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EDITORIAL

Allies and glow worms – Roxana Iordache – Ziua – read here -
“Should the Bogdan Olteanu, speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, have replied to the Russian ambassador instead of the US one, those who violently criticize him would enthusiastically have acclaimed him. Conventionalist blaming reactions indicate a sad characteristic of the Romanian people, its gregarious attitude (that is why political and media lynching are so successful in Romania). It also shows another characteristic, as sad as the first one: a national inferiority complex. And that's where the international (non-) belonging comes from”.

POLITICS

PD trumpet – Anca Hriban – Ziua – read here -
“Traian Basescu, participated yesterday in a PD electoral meeting at Cluj-Napoca. The head of state has deployed a genuine campaign attack against the PD (Democrat Party) political adversaries, UDMR (Democrat Union of Magyars in Romania), PNL (National Liberal Party) and PSD (Social Democrat Party), by talking of a trans-party system linking all politicians that belong to these parties. As far as the Democrats were concerned nothing but good news. However, the president admitted that there weren't "just saints" in PD. Basescu also mentioned the Government at criticism chapter, and he recalled that the Executive had issued the ordinance of modification of the law concerning the ministerial liability in order to cover the ministers under criminal investigation. Surprisingly, Liberal Crin Antonescu agreed with the president, but reproached him the fact that he didn't come with "names and facts" “.

Euroelection, more important than the referendum – Ovidiu Banches – Ziua – read here -
“An INSOMAR survey indicates how Romanian perceive the events on 25 November”.

Three options post-referendum – Rompres – Ziua – read here -
“President Traian Basescu said yesterday, at Cluj-Napoca, that he had figured out several scenarios for the day of 26 November, on account of the possibilities that might come out following the referendum for the uninominal voting system, says a Rompres release”.

LATEST

Taxi-Mafia – Rompres – Ziua – read here -
“Videanu, mayor of Bucharest, patronizes a corrupt system that is protecting the exclusivity of the taxi companies set up by ten Democrat deputies”.