Portofoliul, da... dar sa vedeti portofelul... :D
Vasile On 12/27/09, Vali <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article6968446.ece > > From The Sunday Times > December 27, 2009 > *Yes, minister, you have a big portfolio* > > *A row is brewing over the decision to appoint Elena Udrea as Romanian > cabinet minister responsible for regional development* > > [image: Udrea posed for The One and other magazines in underwear] > Udrea posed for The One and other magazines in underwear > > Bojan Pancevski, Brussels > > EUROPE’S aid budget for Romania, one of the poorest countries in the > European Union, has been placed in the hands of a minister who poses for > glossy magazines in her underwear and was embroiled in corruption > allegations. > > Elena Udrea, a 36-year-old MP who is married to a controversial local > businessman, has been appointed cabinet minister responsible for regional > development in the former communist country. > > Udrea, who has posed in a bikini as well as for professional photoshoots, > will control a £3.3 billion budget for the development of Romania’s housing, > infrastructure and tourism. > > A parliamentary inquiry into her work as tourism minister recommended > opening a criminal investigation into her use of public funds. She rejected > the claims as politically motivated and prosecutors decided the allegations > were unfounded. > > She rose to prominence as a protégée of President Traian Basescu amid > claims that companies connected to her husband were in receipt of public > money during her time in office. Romanian papers have speculated about her > closeness to the president. She insists that the relationship is “strictly > professional”. > > “It’s outrageous to give her control over the bulk of EU funds in Romania,” > said Professor Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, the founder of a transparency watchdog. > “She has a special relationship to the president and her husband’s > companies’ profits soared under the current administration.” > > Businesses associated with her husband, Dorin Cocos, include a former > monopoly of Bucharest’s car parks and extensive interests in publicly funded > construction projects. Udrea resigned as adviser to the president after > allegations that public money had gone to her husband’s business associates. > > A monitoring system has been put in place by Brussels to fight corruption > and embezzlement in Romania and Bulgaria, which joined the EU in 2007. > > Copyright 2009 Times Newspapers Ltd. > ---------------------------- > > Vali > * > "Noble blood is an accident of fortune; noble actions are the chief mark of > greatness." > **"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know > peace."* > *Aboneaza-te la ngo_list <[email protected]>: o > alternativa moderata (un pic) la [ngolist]*** > * > Please consider the environment - do you really need to print this email? > * > > >
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