The site of the future US Embassy in Bucharest has been robbed by a group of masked thieves. Elsewhere in the news, German authorities in Berlin are having troubles with a group of Romanian gypsies. Last but not least, the political scene in the Republic of Moldova is unsettled by the prospect of early elections.

Gandul reads a gang of masked thieves have robbed the shacks from the site where the future US Embassy in Bucharest will be. The thieves immobilised the keeper around 4 AM on Wednesday night and stole several laptops and tools used on the construction site. Police was alerted approximately one hour after the theft has been committed.

There is currently an investigation going on. The US Embassy representatives said they did not discuss "security issues". Sources quoted by Gandul said there was a mobile American patrol on duty on the time of the theft, but the patrol said nothing suspicious was detected during their shift. The stolen goods belong to the building company Bog’Art.

The Germans from Berlin are afraid of the Romanian gypsies’ invasion, Evenimentul Zilei informs. The newspapers quotes Der Spiegel, according to which the authorities in Berlin are shocked in the face of a Romanian gypsy group who declared their intention to remain in Germany, despite the fact that their stay is limited by a tourist visa. One Gypsy woman from the newly arrived grouped indicated that she had left Romania because of hunger.

The Gypsy group counts 80 members. They have been camping in various parks in Berlin, much to the despair of local authorities that moved them in social housing from Spandau. The gypsies asked the German authorities for food and asylum. The Romanian consul in Germany Remus Mărăşescu discussed with them yesterday to find out that they wish to work in Deutschland. Germany is among the EU countries that did