Romanian wants a new IMF credit as the state needs about 13.5 billion euro, one newspaper reads on Wednesday. Elsewhere in the news, the President's Counsellor for National Security, Iulian Fota talks in an interview about Romania's bilateral relations in the region. Last but not least, the rich would avoid the tax on wealth if instated in Romania.
Gandul reads that in 2011, if the economy will exit the recession, the government should loan from banks at least 13.5 billion euro, half of the sum being necessary to pay salaries and pensions in time and the other half being necessary to pay a part of the credits taken so far.
Romania will take up the cheap credits offered by the EC. The state attempts to convince the EC that it deserve to get a loan in euro to cover the budgetary deficit. IMF chief of mission in Romania, Jeffrey Franks admitted on Tuesday that they are considering a new loan for Romania for months.
Evaluations reveal that Romania will not exit the crisis next year. The agreement will end on March 2011 but the crisis will continue.
Elsewhere in the news, presidential counsellor on national security, Iulian Fota talks for Romania libera the main issues on Romania's agenda in the region. Fota thinks that in relation with Moscow, it is not just Bucharest that needs to press the relaunch button and Romania counts on foreign investors, be it Russian or Chinese.
Concerning Ukraine, Fota believes that the Ukrainian press answers the needs of Kiev to have an adversary at hand. Regarding South Stream, Fota underlined that Romania expressed its commitment for the Nabucco project, sustained by the EU so Romania did not lose anything when Bulgaria was invited to join the South Stream project instead of Romania.
He said that Romania's availability for dialogue
