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Romanian Headlines 3 Embassy of Romania in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ____________________________________________________________________________________________ No. 3/ 5th Year 15 th – 29 th of February 2012 Politics 1. President of Republic of Lebanon Michel Sleiman on official visit to Romania 2. Romanian-Austrian consultations 3. Romanian Minister of transportation visited London 4. Luminita Teodora Odobescu appointed State Secretary at the MFA 5. Romanian delegation attended Friends of Syrian People meeting 6. MAE creates crisis cell on situation in Syria 7. Romania sets up crisis team to work out Danube ice clearing strategy Economics 1. PM Ungureanu tells IMF, EC officials Gov't will continue to meet its commitments 2. IT can offer economic growth potential 3. Romania meets 8 out of 10 items of European alert mechanism report 4. Over 365,000 companies have been set up in Romania between 2009-2011 5. Managers estimate growth in industry and stability in constructions and trade 6. Natural gas market in Romania grows 3 percent in 2011 7. Net coal production goes up 14.4 pct, in 2011 8. Archelor Mittal Romania sales close to 1 billion dollars in last 2 years 9. Romanian Murfatlar wines win 15 medals in international contests in Berlin and Chisnau 10. Sales of processed organic products, identifying new export markets among priorities of National Export Strategy 11. Romania, first place in EU as for new car registrations in January 12. Exhibitors of 25 countries announce their attending Romania's Tourism Fair, spring edition 13. Govt to sell Black Sea shore resorts at auction 14. Pound trades at 5.20 lei Culture 1. Book Launch: The Tragic Romanian 50s Through the Lens of a British Novelist 2. Communism, Humour and Urban Myths: A Screening of Tales from the Golden Age 3. Romanian Virtuosos in the Pianists of the World Series 4. “The ABBA of Classical Music” @ the Mill Hill Music Club 5. A Romanian Silent Classic at the Barbican 6. Ancestral Roots and Modern Vibes in One Jazzy Trumpet: Sebastian Burneci 7. The Glory and the Limits of the Body: Bio-art Exhibition by Christian Paraschiv 8. Bucharest Calling! Ioana Paun presents new work in London 9. The Body Adorned: Folk Romanian Costume, Inspired by Queen Maria’s Style, Exhibited in London 10. LEARN ROMANIAN IN ROMANIA Arundel House, 4 Palace Green London W8 4QD UK Phone: 0044 (0)20 7937 9666 Fax: 0044 (0)20 7937 8069 e-mail: [email protected] web site: www.london.mae.ro Embassy of Romania in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ____________________________________________________________________________________________ • Politics President of Republic of Lebanon Michel Sleiman on official visit to Romania President of the Republic of Lebanon Michel Sleiman paid an official visit to Romania from 27 th to 29 th of February, at the invitation of the Romanian Head of State Traian Basescu, informs the Presidential Administration. According to the above- mentioned source, during the visit paid by the Lebanese Head of State on February 27-29 official talks between President Traian Basescu and Michel Sleiman were held, followed by a joint press statement. During the top level meetings the two heads of state approached topical issues on the bilateral and international agenda, with emphasis on the development of the cooperation between the two countries in economic fields of common interest. According to the information of the Romanian-Lebanese bilateral relations to be found on the site of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in late June 2010 trade exchanges with Lebanon amounted to 104.660 million dollars, 2.046 of which were imports and 102.614 million were exports. On March 24, 2004, they set up the Romanian-Lebanese Business Council, between the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania and the Lebanese Economic Forum, as a body to take action in point of the economic cooperation between the private companies in Romania and Lebanon. The council, which has executive committees for the two sides, plans to make easier direct business and cooperation contacts between Romanian and Lebanese companies. The Romanian community in Lebanon has about 1,500 members, who are spread all over the territory of Lebanon, and is mainly made up of Romanian women married to former Lebanese students that studied in Romania and their children. Thirty-five Romanian musicians work in Lebanon. They are employed on the basis of individual labour contracts by the National Conservatoire in Beirut. (ActMedia) Arundel House, 4 Palace Green London W8 4QD UK Phone: 0044 (0)20 7937 9666 Fax: 0044 (0)20 7937 8069 e-mail: [email protected] web site: www.london.mae.ro Embassy of Romania