Tiriac and Nastase Went on a Hunting Party

Ion Tiriac, former famous tennis player and current successful businessman, opened his hunting estate, in the vicinity of Balc village, in County Bihor, with a hunting party where a good number of local and foreign personalities where invited.

Adrian Nastase, speaker of the House, stays faithful to his passion: hunting

The 32 guests came were from Romania, Western Europe, the United States, and Australia. A lot of money and the work of 180 people went into organizing the event at Balc. In the two days of hunting 185 wild boars, of which 40 males were shot. Some were deemed to merit the Gold Medal.

Tiriac was pleased with the outcome of the hunting party: My guests were simply overwhelmed on all accounts quality of the organization, value of the game, beauty of scenery, said Tiriac. We need these people to come here for business, and the places good business deals are forged are the tennis court, the golf tracks, the hunting parties, added he.
Tiriac said that he will organize hunting parties at Balc for two days only every year, in order to allow the game to develop properly.

The hunting domain at Balc was also used by former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, and has a total surface of 11,500 hectares. It was licensed two years ago to the Zimbrul hunting association in Bucharest and the Wild Boar Company, but the money was paid by Tiriac.
So far he invested 1.2 million euros in enclosing the area, replenishing the game, repairing the hunting hut and the access roads.
Before the hunting party this week-end, the count of game showed 550 wild boars and 80 stags and hinds, some of the animals being imported from abroad to replenish the game.

Among the VIPs present at the hunting party were Adrian Nastase, speaker of the House of Deputies and president of the Social Democrat Party; Ilie Sarbu, former minister of agriculture; Klaus Mangold, president of Daimler Chrysler Service; Wolfgang Porsche, owner of the well-known auto-maker company; Julius Meinl, owner of the food industries empire by the same name; Burchard Bergmann, persident of Ruhrgas; prince Max Emanuel von Thurn und Taxis; Siegfried Wolf, president of Magna Europa company; bankers Jose Merino Jimenez, Gonzalo Merino Nieto, Jose Luis Zanetti Duenas from Spain, and a lot many others.