The Romanian prime minister has sacked four of the ministers in his government in a bid to speed up the tough reforms needed if the country is to join the EU in 2007, as planned.
The outgoing ministers are Ionut Popescu for finance, Ene Dinga for European integration, Mircea Cinteza for health, and the vice prime minister in charge of economic sectors, Gheorghe Seculici.
The cabinet reshuffle took place on Monday (22 August) and has been expected for some time as Bucharest strugg...
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