in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Romanian-Austrian consultations Bucharest, February 23/ Agerpres/ During talks held on Feb. 22 in Vienna with Secretary of State of the Austrian Federal Ministry of European and International Affairs Wolfgang Waldner, Foreign Ministry Secretary of State Bogdan Aurescu reiterated Romania's arguments for Austria fully liberalizing its labour market for the Romanian citizens. According to a release, during the meeting with Wolfgang Waldner, Bogdan Aurescu approached priority areas of bilateral, regional and European cooperation. The two Secretaries of State confirmed the priority given by both Romania and Austria to the Danube Strategy, in their capacity as co-initiators, and entered in details regarding the working out, financing and implementation of joint projects under this macro-regional cooperation initiative. The Romanian official underscored the necessity of maintaining a strong political commitment to the Strategy's success, as well as of implementing EU-funded projects, in order to prove its efficiency. State Secretary Aurescu said that 2012 is a crucial year for the implementation of the Danube Strategy and its projects. On bilateral level, the two officials discussed ways to intensify high-level political contacts and agreed that the mechanism of Romania-Austria regular consultations at the level of Secretary of State should continue, with a new meeting in Bucharest being set for this year. Given that Austria is one of Romania's main economic partners, ranking second among the most significant foreign investors, the sides tackled a series of economic and financial aspects, in particular maintaining trade exchanges and Austrian investments in Romania at a high level. The talks confirmed the positive development of the important relation of economic partnership between the two states. State Secretary Bogdan Aurescu voiced hope that the recommendations adopted by the National Bank of Austria at the end of 2011 on limiting the lending to Central and Eastern Europe would not be applied in order to generate negative effects upon the Romanian banking sector and economy. Both officials hailed the quality of the bilateral dialogue on energy and highlighted the need to boost the Nabucco project as a strategic option for ensuring the European energy security. Arundel House, 4 Palace Green London W8 4QD UK Phone: 0044 (0)20 7937 9666 Fax: 0044 (0)20 7937 8069 e-mail: [email protected] web site: www.london.mae.ro Embassy of Romania in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ____________________________________________________________________________________________ In this context, the Romanian state secretary hailed the public announcement made on the same day by OMV Petrom and Exxon about the significant discovery of natural gas in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea, including in the area on which Romania gained sovereign jurisdiction, following the case Romania versus Ukraine for the delimitation of the continental shelf in the Black Sea, judged by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. The talks' agenda included hop topics, such as The Treaty on Stability, Convergence and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union, the Eurozone crisis, the Multi-annual Financial Framework 2014-2020, the EU enlargement, with a particular emphasis on the constant support of both countries for the European prospects of the Western Balkans and the progress the Republic of Moldova has made within the Eastern Partnership. On the same occasion, the Austrian side reiterated the constant support of the authorities in Vienna for Romania's Schengen accession and rejected any extra conditionality related to other European files, such as the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism. The Austrian Secretary of State congratulated Romania on the progress mentioned in the European Commission's most recent interim report on CVM. At the same time, Secretary of State Aurescu met on Feb. 23 with Helmut Freudenschuss, advisor to Austria's President on European and international affairs and with Judith Gebetsroithner, European policy advisor to the Federal Chancellor, with whom he discussed Romania's Schengen accession, the future of the CVM, the EU enlargement, economic governance, negotiations on the multi-annual financial framework and the EU Neighbourhood Policy. Romanian Minister of transportation visited London Embassy of Romania – London/ On the 23 rd -24 th of February 2012, the Romanian Minister of transportation and infrastructure, Alexandru Nazare, paid an official visit to London at the invitation of his British counterpart. During the visit, Minister Alexandru Nazare met Secretary of state Justine Greening, Lord Tony Berkeley, MP,
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