National Press Review, april 13

From the Resurrection, straight to disco, we can read in România Liberă.

Here we find a track record on how Easter holidays changed . In the interwar period , students brought to school certificates from priest that they sang in church and read religious books. During the communist regime, atheist, by definition, young people were pushed to discos – an ingenious way to cast a chill over their religious enthusiasm. The custom has been preserved. After ’90, the road from church goes straight to club.

Who is “ Stephen Hawking of Romania”, we learn out from Adevărul : her name is Adina Milac, immobilized in a wheelchair, as well-known British scientist. She made a name in science. She is PhD in physics and has postdoctoral studies in America. She returned home, however, to look for cures for complicated diseases and now, she is a researcher at the Biochemistry Institute of the Academy.

Europeans Funds are in safety deposit boxes in Brussels, projects are paid by Treasury Department. State budget is bound to finance projects with ‘free’ money of ‘European Union’- we read on the front page of Ziarul Financiar. The situation wouldn’t be bleak if within a reasonable time , money would be recovered from returns made by the European Commission. But evidence shows that reimbursement rate is very low: in the first months of the year , less than one quarter of the budgeted money.

In Adevărul we find out that foreign direct investments have increased tenfold in February: 230 million of Euros ,considering that in the first month of this year were almost unnoticeable.

Evenimentul Zilei writes about political migration phenomenon. It is accelerated by the upcoming elections: “having a sit in the sun “ becomes vital , noted the journalists. The daily has a “2012 Top mercenary souls”

-the most dramatic changes in this election year… till now.

Jurnalul Naţional writes that Prime Minister Ungureanu “ started the campaign: he has bonded with SMURD and delivers speeches alongside Raed Arafat. He behaved like a real candidate at Alexandria, considers the journalists.

Translated by

Denisse-Meda Bucura

MTTLC, Bucharest University