After a couple of days above 40 degrees centigrade, newspapers seem to survive only on old news or news without any trace of relevance. In fact, in the middle of the summer, except for new editorial content such as "How to avoid losing your baby on the beach. Ten simple rules", it seems that nothing ever happens.
On the road towards China, where he will participate in the official opening of the Olympic Games, president Traian Basescu made a quick pit stop, in order to mention one last thing about the Government and the Justice system. "There would be a mistake to politicize the European Commission report on Romania", said Basescu, pointing at the politicians who insist to take some advantage on the EC criticism against the Romanian Justice.
Basescu believes that the report was fair, noting both the progress recorded and the commitments Romania failed to respect, Cotidianul notes.
Two articles about fuel and oil make Romania sound at least exotic. The first is that Petrom, the former national oil and gas operator, now owned by OMV, reported a new record-breaking profit for the first half of the year: 1.66 billion RON (some 461 million euro), 88% more than in the first half of 2007. Still, the growth was less than expected, the shares on the stock market dropping a few points, Evenimentul Zilei reads.
On the other hand, one of the very few networks specialized in stealing oil products ever apprehended in Romania was turned loose yesterday, the six Police officers involved in the thefts claiming that they didn't have time to hire lawyers, same Evenimentul Zilei reads. Meanwhile, the preventive arrest warrants expired, the court didn’t decide in favor of appoint lawyers for the defense, so that the policemen are now free to flee. And, as a conclusion: there may still be huge profits, after the huge losses, right?
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