Most newspapers today read about the risks Romania and Bulgaria face, to lose European funds for the Calafat bridge, linking the two countries. Elsewhere in the news, Romanian artist Ion Barladeanu, who used to be a beggar without a home is not famous in the world for his newspaper cuts made in Communism and after. Bucharest is the most attractive city in Eastern Europe, in terms of investments before Warsaw, Budapest, Prague, Bratislava, Krakow, or Kiev. Today, Romanians mark the beginning of spring, with a "martisor", a trinket won in honor of March 1. One paper notes that Romanian and Bulgarian specialists argue on the origins of the this tradition while people find more and more trinkets made in China instead of the traditional ones.

Gandul tells the story of the bridge that does not exist and how Romanian PM Boc discovered that Bulgarians cannot built as well. PM Boc met his Bulgarian counterpart Boiko Borisov at the bridge to discuss the steps forward.

However, the results are stil on paper: there are only some pillars of the bridge even if Bulgarians started works in 2007 and Romanians in 2008, on paper. Bulgarian PM invited his Romanian counterpart, together with Transports minister Berceanu and Regional Development and Tourism minister Udrea to discuss with the Bulgarian constructor.

The newspaper reads that the company contracted by the Bulgarians blamed Bucharest for all his missed deadlines as he claims that he could not reach the Romanians. Romanians need to extend the railway with 3 km and the national road with 8 km but authorities claim that the works will end on May 15, 2011.

Romania libera quotes PM Boc saying that the two countries will request an extension to the EC for these works so that it can be finished by June 2011. Last year, Bulgarians urged the EC to extent by 18 months the financing d