Bucharest

US ambassador to Romania Hans Klemm, British ambassador Paul Brummell, Belgian head of mission Thomas Baekelandt and Hungarian ambassador Zákonyi Botond joined the revellers at the traditional Lenten start carnival in Sansimion - Harghita County, making merry, dancing, tasting traditional foods - the hallmark kurtoskalac included - all accompanied by a shot of palinka.

The Romanian parliament is set to debate a bill on 'chemical castration' for sex offenders again, after a police officer was prosecuted for several assaults on minors. 

Romania's parliament is to again debate 'chemical castration' as an optional sentence for sex offenders after a police officer was caught on camera assaulting two children in January.

The Romania - NATO expert meeting taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday in Bucharest is an important stage in the analysis of defence capabilities under the NATO defence planning process, the National Defence Ministry (MApN) said in a release.

Romania's naval forces have lost to the Black Sea the only underwater drone they have available, the Russian news agency TASS reported, quoted by Focus.

National Defense Minister Mihai Fifor turned to the Military Prosecutor's Office on Monday in relation to the loss of the device.

The economic and strategic dimension of the bilateral cooperation between Romania and Hungary and the opportunity to put into practice some projects and investments in areas such as energy and infrastructure were some of the topics tackled by Senate President Calin Popescu-Tariceanu and Hungary&#39;s visiting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto at their meeting on Monday.<

The strong wind yesterday caused problems at Sofia Airport. Ryanair's low-cost airline did not land on the track due to poor weather conditions, Nova TV reported.

It was flying from London to Sofia. It flew from the British capital at 16.50 local time and was supposed to land at 22.00 in the evening Bulgarian time, the flight should have gone for 3.35 hours.

The caravan of Romania - Republic of Moldova - Cernauti Romanian cinematographic works organized under the banner &#39;Romanian Film Centennial - 100 Years, 100 Films, 100 Cities&#39; was launched on Saturday in Iasi.

The "Danube Riparian Local Communities" Association (CLDR Romania) announced on Friday, at the conference launching the Smart Innovative Learning Hub platform, that it is in full process of consultations and collection of proposals, suggestions and recommendations on the creation of a new aggregator of networks and projects.

US President Donald Trump's State of the Union speech on Tuesday, which called for an end to the Diversity Visas program, has caused alarm in Romania.

The presidential call has made headlines there, raising fears that the program might be stopped in the autumn of this year.

The European Commission told Romania on Wednesday not to take backward steps in terms of anti-graft reforms, and to reconsider a set of controversial justice laws that have triggered the country's largest protests since the fall of communism.