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The article announces that the Romanian Parliament in Bucharest, Romania, approved a left-leaning coalition government, dealing with topics including Romania's involvement in NATO and the European Union, the Social Democrat party in the nation, and the country's President, Klaus Iohannis.

Focuses on December 1999 conditions in Romania, ten years after the revolt against Communist rule and the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu. Wages; Results of a November 1999 opinion poll; Strikes; Instability of the coalition government; Reasons for the economic hardship; Background of the 1989 revolution.

Provides information on the reconstruction of Vladiceasca village after the fall of Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanian Communist leader. Details of program for the shift of villagers to apartment blocks; Ceausescu's policy of `systemization'.