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NEWS SUMMARY
POLITICS
- Strategy in the Domain of Public Administration
- The Bucharest Cabinet Says They Will Not Negociate with the Royal House for the Retrocession of Former Buildings and Properties
- Events and Manifestations of National Unity .Tebea: In Memory of Hero of 1848 Revolution Avram Iancu
- Targoviste: 400 Years Since the Death of Prince Michael the Valliant
CALENDAR
POLITICS
Strategy in the Domain of Public Administration
National Strategy of Public Servants was presented at a Seminar which unfolded at Predeal and organized by the Cabinet of Romania in collaboration with the PHARE Programme of Financial Assistance. ROMANIAN RADIO BROADCASTING C0RPORATION reports that Romania obtained financing worth 14 million euros for the implementation of five PHARE programmes in the domain of public administration.
The Bucharest Cabinet Says They Will Not Negociate with the Royal House for the Retrocession of Former Buildings and Properties
General Secretary of the Bucharest Cabinet Serban Mihailescu said that the Executive of Bucharest excludes possible negociations with former sovereign of Romania King Mihai as the entire issue of retrocession is part of legal framework and the law is being implemented in Romania. There are 50,000 requests for retrocession of possessions and a Government Office with this aim in view will be set up shortly to deal with the solving of these issues, reports ROMANIAN RADIO BROADCASTING CORPORATION.
Events and Manifestations of National Unity .Tebea: In Memory of Hero of 1848 Revolution Avram Iancu
Thousands of people participated in the events devoted to the memory of the leader of the 1848 Revolution of Romanians of Transylvania Avram Iancu; the festivities took place in his native village of Tebea that for several days resounded with songs and poetry as well as with testimonies of the Revolution of 1848.
Targoviste: 400 Years Since the Death of Prince Michael the Valliant
Patriarch of Romanian Church Teoctist opened the memorial service at Dealul Monastery and Abbey near Targoviste devoted to the commemoration of the death of Prince Michael the Valliant. Attending were also officials of this country among whom President Ion Iliescu, Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies Valer Dorneanu, King Michael who is the former sovereign of Romania, former President Emil Constantinescu, Cabinet members and other officials. The equastrian statue of Prince Michael the Valliant was unveiled, reports ROMANIAN RADIO BROADCASTING CORPORATION.
CALENDAR
- Plenum Session of the Chamber of Deputies this afternoon.
- Prime Minister Adrian Nastase is attending the opening of the conference on the issues of the Romany population inside the OSCE TERRITORY, a conference which is unfolding under the heading EQUAL CHANCES FOR THE ROMANY PEOPLE. FROM WORDS TO DEEDS. The conference is organized by the Romanian Chairmanship of OSCE.
- MP Valeriu Stoica, leader of the Parliamentary Group of the Liberals in the Chamber of Deputies is holding a press conference on the DRAFT BILL OF LAW FOR THE FINANCING OF POLITICAL PARTIES at the Press Center of the Chamber of Deputies.
- Turkish Minister of Environment Fevzi Aytekin who is in Romania at the invitation of the Romanian Minister of Waters and Protection of Environment Aurel Constantin Ilie at the head of a delegation meets with his host at the headquarters of the Romanian Ministry.
- Romanian Minister of Justice Rodica Stanoiu and Ahmed Othmani, President of the Organization PENAL REFORM INTERNATIONAL hold a joint press conference on the occasion of the International Conference here in Bucharest MEASURES ALTERNATIVE TO DETENTION IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES .
- Romanian Minister of Communication and Technology of Information Dan Nica is making a visit to Suceava, Northern Eastern Romania for an assessment of the issues and problems in that region.
- The Minister of Education and Research announces a press conference on the theme MADE IN ROMANIA - participation of Romanian research in this concept and capitalization of the concept in achievements along this line.
- In Budapest the session of the Special Committee for issues of minorities as part of the Intergovernment Commission of Romania and Hungary. On behalf of Romania the session is chaired by Cristian Diaconescu, secretary of state with the Romanian Foreign Ministry.
- Session of the Central Executive Bureau of the Social Democratic Party - PSD - at the headquarters of the party.
- Leaderships of PSD and UDMR - Union of Democratic Magyars of Romania - are meeting today for an assessment of the Protocole of Collaboration between the two parties.
- Press conferences of PNTCD - National Peasant Christian Democratic Party - and UFD - Union of Right Wing Forces at the headquarters of each of the afore mentioned parties.
- A representative of the Nastase Cabinet leaves for Washington D.C. today for meetings with the American owners of the Resita Combinat Works in an attempt to try solve the situation of that steel works in Romania.
- Activity of the Romanian National Defense Ministry: Defense Systems and Equipment International has a delegation visiting Romania; French Infrantry Forces have a delegation visiting Romania; Romanian Air Forces are participating in the NATO / PfP Cooperative Key 2001 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Romanian forces are participating in OPEN SPIRIT 2001.
- The George Enescu International Festival continues in Bucharest. There will be concerts at the Atheneum and at the Sala Mare a Palatului with the National Radio Orchestra and with the George Enescu Philarmonic Orchestra.
- Varnishing of the exhibition TESTIMONIES IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE GEORGE ENESCU NATIONAL MUSEUM at the GEORGE ENESCU Memorial House on Calea Victoriei.
