Arhivă :: Publicaţia 14/2005 :: The Point
The people in Mures county love their old cars
Only a few hundred people have taken their cars to the car dump
"Anyone can participate in this program once with a single car. Every car owner needs to pay the car tax until it is time to erase it for good", declared Lucian Cândea, chief of the commercial service in REMAT. More than that, every car needs to be fully equipped and be functional. On basis of the European principle "the polluter pays", the Environment Administration Fund initiated the campaign to collect and repair the cars which have been on the road for more than 12 years. To the surprise of everyone involved, the people of our town are not rushing to get rid of their Dacia, Trabant, Oltcit, Mercedes or Skoda cars or any other old car brands for the few bucks at stake.
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The complexities of religion and state
Professor Derek H. Davis gave a talk in Tîrgu Mureș last Friday about separation, integration and accomodation of religion in the USA. His views are not necessarily ones that coincide with the views of the American government.
The American system embraces "three distinct yet inter- related sets of rules: separation of church and state, integration of religion and politics and accommodation of civil religion". Though religion and state are generally accepted as separate and independent in America, the well-known national motto "In God We Trust" still fundaments the American way of life. However, Davis suggested that "separation...describes the institutional separation of church and state". This means that in America, churches "receive no direct government funding" therefore being encouraged to function independently and autonomously" since "they function better if neither has authority over the other".
The American system embraces "three distinct yet inter- related sets of rules: separation of church and state, integration of religion and politics and accommodation of civil religion". Though religion and state are generally accepted as separate and independent in America, the well-known national motto "In God We Trust" still fundaments the American way of life. However, Davis suggested that "separation...describes the institutional separation of church and state". This means that in America, churches "receive no direct government funding" therefore being encouraged to function independently and autonomously" since "they function better if neither has authority over the other".
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Invitation to the London stock market
Romanian companies can apply for international funding by indirect listing on the AIM market. AIM is a stock market in London (London Stock Exchange) and wishes to attract international companies, especially those that deal with processing and selling natural resources. These will have access to international capital by public offering or later increase of capital. continuare
Deserted restaurant
For more than two years nothing has been heard of the Cocosul de Aur (The Golden Cock).Cocosul de Aur used to be very famous and is now in ruins. After the revolution the restaurant belonged to the Public Alimentation Enterprise but when the latter went out of business the former was taken over bz Romarta Group. continuare
