Nokia factory in Romania comes with the company decision to close up the one in Germany, one newspaper reads on Thursday. Elsewhere in the news, the European Commission compels Romania to increase its natural gas prices by almost 70% to level them with the existing ones on the European market. Last but not least, Social Democrat senator Sorin Oprescu recently accused of forging his CV declares some pages stolen.

Romania Libera reads that Nokia investments in a Romanian factory and the company officials' suspicious silence are linked to a Nokia decision to close its factory in Bochum, Germany.

EP Socialists group leader Martin Schultz urged EC President Barroso to take a stand against Nokia's decision to move its factory from Bochum, Germany to Cluj, Romania as German politicians and trade union members protest.

Schultz claims that Nokia was financially encouraged by the European Union to take the move. However, Barroso explained that the Commission has no authority on the issue. However, Romanian EP member, Monica Iacob Ridzi says that German MEPs discussed about some EU funds intended to temporarily help those unemployed.

Currently, Nokia Romania employs some 500 workers at the factory while others, specialized in software work in Cluj, central Romania. Nokia officials argue that the factory will hire some 1,000 people but the network will expand to 3,500.

The total investment in the industrial plant in Romania will amount to 60 million euro but some of the financial burden will be undertaken by local authorities, as infrastructure and utilities need to be assured.

Electricity investments only, experts argue, amount to some 17 million euro.

Also at the European level, Romania is compelled to level upwards its natural gas prices, Gandul reads. Thus, local authorities will inc