National Press Review August 17

About a potential solution to the current political impasse, România Liberă wonders if " Venice Commission may sit local political war?"

Romanian politicians not subscribing to the idea: some say that mediation would not have legal effect, others are convinced that Romania should be left alone to sort out its problems.

In the newspaper we find the opinions of a few political leaders in both camps.

In investigations on suspicions of fraud, "DNA prosecutors reach heavy name" write Adevărul.

Former Minister of Defense and PNL Chairman of Alba Teodor Atanasiu and Dumitru Samson, stepson of the current Minister, were put under accusation for offenses on the referendum Law and corruption.

According to DNA , they would have turned to a shady retreat to mobilize citizens to vote for a fee.

On the front page in România Liberă we read: "Pressure on justice. Why attack Ponta prosecutors".

Journalists construe the Prime Minister critics as press for closing the file without the provision of evidence.

Prosecutors are doing investigations in over 500 criminal cases relating to alleged electoral fraud.

On the other hand, Jurnalul Naţional claims that " CSM attacking tough USL leaders.

Crin Antonescu and Victor Ponta-in the eye of magistrates ", who require checks on the defence of the independence of the judiciary, after allegations made by Antonescu, Iliescu and Ponta.

In turn, "USL warns that criminal liability shall also achieve prosecutors who do abuse" and argues that the Prosecutor's Office has occurred "unqualified" to create the impression that the vote was rigged.

"Crin -Ponta Rupture. Beginning of the end ", speculates Evenimentul Zilei and writes:" in recent weeks, have multiplied pip bouts of the interim president on Prime Minister ", which journalists would review them.

"Verbal Frictions come amid increasingly divergent interests in USL," estimates Evenimentul Zilei.

Jurnalul Naţional announces today that SRI pleads actions against the editor of the newspaper.

He sent a press release confirming the authenticity of the documents relating to the surveillance of journalists.

In Ziarul Financiar we find "a Balance within three years of Prima Casă: over 70 thousand of loans and guarantees of 2.8 billion euros.

How will be the final bill of the Government? "

The question is how much more worth for assets that guarantee the State in circumstances where the advance is only 5 percent, while housing prices have fallen by more than 50 percent since the beginning of the crisis.

So far, only 56 beneficiaries reached the situation not even pay rates, the Guarantee Fund was forced to pay the banks in their place.

"The demand for gold at world level, the smallest of the last two years", we learn out from Bursa.

From a great business , this has become a terrible one in just a few months for the shops buying metals and gems from the population.

They began to close after customers have already depleted dowry of jewelry in order to cover their daily expenses.

Romanian schoolchildren gauge gives us new meanings to the expression "to hit the books" says Evenimentul Zilei: Romanian school fattening.

Schoolchildren obese , due to lie in their desks ".

Physical education in schools is reduced to one hour per week and the sport of Romanian schoolchild is : sedentary lifestyle: six hours on the seat at school, a few hours doing homework and the internet- here's a safe path to obesity!



Translated by
Denisse-Meda Bucura