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EDITORIAL
The electoral bleeding –
Sorin Rosca Stanescu – Ziua –
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Never before in Romania's history has there been such a great number of citizens, actually millions, to leave the country and settle, most of them, in EU states so that they can work and get a new life. Or in other cases, to beg in streets and steal. We don't know whether this dramatic movement is reversible or not. Will they return ? How many of them will return ?”.

POLITICS

Parliament to revise Criminal Procedure Code –
R.I.P. – Ziua –
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The President of Romania Traian Basescu announced yesterday that he was demanding the Parliament to revise the modifications on the Criminal Procedure Code. He reproached the MPs for modifying the law draft so that public interest would follow after the interests of possible criminals“.

Business with Presidency –
George Tarata &
Marian Ghiteanu – Ziua –
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One branch of the Net Consulting, the company providing the soft equipment for Sunday's election of MEPs, got some hundreds of millions ROL from Presidency Administration”.

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Economy minister: 2008 will be the year of energy privatization –
G.M. – Ziua –
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According to the Romanian economy minister Varujan Vosganian, 2008 will be the year of privatization in energy. Yesterday he argued: "2007 was the year of the energy strategy, of the energy market's development and modernization. 2008 must be the year of privatization" ”.

Most Powerful Romanians Top released –
Roxana Andronic – Ziua –
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"Banii nostri" (
Our Money)
review released a top of the most powerful businessmen and most influential people in Romania. President Traian Basescu is top of the list. Dinu Patriciu is no. 1 in the businessmen category and Sorin Ovidiu Vantu is rated as the most influential Romanian”.


EDITORIAL
My estimation –
Sorin Rosca Stanescu – Ziua –
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After scoring so many points in polls, why is the PNG (New Generation Party) now collapsing at such speed ? Are the defeats the Steaua soccer team suffered the only reason why Gigi Becali is declining to less than 5% ? Why is the PD (Democrat Party) losing so many points too ? Has there been some major change in the party's policy ? Have there been significant changes of the electorate? Has Traian Basescu's public image deteriorated so much that it is now causing the presidential party to go down ? And why is the PNL (National Liberal Party) improving so significantly, although the party should be exhausted of so long governing and although there are so many attacks from Traian Basescu and the DNA (National Anti-Corruption Department) ? Why is this happening shortly after the governor of the National Bank has announced record inflation figures for the latest years ? Which is the reason why the PRM ("Greater Romania" Party) is recovering after the spectacular, unexplainable collapse in polls ? Pope Benedict's high reward for Corneliu Vadim Tudor and the dismemberment of the parliamentary group of the European nationalists, due to the latter politician's insistence for some amendments to the controversial Italian law on expulsions, followed after the latest opinion poll. The mystery is therefore deeper. And why is the PC (Conservative Party) scoring points all of a sudden, whereas the PLD (Liberal Democrat Party) is losing points ? Have these parties done anything uncommon lately ?”.

POLITICS

President asked to unveil financial source for referendum campaign –
R.I.P. – Ziua –
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Liberal deputy George Scutaru asked the President of Romania Traian Basescu yesterday to unveil the financial sources used for the referendum campaign. The Liberal claimed that the citizens in several cities had received in their mail boxes envelopes with a message from the Romanian President and a calendar printed by the Democrat Party“.

Ex political detainees get rights back 17 years after fall of communism –
Ovidiu Banches – Ziua –
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The Romanian government passed yesterday a law draft according to which the political detainees of the Communist era are going to have all their criminal consequences annulled and they may be paid damages for the moral prejudice suffered. About 80,000-90,000 ex political detainees still alive and their relatives are going to be the beneficiaries of the new law”.
Commissioner Frattini claims he supports everybody's rights –
George Damian – Ziua –
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The spokesman of the EU Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini has sent us the EU official's answer to the following question: What measures is the European Commission deciding, given the number of attacks and fires against the immigrants in Italy ? In his answer the Justice Commissioner mentions he will go on working to ensure protection for the rights of every person, regardless of citizenship, race, sex or religion”.

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Murder weapon –
George Scarlat – Ziua –
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It is the Italian secret services and military who are coordinating the attack against Romania. The bullets used to execute Romanians, the bomb exploding in the store owned by Diana Mailat and the manipulation by media prove it”.


EDITORIAL
Allies and glow worms –
Roxana Iordache – Ziua –
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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 –
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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 –
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An INSOMAR survey indicates how Romanian perceive the events on 25 November”.

Three options post-referendum –
Rompres – Ziua –
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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”.

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