All papers read about Romania's President stand on Moldova, who threatened to take Moldova to the international courts if Romanian citizens fell prey to violence and injustices. Elsewhere in the news, due to budgetary cuts, Culture minister plans to cut money destined for churches to finance cultural programs. On a lighter tone, those traveling through Victoria tube station in Bucharest enjoyed a Stradivarius concert.
Gandul reads about President Basescu's threat to alert international justice courts if Romanian citizens fell victims of the violence committed by Moldovan authorities in the recent events. The paper reads that a Moldovan UN commissioner, beaten by authorities himself, who saw youngsters being severely beaten, will not file an official report.
Basescu's speech concentrated on three directions: to the Romanian voters urging them not to abandon Moldova; to European officials, underlying Romania's commitment to European values and to the new generation of Moldova encouraging them to take a stand towards their country's democratic development.
The newspaper reads that Basescu's threat to alert international courts can hardly become reality. A UN official in Moldova, Edwin Berry, who entered in a local penitentiary talks about the violence against youngsters, beaten with bats and bottles of water. Berry declared for the newspaper that there will not be an official UN report but that he will try to signal the events to the Moldovan Interior ministry.
Elsewhere in the news, Culture minister Theodor Paleologu plans to divert money destined for the church to finance cultural projects, stirring controversy among Church officials and party colleagues alike, Cotidianul reads.
Paleologu declared, in a press conference announcing this year's ministry budget that due to the economic crisis, some 28 million eur
