The NATO Summit to take place in April, in Bucharest, allows Romanian senators to enjoy a new restaurant, one year and a half ahead of its schedule for completion.

The NATO Summit to take place in April, in Bucharest, allows Romanian senators to enjoy a new restaurant, one year and a half ahead of its schedule for completion. The restaurant is to be refurbished at a price tag of one million euros, coming from the budget set aside by the Executive for the organization of the NATO Summit, instead of using the Senate own funds. All last year senators complained they did not have their own restaurant and that they had to cram in with the members of the lower house for lunches and dinners. Senate secretary general Dan Vasiliu says “The Senate budget would not have allowed for refurbishing the restaurant this year, but we used the opportunity of the NATO Summit to move the operations ahead of schedule.” The investments in the Rustic Saloon, as it is called the Senate's restaurant, would consist of professional equipment for processing the food worth half a million lei; they include vegetable, meat and fish processing machines, egg washing machines, and new tiles and floors, along with new kitchen and lounge furniture. The decision for the shape of the tables was to go with the square shaped, rather than the round shaped tables. Vasiliu says the Senate envisages signing a contract with a catering company to service the new restaurant. • Translated by Anca Păduraru

The NATO Summit to take place in April, in Bucharest, allows Romanian senators to enjoy a new restaurant, one year and a half ahead of its schedule for completion.

The NATO Summit to take place in April, in Bucharest, allows Romanian senators to enjoy a new restaurant, one year and a half ahead of its schedule for completion. The restaurant is to be refurbished at a price tag o