Thursday headlines: Rompetrol fights back with powerful lawyers aside, Flanco escapes bankruptcy
Romanian media
BNR admits: Banks passed the crisis by throwing the burden to consumers – in Ziarul Financiar
Kazakhs menace the state with Petromidia shutdown, while having the most powerful lawyers aside – in Ziarul Financiar
Raiffeisen, ING and BRD will list Fondul Proprietatea – in Ziarul Financiar
Flanco escapes bankruptcy after eight months of emotions – in Ziarul Financiar
Consumer loans from 2005 have the biggest arrears – in Ziarul Financiar
Chaos for submitting declarations for intellectual property rights and registered individuals – in Gandul
Head of Kingston for Central and Eastern Europe: In 3-5 years Romania could become our second market in the region – on Wall-street.ro
First time in Romania: We have started to import gas from the West, not only from Russia – on Capital.ro
International media
Google to compete with Skype - in FT
Sales of new US homes hit record low - in FT
Iran shows missile, says is friend to neighbors - on Reuters
Apple likely to show off new iPods Sept 1 | VIDEO - on Reuters
Bacteria seem to be doing a good cleanup job in gulf - LA Times