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Mayor sentenced to jail for corruption

Romanian Times

Another Romanian mayor was sentenced to prison for misuse of office by the Court of Appeals in Cluj-Napoca today (Weds).

Liberal Cristian Anghel, the mayor of Baia Mare, was sentenced to two and half years in prison.

Prosecutors indicted him for having agreed to buy a building three times more expensive than it was really worth. Anti-corruption prosecutors sent him to trial in 2008 for having defrauded the local budget of 400,000 Euros, which he must pay back.

Two other two Romanian mayors have been arrested or sentenced this year in corruption cases.

This month, Antonie Solomon, the Democratic Liberal mayor of the western town of Timisoara, was arrested on suspicion of bribe-taking and forgery by anti-corruption prosecutors.

Democratic Liberal Mayor Mircia Gutau from Ramnicu Valcea was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for bribe-taking in January this year.

Nicolae Dicu, a former deputy mayor, was also sentenced to prison as an accessory to bribe-taking.

Miserable plot
Jilted hubby Florin Dan Munteanu, 38, who allegedly tried to kill his wife with a bomb hidden inside a copy of the book 'Les Miserables' has been arrested after it blew up his mother-in-law instead, say police in Petrosan, Romania.

Woman's torso found in basement
The torso of a woman was found at the basement of a block of flats in Botosani, northern Romania.

Football champions stranded in snow
Nine players from Romania's football champions team - who met Manchester United in the Champions League playoffs - have been stranded for over 20 hours on a train, after they had left Galati for Bucharest on Monday, it emerged today (Tues).

New Prime Minister forms his team
The new prime minister (PM) will present his team tonight (Tues), after consultations with the political parties.

Former deputy sentenced to 5 years in jail
Former Romanian Chamber of Deputies member Emilian Cutean, from the Social Democrat Party (PSD) was sentenced definitively to five years in jail by the Court of Appeal in Bucharest today (Tues).

Seven buses caught up in snow
Seven buses with 450 passengers were stuck in the snow for more than seven hours in southeastern Romania, last night (Mon/Tues).

Central bank hikes inflation prognosis
Romania's Central Bank Governor Mugur Isarescu said today (Tues) the central bank had hiked the inflation prognosis from 3 per cent to 3.2 per cent in 2012.

Millions of Euro losses per day due to snowy roads
Losses of as much as 100 million Euros per day are estimated by the Associtation of Importers and Exporters in Romania (ANEIR), due to the weather conditions, as tens of national roads are blocked by snow and blizzards.

AA introduces new flights from Bucharest to Vienna
Austrian Airlines (AA) announced today (Tues) that it would increase the number of flights from Romania in the summer season.

Anti-corruption chief prosecutor's mandate extended
The chief of the National Anti-corruption Department (DNA), Daniel Morar, has his mandate prolonged for another six months the General Prosecutor Codruta Kovesi, said today (Tues).