ROMANIAN PRESIDENT ACTS TO SMOOTH SCHENGEN ENTRY
April 1st, 2013
ROMANIAN President Traian Basescu has asked the country’s prime minister to sack two ministers facing graft charges until April 30 so the country can be accepted as a member of the European Union’s (EU) in the Schengen passport-free zone by the end of the year.A decision on Romania's accession to Schengen is expected by December 2013.But Basescu, a political opponent of Romanian PM Victor Ponta, thinks this decision will be made much harder if the accused ministers stay in office. Transport minister Relu Fenechiu is being investigated by Romania’s National ...
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