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LEGAL SPECIAL

EUROPEAN UNION SCRUTINY

EU sanctions on Romanian justice set to damage all 27 member states »

European Commission must choose between two nightmares »

Superior Council of Magistrates boss Monica Lidia Barbulescu wants her judicial body to make senior justice appointments »

Hire-purchase market defies expectations with growth of 50 per cent in 2007, while two thirds of the leasing companies vanish »

MAIN FEATURES

»	Old-fashioned nuclear tech nuclear under attack
»	Upscale ambitions: Real estate and hi-tech targets for Israel
»	Office developer GTC’s Shimon Galon moves into residential
»	No economic crisis on the horizon yet, says Raiffeisen’s James Stewart

»	Heavy weight candidates size up City Hall position
»	Foreign Affairs Minister caves in after hunger-strike death
»	Social Democrats team up with Conservatives again
»	NATO missile shield for south Romania pledged

»	Unirii’s Esplanada project to be private-public partnership
»	Romania: best CEE investment destination in 2008
»	Irish energy group set to exploit oil fields
»	French insurer continues buying spree
»	Round-up of latest foreign investments

»	Sonae Sierra: up to three new projects by end of year
»	Property of the month: Attractive attic brightens interwar villa
»	Austrians plan north capital mixed complex
»	Italians buy up centre-city shopping estate
»	Chinese build homes in east Bucharest

LEISURE

»	Eastern adventure: Getting behind the wheel of the new Mazda 6
»	Personal touch: Austrian-Romanian exhibition celebrates figurative art
»	Picture this: Round up of the last month in events
»	Diary of major Bucharest events in May

Luxury store Mengotti opens on Calea Victoriei with real Italian staff and bags, accessories and shoes from the Serie A of Latin designers