Ministry of Youth and Sports

Romanian Catalin Buciuman of Unirea Alba Iulia Sports Club, won a gold medal at the European Equipped Open, Junior and Sub-Junior Powerlifting Championships 2018, which took place May 5-12 in Pilsen, the Czech Republic.

Buciuman benched 195kg in the 74kg category, scoring the best result in the junior competition and thus climbed to number one, becoming a European champion.

The 2018 edition of the National Karting Dunlop Championships, first stage, kicks off this the weekend on the Amckart circuit near Bucharest, with approximately 50 pilots aged between 5 and 64 being expected to participate, reads a release of the Sports Automobile Romanian Federation remitted to AGERPRES.

Minister for Romanians Abroad Natalia Intotero this Tuesday presented a conference devoted to the diaspora some highlights of the programs dedicated to the Romanians who live outside country borders, occasioned by the Centennial year, which include - among others - putting out an Encyclopedia of Romanians everywhere, promoting Romanian literature in 100 diaspora libraries and the inauguration o

At a regular governmental meeting ministers will adopt an action plan for the period 2017-2018 to implement the National Poverty Reduction and Promotion of Social Inclusion 2020, reported BGNES.

A report on the Action Plan to implement the Strategy for the period 2015-2016 will also be made.

Fifth grade students will undergo tests to determine sports compatible with their talents and body type, and will receive training in the sports respectively, according to a new protocol signed between Turkey's Ministry of Education and Ministry of Youth and Sports. The agreement aims to expand the understanding of academic success while increasing the country's number of licensed sportspeople.

A multifunctional sports hall spanning an area of 1500 square meters is to open right next to the Sofia Central Railway Station.
The 48x30 sports hall is almost ready.

It has a separate entrance just a few meters away from the railway station.

The sports hall includes gyms, changing rooms, and coach facilities, according to reports of Darik radio.

The Bulgarian Olympic Committee (BOC) adopted at its regular general assembly on Tuesday its budget for 2015, which amounts to BGN 3.45 M.

A quick comparison shows that BOC increased its budget with BGN 400 000 compared to last year, daily Dnevnik reports.

The Student Sport Association and the Vasile Tomoiaga Association officially launched, on Tuesday, Romania's bid to organize the 2021 Summer Universiade, in an event held at the Faculty of Law in Bucharest also attended by President Klaus Iohannis.

Photo credit: (c) Alex TUDOR / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

Bucharest's Mayor Sorin Oprescu told AGERPRES on Thursday that seven ha of Herastrau Park must return under the municipality's ownership.

Photo credit: (c) SIMION MECHNO / AGERPRES FLOW

BELGRADE - Serbia's Minister of Youth and Sports Vanja Udovicic said that 2014 was definitely a year of sports for Serbia, a record year by the number of medals won in major international competitions.