Romania Press Review – August 18, 2011
Tourists to Romania to be offered Ceausescu tour. Annual inflation reaches second highest in Europe during July. Bucharest to build radioactive waste depot in Saligny.
EVENIMENTUL ZILEI
Tourists travelling to Romania will soon be able to follow the trail of former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, according to plans of the Tourism Ministry.
FINANCIARUL
Romania’s annual inflation of 4.9 per cent, as recorded in July, was the second highest in the European Union at just 0.4 percentage points below Estonia, according to data released by Eurostat.
JURNALUL NATIONAL
Bucharest will build a radioactive waste storage facility in Saligny, near Cernavoda. Works will start in 2016 and cost an estimated €340 million.
Balkan Insight has not verified the facts of the original press reports and cannot vouch for their accuracy.
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