National Press Review, March 8

In ZIARUL FINANCIAR we found “the electoral question of 800 million Euros: Health Insurance Fund(CAS) reduced or bigger salaries for budgetary?” The economic increase should be under estimations, but, inevitably, the first effects of the electoral year have appeared.

In less than a week, Romania was “dizzied” by two news: the president proposed the salary increase starting 1st of June, and the prime-minister considers the decrease of contributions.

EVENIMENTUL ZILEI launched the “injected meat campaign”, through which proposes itself to obtain the clear labeling of the meat products. National Authority for Consumer’s Protection ( ANPC) representatives states that more than a third from the collected samples last year had water over the maximum admitted limit.

Of course, there were water, but also polyphosphates, carmine red, nitrite. The ingredients weight is not written on the labels because it is not even compulsory. The producers have the right to keep “the fabrication secret”.

Last year, a record vegetable production was obtained, though, in stores still predominated the import goods. “Why farmers don’t arrive with their goods in supermarkets?”, we found out from ROMÂNIA LIBERĂ.

The horticultures adapt with difficulty at supermarket conditions, even though these offer most of the time a better price than other markets. The payment at every 21 days, quality standards, constant deliveries.

A solution would be the creation of some associations which represent the farmers’ interests and which occupy of processing and commercializing the products, declare the horticultures’ representatives.

On the first page from ADEVĂRUL: “Death penalty: we want it but it is not possible” –a discussion created by the murder from the hairdresser. A study from 2010 realized by the ProDemocracy Association shows that 91% of Romanians agree with the capital sentence and half of those questioned also agree with the organization of a referendum.

The reintroduction of death penalty would signify the violation of all treaties regarding human’s rights and freedom and thus the isolation from the international community, the exclusion from the European Union.

“The murder from the hairdresser decapitates the Police”, states JURNALUL NAŢIONAL. After the tragedy, the journalists write that the looking for the scapegoat has been started.

Only now, the biggest men from the Police and the Interior have reminded of the forgotten rapports in the drawers, of the irregularities from the police sections, of the gun permits accorded based on the trust that no one shoots if his wife upsets him. Dismissals, rapports, investigated policemen, but officially it is unknown the culprit for Gheorghe Vlădan’s weapons without psychological notice and juridical record, we read in the Journal.

ROMÂNIA LIBERĂ tells us that “Năstase’s eggs don’t count out. Prejudice: 150.000 euro!”. Officially, the ex prime-minister declares that he gained these money by selling the eggs from Cornu in the last two years. In reality, this source of income is fictive, sustain the journalists.

The last producer certificate of Dana Năstase dates since 2008, and the vet and the neighbors from Cornu confirm the ending of the activity.

Translated by Alexandra-Diana Mircea
MTTLC, Bucharest University