All newspapers today focus on the second day of the NATO Summit held in Bucharest this week as most important decisions have been dealt with. Elsewhere in the news, Liberals have received some 1.1 million euro in donations from private companies. Last but not least, Dacia Renault 11-day general strike starts to affect those indirectly involved.
A historical decision has been taken at the Bucharest 2008 NATO Summit, as Romania has been included within the NATO missile shield they plan to set up in Europe to complement the American missile shield, Evenimentul Zilei reads.
Plus Albania and Croatia have been officially invited to join NATO while Macedonia's access has been postponed due to the name controversy with Greece. NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer declared that once the name issue will be resolved, Macedonia will be invited to join NATO.
Gandul reads about Russia's victory at the Summit, arguing that Putin will join a safe terrain since all sensitive decisions have already been taken before his arrival in Bucharest. The newspaper reads it is for the first time America cannot endorse its vision and offer Georgia and Ukraine the membership action plan.
Within the last weeks, Russia has pressured European countries by threats of using energy arms to stall the wishes of the West. Thus both Germans and French feared a possible retaliation of the Russians and rejected to offer the action plan for the two countries.
Romanian President Traian Basescu has portrayed the success of the summit, against Russian interests, declaring that he salutes NATO leaders for their determination to offer the action plan for Georgia and Ukraine at a later date.
Elsewhere in then news, the PM Tariceanu's Liberal government has been spoiled by private companies through donations totaling some 1.1 million euro
