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No. 2/ 5Th Year 1St – 15Th of February 2012 Politics Economics Culture Embassy of Romania in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ____________________________________________________________________________________________ No. 2/ 5th Year 1st – 15 th of February 2012 Politics 1. Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu and ministers of his Cabinet sworn in 2. UK Ambassador in Bucharest congratulates Romania's first Oxford PM 3. Foreign Affairs Minister Cristian Diaconescu attends Munich Security Conference 4. EC report is overall positive 5. Conference on the Danube Strategy 6. Ambassador Huo Yuzhen: China's embassy to support economic relations with Romania 7. YoungDiplo London Conference: Romania’s Foreign Policy in a Multipolar World 8. First space images of Romanian nanosatellite Goliat reach Florida Economics 1. Romania aims to reach 0.7 percent structural deficit in 2012 2. ForMin Diaconescu hails initiative to set up American-Romanian Business Council 3. Quality targets of agreement with Romania were reached 4. Foreign companies invest over 460 mln Euros in Romania in 2011 5. Eurostat: Romania, second in EU in public debt decrease in Q3 6. Romania year-on-year inflation rate down to 2.72 pct in Jan. 7. ILO unemployment rate drops in December 2011 by 0.3 percent down to 7 percent 8. Romania is an attractive destination for top IT investments 9. GDF Suez Energy Romania, to build wind Power Park in Eastern Romania 10. First well in Neptune Black Sea perimeter indicates presence of fossil fuel 11. Italians of De'Longhi, supported by Government for investment at Jucu 12. Pound trades at 5.18 lei Culture 1. Romanian George Iacobescu receives knighthood at Buckingham Palace 2. Three Romanian films at Jameson Dublin International Film Festival 3. Romania’s bid for the Oscars, Morgen by Marian Crisan, at Tricycle Cinema’s International Oscar® Season 4. Ready Steady Doc! festival featuring two Romanian documentaries 5. 100 Lei @ Romanian Cinematheque 6. Fashion Is (Not) A Mask 7. New Wave Photography from Eastern Europe 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 Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu and ministers of his Cabinet sworn in Bucharest, February 9/ Agerpres/ Prime-Minister Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu and the ministers of his Cabinet were sworn in on Thursday night before President Traian Basescu. At the ceremony at the Cotroceni presidential Palace also were present the two speakers of the Parliament's chambers, Roberta Anastase and Vasile Blaga, as well as the chairman of the Constitutional Court, Augustin Zegrean. The Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu Cabinet is made up of Marko Bela - Deputy Prime Minister, Gabriel Berca - Minister of Administration and Interior, Bogdan Alexandru Dragoi - Minister of Public Finances, Lucian Nicolae Bode - Minister of Economy, Trade and Business Climate, Cristian Diaconescu - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alexandru Nazare - Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, Borbely Laszlo - Minister of Environment and Forestry, Cristian Petrescu - Minister of Regional Development and Tourism, Gabriel Oprea - Minister of National Defence, Kelemen Hunor - Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Catalin Marian Predoiu - Minister of Justice, Razvan Mustea-Serban - Minister of Communications and Information Society, Claudia Boghicevici - Minister of Labour, Family and Social Security, Catalin Ovidiu Baba - Minister of Education, Research, Youth and Sport, Ladislau Ritli - Minister of Health, Stelian Fuia - Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and Leonard Orban - Minister of European Affairs. The Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu Government was invested by Parliament with 237 votes in favour and two against. "Distinguished members of the Parliament I am asking for your vote of confidence and through you for the vote of confidence of each and every citizen of this country. A nation is the expression of a huge solidarity. I count on the good faith of the citizens of this country, who did not turn their back, who did not refuse, who did not complain and were not discouraged. I also count on the quality and will of the team I have the pleasure to lead", the Prime Minister- designate Mihai-Rãzvan Ungureanu said in his speech of asking a vote of confidence to the Parliament. He underlined the essence of governing is the dialogue with the Opposition since "without Opposition, good ideas are given birth rarely and survive harder." Likewise, Prime Minister Ungureanu said he counted on the dialogue with the society, because 'in a democracy society cannot be isolated, whilst a government could fade away in isolation". 