Diana Dumitru

The Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Friday handed over on behalf of his country a 300,000 EUR cheque for the programmes unfolded by the Concordia Vocational School in southeastern city of Ploiesti, a release by the Concordia Humanitarian Organisation reads.

Minister of National Defence Gabriel Les said on Wednesday evening that President Klaus Iohannis' actions over the past few weeks exceeded his role as mediator.

Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Liviu Dragnea declared on Wednesday, in the context of the adoption of the Pension Law, that substantial increases are envisaged by 2022, in some cases by even 250 percent.

Health Minister Sorina Pintea said in Bistrita on Monday that the number of requests made by doctors to work abroad has almost halved according to data centralised by the month of August, while the number of requests to return to Romania has increased.

The European Union is at a turning point, with the European agenda being marked by multiple challenges, according to a message sent by Romania's President Klaus Iohannis to the General Assembly of the European Center for Workers' Questions (EZA).

The National History Museum of Romania will launch this week the "Virtual Museum of the Union", a digital project dedicated to the Centennial of the Greater Union, featuring images, documents and other original testimonies from public and private collections, related to the event occurred 100 years ago.

More than 100,000 people are expected to gather at Alba Iulia - the flagship city of the Greater Union where the union of Transylvania and Romania was proclaimed 100 years ago - for the December 1 celebrations, city mayor Mircea Hava announced this week, as he presented the official program of the events to take place on Romania National Day.

The AGERPRES documentary "The Greater Union - Romania, at 100" was presented in Targu Mures, on Friday, at the conference "100 years of military history," held as part of the cultural project "100 years in 10 days," financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Identity.

Bucharest, Oct 6 /Agerpres/ - Until 21:00, in the referendum to redefine the notion of family 5.72 percent of electors have voted, according to data centralized by the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC).

The total number of voters that turned out to the polls until 19:00 hrs is of 1,046,583, of which 636.435 persons were from urban environments and 410,148 from the rural environment.

Bucharest, Oct 6 /Agerpres/ - Citizens from more than 20 non-EU countries, who live in Brasov, are presenting on Saturday, in Piata Sfatului, their countries' traditions and customs, in marking the 6th edition of the Multiculturalism Day.