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  • October 24, 2024 UPDATE

    October 24, 2024 UPDATE

    AID The European Commission on Thursday approved a state-aid scheme of 400 million Euros in compensations for the Romanian farmers affected by the severe drought between September 2023 – August 2024, says a communique released by the commission. The aid scheme has been made available for the agricultural producers whose crops of wheat, barley, oat, rape, sunflower and corn were directly affected by the drought. In order to benefit the compensations, farmers must prove that at least 30% of their crops were affected between the autumn of 2023 and the summer of 2024. Under the aforementioned aid scheme, farmers will benefit from direct grants amounting to 200 euros per hectares in the case of losses of 100% and will not exceed 30% of the eligible costs. Compensations will be granted until December 2024.

     

    F-16 According to the Ministry of National Defence, three F-16 Fighting Falcons, Romania bought from Norway landed in Campia Turzii, central Romania, to join the 48 Fighting Squadron. We recall that another 9 F-16s had been received earlier. Romania has signed a contract of buying 32 F-16 fighters with the Kingdom of Norway and the entire batch is expected to be completed at the end of the next year. According to a communiqué from Romania’s Defence Ministry, the aforementioned jet-fighters are to ensure the transition to the fifth generation of aircraft, F-35, whose purchase actually represents a transfer of capabilities between two NATO allies.

     

    ENERGY The energy minister Sebastian Burduja promised that national gas storage is enough for Romania not to need natural gas imports this winter. He added that Romania is not importing Russian gas at all, and when imports are needed it resorts to Turkey and Azerbaijan. The Romanian official also added that the people who have difficulties paying their bills will still be protected, even after April 1, 2025, when natural gas and electricity prices will no longer be capped.

     

    ELECTIONS The campaign for the first round of the presidential election begins on Friday at midnight and ends at 7 am on November 23. The presidential elections are scheduled this year on November 24 (the first round) and on December 8 (the second round). In between, on December 1, the parliamentary election will be held. Competing in the presidential race are 14 candidates, 10 of them backed by political parties and 4 running independently. Local and EU parliamentary elections were also held in Romania this year, on June 9.

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  • Energy for the future

    Energy for the future

     

     

    Over the past few years, the European Union has managed to withstand critical risks to its security of energy supply, regain control over the energy market and prices, and accelerate the transition towards climate neutrality.

     

    These are some of the conclusions in the European Commission’s state of the energy union report made public in the first half of September. A state of the energy union report is released every year, to assess the progress made by the Union in meeting its energy goals.

     

    “We have designed a comprehensive framework to lead the energy sector towards a carbon-free future,” the energy commissioner Kadri Simson explained at the time. “The EU is now well equipped to meet its climate neutrality goal while making sure that industry stays competitive,” she went on to say, adding that the EU has agreed to higher renewable energy and efficiency targets and has reformed markets and the world’s highest standards for the hydrogen economy and reducing methane emissions. “Following two record years for renewables installations, in the first half of 2024 wind and solar have risen to new highs, overtaking for the first time ever fossil fuels in our electricity mix,” the European commissioner also said:

     

    Kadri Simson: “Green investments have reached a record level, thanks also to national recovery and resilience plans, and by mid-June this year out of the EUR 240 billion disbursed as part of national recovery and resilience plans, 184 billion have been allotted to energy-related reforms and investments. Market integration and grid and infrastructure development has also been key to ensure renewable expansion.”

     

    Europe must rely on more clean energy produced domestically, and import less fossil fuel, in order to secure the competitiveness, supply security and the Union’s energy independence and economic resilience, Kadri Simson also said. We have taken major steps with our joint projects and with the quick adjustment of our gas infrastructure to support the changing import models since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European official also pointed out.

     

    Kadri Simson: “Unity and solidarity have allowed us to turn a crisis into an opportunity. Together we have managed to put an end to decades of dependence on Russian fossil fuels. We used to import 150 billion cubic metres of natural gas from Russia every year, and it is now less than 50. Our dependence from Russia dropped from 45% in 2021 to 15% last year. And as we are looking ahead to the next winter, EU gas storage has reached the 90% filling target on August 19, weeks ahead of the 1st of November legislated deadline. We know that across Europe we decreased gas consumption by 18% between 2022 and 2024, which is also more than the goal initially set.”

