Mr Vasile has ordered 49 state companies to be shut down or sold off.

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Mr Chalmers blames another man, Vasile Ungureanu, for the death of Miss Wright, who was originally from Stevenage.

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The new Romanian government, under the Prime Minister, Radu Vasile, is formally taking office, following months of political crisis.

BBC: New Romanian government takes office

Mr Vasile's plans for privatising the nation's telecommunications and other sectors this year may give some Western European firms new business opportunities.

BBC: New Romanian government takes office

But focusing on the possibilities for infringement, Vasile argues, misses the point.

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Mugur Isarescu, the embattled prime minister, has made a fair go of it since being plucked from Romania's central bank to run the country after Mr Vasile's departure.

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Yet the coalition has made little effort to attack corruption, and has wasted energy on bickering and back-stabbing, messily dismissing one would-be reforming prime minister, Radu Vasile, from its own ranks last December.

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Mr Vasile, a Christian Democrat, has promised to speed up the pace of economic reform and prepare Romania - one of the poorest countries in the region - to join NATO and the European Union.

BBC: New Romanian government takes office