BUCHAREST – At the 2012 referendum for Basescu’s dismissal voted 46.13% of Romanians who have this right, according to partial official data provided by Central Electoral Bureau (BEC). Thus, 87.55% voted yes, 11.12% voted no. The president said he won this, despite the fact that almost 8 million people wants him out of Cotroceni. The next partial count will be announced at 14:00 local.
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LONDON | Google has changed on Friday the logo on the home page to mark the start of 2012 Olympic Games held in London. Thus, the letters forming the Google logo are accompanied by one drawing of a sportsman: a football player, a swimmer, an athlete, a practicing archery and a fencer. Next to them is a basketball and a football. Continue reading
BROADCAST | TVR, as the official broadcaster of the Olympic Games in London will broadcast live between 27 July and 12 August the Olympic Games in London on the channels TVR 1, TVR 2, TVR 3, TVR HD, but also on the official website, jo2012.tvr.ro. For 48 years, the Olympics are seen on the Romanian National Televizion. This year, between July 27 and August 12, the Olympic Games in London are transmitted on TVR 1, TVR 2, TVR 3, TVR HD jo2012.tvr.ro, informs the Romanian Television. Continue reading
BUCHAREST | Vasile Balint, known as Sile Camataru, convicted of pimping and human trafficking usury, was transferred on Tuesday afternoon, by the Capital Police arrest department at the Maximum Security Prison at Rahova, informs the General Inspectorate of Romanian Police (IGPR). Continue reading
OSLO | Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people on July 2011 in Norway, was temporarily transferred to another prison, during the performance of working at the detention center were he has been previously incarcerated, prison officials announced on Tuesday. “I asked for a break,” said Knut Bjarkeid, director of high security prison in Ila, near Oslo, where Breivik spent most of his detention after arrest made in the day of attacks. Continue reading
GOVERNANCE | VAT reduction from 24% to 9% for basic foods will lead to lower prices for those products by 15% and significantly reduce tax evasion, according to representatives of employers in the industry. “The first effect would be to increase budget revenues. It will reduce tax evasion bread from 60%, as is currently at 15-20%”, Aurel Popescu, president of Rompan bakery told the Mediafax. Continue reading
BUSTENI | Two helicopters of the Aviation Inspectorate of the Ministry of Interior will intervene on Monday in the fighting against the forest fires in Bucegi. The first helicopter took off from the Special Aviation Unit at around 10:00 am, said Interior Ministry (MAI), in a press release. Continue reading
BUCHAREST | Sorin Ovidiu Vintu, imprisoned as a result of being sentenced to one year in prison for extortion, was taken on Monday morning at the Supreme Court Prosecutor’s Office to study the INF file, in which he is accused of money laundering, prosecutors completing the research on the file. Continue reading
REGRETS | Suspended President Traian Basescu said that he “deeply regrets” that he publicly said what he thinks about Romanian King Mihai, adding that this also shows that, even in very sensitive issues, it is important that politicians do not say what they think (democracy? yeah, right… ). Continue reading
ATHENS | The posibility of Greece leaving the euro area is actual in the beginning of the IMF mission, the EC and the ECB, if missing fiscal targets agreed by the Greek State will lead to blocking of external financing and bankruptcy. A mission from the European Commission, IMF and European Central Bank will arrive in Athens on Tuesday to determine how much Greece has deviated from the fiscal targets of the bailout agreement. Continue reading
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