declaration, irrespective of
developments in Russia. At a meeting with the Romanian delegation, the
heads of the Czech, Polish and Hungarian commissions to NATO expressed
their support of Romania's accession to NATO. The Romanian MPs then met the
French ambassador to NATO who reiterated his country's support of Romania's
efforts to join the Euro-Atlantic Alliance. RADOR
[09] European Integration Minioster Alexandru Herlea at the US Chambre of
Commerce annual meeting
European Integration Minister Alexandru Herlea is attending the annual
meeting of the US Chambre of Commerce in Washington. The meeting is
expected to focus on trade relations between the US and EU. Participants
include the European integration ministers of Poland, Hungary, the Czech
Republic, Slovenia and Estonia. Among the European states not supposed to
start EU accession negotiations in the very next future, RomaniS is the
only country invited. A Government communique says the invitation is a
prove of the interest the American politicians and businessmen express in
our country. RADOR
[10] Constantin Degeratu-Momcilo Perisic meeting in Belgrade
While on a working visit to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on Tuesday,
Romanian Chief of Staff Gen. Constantin Degeratu met his Yugoslav
counterpart Momcilo Perisic. The two officials were trying to seek new
opportunities for further developing relations between the two armies. The
recent developments in the Kosovo-Metohija province were also discussed.
The two officials agreed that only a political solution could end the
crisis because, in their opinion, a foreign intervention might threat
stability in the Balkans. RADOR
[11] Military training exercise in Ukraine
Ukraine is hosting a military training exercise as part of NATO's
Partnership for Peace programme. Participants include 400 troops in seven
NATO member states along with represenSatives of the countries who joined
the PfP such as Romania and the Republic of Moldova. RADOR
[12] The Film Festival in Venice: Jury Prize for Romanian director Lucian
Pintilie
At the closing ceremony of the Film Festival in Venice on Sunday, Romanian
director Lucian Pintilie was awarded the Special Prise of the Jury for his
film "Terminus Paradise". The film is concentrating on Romania's tragic
frustrations, indifference and solitude after the fall of the former
regime. RADOR
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