MORE ROMANIAN MYSTERY
I recently received the following email in response to my complaints and enquiries to the European Union funding agency responsible for the project:
Sent by FORTAN Kelly (HOME) <Kelly.FORTAN@ec.europa.eu>. All responses have to be sent to this email address.
Envoyé par FORTAN Kelly (HOME) <Kelly.FORTAN@ec.europa.eu> . Toutes les réponses doivent être effectuées à cette adresse électronique.
Thank
you for your enquiry. The project you refer to was planned to be
co-financed through the 2010 annual programme of the External Borders
Fund under the action "Scanning equipment for detection of hidden
persons/stowaways in the transport means".
The
project was declared unsuccessful by the Romanian Responsible Authority
in charge with the implementation of the External Borders Fund, and
therefore it was not charged to or co-financed from the Fund. If you
would like to receive more information on this project, please do not
hesitate to contact the Romanian Authority in charge with the
implementation of the External Borders Fund at the following
coordinates: Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Schengen
Directorate, European Funds Unit, email: ceip@mai.gov.ro, Tel. 021. 264.86.40, Fax 021. 206.09.05, Int. 11063
With kind regards,
HOME EUROPA FEEDBACKSo, that might explain why the project was never commissioned. Funny that we have not seen any mention of this in the Romanian media? I wonder why? So, we will be keeping a close eye on Mira Telecom to see if they try to wangle any more money from the European pot.
We will also, of course, keep up the pressure on the Romanian authorities to investigate the involvement of Stelian Ilie and Mira Telecom with the ADE651, James McCormick, the DKL Lifeguard and the AL-6D.
Oh yes, I forgot to mention that our old friend Dr Marian Apostol was involved in this project. No wonder it went tits up!
