National Press Review, April 5

“Put on the table three concrete objects in which suits the billion of Euros from privatizations” – a request that ZIARUL FINANCIAR addresses to the government and gives it also ideas: a top medical center, a technologic park and a university.

Money has to go to projects and not happen in the past, when there was nothing especially obtained from the billions of Euros from major privatizations.

Prime Minister Ungureanu claims that his intention is that from now on the money to enter into a National Development Fund and not longer use discretion.

Do not say no “hop up” until we jump the fence! "Cupru Min: We take a good price, but when we will see the money?" asks ADEVĂRUL.

There are some complications regarding it. Canadian company that won the auction should have to bring to the state the 200 million Euros these days.

But it could delay because the notice of competition and the environment lack. Though, in the conditions in which the company that auctioned is not the actually investor, but only one interface, then who has the authorities to check?

“DNA has started the spring campaign”, writes on the front page EVENIMENTUL ZILEI.

Anti-corruption prosecutors do not diminish the pace: in two days, three big names.

The president of Chamber of Commerce, Sorin Dimitriu: blackmailing and abuse within the working place.

He was retained because he made takings of employee salaries, which threaten them with dismissal. He was harshly negotiating, claiming up to 99 percent of wages.

Other names are Boşcodeală, Mayor of Buzău who already stuck with seized property, and Laszlo Borbely.

The Environment Minister case evidences, we find in ADEVĂRUL: "Borbely, betrayed by HIS mother-in-law to DNA". In her testimony there are accusations of influence traffic and making false declarations. Borbely cannot justify 80,000 Euros. With this amount he bought an apartment in the Capital on behalf of his son step mother in law.

According to prosecutors, neither his parents-in-law incomes, nor the minister’ does not cover the expense.
Same topic in ROMÂNIA LIBERĂ: "Borbely Case tests the coalition “.

A vote in the Chamber of Deputies will add to the pressure. From UDMR flowed declarations of support to the Minister of Environment, and has even talked about a campaign to discredit regarding Borbely, but the Union being near elections.

Instead, coalition colleagues, and PDL UNPR rushed to say that they don’t defend him.

JURNALUL NAŢIONAL brings into attention today the scandal in regarding shale gas: “Gray pickup truck and dynamite warehouse. Secretly Americans wanders in the villages near Vaslui for amost a year" to build the exploitation.

They built a store of explosives, blasted people’s lands from a lot of villages, met with the mayors, have negotiated deals regarding lands. People have only recently learned from the press that Romania has a deal with Chevron baths for an exploit that could poison water sources.

Competition council gives "the second shot for the smart guys: antitrust investigation," writes EVENIMENTUL ZILEI. Competition Council began to investigate the preferential supply contracts.

There are already begun some unannounced investigations. In the arsenal, the Councils Competition has fines up of 10 percent of turnover - a measure which, if they had applied, would bite deep into the “smart guys” profits".

At Hidroelectrica, money would be moved, however, from one pocket to another, writes EVENIMENTUL.

"In Serbia we receive highway at the factory," says the president of Michelin for Romania and the Balkans.

As we read in Ziarul Financiar, we are also in books for a possible extension of the Michelin tire factory.

But before investing, it wants to have provided the necessary energy and infrastructure. In Serbia, Michelin will invest 170 million Euros and will create 700 jobs, after Belgrade promised highway that will lead to the plant gate.

Reporters from ROMÂNIA LIBERĂ "have made vegetables and fruit contraband".

They have incognito bought without papers a ton of vegetables from Bulgaria and have brought in Romania. So, even after the arrest of the Romanian customs of last year, the escapist importers’ businesses are still running freely, right in front of authorities.

Translated by Alexandra-Diana Mircea
MTTLC, Bucharest University