The
devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria last week and those quite unusual that
rocked south-western Romania seem to have also shaken the authorities in
Bucharest. Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca says that the standards regarding the
construction of buildings and the quality of materials must be revised and re-checked
so that buildings are constructed according to the blueprints.
During
the government session on Wednesday, the Prime Minister announced the setting
up of a ministerial group in charge of the prevention, training and response of
the institutions in emergency situations.
He
explains that special emphasis will be attached to the country s education infrastructure
and its response in earthquake situations. Prime Minister Ciuca also wants to
check the Turkish companies which ran construction contracts in Romania.
According to experts, Turkey s
recent history in this respect coincides with that of Romania s, with the
difference that the latt