Authorities in Bucharest claim to have invested 270.000.000 euros in rehabilitating schools that will not be able to function this year. Elsewhere in the news, the President's brother regrets having involved his sibling in the arms trade scandal. Last but not least, the Romanian Government renounces the anti-fraud software for presidential elections in November, due to lack of money and time.
Authorities in Bucharest claim to have invested 270.000.000 euros in rehabilitating schools that will not be able to function this year either, Evenimentul Zilei reads. Thousands of pupils will return to school-building sites on September 14. Exoneration works have been stagnating for several years for unexplained reasons. The worst situation is recorded in the Capital: after six years of works, only nine out of 102 schools will open this September. The rehabilitation of these 102 education institutions is part of a project financed by the European Investment Bank.
According to authorities, 270.000.000 euros have been invested so far in rehabilitating schools. Out if the sum, 3 million euros went into the pockets of a consultant that should have seen the building works completed by now. As before, the pupils will migrate between several schools during the coming academic year.
Many schools in Romania, especially in the country side, do not meet sanitation regulations imposed by law. In Alba county (Central-West Romania), over half of the 658 schools do not meet the health conditions. The problem is mirrored in Timis (West), Hunedoara (Central-West), Olt (South), Iasi (East) and the list could go own. The main problems are the toilets and the lack of running water. The pupils risk hepatitis, diarrhoea, lice and scabies. In some counties, local authorities do not even know how many schools will be able to receive their students in two weeks. @N_
