Giurgiu

Video footage of Romanian policemen shouting at a group of rounded-up Roma men lying on the ground while an officer repeatedly beats one of them has shocked human rights activists in the country. The newspaper Libertatea published the amateur 40-second video on Thursday night.

Most of the youths in Romania, who are not in employment, education or training (NEETs), are pleased with their current situation, and only 5 in 100 people want to collaborate and to change this situation, shows a survey conducted by the Junior Achievement organization.

As many as 186 hectares of pastures, 90 hectares of farmland and 30 hectares of forests were flooded in the southern Giurgiu county on Sunday, following the heavy rains.
According to Giurgiu Water Management Service, the submerged land is located in the rural towns of Vanatorii Mici, Bulbucata, Iepuresti and Bucsani.

To Dutch Harry van der Bruk Romania has become his home, after settling in a village of the southern county of Giurgiu and opening a cattle farm, carrying on his family's tradition.