* Elan Schwartzenberg, the newly appointed owner of the Realitatea TV channel has business partnerships with a friend of Elena Udrea
* The Petrom union, part of the Vîntu-Elan trade
The takeover of the Realitatea TV news station by businessman Elan Schwartzenberg shows that the political-economic interest groups are trying to consolidate their media strength before a new electoral year.
Sorin Ovidiu Vîntu officially gives up the control over the company which owns the news station to another controversial businessman - Emilian "Elan" Schwartzenberg, after recently having transferred the management of the station to businessman Sebastian Ghiţă, the owner of Asesoft.
As early as Friday, Vîntu had cryptically announced that he had planned a surprise of his own for Traian Băsescu, even as the judges had him arrested once again in the case in which he was charged with blackmailing Sebastian Ghiţă.
The allusion to the president can be explained by the history of businesses cultivated over the last few years by Elan Schwartzenberg, a character who is just as mysterious and has connection to various political-economic factions.
Vîntu"s surprise was revealed the next day, on Saturday, when Elan Schwartzenberg officially confirmed that he had acquired 92% of Realitatea TV.
THE "ELAN" affair. In April 2007, Elan Schwartzenberg joined România SRL Bucureşti, owned by Hungarian businessman Rudas Erno, known as an important partner of UDMR leader Verestoy Attila, as well as of other major Romanian businessmen.
Ana-Maria Topoliceanu, friend and former business partner of Elena Udrea, the current minister of Development and Tourism also joined the company owned by Rudas at the same time as Elan Schwartzenberg.
Elena Udrea and Ana-Maria Topoliceanu were associated in the company "Elan Group" which was then taken over by D
