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Swiss Ambassador Jean-Hubert Lebet: Romania has huge unexploited potential

Romania has a huge unexploited potential, while the country's image should be improved from within, and the excessive bureaucratic system needs systematization to provide efficient administration, Swiss Ambassador in Bucharest Jean-Hubert Lebet told AGERPRES in an interview.

Romania Steps Up Anti-Corruption Campaign

Romania’s Anti-Corruption Department said in its latest progress report that 850 people, including ministers, lawmakers, mayors, judges and prosecutors, were convicted of corruption over the past 12 months.

Among those convicted were four ministers or ex-ministers and five MPs, among them former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase, who was found guilty for a second time in January.

Alin Petrache elected president of the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee

Alin Petrache, who has so far headed the Romanian Rugby Federation, was elected on Thursday to the position of president of the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (COSR), in the first round of elections held on the occasion of the General Assembly of the Olympic national body.

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