Friday, November 16, 2007
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EDITORIAL
The trick – Sorin Rosca Stanescu – Ziua – read here -
“… There is one single explanation: Traian Basescu's battle for the referendum is just seeming. In fact, he is risking his credibility in an attempt to turn this event into an indirect electoral campaign to serve the Democrat Party. As predictable, his messages will be the same with those released by the latter party. Why would he do it? Because if the Democrat Party wins the election of MEPs and the local and parliamentary elections too, it will be easier for him to appoint a prime minister and become a player. And he will try to mend his harmed credibility until then in order to win a second presidential mandate. It is a trick”.POLITICS
MPs undermine Romanian-American relations – Adrian Ilie – Ziua – read here -“The US ambassador's criticism of the way the Romanian MPs had passed the modifications on the Criminal Code made some Romanian politicians strongly react against Nicholas Taubman and accuse him of breaking diplomacy practices. Bogdan Olteanu, the speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, was most vehement, claiming the way Taubman had become an ambassador didn't entitle him to teach lessons against corruption. After the attempt to withdraw Romanian troops from Iraq, it is also the Liberals who are on the foreground of this new story that may undermine the Romanian-American relations“.
US ambassador's criticism – George Damian – Ziua – read here -“The US ambassador to Bucharest Nicholas Taubman said last Thursday that the proposed amendments to the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code in Romania were rather worrying for Romanians and for Romania's friends too. As for the amendments recently adopted almost without debate, he called them worrying as well. He claimed there had been no transparence for public opinion and no responsibility”.
President mistakes number of Romanians dead in Italy – Bogdan Galca – Ziua – read here -“The President of Romania Traian Basescu misinformed the whole nation last Wednesday evening by his public statement that 9 Romanians had been killed in Italy this month. In fact, only 2 Romanians reportedly died in Italy this month”.
Parliament of Europe defeats Italy – A.M.L. – Ziua – read here -“The Parliament of Europe decided yesterday to reaffirm the right to free circulation in the EU as a fundamental principle. The MEPs passed a common resolution on the right of EU citizens and their families to be free to travel and settle on the EU territory”.
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Italian Police abuses Romanian actress Laura Vasiliu – A.L.M. – Ziua – read here -“Last Wednesday night, while in her hotel room in Turin, she faced an Italian police team breaking the door in their mission to arrest her because of mistaking her for a Romanian female dealing with child trafficking”.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
* DAILY NEWS *
EDITORIAL
The fraud – Sorin Rosca Stanescu – Ziua – read here -
“… Maybe the essential is not the fact that, even if partly, this company is a product of the secret services. I am trying no to pay too much attention to the fact that it employs General Macri, a successor of one head of the ex Securitate (Communist Secret Service in Romania). I am not even telling that "those who say that, since 1989, it has been the Securitate, but not the electorate who decided on elections, say the truth". It has been the same Securitate to decide it is time to change the rulers or not. The Securitate has also decided on the name of the President. The system made one single mistake: Emil Constantinescu. But he was soon dumped and driven away from Cotroceni Palace. Even if I ignore such details, there are three aspects I can't possibly disregard”.POLITICS
President puts up with government's version of uninominal vote law – Cristian Andrei – Ziua – read here -“The President of Romania Traian Basescu insinuated yesterday that he would put up with the government's version of the uninominal vote law, unless the electorate supported his own proposal in the referendum due in November 25“.
EU state ambassadors summoned to Cotroceni Palace – Anca Hriban – Ziua – read here -
“The President of Romania Traian Basescu argued in yesterday's meeting with the EU states' ambassadors in Bucharest that the Romanian government was supposed to prove able to take constant efforts and continue to consolidate the independence of Justice and the fight against corruption, Presidency Administration announced by press release”.
Brussels officials prove relenting – L.M. – Ziua – read here -
“The European Commission is to decide on December 20 whether to apply the safeguard clause on Romania or not. According to the press release by the Romanian government, the Commission decided yesterday to give us one more month to implement the payment system in agriculture. Therefore Romania is to prove by December 16 that it can manage to settle the problem”.
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Romanians to get free access to Hungarian labor market – R.I.P. – Ziua – read here -“The governments of Romania and Hungary had a common session yesterday and they agreed on the liberalization of the Hungarian labor force starting with 2008. They also decided on the building of a high-speed new railway route to connect Budapest to Constanta”.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
* DAILY NEWS *
EDITORIAL
The dunces – Sorin Rosca Stanescu – Ziua – read here -
“New ghost is haunting the media and striking back to the whole society: the rich journalist. The pretext of it is Bogdan Chirieac, a so-called case. They claim a journalist is not a journalist anymore if he is wealthy. It is now Bogdan Chirieac's turn to be pointed to and ritually sacrificed in the public square for something as dreadful as making a fortune. How can one be a journalist, if one isn't poor ? How can one get, apart from wages, money by capitalizing shares in the media field ? How can one be equal to the scholars, the great actors or sportsmen, to all those who have substantial gains due to their authorship rights ? Another dramatic dilemma fetched by the same ghost sounds like this: how can one be a rich journalist and also gain by doing business that has got nothing to do with the press ? And the fourth foolish thing has reached the market on the same occasion: Is a businessman who has got contracts with state companies honest ? I will be explaining the reasons for my belief that the makers of this ghost haunting the media and the Romanian society are dunces”.POLITICS
SRI versus SIE – Andrei Ghiciusca – Ziua – read here -“Romania is arresting international attention once again due to new scandal. Yesterday's electronic edition of Italian daily Il Secolo XIX published a piece of news claiming Romania houses an Al-Queda training camp. According to the publication, Italian investigators intercepted a conversation between two terrorist suspects, mentioning such Al-Queda training camps in Romania, where those who aspire to become Jihad fighters are taught how to make and use explosive devices“.
Italians asked for flexibility – Adrian Ilie – Ziua – read here -“Sorin Frunzaverde, a vice president of the PD (Democrat Party), met yesterday with Daniel Mancini, Italy's ambassador in Bucharest. It was one of the Italian diplomacy's attempts to do away with Romanian politicians' fears for the status of Romanians in Italy”.
Italy on Foreign Ministry's black list – A.L.M. – Ziua – read here -“The Romanian Ministry for Foreign Affairs has put Italy on the list of states for which there are travel warnings. Italy is thus joining countries like Bulgaria, Costa Rice, Iran and Mexico”.
Romanian PM: Cioroianu will continue as minister – Razvan Gheorghe – Ziua – read here -
“The Romanian PM Calin Popescu-Tariceanu announced yesterday that he had talked to the foreign minister Adrian Cioroianu last Monday, without demanding him to resign and even without approaching such an issue. When asked if he was to do some more talking with the foreign minister on his latest statements, the PM reminded that minister Cioroianu had apologized for his words. He mentioned the subject was closed as far as he was concerned, adding the minister was to settle serious difficulties, mainly the situation of the Romanians in Italy”.LATEST
Isarescu: Structural reforms must progress – Gabi Moroianu – Ziua – read here -“Economy policies need consolidation, even if there comes a long electoral period, so that we can avoid s correction from the market, given the international volatility and the growing foreign misbalance. Mugur Isarescu, a governor of the BNR (National Bank of Romania), said yesterday during budget and finance parliamentary committees' debate on the 2008 budget project”.
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