October 31, 2013
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Bogdan Matei, 31.10.2013, 12:10
A Romanian top prosecutor has been placed under preventive arrest for 29 days for tax evasion estimated at 50 million Euro. 27 other people have been detained in the same case, dubbed by the press ‘the meat case’. According to investigators, the suspects were running a ring of shell companies that attempted to monopolize meat manufacture and sales in stores. Among the people under investigation is a Social Democratic senator, under suspicion of abuse of position.
Prince Charles features in the third installment of the Wild Carpathia documentary and promotional miniseries, where he describes Romania as a wonderful country with remarkable people and unique pastures. The film promotes several areas of Romania, describing the Carpathian Mountains as having a tremendous tourist potential with great financial potential, on condition efforts are made towards conservation. Britain’s crown prince visits Romania regularly, having purchased a few old traditional houses in Transylvania.
Radio Bucharest continues celebrations for the 85th anniversary of Romanian broadcasting. The National Radio Orchestra and conductor Cristian Mandeal accompany violinist Gabriel Croitoru, cellist Razvan Suma and pianist Horia Mihail. On the line-up are compositions by Mousorgsky, Beethoven and Enescu. On 1 November, Radio Romania celebrates 85 years of public radio. The radio orchestras and choir are also celebrating 85 years of existence.
Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, first seed, qualified for the semi-finals of the tournament in Sofia, with prizes worth 750,000 dollars, after defeating French player Alize Cornet from France 6-4, 6-4. This is Halep’s second victory in Sofia after defeating on Tuesday Russian player Anastasia Pavliucenkova, 26th in the world rankings. Halep, who is 22 years old, and ranked 14th in the world, won this year 5 WTA tournaments.
