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PANAMA PAPERS<\/strong> The
\nChief Prosecutor of the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and
\nTerrorism, Daniel Horodniceanu, announced on Tuesday that the institution would
\nconduct an analysis, triggered by the Panama Papers scandal. He said he was
\nwaiting for additional information from the National Office for Prevention and
\nControl of Money Laundering. The National Fiscal Administration Agency has also
\nconfirmed the start of an investigation. The documents concerning Romania
\nmention over 100 individuals, mostly business people. Tax authorities from
\nseveral countries have started investigations, after media from all over the
\nworld published classified data about the Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca.
\nAccording to these disclosures, which seem to be proof of the biggest data leak
\nin the history, heads of state, top level politicians, business people and
\nfamous athletes, as well as criminal networks, were helped to hide their
\nfortunes in tax havens. The list published by the media includes people from
\nRussian President Vladimir Putin’s entourage, the father of the British PM
\nDavid Cameron and the Ukrainian President Petro Porosenko.<\/p>\n

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REVOLUTION CASE<\/strong> Romania’s
\ninterim Prosecutor General Bogdan Licu has announced the reopening of the so
\ncalled ‘Revolution Case’, investigating into the events that led to the fall of
\nthe communist regime in December 1989. In October last year, the Military
\nProsecutor’s Office decided to close the case, but according to Licu, the
\ndecision was neither grounded, nor legal, but based on incomplete research,
\nwhich ignored some essential documents. He has also stated that the statute of
\nlimitations has not ran out in this case. We recall that the European Court of
\nHuman Rights has sentenced Romania for the many delays in the Revolution Case.
\nAccording to the Court, the importance of this case to Romanian society should
\nhave motivated authorities to
\ninvestigate it at a faster pace. The passing of time damages the investigation
\nand jeopardizes the chances of it being carried through. According to official
\nstatistics, over 1,100 people died and over 3,000 were wounded in December
\n1989.<\/p>\n

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DAIMLER INVESTMENT<\/strong> The
\nGerman Daimler Group has invested 300 million Euro in the newest major
\ngreenfield initiative in Romania, in the town of Sebes, in Transylvania. The
\nlatest type of automobile gearboxes are going to be built there, for 20 models
\nof Mercedes cars, which will be sold in 200 countries. The investment provides
\n500 jobs in Sebes, a city with 24,000 inhabitants, bringing the unemployment
\nthere to below 2%. <\/p>\n

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UNEMPLOYMENT<\/strong> According
\nto Eurostat, the number of the
\nunemployed in Romania went below 600,000 in February. With an unemployment rate
\nbelow 6.5%, Romania is one of the countries with the unemployment rates lower than the EU average. This year, the average unemployment rate in the EU finally went below 9%, the lowest in 7 years. The total number of people without jobs
\nexceeds 21 million in the Union. Topping the list are still Greece and Spain,
\nwith 24% and 20% unemployment rate respectively. <\/p>\n

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TRANSPORT MASTER PLAN<\/strong> The final version of Romania’s Transport Master Plan will be submitted
\nto Parliament next month, once talks with EC experts have completed, announced
\non Tuesday the line minister, Dan Costescu. Speaking before the joint Transport
\nCommittee of Romania’s Parliament, he said that infrastructure projects in the
\ncentre and west of the country remained key priorities, but authorities were
\nconsidering transport corridors in the east as well. Costescu talked about a
\npotential new European corridor, in the Caspian Sea and Black Sea areas, thanks
\nto China’s opening. Romania stands good chances of taking over this inflow of
\nfreight from China to Europe, Costescu also said.<\/p>\n

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DEFENCE COOPERATION<\/strong> On Tuesday in Bucharest, the Romanian Defence Minister
\nMihnea Motoc held talks with the Turkish Deputy Defence Minister Suay Alpay
\nregarding cooperation in the defence industry. Mihnea Motoc said that the
\nagreement signed by the two countries in May last year was a major step towards
\nresuming cooperation in the field. In
\nthe Romanian Black Sea Port of Constanta, Romanian and Turkish defence
\ncompanies signed a collaboration protocol for the modernisation of the Romanian frigates King Ferdinand and
\nQueen Marie. The frigates’ sensors and missiles systems will be upgraded. Recently, three Turkish warships taking part in a naval exercise in the Black
\nSea have made a two-day stopover in the port of Constanta. <\/p>\n

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PROTESTS<\/strong> Family
\nphysicians in Romania resumed their normal activity on Tuesday, after days when
\nthey refused to issue referrals and subsidized medicine prescriptions, in protest against
\nthe under-funding of the health-care system. They said, however, that
\nthey would not stop protesting until their claims were met. Family doctors demand
\na renegotiation of the framework agreement, already postponed for three months,
\ndouble the funds allocated to primary healthcare, as well as legislative
\nchanges such as tax breaks and transparency in spending.<\/p>\n

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TAROM-ZAVENTEM<\/strong> Flights
\nby Romanian airline Tarom to Brussels resumed partially on Tuesday, after Zaventem airport reopened. According to
\nthe company, the airport in Brussels has enhanced security measures, allowing
\nonly passengers with a boarding pass in the check-in area. Air traffic resumed
\non Sunday, almost two weeks after the bloody attacks on the airport and metro
\nin Brussels, which left 32 dead. Zaventem is transited by some 23 million
\npeople every year. Losses incurred due to the airport being closed down in the
\naftermath of the attacks stand at five million Euros every day. <\/p>\n


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