Romania and the EU: Netting the Untouchables

The Economist is rather positive about Romania’s efforts to reach the EU integration standards. This recent article praises the fight against corruption (“catching the big fish”) led by the “impressive non-party justice minister”, “soft-spoken”, Monica Macovei” and the “salty captain Basescu”.
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Wikipolitics

Apparently Wikipedia faces more acts of vandalism originating from Capitol Hill IP addresses than from anywhere else… Below a bit of the USA representatives’ whitewashing (taken over from the Washington Post– you need to sign up first to read it there; you can read the full text also on MSN ):

Last week, Wikipedia temporarily blocked certain Capitol Hill Web addresses from altering any entries in the otherwise wide-open forum.
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