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| The Week in Review |
| (2011-10-07) |
| Last updated: 2011-10-10 13:34 EET |
Romania hosts the 57th session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly.
These days Bucharest is hosting the NATO Parliamentary Assembly session. Over 350 MPs of the 28 NATO member states and delegates from the associate countries, regional partners, Mediterranean countries and observers are discussing issues related to international security. The session comes to an end Monday with the adoption of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly recommendations. High on the agenda of talks are topics such as the Afghan war, the developments in Northern Africa and new types of threats.
Another topical issue at the NATO session is the anti-missile defense shield targeting the Iranian ballistic threat, which is one of NATO’s main axes for development in the following years. Turkey, Poland and Romania have announced their official participation in this project in the past months and this week Spain accepted to host on its territorial waters American navy ships equipped with interceptors. Madrid’s announcement has irritated Moscow, which wants legal guarantees that the shield is not targeting its nuclear arsenal.
France provides aid for the reintegration of the Roma.
The president of the French Immigration Office, Arno Klarsfeld, has this week visited Roma communities in the neighborhood of Timisoara, in western Romania, to see how the Roma who left France have reintegrated back home. In the next period of time another 80 Roma families will return to Romania. The French official said he was the supporter of concerted European efforts meant to help the Roma have a better life, but underlined that Paris would not tolerate their crimes. France will run 80 experimental projects for the integration of Roma. Arno Klarsfeld says France will continue to support the projects if they prove successful.
A new university year kicks off in Romania.
On October 3rd more than 800 students, mostly attending state-owned faculties, started a new university year marked by changes brought about by the new education law. Universities were for the first time grouped in three categories: universities which only provide a graduation diploma, universities that provide a master’s degree and universities that grant PhD titles. Another novelty is admission to doctoral studies based on examination. Funds will be allocated depending on this classification and under these circumstances small universities might fail to deal alone with academic and financial requirements. That is why, under the law, universities are allowed to ask for support from powerful institutions and to merge with them, university consortiums being aimed at promoting quality, efficiency and international visibility.
Trade unions and Nokia officials hold negotiations following the latter’s announcement to relocate.
In Jucu (in central Romania) negotiations are being held between trade unions and Nokia officials regarding compensations to be granted to the almost 2,000 people who are to be laid off by the end of the year. Trade unionists are asking for the payment of the equivalent of 60 minimum wages per employee as happened upon Nokia’s closure in the German town of Bochum, before production was transferred to Romania. The Finnish officials said they could offer only 3 salaries. Nokia giant has recently announced its relocation to Asia where costs are more reduced.
Romania and Russia hold talks in Moscow.
Romanian Minister of the Economy Ion Ariton, attended in Moscow the meeting of the Romanian-Russian intergovernmental commission for economic, technical and scientific cooperation, meeting there Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller. The head of the Russian corporation said he was optimistic about growth in the Romanian economy, which would also mean more imports of Russian gas. Gazprom is interested in prospecting for gas pockets in Romania, and Minister Ariton said that Romgaz is prepared to participate.
Agriculture Minister Valeriu Tabara also went to Moscow, to attend the first meeting with his counterparts from countries with membership in the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation. Tabara met there with Russian Minister of Agriculture Elena Skrynnik, talking about the prospects for increasing Romanian exports to Russia.
Germany supports Romania’s accession to Schengen.
Berlin is making efforts to obtain a unanimous decision at the winter European Council regarding Romania’s and Bulgaria’s accession to the Schengen area. This statement was made by German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, who held a joint press conference with Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi during the latter’s recent visit to Germany. Berlin is in favor of a compromise position, namely Romania and Bulgaria joining Schengen in two stages. This accession had been scheduled for March this year, but the Netherlands and Finland blocked the process, claiming dissatisfaction with the progress made by the two countries in reforming justice and in fighting organized crime. Romania and Bulgaria fulfill the technical conditions for joining the free movement area.
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