Mircea Basescu And Marian Capatana Indicted For Corruption
Mircea Basescu and Marian Capatana were indicted on charges of corruption in the case in which Mircea Basescu, the brother of Romania’s President Traian Basescu, is accused that he allegedly received EUR250,000 from Capatana to help keep underworld boss Sandu Anghel out of jail.
Anticorruption prosecutors indicted Mircea Basescu on charges of trading in influence and Capatana on accessory charges.
Mid-June 2014, the president’s brother was arrested after Florin Anghel, the son of crime boss Sandu Anghel, known as Bercea Mondial, had filed a criminal complaint against him. Anghel’s father was sentenced to eight years and nine months in prison for almost fatally stabbing one of his nephews in a bar in 2011. Mircea Basescu has constantly denied taking money to influence the judiciary.
Traian Basescu has recently said that he will not intervene with any state institution to protect his brother. (Jurnalul National)
Administrators Of Glina Dumping Ground Arrested For Mafia Ties
Victor Dombrovschi and Sergio Pileri, the administrators of the Glina landfill, have been detained Monday in Romania based on a European arrest warrant issued by Italian authorities on charges of money laundering in favor of the mafia, according to judicial sources.
The same sources said Dombrovschi and Pileri, who were arrested alongside other alleged accomplices detained following several raids in Italy, are to be extradited to Italy.
Dombrovschi and Pileri are allegedly part of La Cosa Nostra which is supposedly coordinated by Massimo Ciancimino, the son of the former mayor of Palermo who is said to be behind the companies administering the Glina dumping ground located on the outskirts of Bucharest.(Romania Libera)
Tarom Ends 2013 With 44% Lower Loss And 3.5% Higher Turnover
Romania’s state-run airline Tarom cut its loss by 44% down to 130.1 million lei (EUR29.4 million) and registered a 3.5% increase in turnover to RON1.085 billion (EUR288 million) in 2013, according to company data.
In 2012, the airline reported loss of RON230.6 million and net turnover of RON1.048 billion.
Tarom started to operate ten new destinations in 2013, namely, Bucharest-Prague, Cluj-Prague, Bucharest-Geneva, Bucharest-Stockholm, Bucharest-Moscow, Iasi – Bologna, Iasi-Milan (Bergamo), Iasi – Turin and Iasi – Tel Aviv. (Evenimentul Zilei)
Romania FDI Rises 14% To EUR1.1B In January-May
Romanian foreign direct investment, or FDI, rose 13.9% on the year to EUR1.09 billion in the first five months of the year, the central bank said Monday.
Of the total FDI in the January-May period, equity stakes reached EUR910 million, while intra-group loans were at EUR181 million.
In May alone, foreign direct investment rose to EUR306 million, from EUR215 million in the previous month. (Adevarul)
Statute Of Party Resulted From PNL-PDL Merger Completed
The joint committee formed of liberal and democrat liberal members completed the draft statute of the new party resulted from the merger between the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL).
The liberal and democrat liberal leaders are expected to make a political decision in this respect Tuesday, as the main issue on the agenda is the name and logo of the newly formed party, people close to the talks told MEDIAFAX. (Romania Libera)