There are fortunes to be made from illegal logging in Romania, and much of it comes from state-managed forests. The rot extends all the way from the forest floor to the top of government.
Two journalists and one environmental activist were severely beaten while documenting illegal logging in a forest in Suceava county. A group of 20 individuals attacked them with sticks and axes, injuring the three and destroying all their equipment, writes Cristian Gherasim, Bucharest correspondent. All three ended up in hospital with various injuries. One of the […]