Diana Dumitru

The Romanian authorities have taken additional measures to ease the traffic flow through the border crossing points during the winter holidays, when it is estimated that there will be a significant increase in the number of people in transit, in particular on the border with the Schengen area.

About 35 hectares of dry vegetation and forest litter burned down on Tuesday night in a forest fire at Vladeni, Brasov County, as firefighters took about eight hours to extinguish all the outbreaks, the Brasov Emergency Inspectorate reported on Wednesday morning.

After 2-3 years of taking to the streets, people understood that their vote does count, the massive turnout in the first part of the day showing that the part of our society wanting the modernisation of Romania is making itself heard and it becomes efficient through vote, the PLUS (Liberty, Unity, Solidarity Party) leader Dacian Ciolos said in Brasov on Sunday.

The main theme of this year's edition of the Brasov Historical Comics Festival, which begins today at the Olimpia Hall in the city is "Europe 100,"- the centennial of interwar Europe. The event, unique in Romania, is aims to offer graphic designers an opportunity to discover or rediscover recent history and to capitalise on it in the form of new of history-themed comic strips.

The 5th episode of the Wild Carpathia documentary made by Charlie Ottley with the help of the Brasov Municipality will be launched in Brasov on September 28, in the Sfatului Square (the Council Square), through a free of charge screening, Mayor George Scripcaru and the British journalist told a press conference.

PRO Romania will support the censure motion against the Dancila Cabinet, Senator Adrian Tutuianu, deputy chair of the political formation, stated on Thursday in central Brasov. "PRO Romania will support the censure motion against the Viorica Dancila Government. We are interested less in the text, more in reaching a constitutional solution regarding the functioning of the government.

The Romanian Film Evenings Festival (SFR) which take place for the first time in Timisoara, between 13 and 15 September, will bring a debate about the balance of culture in Romania, an exhibition-document about Queen Marie and Romanian movie premiers.

Sibiu, Iasi, Brasov, Baia Mare, Constanta, Targu Mures, Bistrita, Galati are among the cities where people took to the streets on Saturday evening to express their discontent with the Government, with the fact that last year's incidents at the protests have not been elucidated and with the measures taken in the judiciary.

Swiss Ambassador in Bucharest, Arthur Mattli, expressed his disappointment with the progress of the rehabilitation works at the Brasov High School of Informatics, which are being carried out as part of a project with Swiss funding, the Brasov municipality said in a Wednesday release.

Resolute Castle 19 multinational exercise ended on Wednesday, at the Cincu military base, in Brasov County, with a ceremony at the headquarters of the Getica National Joint Training Centre.