Raed Arafat

The number of victims affected by the explosion and fire, which engulfed a nightclub in the Romanian capital of Bucharest on Friday, has risen.

According to the latest reports, the fire claimed the lives of 27 people, another 184 were transported to hospital for treatment, while 146 remain admitted for further treatment, AGERPRES news agency informs.

At least 26 people have lost their lives after an fire and an explosion in a disco club in Bucharest, Romania.

Another 145 have been taken to hospital, Agerpres agency quotes the head of the Interior Ministry's emergency situations department, Raed Arafat, as saying.

Ministry of Internal Affairs (MAI) State Secretary Raed Arafat has stated, on Monday, that three persons are missing, and another was rescued from the Emergency Mobile Resuscitation and Extrication Service (SMURD) helicopter that crashed on Monday in Siutghiol Lake near the seaside resort of Mamaia.

He has designed and introduced to Romania an innovative emergency intervention system, which today is given as an example in other countries and is also used by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a case study.

The first passenger injured in a bus accident on Sunday in Bulgaria that involved Romanian nationals was flown to Bucharest on Sunday afternoon, to the Stephan the Great Stadium.

Ambassador of Palestine to Romania, Ahmad Aqel said on Thursday his country is trying to copy the success of the Romanian emergency care system.

During a speech he delivered at a farewell reception, Ahmad Aqel said he has had a good cooperation with the Romanian institutions, giving the example of the cooperation as regards the emergency system.

The army is prepared to intervene in the flood-affected areas, stated the Ministry of National Defence (MApN) on Tuesday. "At the request of the National Emergency Situation Commandment and local authorities, the Ministry of National Defence is prepared to intervene in flood-affected areas with 1,229 soldiers and 206 vehicles", a MApN release remitted to AGERPRES shows.

Princess Margareta and her husband Prince Radu attended the opening of the 5th Romania-Jordan Congress of Medicine and Pharmacy, under the high patronage of Princess Muna, mother of Abdullah II, King of Jordan; the Romanian royals paid a visit to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan between May 25 and 29.