Tuesday, June 17th

June 16th Anniversary: new RADOR, old RADOR. A subjective history

RADOR News Agency was born on June 16, 1921 as an initiative of two old friends - diplomat Noti Constantinide, a secretary of the Romanian diplomatic mission in Paris, and lawyer Sorin Şerbescu, a PhD student of the French University of Sorbonne.

RADOR is a short name of Radio Orient and it was born as a private agency under the financial support of Chrissoloveni Bank.

RADOR became an official agency after its shares went to the Romanian state in 1925. Consequently, RADOR became part of the network including such world press giants as Havas and Reuters, Correspondenz Bureau in Vienna and other national agencies.

Its closure was ordered by Communists in 1949 when its operations went to the newly created Agerpres national agency.

The new RADOR was born in 1990 as a department of RADIO ROMANIA (the current Romanian Broadcasting Corporation - SRR). An Information and Syntheses Centre (CIS) was then created following an initiative of the late SRR President-Director general Eugen Preda inspired by the BBC Monitoring Centre at Caversham. Its management went to Mihai Andrei as editor-in-chief and Ileana Ionescu as his deputy.

RADOR became a press agency three years later, in 1993, as part of the SRR's so-called Radio Observator. Its daily operations imply hourly monitoring of more than 50 radio broadcasts and television channels, hundreds of international newspapers and more than 60,000 web sources. Behind all these there is a professional and highly dedicated team.

We thank you for choosing RADOR and we assure you of all our gratitude and our highest consideration!

RADOR Team

Ovidiu Miculescu reappointed as head of the SRR

With 353 votes for and only 14 against, the two chambers of the Romanian Parliament reappointed Ovidiu Miculescu as President-Director General of the newly elected managing board of Romania's public radio (SRR) on Monday. Actually, Mr. Miculescu already hold the job but his mandate was expected to end this month. Romanian MPs in both chambers previously appointed the new members of the SRR managing board. As RADIO ROMANIA reports, the event was followed by a swearing-in ceremony.

150th anniversary of Romania's Senate

A solemn meeting at the Parliament Palace in the Romanian capital Bucharest was aimed at celebrating the 150th anniversary of the country's Senate, the parliament's upper house, on Tuesday. Participants included most distinguished guests such as former Romanian Presindents Ion Iliescu and Emil Constantinescu, Princess Margaret of Romania, former Senate speakers, the country's central bank governor, Romania's ombudsman and the head of the Romanian Academy, RADIO ROMANIA reported. The ceremony was held while Traian Băsescu, the current Romanian President, was not among the guests as Senate Speaker Călin Popescu Tăriceanu claimed that Mr. Băsescu expressed his support of a single-chamber parliament and Senate's dissolution.

Non-stop medical services on SpitalOnline.ro

Romanian medical doctors have launched the first online hospital in Europe, also a premiere for Romania's health system. SpitalOnline is a Romanian private initiative in co-operation with British experts, RADIO ROMANIA reported on Tuesday. The 30,000 euro project involves 150 medical doctors who are offering an alternative to traditional consultations while providing non-stop access to around 30 medical specialties.

Alexandru Danga

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