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 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ "Decision that interest all the citizens are taken in the Parliament. I wish the partners of this Government to be the Power and the Opposition as well, each with its well-defined part in the political life. Evenly, I wish that every institution is observed its constitutional role - the Parliament, with its main legislative part, and the Government, with its executive part. Perhaps news will not be always good, perhaps we shall not agree with each other all the time, but we shall always be face to face with the arguments upfront and the solutions aiming to the people. The civilized debate, politeness are not signs of weakness. My experience in diplomacy taught me that dialogue is the most powerful weapon", PM Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu said. The Prime Minister-designate affirmed that the new Government would try to give back the citizens the trust in the political parties and that the biggest guarantee in this respect was to stage the local and general elections in due time. Prime Minister Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu said that starting tomorrow there was not to begin an era of prosperity, and that responsibility and prudence will be main principles in the future governing. "I am not coming here in front of you in hard times to make unrealistic promises. A period of prosperity will not start with tomorrow. To accomplish it, we have a long way to go. Prudence and responsibility are the governing principles of 2012", PM Ungureanu said, before his sworn in moment. He specified he wished to strengthen "all the good signs of the measures and reforms accomplished and make them concrete in the benefit of the citizens". After announcing that his Cabinet first goal was linked to the economic stability, Prime Minister Ungureanu added that another goal aimed at the political stability. "The second major objective of the new Government is to ensure political stability by re-instating the respect and mutual recognition of the political parties. We must restore the citizens' confidence in the democratic functioning of the Romanian state. The greatest guarantee we think we can offer in this respect is to ensure the legality and constitutionality of the elections as scheduled. The elections are for everybody and therefore I rely on the cooperation with the political opposition to this effect. The entire political class stands to gain if the lack of trust in the political parties is overcome and the citizens go to the ballot box in large numbers. The political class needs legitimacy and Romania needs responsible and active citizens", PM Ungureanu said. He stressed much of his efforts, therefore, will be directed to relaunching the dialogue among the parties, particularly when national interest matters will be discussed, such as the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM), Romania's bid to join Schengen Area and the Treaty for stability, coordination and governance in the Economic and Monetary Union. Prime Minister Ungureanu underscored the new Executive seeks to uproot corruption and he stressed the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) and the National Agency for Integrity (ANI) are the main pillars in this respect. He added Romania will follow the CVM guidelines and 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 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ said the European Commission's progress report released on February 8 is a generally positive one. UK Ambassador in Bucharest congratulates Romania's first Oxford PM Great Britain's Ambassador in Bucharest Martin Harris congratulated Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu on his appointment as Prime Minister, passing also congratulations to Oxford, the University Ungureanu is an alumnus of. 'The Universities of Oxford and Cambridge have a long record in educating British Prime Ministers. William Gladstone, Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair all studied at Oxford. In fact, from the first - Robert Walpole - to the last - David Cameron - 41 of Britain's 55 Prime Ministers went to Oxford or Cambridge. In recent years these two world class universities have also been the alma mater of Prime Ministers and Presidents from all around the globe. Indira Gandhi, Benazir Bhutto and Bill Clinton to name just three. Today, a new name has been added to that list. Mihai Razvan Ungureanu has become the first Oxford University graduate to become Prime Minister of Romania. Congratulations to him, and, yes, congratulations to Oxford too (though it pains me to say it - I went to Cambridge),' the British diplomat writes on his blog. He also mentions the reception the Embassy hosted last year for all the Romanian graduates of Oxford and Cambridge universities, an event attended by sixty or seventy guests drawn from all quarters of Romanian life - business, academia, finance, civil service - and among whom Mihai Razvan Ungureanu was the guest of honour.
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