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EDITORIAL

God doesn't beat people with sticks ! – Miruna Munteanu – Ziua – read here -
“Fate is sure to be ironical, since foreign minister Adrian Cioroianu is being insistently asked to resign, not because of his unbelievable incompetence, but simply because he uttered some uninspired words, interpreted as racist. It is the same minister who made a complete fool oh himself in a TV show last year, just to express his "political correctness" very clearly. He took the risk to be unfair with the character he had chosen to "defend" and with the rules of the game in particular. Cioroianu behaved like a prosecutor when he was asked to argue for Marshall Ion Antonescu's odds in the final of the "Great Romanians" competition. He acted like a prosecutor, not like a lawyer. Those who dared criticize his strange attitude he reproached for Anti-Semite tendencies or totalitarian nostalgia. Insulting labels were used instead of arguments”.

POLITICS

More Romanians to be expelled – D.E.I. – Ziua – read here -
“Leonardo Muraro, a president of the Treviso province in northeastern Italy, announced that 40 Romanian citizens would be expelled on grounds of the decree allowing for the repatriation of EU citizens for public security reasons. He mentioned: "There are some 30-40 people on this black list. It is about dangerous individuals who must be driven away from our communities as soon as possible" “.

Romanian government's criticism of Italian ordinance is soft – George Damian & D.E.I. – Ziua – read here -
“The Romanian government's group in charge of the Italian government's ordinance on the expulsion of Romanian citizens from Italy has concluded that the document at stake has got "major deficiencies" as compared to the EU directive, thus allowing for abusive use of the regulation, Mediafax Agency informs”.

Foreign minister pleads not guilty of discrimination – Razvan Gheorghe, Roxana Andronic & C.E. – Ziua – read here -
“Liberal Adrian Cioroianu, Romania's foreign minister, announced in yesterday's meeting of Romanian Liberals' heads that he would write to the CNCD (National Council against Discrimination) to specify that his previous statement on deporting people to the desert had not been discriminating, since it had been "about criminals, not about gypsies". Liberal sources say that, although not asked to, the foreign minister provided some explanations. Sources comment: "He insisted his personal opinion was that the sanctions against criminals should be tougher. He explained that his statement on deporting people to the Egyptian desert had been a slip of the tongue" ”.

LATEST

Chirieac case as precedent – Ziua – Ziua – read here -
“It is to be mentioned that the Chirieac case can be a very dangerous precedent. Although there has been no one to say one single time that what Bogdan Chirieac did is illegal, public opinion may be misinformed that no journalist may do business and sign contracts with the Romanian state as partner. Once the precedent is settled, another journalists who makes the head of state angry may anytime find himself in a situation similar to that of Bogdan Chirieac and be publicly executed via an obedient publication”.

500,000 workers wanted for Romania – G.M. – Ziua – read here -
“Romania's deficit of employees is almost 500,000, mainly in fields like constructions, heavy industry and car industry. Romania's economy minister Varujan Vosganian said it yesterday. He argued in a press conference: "Our labor force deficit is almost half a million workers. There is need of more engineers and various workers" ”.