Georgiana Tanasescu

Fog triggers massive 40-car pileup on eastbound Bucharest - Constanta motorway

Eastbound traffic is halted Friday morning on the Bucharest - Constanta A2 motorway near the city of Medgidia due to a multi-vehicle collision that triggered a pileup of 40 cars; 17 people, five children included, were injured and one victim was trapped, the Infotrafic Center of the General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police informs. The red intervention plan has been activated.

PM Citu on FinMin Nazare's removal: Normal to start with analysing the ministry which minister I picked

Prime Minister Florin Citu said on Thursday in Craiova that he started assessing the performance of the members of his cabinet with the portfolio where he proposed the minister, which is the Ministry of Finance, because "if you do not have the courage to do your own analysis then you don't start anymore." "First of all, I did what I promised.

Partial local elections in 36 localities; polling stations - opened

Bucharest, June 27 /Agerpres/ - Polling stations organized in 36 localities in 23 counties for the partial local elections opened on Sunday, with voters expected to go to the polls to elect their mayors and, in a single commune, the Local Council. Partial local elections are being held in 6 cities and 30 communes, with 176 polling stations open. The election will end at 21.00.

Over 240 dancers from 20 countries compete to join Iasi Opera House team

The Iasi National Opera House organised lately several staffing contests, and the Ballet Department has drawn the toughest competition as over 240 dancers from 20 countries applied to join. "The toughest competition is at the Ballet Department that will hold an assessment and selection audition for in-house collaborating dancers for the 2021-2022 season.

Authorities investigate Arad businessman's death in car blast as first-degree manslaughter

The top court Prosecutor's Office is probing the violent death of 66-year old Arad businessman Ioan Crisan in a car explosion as first-degree manslaughter. "The case prosecutor ordered several forensic assessments by multiple specialties, as required by the complex nature of the aspects that are being investigated.

MAE's Dan Neculaescu in Chernivtsi; Romania - humanitarian support for Ukraine in pandemic context

Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) Dan Neculaescu will be on a working visit to Chernivtsi on Friday to make a humanitarian donation to Ukraine, in order to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, a press release sent to AGERPRES informs.

Ursi village wooden church - among European Heritage Award winners

The wooden church in Ursi village, Popesti commune - Valcea County, was designated among the winners of the European Heritage Awards, in the Conservation category. "The European Commission and Europa Nostra have just announced the 2021 winners of the European Heritage Awards/Europa Nostra Awards, the EU prize for cultural heritage funded by the Creative Europe programme.

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