     

    A member of the European Union and a part of the carbon-neutrality efforts, Romania has in turn reduced its natural gas consumption. While a few years ago demand peaked at 70 million cubic metres per day during winter, last year it barely reached 54-55 million.

     

    Natural gas reserves are currently close to a record-high 94% gas storage rate, and coal reserves are over 550,000 tonnes, so authorities say that the country will have no problems coming out a normal-temperature winter season on Romanian gas alone.

     

    But, energy transition goals aside, there are still people in Romania without access to electricity. Specifically, over 11,000 people live in some 5,400 homes in remote villages without electricity. They are the planned beneficiaries of a project called “Energy for life,” which brings solar panels to isolated areas, with the ambitious goal of leaving no homes without power. Here is Dumitru Chisăliță, president of the Smart Energy Association:

     

    Dumitru Chisăliță: “At the rate we are targeting, this extreme energy poverty can be eradicated, we believe. Obviously, this requires the participation of public institutions, with substantial funding. After all, 5,400 buildings is not a lot for Romania at present. Our math indicates that some 15 to 27 million euros should be enough to eradicate this energy poverty, and this money may be provided from certain funds, including the Green Home programme. Power distribution networks also need to be developed, because at the moment they are below the required technical and financial levels. Last but not least, the funding can be supplemented from sponsorship and various sustainability models that can be implemented.”

     

    In the past 4 years, the “Energy for life” project has brought electricity to 39 homes, 10 sheep farms and 2 mountain huts in 25 villages across 5 counties. (AMP)

  • A Green Pact in Romania

    A Green Pact in Romania

    Environmental protection must not be neglected, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has said during a meeting that brought together several NGOs in the field.  According to the president, thanks to the projects run by various NGOs, citizens have better understood the benefits of some actions aimed at environmental preservation and have become real partners in the green transition. Nevertheless, there are still challenges to address; the Romanian President went on to say. Iohannis says that he stands for the need of a national pact, under which the environmental protection becomes a priority and has underlined the importance of education for the environment and climate.

    Klaus Iohannis: “We are talking about projects, which propose new activities for students or contribute to the training of teachers to complete the still limited government capabilities in terms of environmental education. Moreover, many organizations have been taking moves directly involving communities in nature preservation but also in energy transition. Through suchlike projects, citizens are better understanding the benefits of some environmental activities and are becoming certain partners in the green transition.”

    The Romanian President believes that efforts aimed at protecting the environment can be implemented so that they may benefit the national economy.

    Klaus Iohannis:  “Measures in terms of energy access and energy efficiency must support the most vulnerable consumers through investment that simultaneously reduce both the bills and the pollution. At least part of the green technology used in the new investment must be made in Romania to create fresh jobs and added value.”

    In turn, Romania’s Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has underlined the active role civil society is playing in developing and implementing environment policies. He pleaded for partnerships between the public sector and civil society with a view to contributing to the protection and preservation of natural resources and the creation of a cleaner and safer environment for the Romanian citizens.

    Marcel Ciolacu: “Sometimes, some people forget that economic and social development must take into account and be in a state of balance with nature. And for this reason, your role is all the more so important as all these desiderata – sustainable development, fighting climate change, the rehabilitation and protection of natural areas, education and raising people’s awareness – have to be the main pillars, Romania’s development must be based upon.

    The minister has recalled a series of successful projects run in the past years, which contributed to the promotion of sustainable development and mentioned that politicians, through the decisions they make, must take into account the reality in Romania’s economy and social environment as well as the NGOs proposals.

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  • March 9, 2023

    March 9, 2023

    BILLS Government in Bucharest will today hold talks on the final draft laws
    on education to be submitted for Parliament approval. The government believes
    that the laws, which have sparked off heated debates in society, will significantly
    curb school dropout, improve the country’s education system and allow the young
    people to adjust to the labour market requirements. However, the opposition has
    lashed out at the amendments announced by field minister Ligia Deca, describing
    the bills as faulty, superficially made and prone to creating imbalances. The
    bills have also been criticized by all those involved in the educational
    process, students, teachers and parents.










