04. 11. 09. - 10:30

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04. 11. 09. - 10:30

Foreign referees banned from League 1 matches

Romanian Times

The Romanian Football Federation (RFF) decided yesterday (Tues) to ban foreign referees from matches in League I after the start of the second leg of the national championship.

RFF said a UEFA convention on referees it had recently signed had accounted for its decision.

RFF decided last August to use foreign referees following bribery scandals in Romanian football.

Romania’s Professional Football League (LPF) decided in July to demote FC Arges to the second league after club owner Cornel Penescu and several referees were arrested in April on bribery charges related to match-fixing.

LPF also declared Penescu persona non-grata in Romanian football in light of allegations of match-fixing and fined him 70,000 Euros or 300,000 lei.

Mayor sentenced to jail for corruption
Another Romanian mayor was sentenced to prison for misuse of office by the Court of Appeals in Cluj-Napoca today (Weds).

Twenty per cent fewer Romanian tourists in Vienna in February
The number of Romanian tourists visiting Vienna registered the largest monthly year on year decline in February, according to the Austrian Times.

Underground workers´ strike has been called off
Underground workers have called off their strike scheduled for tomorrow (Thurs) in Romanian capital Bucharest.

Only three stadiums suitable for Euro 2012 preliminary matches
Only three stadiums in Romania can host preliminary matches for the Euro 2012 competition, the Romanian Football Federation (FRF) said today (Weds).

Romanians say their financial situations have gotten worse
Sixty per cent of the Romanians say their families' financial situation was worse in February than a year earlier, according to the results of a new poll by GfK Romania.

BestAds award winners announced today
The best ads in the Romanian market were announced today (Weds) by the only Romanian online ads festival, BestAds.

ING Insurance Central Europe leases offices in Cluj-Napoca
ING Insurance Central Europe has leased 4,000 square metres in an office building in Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, it was announced today (Weds).

Boy destroys school classroom
An eight-year-old boy has been detained by police after he broke into a school and destroyed a classroom,

New online application form for US visas
A new electronic application form is available for US visa requests, the US Embassy in Bucharest announced today (Weds).

Bucharest 36th in the world for rents for industrial property
Romanian capital Bucharest ranks 36th in terms of the highest rents for industrial property in the world, according to real-estate consulting company Cushman & Wakefield.