National Press Review, March 26

“Romania will confront with new threatens, inclusively of terrorist nature!” , declares George Maior, the director of Romanian Information Service (SRI), in an interview given to Evenimentul Zilei.

He also speaks about politicians’ temptation to engage SRI in politic fight and about telephonic conversations recording.

The head of SRI, also inform us what happens with Omar Hayssam and when he is brought back in Romania.

Adevărul with the reactions from Cotroceni after challenging Russia to design the “warrior” Dmitri Rogozin special correspondent for Transnistria: Romania has to show that it understood the message, this symbolic assignment and to give up to defensive attitude, to raise the glow, declares the presidential adviser Iulian Chifu.

Romania needs to return to security politics, neglected due to the crisis, and to identify with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) partners the supplementary commune resources.

“The exchequer controls in detail the big fortunes. The first targeted are 200-300 very rich patrons” , we read in Jurnalul Naţional.

The operation will begin once with the processing of income declarations for last year, which have to be deposited by May 25th.

The purpose is to tax the fortunes that cannot be justified.

The real incomes that exceed with at least 50000 Euros the declared amounts will be supplementary taxed.

In Ziarul financiar we read about the assignment of Mircea Tănăsescu as vice-president of European Bank for Investments –the highest position obtained by a Romanian official within a financial institution of such rank.

Within the daily we read about Tănăsescu’s carrier: how did he come from Enterprise of Construction, Repair and Local Administration (ICRAL) to International Monetary Fund (FMI) and then within the world financial elite.

“Potential murderers among policemen?”, questions Evenimentul Zilei.

Right on Police Day, the Interns minister Gabriel Berca has launched a “bomb” that nurtured even more the citizens’ inquietude terrified by Vlădan case: 52 policemen who own guns have psychical problems.

România Liberă writes that our country is a “Wild West for drugs publicity”.

In other countries from the Union, like Czech, it is forbidden to representatives of firms to interrupt doctors during their program.

The legislation exists also in Romania, but the publicity made right in front of the doctor’s door gets out of legislative control.

The effects are easily seen: some doctors begin to prescribe drugs in excess.

The battle is important, because the market is about 10 billion lei.

The courteous representatives, with portfolios, flowers and sweets often enter the doctor’s door before the patient.

“Massive frauds with EU funds”: revelations in Adevărul about illegalities in series, frauds of tens million Euros.

We read illegal spa, tropical showers and Aqua Park from the yard of the “king of malls” from Iaşi.

Also here we found about the relations of deputy Ioan Oltean, general secretary of National Liberal Party (PNL), with the chargeable from the case of bribe for fake public sales.

Also about this case, in România Liberă we read that “National Anticorruption Department (DNA) rocks the nest of Ioan Oltean from Bistriţa”.

The deputy appears as “the rich” in some interceptions from the corruption file in which are investigated business men and politicians from Bistriţa-Năsăud.

Translated by Alexandra-Diana Mircea
MTTLC, Bucharest University