    TALKS Defence Ministers from EU member countries on Wednesday convened in
    Stockholm for talks over a two-billion euro plan of providing howitzer shells to
    Ukraine so that the country will improve its fighting capabilities against Russia.
    A final decision on the aforementioned project is expected during a similar
    conference due on March 20th. According to press agencies, Ukraine
    has cautioned that the quantity is not enough to make the difference in the war
    against Russia. Ukraine’s Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov, who also attended
    the conference in Stockholm, says that his country needs at least one million 155mm
    artillery shells, which would cost 4 billion euros, double than the plan
    presented in Stockholm. The total EU support for Ukraine presently stands at 12
    billion euros.








    COVID-19 The number of COVID-19 infections is on the rise in Romania and
    according to the latest reports, the figures doubled last week as compared to
    February. Physicians believe though that the present situation should not
    create concern, whereas experts say that the real number of infections could be
    higher than officially announced. At the same time, the number of respiratory
    infections is dropping under 100 thousand cases confirmed in late February.




    ENERGY Italian electricity and gas provider Enel has today announced the transfer
    of its operations in Romania towards Public Power Corp (PPC) of Greece, in
    exchange for 1.26 billion euros as part of a plan focusing on green energy
    production and cutting debts. Enel has made public its intention to focus on
    countries with growth potential like Italy, Spain, the United States, Brazil,
    Chile and Columbia. The Enel-PPC deal is expected to complete in the third
    quarter of this year. The Italian group has been a major player on Romania’s
    energy market since 2005 and currently boasts 3 million customers in three
    major regions of this country.








    VISIT Presently on a Far East tour, which also took him to Japan, Romanian
    president Klaus Iohannis is today paying a two-day visit to the Republic of
    Singapore. Boosting cooperation in fields such as education, research, food
    safety, fighting climate change and green transition are high on his agenda.
    Romania is the third biggest EU provider of IT services to Singapore and
    Bucharest is interested in boosting this cooperation through fresh bilateral
    projects. Romania’s interest in attracting Singaporean investment will also be
    promoted. President Iohannis is expected to underline Romania’s contribution to
    global food safety and the potential of the Romanian Black Sea and Danube ports
    in connecting to Central Europe.






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  • European funding for green transition

    European funding for green transition

    The European Commission has announced
    that in its second year of operation the Modernisation Fund disbursed a
    total EUR 4.11 bln in support of 61 projects in 8 beneficiary countries.


    Romania received the largest amount, nearly one-third
    of the total-EUR 1.39 bln. The project financed in Romania is aimed at building
    8 photovoltaic parks and 2 power plants, as well as at upgrading the country’s
    energy networks.


    Payments have also been made to Croatia, Czechia,
    Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia. According to the EC, the
    Modernisation Fund is designed to support EU member states with
    lower revenues in their clean energy transition. The projects will contribute
    to the modernisation of energy networks, to reducing greenhouse emissions in
    the energy sector, industry, transport and agriculture, and to improving energy
    efficiency.


    The support provided to these investments, the
    Commission says, will help the beneficiary member states to reach their
    environment and climate targets for 2030 and to step up the EU’s green
    transition.


    Last year, the Fund disbursed nearly EUR 900 mln to 8
    beneficiary countries, and complemented other EU financing instruments like
    the Cohesion Policy and the Just Transition Fund. The Modernisation
    Fund operates under the responsibility of its beneficiary countries, in
    close cooperation with the European Commission and the European Investment Bank.


    For the next investment cycle, countries may submit
    investment proposals in order to obtain assistance from the Modernisation Fund
    by 19th January 2023 for non-priority proposals and by 16th
    February 2023 for priority proposals.


    For Romania, next year’s main challenge will be
    related to the spending of EU funds, including those under the National
    Recovery and Resilience Plan ,where 41% of the EUR 29 bln earmarked to
    the country will be channelled into the green energy transition.


    The head of the Romanian Investors Association
    Cristian Pârvan says the top concern for the business community and
    policy-makers should be the accessing of EU funding, by reaching the benchmarks
    and targets undertaken under the Recovery and Resilience Plan and by
    submitting, selecting and funding viable projects:


    Cristian Pârvan: The business community is trying to
    make progress in its mission and obviously to make profits. But it is facing
    lots of challenges, from those in the energy sector to those related to
    workforce, and to the fact that for the time being the European economic
    solidarity is just an aspiration, rather than translating in pan-European
    projects.


