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Transylvania Rookie Fest - young snowboarders show, this weekend
Competitors from Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria and Romania will face off this weekend, in the Platos Arena fun-park in Sibiu County, seeking to gain the title of the Transylvania Rookie Fest in one of the two age categories - Grom and Rookies, a release remitted to AGERPRES informs.
Photo credit: (c) Lucian TUDOSE / AGERPRES ARCHIVE
Senate rejects law on prepaid mobile phone cards
Senators on Thursday rejected the law for the modification and completion of Government Emergency Ordinance (GEO) No. 111/2011 on electronic communications, sent back to Parliament for reexamination following the Constitutional Court of Romania ruling deeming it unconstitutional.
Photo credit: (c) Cristian NISTOR / AGERPRES ARCHIVE
Chevron Still Weighing Shale Gase Options in Romania
US energy giant Chevron has yet to complete an assessment of Romania's natural gas potential from shale, and for the moment the company is not leaving Romania as it did other Eastern European countries.
Domestic A Group Players Dominate National Football Team's Lineup
For the first time in many years Bulgaria's national football team will be made up almost entirely of players competing for clubs from the domestic A Group.
This became evident after the Bulgarian Football Union (BFS) released on Wednesday the final list of players that are to appear in the friendly game against Romania on February 7.
Head of European Commission Representation Angela Filote: Romania needs personal bankruptcy law; IMF agrees
Head of the European Commission Representation in Romania Angela Filote stated, on Wednesday evening, in Ploiesti, that Romania needs a personal bankruptcy law, adding that the International Monetary Fund also agrees with the adoption of such a law that must be 'very good.'
Photo credit: (c) Alex TUDOR / AGERPRES ARCHIVE
Fact box: King of Romanian soccer Gheorghe Hagi celebrates 50th birthday
Nicknamed the 'King of Romanian soccer' and the 'Maradona of the Carpathians', retired football ace Gheorghe Hagi was born on February 5, 1965, in the commune of Sacele, located 35 km from the eastern city of Constanta.
Gheorghe Hagi, October 25, 2014
Photo credit: (c) Mircea ROSCA / AGERPRES ARCHIVE
PM Ponta: US strategic partnership going very well on politics, defence, less so on economics
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta said on Wednesday there is need of an 'update' to the commercial side of the roadmap set in the Strategic Partnership with the United States, since things in that area do not go as well as in the political and defence sector.
Photo credit: (c) Liviu SOVA / AGERPRES PHOTO
Gorghiu: We are discussing censure motion with all, PSD included
National Liberal Party (PNL) co-chairperson Alina Gorghiu has stated, on Wednesday, that in order to form a majority and promote the censure motion discussions are had with "absolutely all" MPs, including those in the Social Democrat Party (PSD), adding that the Opposition has "not been knocking on closed doors".
Photo credit: (c) Radu TUTA / AGERPRES PHOTO
Berlinale Film Festival: The main line-up
Isabel Coixet's 'Nobody Wants the Night' has been announced as the opening film of the 65th annual Berlin International Film Festival, that is scheduled to take place from 5 to 15 February 2015.
American film director Darren Aronofsky has been announced as the President of the Jury and German film director Wim Wenders is scheduled to be presented with the Honorary Golden Bear.