Another billion euro wasted for the future highway linking Bucharest to Brasov, central Romania. Elsewhere in the news, one newspaper reads that even though Romania is due to organize the European Football League in 2012, the financial crisis and the politicians' lax threaten modernization works of the national stadium. Last but not least, penitentiaries offer detainees as cheap labor force in search for financial revenues.
Cotidianul reads about another billion euro wasted in the officials' papers for the Bucharest - Brasov highway. The newspaper reads that the cheapest offer for building the highway was rejected and the reasons are by far controversial.
Authorities refused to select, in the public tender procedure the offer put forward by Strabag - Euravia - Egis consortium even though the overall difference between the other offers could amount to one billion euro on the long term.
In an official complaint, Strabag contested in court the reasons put forward by local authorities when they rejected their offer.
Evenimentul Zilei reads that Romania's National Stadium, Lia Manoliu was abandoned since the economic crisis even though Romania will organize the 2012 European League Championship. When official modernization works started, the deadline was set for 2010.
Bucharest mayor Sorin Oprescu announced in April that the budget for the works amount to 10 million euro coming from the local city hall budget and another 40 million euro from the government. However, the newspaper reads, he forgot to mention that the City Hall money were initially promised by the previous mayor and officials would need to request the money from the Interior ministry.
The newspaper investigated the issue and concluded that neither the government nor the Interior ministry received any request for the money even though time
