Ignoring the crisis, Interior minister bought tens of thousands of bottles of whisky, cognac, wine and bere, in the first few months after the 2009 budget was approved. Some money were saved though, as authorities revealed thousands of pensioners who faked a disease to get discharged on medical grounds, one newspaper reads on Monday. Elsewhere in the news, former Romanian athlete ended up working in a construction site in Germany, to gain a living. Last but not least, the British daily Sunday Times reads how small gypsy kids from Romania eat up millions of euro from the Brits.
Romania's Interior ministry spent 140,000 euro on tens of thousands of bottles of whisky, gin, cognac, wine and bear, just a few months after the institution's 2009 budget was approved, Romania libera reads. Acquisition contracts are earned, each year by the same company and most of them are offered with direct negotiation, on grounds of extreme emergency.
This follows another acquisition in July when the ministry bought wine bottles worth 21,000 euro and bear worth 11,200 euro. In the last weeks, the ministry announced that they have no money to pay the rents of the employees.
Elsewhere in the news, authorities revealed thousands of pensioners who bribed doctors and nurses to be able to retire on medical grounds, Cotidianul reads. In Romania, one of five pensions are on medical grounds.
Since the investigation revealed so many bribe cases, anti graft prosecutors might take up the case. Since 2006, when the investigation started, of the 3,000 files cancelled, 1,400 people were left without a pension and were obliged to give the money they received back. Of those who contested the decision, 600 received their pension back, proving the authenticity of the papers.
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