Dan Andronic

Romania's former development minister Elena Udrea, the daughter of former president Traian Basescu, Ioana, and other officials and heads of state-owned companies will stand trial for the illegal funding of the presidential electoral campaign in 2009.

Romania's anti-graft investigators on Monday questioned Ioana Valmar, the ex-wife of the speaker of the parliament, in a case of real estate fraud involving many big public names and even royalty.

Valmar, a notary, is being investigated for her role in legalising the paperwork in illegal land and property dealings, which prosecutors say cost the state some 136 million euros.