Constanta County Council Head Sought By Interpol
Nicusor Constantinescu, head of the Constanta county council, was placed on Interpol’s international wanted list.
On July 7, the Bucharest Court ruled that a European arrest warrant be issued for Constantinescu and that he should be placed on the international wanted list.
Constantinescu’s lawyer challenged the court’s two rulings on the same day. (Puterea)
Simona Halep Wins 2014 BRD Bucharest Open
Romanian top-seeded Simona Halep won the first edition of the 2014 BRD Bucharest Open tournament, defeating second-seeded Italian Roberta Vinci in the final 6-1, 6-3 for her eighth WTA title.
Halep is enjoying the best year of her career after being runner-up in the French Open and reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon.
After her breakout 2013 season, where she won her first 6 WTA titles, Halep has continued her ascent in 2014, reaching world number 3 and winning 2 more tournaments so far. She’s also reached the quarterfinals, semifinals and been runner-up in the season’s first three Majors. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Socially Vulnerable People Get Support To Develop Their Own Business Ideas Using EU Funds
Socially vulnerable individuals and people receiving social assistance will be able to grow new businesses from the seed of an idea using European Union funds.
The project aimed at providing support in this respect was earmarked EUR200 million for the 2014-2020 period, Minister-delegate for Social Dialog Aurelia Cristea said Sunday.
According to Cristea, interested individuals will be able to file applications between July 28 and August 11 and the lowest amount that can be obtained for a project is EUR50,000. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Italy’s Enel Sells Distribution And Sales Assets In Romania
Italy’s utility Enel started the sale process of its energy distribution and sale assets in Romania and the energy generation assets in Slovakia, as part of a program aimed at reducing the group’s financial debt, the company said in a press statement.
“In Romania, the sale would involve the 64.4% stake in Enel Distributie Muntenia SA and Enel Energie Muntenia SA, the 51% stake in Enel Distributie Banat SA, Enel Distributie Dobrogea SA and Enel Energie SA, as well as the 100% interest in the services company Enel Romania Srl (held by Enel through Enel Investment Holding BV),” Enel said.
These companies manage a power grid of about 91,000 kilometers in the regions in which they operate, distributing about 14 TWh of electricity a year (with a domestic market share of 34%) and selling nearly 9 TWh a year to about 2.6 million customers, of which 2.4 million are residential customers (with a domestic market share of 20%) and 0.2 million are businesses (with a domestic market share of 38%), the company said.(Adevarul)
UDMR Backs Kelemen Hunor To Run For President Of Romania – Sources
Leaders of the Hungarian minority party UDMR said they would support Kelemen Hunor to run for president of Romania, people close to the talks told MEDIAFAX.
Kelemen said UDMR’s standing council will convene again this week to decide on the party’s candidate at the presidential elections due in November.
Kelemen is expected to resign from the positions of culture minister and deputy prime minister but UDMR will stick to the ruling coalition. (Jurnalul National)