Romania will soon open its first urban motorway as the Transport Ministry prepares to allow circulation on a 3 km section in northern Bucharest The building works on the Popasului-Petricani section of Bucharest-Ploiesti motorway, part of A3 motorway, are in the final stage, according to the Transport Ministry. Popasului-Petricani section is the first motorway located within a city in Romania as current motorways are built to connect major cities and are all located outside the populated areas In September Romania’s state-owned public roads company (CNAIR) has opened the most beautiful motorway in the country located in Transylvania near the city of Cluj The 9-km Gilau-Nadaselu section of A3 motorway was ready since 2017 but the connection-bridge with the national motorway network was completed in September Many infrastructure experts think that Gilau-Nadaselu section is Romania’s most beautiful motorway With the new section – the third opened this year after 2 section of A10 Sebes-Turda motorway - We use cookies for keeping our website reliable and secure providing social media features and to analyse how our website is used An open international contest is being held to rethink the recreational Colentina Lakes area of Bucharest Organised by the Romanian Order of Architects the single-stage anonymous contest seeks proposals for three key lakeside regeneration plots – measuring 28ha 27ha and 48ha respectively – located at Tei and Plumbuita lakes at Plumbuita Lake near Șoseaua Petricani Road The project – backed by the 2nd District of the Municipality of Bucharest – focuses on restoration of a public path and ‘green-blue promenade’ along the shores of the Colentina Lakes which historically played a key recreational role for the wider city Key aims include achieving ‘harmonious’ integration with the existing natural environment and improving connections to the surrounding urban environment According to the brief: ‘The competition concerns the shores of the six Colentina lakes included in the 2nd District of Bucharest: Tei lake (80ha) Pantelimon lake (also called Pantelimon II ‘These are part of a system of 15 lakes (generically called “salba de lacuri” – “Lake necklace”) formed along the Colentina River of which ten lakes are in the administrative territory of Bucharest six of which are located in the 2nd district constitute a valuable natural resource of ecological regeneration representing a significant identity mark of the city ‘The aim of the competition is to redefine the role of these lakeshores regarded both as a natural resource with a great ecological economic and social potential for the district/city as well as an active interface between the established urban fabric or under development and the water of the Colentina Lakes as an element of attraction for the inhabitants.’ Bucharest is the capital and largest city of Romania with 1.7 million inhabitants The Colentina Lakes are a series of lakes which follow the course of the Colentina River across the northern parts of the city The latest project focusses on restoring and enhancing a series of lakeside sites which have suffered from a lack of protection maintenance and considerate development in the past three decades following the collapse of Communism in 1989 Founding Partner of Gustafson Porter + Bowman; Alina-Alisa Bratu chief architect at the 2nd District of the Municipality of Bucharest; and Iris Chervet president of Atelier Iris Chervet in Paris The winners of the three lots – to be announced on 17 September – will receive design contracts worth €2 million €25,000 and €10,000 respectively will also be awarded to the second place and to three honourable mention winners in each category Hutchison Ports is recruiting a design team for its new £9 million… An open international contest is being held for a major €27.5 million… An international design and build contest is being held for 25 new… The UK Research and Innovation Science and Technology Facilities Council (UKRI-STFC) has… managed to get a fortune of some millions of lei in just two years while he served as Head of the Division of Public Relations of the City Hall the civil servant was elected interim secretary of the Chisinau Municipal Council The house has an accessory building and a garage for two cars Letter “B” (first letter of his surname) is printed on the front wall of the house in 2013 Branzaniuc received material aid from the municipal budget estimated at 72,000 lei.  He was paid from public money a part of the interest of a loan taken for building his house. He used to raise a salary of only 2,000 lei and did not own a house before he was elected head of Division of Public Relations The house of Vadim Branzaniuc has a surface of 146 square meters is built from limestone; the garage with a surface of 42,6 square meters is made from ferro-concrete; the gates are made from iron and the fence surrounding the house is made from limestone as well According to some estimates of the State Agency Cadastru except an agricultural land in Truseni and a car BMW he reported in his statement on property for 2009 an annual salary of 32.068 lei  He was main specialist within the Division of Public Relations Vadim Branzaniuc bought 2 new cars that cost more than half of a million of lei - 652.000 lei - a car Land Rover Freelander purchased in the same year and a Skoda Octavia Luxury home built urgently                    Vadim Branzaniuc owned the land in Petricani that costs 362,000 lei On 27 June he got construction authorization and by the end of the same year (December 20 2012) more than half of the house was built according to a technical notice registered at Cadaster 2014 the house was passed in the house acts as completed I sold 4 plots purchased in 2006 in Dumbrava I bought the current plot and I built this house " when he was asked what funds he used to build his luxury house Garage of family Branzaniuc is built for two cars According to the declaration on income of the civil servant 2014 purchased in leasing at the price of  22 000 euros and a car Land Rover which  the spokesperson said that he leased to a company Skoda Superb was broken into in the morning of April 5 while it was in the yard Vadim Branzaniuc wrote about it on Facebook This car was purchased in 2014 after the owner sold a car Skoda Octavia Vadim Branzaniuc receives a salary estimated at 100.000 lei annually like his wife.  