All newspapers on Monday read about Romanian Filaret Motco, a UN employee, who was killed in a violent clash of religions in Afghanistan. A group of companies producing alcohol suspected of a 250 million euro fiscal evasion, benefited from the help of Democratic Liberal deputies. Fearing discrimination, only a third of Romanians admit their Roma origin in an act of courage, Romanian actress Alina Serban reveals her Roma origin in a one woman show.
Romanian Filaret Motco, the Romanian killed in Afghanistan was from a village in North Romania, Izvoarele Sucevei where his mother, aged 83 and this two brothers are still living, Gandul reads. According to the mayor, his family was informed on Friday night about the tragic event.
The mayor said that the funeral might be organized in the village according to his family’s wishes. Locals remember Motco as an extraordinary young man. Motco was working at the Political Affairs department, in the UN office at Mazar I Sharif, Romania’s Foreign Affairs ministry spokesperson Doris Mircea declared for the newspaper. She added that Filaret had an impressive international career in the international organizations field.
In the same vein, Evenimentul Zilei focuses on the events that triggered the violence in Afghanistan, caused by American pastor Terry Jones who condemned the Koran and burnt it in a public ceremony. He declared himself an enemy of Islam. His critics warned him that his gestures might have unpredictable consequences.
And they were right because less than two weeks after Jones’s gesture, at least 14 people including 7 employees of the UN office were killed by violent Muslim protesters. Among the victims was also Romanian Filaret Motco.
Elsewhere in the news today, a group of companies producing alcohol, suspected of fiscal evasion of 250 million euro was helped