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Romania ex-PM sentenced to 2 yrs in jail


Romania’s former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase Romania’s Supreme Court has sentenced former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase to two years in prison after finding him guilty of illegally raising funds to finance his failed presidential campaign. Prosecutors said on Monday that Nastase supported his 2004 electoral campaign through funds collected in a “Quality Trophy” event organized

Tymoshenko’s husband gets asylum


Oleksandr Tymoshenko (right) and his wife, former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. The Czech Republic Interior Ministry has announced that the husband of jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been granted political asylum in the country. The 51-year-old Oleksandr Tymoshenko requested asylum in December 2011. saying that the Ukrainian authorities are persecuting him