Also the civil servant received 20.000 euros at the christening party of one of his children and in 2014; he received a donation estimated at 30.000 euros from a person called Anatolie Tomulescu Vadim Branzaniuc said that he was his father-in-law who had worked legally in Israel for 12 years He received financial aid to pay the interest on the loan for luxury house The statement on property for 2014 of Branzaniuc reveals 4 banking credits One loan expires this year and the other - in 2018 and 2019 The servant gets a monthly salary of about 9,000 lei and he said that he can repay the money: "Last year my family received a significant income and every year is the same salary of my wife and money from my parents I have to pay the loans and the car in leasing." Chisinau Municipal Council adopted a decision that ruled to allocate to Vadim Branzaniuc "financial support from the municipal budget in the amount of 10 percent annually of bank interest approved under the agreement of mortgage loan" The decision does not write about the amount the spokesman announced that it is about 72.236 lei which Chisinau City Hall transferred for 17 months "It was the Council's decision to grant me aid for house construction - 10% interest There are many people in the city who benefit from such aids According to the decisions of the Municipal Council published in 2013 other 2 employees of City Hall benefited from such aids we learned that the aid is intended for employees of subdivisions of Chisinau Municipal Council and councilors who do not own houses they receive money from the municipal budget to pay 10% interest on the loan for housing CV of Vadim Branzaniuc is not published on the website of Chisinau City Hall  We learned from the press releases of the Liberal Party that he is the deputy-chairman of the Territorial Organization of the Liberal Party of Riscani sector This investigation was carried out within the Campaign "Journalists for Transparency in Public Funds Management" organized by the Center for Investigative Journalism with the support of the Good Governance Program of Soros Moldova Foundation The donor institution does not influence in any way the subject and content of published investigations the chairperson of the independent Commission for the evaluation of the integrity of candidates for the position of member in the self-administration bodies of judges and prosecutors - the Pre-Vetting Commission as a Registrar at the International Criminal Court (ICC) from The Hague that the administrative activity of Herman von Hebel would have been affected by illegalities and would have caused damage to the International Criminal Court in the amount of at least 760,000 euros Eight criminal cases started in 2021 are based on journalistic investigations the prosecutors started at least 8 criminal cases which are based on journalistic investigations carried out by the team of the Center for Investigative Journalism and were published on the anticoruptie.md portal The criminal cases concern the General Prosecutor targeted in some investigations conducted in recent years and a former deputy minister One of the criminal cases concerns the former president Igor Dodon and the former Parliament Speaker Zinaida Grecianii who were targeted in a CIJM journalistic investigation from 2008 the team of the Center for Investigative Journalism (CIJM) conducted 65 journalistic investigations into corruption illicit property and integrity issues in the public sector at least 7 criminal cases were started against some chief prosecutors all based on journalistic investigations carried out by the team of the Center for Investigative Journalism based on the CIJM journalistic investigations started controls into the property of 26 civil servants a counselor and an official from the UTA Gagauzia PARTY SWITCHERS: Who buys deputies in Moldova They migrate easily from one parliamentary faction to another when the private and group interest prevails over the public interest Promises from election campaigns do not matter anymore The party switchers increase their properties go on exotic vacations and send their children to study abroad the phenomenon of party switching in the Chisinau Parliament is not shocking anymore The Prosecutor’s Office should tell us who buys Moldovan deputies and what are the stakes behind the schemes with deputies Who are the winning candidates in uninominal constituencies Nb.35-51 Who are the winning candidates in uninominal constituencies Nb.18-34 Who are the winning candidates in uninominal constituencies Nb The „Poor” Members of Balti Municipal Council with Businesses Abroad Directors of state-owned enterprises raise monthly salaries of tens of thousands of dollars despite the fact that most of them register losses year by year Most of directors of  these companies get large sums of money and  their salaries  are sometimes higher than the annual profits of the companies which they manage even if the enterprises which they manage are on the brink of bankruptcy managers