Romania is planning the extradition of famous Israeli arm trafficker Shimon Naor. Elsewhere in the news, Algocalmin nation: Romanians swallowed 383 million pain killers in one year, containing a forbidden substance. Last but not least, American company Bechtel threatens to shut the Transilvania motorway construction because the Romanian state would not pay up.
Romania is planning their extradition of famous Israeli arm trafficker Shimon Naor, Evenimentul Zilei reads. There are talks of having him brought to Romania 10 years after his fleeing the country. On February 1, the Bucharest Tribunal authorised the Justice Ministry's request requesting the extradition of Shimon Naor (Simen Herscovici). The Israeli was condemned to serve 11 years in prison in 2006 for arms traffic. He got an additional six years in 2008 for border crimes and forgery.
Shimon Naor contests the sentence and the trial is in its recourse phase with the Supreme Court, to be resumed on February 19. According to his lawyer, Shimon Naor has been summoned at an address in Israel. Since there is no contract of that sort between Romania and Israel, the European Convention of extradition will be enforced. Both countries have the option of refusing to extradite their own citizens.
Algocalmin nation: Romanians swallowed 383 million pain killers in one year, Gandul informs. In 2009, Romanians bought analgesics worth of 37 million euros. One of the substances they contain is illegal in other countries. International independent pharmaceutical studies company CEGEDIM claims that Algocalmin is the best-sold pill in Romania: 29 millions of such pills were prescribed and 109 millions were sold off prescription.
In terms of analgesic sales in Romania, Algolcalmin is followed by Nurofen - 108 million pills, and Paracetamol - 56 million pills. Pharmacology professors at