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PSD’s Dragnea: The Romanian state pays millions of euros to private companies for inexistent work

September 30, 2017

Social Democratic leader Liviu Dragnea on Friday stated in northeastern Sucevita, where he is currently paying a visit, that Romania is losing millions of euros because of such state-owned companies being forced to pay money to some private companies for inexistent work and questioned prosecutors over their lack of involvement in such cases, which should […]

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