double their salaries with benefits for good management or performance Though some enterprises get considerable incomes profits from the business are very low and the money is spent on all Vested repairs in the buildings of the district courts in Moldova businesses and interests of rectors of state universities There are 31 high educational institutions in Moldova Some rectors have managed the universities for 15-20 years when the new Education Code was implemented it stipulated that rectors cannot serve more than two consecutive terms In addition to management and teaching activity many of them got involved in politics – either by joining a party or offering the university as platform for politicians some of them have profitable businesses and luxury houses Center for Investigative Journalism analyzed incomes and properties Luxury extradition of Veaceslav Platon: 2 charter flights and unknown overseers Igor Dodon and denigrating flyers about Maia Sandu Flyers containing denigrating and manipulating messages about the candidate of the Party Action and Solidarity Maia Sandu are shared in full presidential campaign both in the capital and in the districts. The flyers warning about a possible invasion of refugees in Moldova disappearance of villages and "danger" of homosexuals do not contain information about  the author of printed flyers the number of flyers and the money used for them General Police Inspectorate argues that they are investigating the case Reporters of the Center for Investigative Journalism found who planned the spread The clandestine road of steroids from Moldova to foreign sportspeople The Republic of Moldova is among the top global manufacturers of anabolic steroids illegal substances in the majority of EU states lax legislation and the political protectionism easily obtained have created conditions for the development of a huge industry of anabolics in our country which are in great demand on the black market around the world at least seven factories producing anabolics are operating in Moldova four of which are clandestine laboratories Legal manufacturers of anabolics allegedly get protection from a former Romanian senator a prominent Moldovan businessman and a former He acted discreetly at almost all parliamentary meetings over the past 7 years with the participation of deputy-chairman of the Democratic Party Vlad Plahotniuc the name of Serghei Iaralov was first mentioned in the context of the fraud from the banking system on October 15 2015 several minutes before the National Anti-corruption Center’s officers arrested Vlad Filat He revealed for the first time from the Parliament’s rostrum that Iaralov participated „in all discussions and deals” related to Banca de Economii (BEM) Drone filming // Democrat Constantin Botnari fenced illegally 40 acres of forest businesses and interests of heads of state agencies (III) businesses and interests of heads of state agencies (II) businesses and interests of heads of state agencies (I) MPs business: Liberal-democrats and non-affiliated MPs who vote for Pavel Filip in the Parliament ready to support the democrat Pavel Filip for the office of PM could not be established without the 7 liberal-democrats and 3 non-affiliated MPs some of them withdrew their signatures when PD insisted on the candidacy of Vlad Plahotniuc They changed their mind when Pavel Filip was proposed for premiership Media wrote that the 7 liberal-democrats were called by Vlad Filat we presented the profiles of the runners from PCRM The MP business: who are the converts ready to vote for the PD candidate for premiership announcing that they no longer want to make the games of this faction.  The runners (defectors) gathered in the social-democratic Platform "For Moldova" and they had the first official meeting with Plahotniuc He returned to politics to become the candidate of PD for the post of prime minister All 14 MPs helped to the creation of the parliamentary majority they are ready to vote with the controversial businessman for the office of premiership  It is curious the fact that legislators along with their colleagues that remained in PCRM and the Liberal Democrats Moldovagaz: Luxury houses and agreements signed between family members Property of Heads from the National Energy Regulatory Agency: Unreported houses Six years at the Customs Service: businesses and properties of Balitchi family head of the Customs Service of the Republic of Moldova lives in an apartment of 200 square meters have become owners of more plots for construction worth millions of lei and placed at the outskirts of Chisinau Balitchi’ s mother together with the director of the Factory Rogob founded in 2015 a company that has declared activities in construction Tudor Balitchi and his wife are also the founders of companies assets and interests of deputy ministers from Strelet Government (II) Amongst deputy ministers promoted in the Strelet Government there are rich and poor Even if the new public office is incompatible with any other paid post some new deputies continue to administer businesses some of them in the very field where they have been promoted Reporters of the Center for Investigative Journalism have X-rayed the declarations of assets and interests of the second level officials of ministries have checked them through various open databases and we propose below for your attention what assets  and interests these Strelet assets and interests of deputy ministers from Strelet Government (I) The stories from www.anticoruptie.md may be used in the limit of up to 1,000 characters Web pages must indicate the source and link directly to the article Radio and TV stations 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