Loading ...Evenimentul zilei remarks that Romanian President Traian Basescu is giving a helping hand with chasing Russians away from the Caucasus, reporting that Basescu and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko are suggesting the replacement of Russian peace-keeping forces in Georgia and Transdniester with troops of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) or the European Union. The two heads of state are quoted as arguing the peace-keeping forces in region where there are frozen conflicts on the former Soviet territory have proved inefficient, and, consequently, the regulatory mechanism should change.
Romania libera notes that Basescu is upping the stakes at the Black Sea, saying that two weeks after the breaking up of the war in Georgia Basescu realised that things can degenerate in the vicinity of Romania's national borders as well, because the conflict elements are in place also in Transdniester and the pattern can always be followed. Without talking about aggressors and victims, President Basescu has switched the conversation to the European Union, which he considers moved slowly when it came about the Black Sea zone and the events in Georgia, explaining that the Kosovo mechanism was identically replicated in Ossetia and is perfectly suitable for Transdniester as well. The Romanian head of state, the paper says, is thus suggesting that Romania's decision not to recognise the independence of the Serb province of Kosovo was wiser than the West's decision to recognise it.
Bursa remarks that Romanian companies have not rushed to do business in Georgia, quoting the Romanian National Companies Register Office as saying there is not a single Romanian company having so far decided to open subsidiaries or outlets in Georgia, which in a way shelters the business of Romanian companies from the ongoing armed conflict in Georgia.
Romania libera remarks that people who became unelectable because of their collaboration with the late Securitatea political police are now queuing up for a seat in Parliament, saying "after the local barons and all sorts of celebrities, MPs whom the National Council for the Study of the Securitatea Archives (CNSAS) have declared former Securitatea informers have decided to take Parliament by storm and put their name on the list for another seat in parliament. As the Lustration Law, under which the ban is enforced, is not in force yet to oblige former employees or collaborators of Securitatea to take a 10-year break from running for elective public offices, access to Parliament seems a piece of cake to them."
Cotidianul remarks that the European Commission has frozen 200 million euros in SAPARD farm funds for Romania, noting that Romania is risking losing this money because the Romanian authorities have failed to pay heed to the European Commission warnings to this end. Given the circumstances, the paper says, the European Commission has called on the relevant Romanian authorities to come up with a plan of measures to remedy the situation.
Cotidianul also remarks that the Romanian Government has decided Bucharest City shall have three airports. The paper reports that Bucharest City will have its third international airport on its southern side because the existing ones at Baneasa and Otopeni can no longer cope with traffic. The Government decided on the construction of the new airport at its weekly meeting on Wednesday. The paper quotes Government spokesperson Camelia Spataru as saying the Government took this decision in order to meet the needs of the developing Bucharest City, which generates a surge in passenger traffic recorded on the two existing airports.
Business Standard remarks that a university city might be built near Bucharest City. It quotes Government spokesperson Camelia Spataru as having said on Wednesday that the Government is contemplating building a university city where some of the university education institutions from Bucharest City would be relocated, 10-15 km away from Bucharest City. The new campus is estimated to cover 600 hectares. According to Spataru, the project might take six to ten years to complete and its costs might exceed 2 billion euros. The university city project is part of a wider project called "The University of the Future."
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