National Press Review, May 2

Adevărul writes about “ The new government of Romania” and gives details about the ministers that prime minister designate, Victor Ponta, proposed to join his cabinet.

The newspaper notes the evolution of discussions held within the Social Liberal Union (USL) in order to form the Executive and points out the following steps until taking oath and getting the mandate with full rights.

Under the headline “Government Ponta’s backstage creation” Evenimentul Zilei also reveals it calls “ the battles that were behind each nomination for portfolios USL cabinet”.

The newspaper claims that following discussions on the Executive’s setting up, it would emerge dissatisfaction among liberals, both the central leadership and also the territory.

“Victor Ponta at the real negotiation time with IMF”- headlines Jurnalul Naţional that comments that “ seatbelt obtained by president Traian Băsescu from the representative of International Monetary Fund for Romania, Jeffrey Franks , puts the prime minister designate to deal with difficult decisions”.

The daily develops the list of issues still to be negotiated with the IMF and estimates the effects will have on social issues , the results obtained following these discussions.

România Liberă analyses “What impact have elections on the country rating and specifies“ substantial growth of populist policies, before or after elections, could put pressure of downgrade regarding the country rating”.

According to the financial evaluation agency Fitch, Romania has made, however, progress in fiscal consolidation program in the last quarter and the last year’s deficit is close to the official target.

Back to Evenimentul Zilei , that presents an interview with the World Health Organization representative for Europe.

He believes that “Romania should be in alert to tuberculosis” , taking into account the number of cases of tuberculosis resistant to treatment.

Details on how many Romanians suffering from tuberculosis, what costs involve the treatment and how to solve the issue in our country , can be found in this article.

At last, Jurnalul Naţional takes advantage of Romanians recent outings for barbecuing , as to pay attention that meat products neither must be burned, nor cooked directly on flame.

The professor Mencinicopschi explains for newspaper readers the dangers they expose themselves if not properly cook meat.

Translated by
Denisse-Meda Bucura
MTTLC, Bucharest University