Important businessmen in Timisoara, West Romania managed to obtain some 640 acres of land which would allow them to negotiate with foreign investors like Mercedes, one newspaper reads on Monday. Elsewhere in the news, newspapers continue to cover the electoral battle for the Bucharest mayor seat. In the same vein, a politician was stabbed to death after trying to disarm a citizen threatening the electoral caravan.
Gandul reads about the strategies employed by various businessmen in Timisoara, West Romania to assure their financial success. With local political back-up from Democrat Liberals, a group of businessmen managed to procure some 640 acres of land which would allow them to negotiate with any foreign investor in the area.
The newspaper reads that over the past two years, important local businessmen bought some deserted, no-use lands from the peasants and managed with the help of the city hall to transfer them all together in a single area.
It seems that the exchange of land plots was fast, as county council meetings approved one after the other all decisions needed for the transfer of the land in one place. Journalists argue that a possible explanation would be the interest of foreign investors like Daimler Chrysler.
Total profits obtained after such real estate businesses is estimated at 60 million euro to say the least. The land obtained after the transfer is conveniently located near a highway authorities plan to build in the region.
Important investors like Peugeot, Renault and others are known to search for land in the area.
In politics, Evenimentul Zilei reads about independent Sorin Oprescu and his voters in Bucharest who seem to migrate from all parties. Oprescu managed to gain some 164.000 votes in the first round of elections for Bucharest mayor. Thus, he managed to encompass Vasil
