In Romania, exceptions bend all rules, one newspaper reads on Thursday referring to the new salary law. A Rroma child in Spain earns some 1,500 euro/day by stealing and begging. Elsewhere in the news, one paper tells the story of the so called Romanian terrorist killed in Bolivia recently.
Gandul reads that in Romania exceptions bend all rules, referring to the new salary law introduced by the government. Even if the new salary law is unique and applied presumably for all, there are a few exceptions.
The paper reads that over 500,000 employees of commercial companies with state capital will avoid the new law because, legally, they are not state employed. Moreover, those working for the Justice, Defense or Foreign Affairs ministries have their own salary laws.
Romanian PM Emil Boc declared that the new salary law will be applied starting 2010 and will cut benefits to amount to maximum 30% of the salary. Boc underlined that salaries will not drop, nonetheless. But, he failed to explain that, by eliminating some benefits, those working for the state will have lower revenues even if not lower salaries.
Therefore, those working for the Justice or Defense ministry, where benefits can exceed 50% of the salary value, will continue to have their own salary law. Plus, the new law put forward by the government will not be applied to all state employees: in Romania there are some 500,000 people working in commercial companies with state capital which will avoid the law.
Cotidianul reads about a Spanish documentary revealing how a Rroma child can earn up to 1,500 euro a day by begging and stealing. Spanish TV Antena 3 presented last week the first part of a documentary relating how Rroma children, originating from Romania are obliged to steal and beg on the streets.
The second part of the documentary presents