Princess Margareta Sturdza, mother to one of Romania's reigning families' descendent, has passed away, the Romanian press reads. Elsewhere in the news, regardless who Romanians elect as president, Romania will have to pay back the banks a debt worth of 26.5 billion euros. Further in the news, Romanian epidemiologists fear a mutation in the swine flu virus affecting people in North-East. Last but not least, the Romanian Government owes American company Bechtel 100 million euros.
Princess Margareta Sturdza, mother of Romanian prince Dimitrie Sturdza, has passed away on Monday, at her home in France, Paris, the Romanian press reads. Born in Kaaval, she was mother to one of Romanian reigning families descendent. She will be buried on Friday, Romania Libera informs.
Margareta married Gheorghe Sturdza, one of the two children given by the couple Mihai D. Sturdza (descendent of Sturdza voda, a Romanian ruler) and Olga Mavrocordat. They met in Oxford, wed in Oslo and settled in Popesti (Romania). In 1948, the couple were considered "state enemies", so they fled the country.
The Sturdza family is one of the oldest aristocratic Romanian houses that ruled over Moldova - Ionita in 1882 - 1828 and Mihai 1834 - 1849. Vasile Sturdza was Interior minister and president of the Council of Moldova in 1859; Dimitrie Alexandru Sturdza-Miclausanu was an academician and political character, four times Romanian PM from 1895 to1909. Dimitrie Alexandru Sturdza was president of the Romanian Academy from1882 to 1884. And Mihail Sturdza was Foreign Affairs minister during 1940-1941.
Regardless who Romanians elect as president, Romania will have to pay back the banks a debt worth of 26.5 billion euros, Gandul reads. The only realistic solution is to get another loan for it. Romania will have to pay back within the next two years. This means a burden of 1,22
