Communist Jail Commander Charged With Crimes Against Humanity
Romania’s prosecuting office requested that former prison commander Alexandru Visinescu be charged with crimes against humanity for the deaths of political prisoners at the lockup he commanded when Romania was a Communist country.
Visinescu, 88, chief of the Ramnicu Sarat prison in 1956-1963, was initially charged with genocide but Romania amended its Penal Code this year.
Visinescu is accused of subjecting prisoners to beatings and starvation, as well as refusing them health treatment and heating. The retired Lieutenant-Colonel has repeatedly said he was “only following orders and doing his job”. (Puterea)
Cluj Authorities Sign Contract To Build Fourth Industrial Park
Local authorities in Cluj-Napoca (northwestern Romania) on Wednesday signed a contract worth RON36.3 million for the construction of the fourth industrial park Tetarom in Cluj.
Construction works will be carried out by the consortium made up of ACI, Electromontaj, Nordcomforest and Erbi Prodcom and are due for completion in 20 months.
The RON36.3 million financing is covered from the local county council budget, European funds and the state budget. (Adevarul)
PM Ponta Says 70 Taxes Likely To Be Eliminated
Romania’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta said the Finance Ministry found that 70 taxes can be eliminated in a single day without affecting the state budget.
Ponta also said a normative act will be put forward to remove these taxes. (Jurnalul National)
Former Tennis Player- Conservative Party’s Official Candidate For Parliamentary By-Elections
Romania’s former tennis player Ilie Nastase is the Conservative Party’s official candidate at the parliamentary by-elections to fill the seat in Bucharest’s fourth district constituency remained vacant after Dan Voiculescu resigned his Senate seat.
Nastase said he wants to support sports in Romania and underlined the need to adopt the sponsorship law in the field. (Evenimentul Zilei)