All newspapers on Thursday read about Romania’s President boycott of the Central European Summit in Poland. Elsewhere in the news, PDL Senator Banias involved in the corruption scandal at the Port of Constanta claims he has used smuggled merchandise to give to the poor. The scandal might be the end of the Interior ministry intelligence service, one newspaper reads. United Arab Emirates sheik plans to invest in Constanta. Romanians in Berlin can enjoy a series of concerts at the Romanian Music Nights. In Bucharest, those passionate about books have a wide array of offers at this year’s edition of Bookfest.
Evenimentul Zilei reads that Romania’s President Traian Basescu will boycott the Central European Summit in Poland on grounds that Kosovo has been invited and Romania did not acknowledge Kosovo as a state. Kosovo is an unknown entity to Romania, as the President’s spokesperson Valeriu Turcan said.
For the same reasons, the Serbian President announced that he will not attend the summit either. A similar position was taken by Slovakia but in the meanwhile they changed their mind. Barack Obama is expected to join in as a special guest. Romania, Slovakia, Greece, Spain and Cyprus do not acknowledge Kosovo, the state that proclaimed, unilaterally its independence in 2008.
Gandul reads about the scandal at the Port of Constanta, involving politicians and high state officials in fiscal evasion activities. The newspaper reads that Democratic Liberal Senator Mircea Banias admitted that he asked for smuggled goods but claims he offered them to the poor and needy.
He admitted in a talkshow that in 2010 he asked the criminal network organized at the Port of Constanta to get him some clothes and shoes which he claims he offered for the needy in Constanta at a Christmas party. Banias is also suspected by anti graft prosecutors of us
