*Bankers try to change the Government Ordinance 50 to avoid lawsuits with unhappy customers – in Ziarul Financiar
*Richest 500 Romanians have a wealth of EUR 28 billion Dinu Patriciu, Frank Timis and Ioan Niculae on the podium – in Ziarul Financiar
*BNR will keep interest rate at 6.25%this year, analysts believe – in Ziarul Financiar
*CEC Bank has 150 forced executed houses and land plots – in Ziarul Financiar
*Notaries drop tariffs by as much as 90% for sale contracts, refinancing and inheritances – in Gandul

Romania’s Supreme Defense Council (CSAT) will meet on Thursday at the presidential palace to discuss a series of topics, including Romania's accession to the Schengen Area. This is an ordinary quarterly session, whose date was set in early September and announced to the Council members on September 13.

Henrik Nensen is the new head of the national sales company for Ford in Romania, the company has announced. Nensen will be replacing Paul Flanagan. Nensen has joined Ford in 1971, having held several positions in marketing in sales with the company ever since. Before joining Ford Romania, he was responsible for the market launch of products within the Sales and Marketing division of Ford Europe.

Writer Herta Muller, winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature, told a news conference, which was held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Bucharest on Monday, that she was no longer afraid of the Securitate.

Thierry Frémaux, the general representative of the Cannes Movie Festival and movie directors Gaspar Noé, Xavier Beauvois and Kornél Mundruczó will come to Bucharest in October to present a movie selection showed on screen at the Cannes Film Festival festival.

The second district city hall in Bucharest will organize the 12th edition of Antiquarians’ Fair, between October 1 and 3rd, near the Obor market in Bucharest. The Romanian antiquarians will meet in front of the city hall in the second district to prove that valuable and quality objects overcome time and any financial problems and will always remain of peerless attractiveness.

The Sports and Friends association and Hospice Casa Sperantei will organize a fundraising party on Thursday, September 30, at the Fourteen Bar in Bucharest, starting 20,30 hours. The Sport and Friends team, which will run for the Hospice Casa Sperantei cause at the Bucharest City Marathon on October 17, will raise funds from entry tickets and raffle tickets and donate them to the charity.

Traian Igas is the new Romanian Minister of Interior, after Vasile Blaga resigned earlier today. Iglas, whose naming has already been signed by president Traian Basescu, is the head of the Democratic Party group in the Romanian Senate.

Legere is a Cafe bar situated in Piata Rosetti- just two minutes walk from Piata Universitatii- and

Bucharest Henri Coanda International Airport was certified as an international airport under the new legal provisions in the field. The certification was a prerequisite for Romania’s accession to the Schengen Area. The certification as international airport is part of requirements for Schengen accession and allows fights to non-Schengen states.

Romania’s Communications Ministry has finalized the technical platform which allows users to fill in forms and submit them, the ministry has said. The ministry will sign collaboration protocols with the public institutions which file requests to enroll in the system. The technical platform was made by the ministry through the National Center of Information Society Mangement and the 'Romania Digitala' National Center.

Romanian President Traian Basescu has called a meeting of the Supreme Defense Council (CSAT) for this week, people close to the matter told Mediafax newswire on Monday.