Romania: tax chief fired amid concerns about budget deficit

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s prime minister has fired the head of the country’s tax agency amid concerns about the European country’s spiraling budget deficit.
Premier Viorica Dancila dismissed Ionut Misa on Thursday. The finance minister in Dancila’s government repeatedly expressed dissatisfaction with tax collections under Misa.
But critics of the government say Misa, who once served as finance minister himself, is being made a scapegoat for economic polici