Monday headlines: Garrigues closes down Bucharest office, state wants EUR 1 bln on Romtelecom stake, Basarab passage opened in March 2011

Romanian media

Four mall in Bucharest worth over EUR 1 billion. Will they find buyers? - in Ziarul Financiar 2011 budget proposes drastic drop in expenses, 2.2 percent of the GDP - in Ziarul Financiar Romania faced five financial crises in the last five years due to the lack of financial education - in Ziarul Financiar Banca Transilvania raised EUR 26 million from investors in the first share issuance since the beginning of crisis - in Ziarul Financiar Volksbank assets, down 8 percent in three months, to EUR 4.8 billion - in Ziarul Financiar Garrigues closes down Bucharest office after two years a a half - in Ziarul Financiar Valerian Vreme: We want EUR 1 billion on Romtelecom - in Ziarul Financiar Romania in cablegate: the US secret files publishes on Wikileaks: 775 secret telegrams sent to Bucharest for the 2009 elections – in Gandul Hungarian shareholders want to build 100 MW wind park in Harghita – in Gandul Fondul Proprietatea doesn't want to give any money to the state – in Adevarul 22 new banks entered Romania since the beginning of the year, according to BNR – in Adevarul Romanians have courage to start businesses again – on Dailybusiness.ro Airline traffic further grows by 10 percent – on Dailybusiness.ro Synevo opens in Bucharest the biggest lab on SE Europe- EUR 10 million – on Wall-street.ro Basarab passage will become functional in March 2011 – on Wall-street.ro

International media

US tries to limit WikiLeaks damage- in FT Disposal adds $7bn to BP’s oil spill fund- in FT Ministers sign off on €85bn Ireland deal- in FT France and Germany agree mechanism for future crises- in FT Amazon seeks to expand globally- in FT Euro zone awaits market verdict on debt rescue plans- on Reuters BP to sell Pan American stake to Bridas for $7 billion- on Reuters