    Cristian Pârvan also says that a firm, coherent and
    targeted policy may take Romania to a higher development level. (AMP)

  • March 20, 2018

    March 20, 2018

    PARLIAMENT – The laws on the judiciary have been endorsed by the Chamber of Deputies today, and are to be submitted to the Senate for a final vote. Previously, a special parliamentary committee passed the bill on the magistrate profession and the one regulating the organisation of the Higher Council of Magistracy. On Monday, the same committee passed the 3rd law in this package, the one concerning the organisation of courts. The bills were brought in line with the decisions of the Constitutional Court, after the Opposition and the High Court of Cassation and Justice challenged the changes adopted by Parliament. These changes include by-passing the President of Romania in the procedure for appointing the chiefs of the Supreme Court, and transferring this role to the Higher Council of Magistracy. The National Liberal Party and Save Romania Union, in Opposition, announced that the new amendments give them reasons to bring the new justice laws before the Constitutional Court again. In fact, Save Romania MPs have today resorted to an unusual protest in the Chamber of Deputies, where they lined up wearing T-shirts that read “#NoCriminals. Some of the changes originally operated on the justice laws have generated large-scale protests among civil society and magistrates.




    DEFENCE – The Supreme Defence Council is convening in Bucharest today, in a meeting chaired by President Klaus Iohannis. The agenda of the meeting includes a review of the work of public institutions in the national security sector in 2017, as well as the main objectives for this year. The Council members are to analyse the work of the Cyber-Security Operations Council and the National Cyber-Security Response Centre. The latter focuses on developing the technical capabilities needed in order to improve the cyber security climate in Romania. Last years activity of the Supreme Defence Council will also be analysed, along with other topics relevant to the national security.




    PROTESTS – In Bucharest, the SANITAS trade union federation has today picketed the headquarters of the Ministry for Public Finances. Unionists demand, among other things, the implementation of pay raises for all healthcare and social assistance personnel as of March 1, the scrapping of the ceiling on bonuses and the offsetting of the income decrease caused by the implementation of a new pay scheme on January 1. Also today, representatives of the National Federation of Trade Unions in Industry have picketed the Economy Ministry, against the backdrop of discontent with the law regulating the national defence industry. The union president, Ioan Neagu, said that at the beginning of the year the Government was supposed to issue a resolution to regulate the number of employees that this industrial sector may absorb per year.




    FRANCOPHONIE – Like other countries in the world, Romania is celebrating International Francophonie Day, marked every year on March 20. Last night the Romanian Embassy in Paris and the Romanian Cultural Institute organised a show at the Louis Jouvet Theatre in Paris, to mark 25 years since Romania joined the Francophonie Organisation. In this context, Ambassador Luca Niculescu mentioned that in December 2018 – July 2019, Bucharest and Paris will organise the Romania-France season, a large-scale joint project focusing on contemporary culture and creativity, as well as areas like education, economy, sports and tourism.




    FRANCE – Frances ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy was detained on Tuesday in a case involving the allegedly illegal funding of his campaign for the 2007 presidential election, which he won at that time, Le Figaro and Le Monde report, quoting judicial sources. Sarkozy may be held in custody for 48 hours at most, and it is for the judges to order his arrest pending trial. Ever since April 2013 Sarkozy has been targeted by an investigation following allegations of Libyas former strongman Muammar Kadhafi financing his presidential election campaign. So far, Sarkozy has denied all accusations.





    BREXIT – The European affairs ministers of the EU member states, including the Romanian Minister Victor Negrescu, are discussing in Brussels today the post-Brexit relations between the Union and the UK. On this occasion, the European Commissions chief negotiator Michel Barnier will present general principles for the transition period, i.e. March 2019 to December 2020. On Monday, Barnier and Londons negotiator, David Davis, announced having reached an agreement on these guidelines, which concern, among other things, the rights of the around 4.5 million European citizens living in the UK and the 1.2 million Britons in the EU. At the end of this week the text will be discussed by the EU leaders during a meeting of the European Council.


