President Basescu prepares for a new attack against the Government, details about his speech - scheduled for Wednesday - being published by several newspapers in advance. The rest of the news is just the average, everyday news: corrupt Police officers are millionaires, the smallest country roads in Romania cost as much as a highway, mortgage credits will lose market share in the near future, so fleeing to Italy once again seems the smart thing to do, even more after the European Commission is about to block Italy's intention to expel EU citizens from its territory.

Romania president Traian Basescu will make a speech in front of the Parliament today, offering his own point of view on the economic performance of the Tariceanu Government, a sort of a counter-balance after the results proudly published last week by the Cabinet. Basescu will invoke reports put up by the Secret Services, indicating that Romania may see a crisis after January 1, 2009, mainly due to the increase before the term of pensions and salaries. Basescu will also denounce the attempts of the Parliament to issue laws for "political clients" and the pressure on anti-graft institutions, Cotidianul reads.

Former Democrat - Liberal Transport Minister Radu Berceanu accuses his successor, Liberal Ludovic Orban, of spending too much money on rehabilitation contracts. Orban says that Romstrade, a road works company owned by a friend of Orban, received 385 million euro for the rehabilitation of a 148 kilometers portion of a county road. The sum represents 2.6 million euro per kilometer, compared to 0.7 million, the price for similar works in the same area, same Cotidianul reads.

Good news for Romanians working Italy though: the European Commission warned the Government in Rome that the automatic expelling of EU citizens comes against the community law. EC expects a solution