    (translated by: Ana-Maria Popescu)

  • « Comment réussir la transition vers une ville durable ? »

    « Comment réussir la transition vers une ville durable ? »

    La ville durable est un concept de plus en plus présent dans les débats politiques et de la société, car l’enjeu est de taille, intimement lié au développement local, d’abord, et général par la suite. « Comment réussir la transition vers une ville durable ? » est la question à laquelle chercheront des réponses des décideurs politiques, des universitaires, des représentants de la vie associative et du monde de l’entreprise de France, Roumanie et Pologne, réunis les 14, 15 et 16 mars à Cluj et Alba Iulia, à l’occasion de la 8e édition des Rencontres européennes de Transylvanie, organisée par l’ambassade de France en Roumanie et par l’antenne de Cluj de l’Institut français. Un événement dont il est question dans ce RRI Spécial, sur Radio Roumanie Internationale, la voix de la diversité.



  • November 10, 2016

    November 10, 2016

    US PRESIDENCY – The President in office of the USA, Barack Obama, is to receive his successor, Donald Trump, at the White House today, for talks on the presidential transition. On Wednesday, thousands gathered in several American cities to protest the election of the Republican Donald Trump as the 45th President of the US, criticising his rhetoric against immigrants, Muslims and other groups. The protesters, who carried anti-Trump banners and flags, blocked traffic in several cities, but according to police sources most rallies were without incidents.




    HIGH-LEVEL MEETING – The PM of Romania, Dacian Cioloş, has a meeting today in Timisoara, western Romania, with his Serb counterpart, Alexandar Vucic, with whom he is to discuss mainly about Serbias EU accession, including ways in which Romania is able to support this process. The two will also look at how the rights of the Romanian minority in Serbia are respected. Several agreements will be signed, including one on preventing and managing disasters. Under this agreement, the two countries will provide mutual assistance in the event of disasters whose consequences cannot be fully removed through the efforts of the affected or threatened state.




    JUSTICE – The Romanian Justice Minister, Raluca Prună, offered Bucharests support for the reform process in the Republic of Moldova. At a Forum organised in Chisinau and focusing on fighting corruption, she emphasised that a state cannot be modernised and reformed without an independent judicial system. According to a news release issued by the Romanian Justice Ministry, the Forum is organised by Ms Pruna jointly with her Moldovan counterpart, Vladimir Cebotari, and is intended to become the main communication platform leading to the development of bilateral cooperation in this sector.




    INFLATION – The National Bank of Romania has kept its inflation estimate for this year at negative 0.4%, but has revised its forecast for next year from the 2% estimated in August to 2.1%, reads the Quarterly Report on Inflation presented today by the central bank governor Mugur Isărescu. The National Bank chief mentioned, among the factors that influence inflation, several international elements, like the uncertainty in financial markets induced by the outcome of the US presidential election and by the decisions of oil exporting countries, as well as domestic elements, such as the increase in consumption. The international factors reduce the inflation, whereas the domestic ones encourage it, Isarescu says. According to him, domestic demand has been stimulated excessively, which led to an increase in imports.




    RADIO LICENSE FEE – The President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, is taking part today in a debate on the write off of the public radio and television license fee. The event is designed to facilitate the dialogue between the head of state and journalists, representatives of mass media organisations and civil society members, about the current state of the public broadcasters. The meeting takes place after Parliament endorsed a bill that scraps more than a hundred taxes and fees, including the radio and television license fees. In a separate debate on the same topic, held on Monday at the Romanian Television Corporation, participants emphasised that by eliminating the radio and television license fees, the direct connection between citizens and public services is cut off. Moreover, this would endanger the very operation of the two public broadcasters as of January 1 next year.




    FOOTBALL – Romanias national football team is preparing for tomorrows game on home turf against Poland, in the qualifying stage for the 2018 World Cup hosted by Russia. In the first 3 matches in Group E, Romania has a 5-0 win in Yerevan, against Armenia, and 2 draws, 1-1 at home against Montenegro and 0-0, away from home against Kazakhstan. With 7 points each, Montenegro and Poland top the group standings, with Romania ranking 3rd with 5 points. During this qualifying campaign, the national team is for the first time in history managed by a foreign coach, the German Cristoph Daum.

  • La vie en transition ?

    La vie en transition ?

    Comment peut-on vivre en transition ? Comment peut-on vivre en commun lorsque l’attachement à l’habitat est limité dans le temps ? Comment s’approprier l’espace privé dans ces conditions ? C’est à ces questions que nous tentons de répondre avec Maria Mateoniu, anthropologue, chercheuse au Musée nationale du paysan roumain, qui a travaillé sur les campus universitaires bucarestois pour étudier cette vie à la fois précaire et joyeuse.



  • 16.07.2013

    16.07.2013

    Accord – Le capital humain dont bénéficie la Roumanie est « excellent », tandis que les ressources énergétiques du pays sont « de qualité » mais « insuffisamment exploitées », a affirmé le directrice générale du FMI, Christine Lagarde, lors dun discours à Bucarest devant des banquiers et des journalistes. S’exprimant dans les locaux de la Banque centrale roumaine, Mme Lagarde a appelé les autorités roumaines à dépenser « efficacement » l’argent pour les investissements ainsi qu’à poursuivre les réformes structurelles, à rendre efficientes les compagnies d’Etat et à assimiler un maximum de fonds européens, qui seraient le moteur de la croissance économique du pays à moyen et long terme. D’ailleurs, le paquet de mesures envisagé par Bucarest pour les sociétés à capital d’Etat sera pris en compte par le prochain accord de la Roumanie avec le FMI, a encore mis en garde la directrice du FMI. Auparavant, le chef de l’Etat roumain, Traian Basescu, avait prévenu que la Roumanie souhaitait conclure un nouvel accord de type préventif sur deux ans avec l’institution financière internationale et l’UE. Rappelons-le, la Roumanie a terminé avec succès en juin un accord similaire avec les bailleurs de fonds. Une délégation du FMI et de la Commission européenne est d’ailleurs attendue mercredi à Bucarest pour des négociations sur ce nouvel accord avec la Roumanie.



    Visite – Le chef de l’Etat roumain, Traian Basescu, se rend mercredi en République de Moldova, pour une cinquième visite dans ce pays, depuis la prise de son premier mandat, en 2004. Lors d’un entretien à la Radio Free Europe, le président roumain a estimé que la priorité de son quinquennat et des autorités roumaines devrait être le rapprochement et l’adhésion de la Moldova ex-soviétique à l’UE, à l’horizon 2023-2025. Il a pourtant exclu toute intégration communautaire de ce pays avant la solution du conflit de la région séparatiste de Transdniestrie et le retrait des troupes russes présentes dans cette région.



    Automobile – Les ventes de Dacia Groupe Renault de Pitesti, dans le sud de la Roumanie, ont progressé de 17% au mois de juin, enregistrant la meilleure performance parmi les marques d’automobiles de l’UE, selon les statistiques de l’Association des constructeurs européens d’automobiles, rendues publiques ce mardi. La part de marché de Dacia à l’intérieur de l’UE a progressé de 2 à 2,5%. Sur fond de récession et de chômage, les immatriculations de voitures neuves en UE ont baissé en juin de 5,6% pour franchir le seuil minimal des 17 dernières années. Seul, le marché automobile britannique a vu les ventes de voitures neuves augmenter de 13,4%. En Roumanie le marché de l’automobile a baissé de 45,9% par rapport à juin 2012, soit la baisse la plus sévère en UE, après celle d’Irlande.



    Rapport – Plusieurs pays de l’ancien bloc socialiste ont enregistré des progrès dans leur transition démocratique, alors que 17 d’entre eux ont régressé, selon le plus récent rapport de la fondation américaine Freedom House. Selon ce document, la Géorgie, la République de Moldova et le Kirghizistan comptent parmi les pays ayant connu un progrès notable de la démocratie. La Roumanie compte parmi les pays ayant régressé au chapitre démocratie, aux côtés de pays tels la Russie, l’Azerbaïdjan, l’Ukraine, le Bélarus, le Tdjikistan, la Bulgarie, la Hongrie et les pays baltes. La corruption s’est amplifiée dans les Balkans, fait aussi savoir le rapport.



    Vol – Six Roumains accusés dimplications dans un spectaculaire vol de tableaux de Picasso et de Monet dans le musée Kunsthal des Pays-Bas en 2012 seront jugés en Roumanie, mais les toiles restent introuvables, a annoncé lundi le Parquet général de Roumanie. La date de louverture du procès na pas encore été fixée. Parmi les six personnes renvoyées devant le tribunal figurent les deux auteurs présumés du “vol du siècle”, qui a eu lieu en octobre 2012. Selon des sources judiciaires, au moins une des toiles volées aurait été brûlée. Les sept toiles volées sont estimées à 18 millions d’euros.