Satu Mare County

Most new cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection, compared with the previous report, have been registered in Bucharest - 1,044 and in the counties of Timis - 389, Cluj - 321, Constanta - 313, Ilfov - 307, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informed on Wednesday. The least COVID-19 new cases were registered in the counties of Covasna - 21, Harghita - 36, Tulcea - 42..

Border police officers in Negreti Oas, Satu Mare County, were forced to use weapons to stop several people involved in cigarette smuggling of Ukrainian origin, the spokesperson of the Territorial Inspectorate of the Sighetu Marmatiei Territorial Inspectorate of the Border Police (ITPF), Iulia Stan, said on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Florin Citu says he had a "very constructive meeting" in Brussels on Monday evening on Romania's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) negotiations with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, and that the negotiations will continue on May 12 with other officials of the Commission.

Eight crossing points are currently operational at Romania's western border for customs checking both coming in and out of Romania for individuals and haulers, according to Romania's General Inspectorate of Border Police (IGPF).

Another 5 people infected with the novel coronavirus have died, taking Romania's death toll to 156, the Strategic Communication Group (CGS), the official coronavirus communication task force, announced on Monday. The latest victims are three men and two women, aged between 66 and 72. * Death No. 152 - 66-year-old man from Constanta County.

The African Swine Fever (ASF) is present in 346 localities of 26 counties (out of a total of 41 counties, ed. n.), with a number of 1,223 outbreaks (of which 13 in commercial farms and 6 in type-A farms), an increase over September 12 when 1,185 outbreaks were reported.

Chairman of the minor ruling Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) Calin Popescu-Tariceanu is going to meet on Monday with the major ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD)'s leader, Prime Minister Viorica Dancila, to establish whether the current ruling coalition will stay put or not, political sources say. ALDE has asked the PSD a government reshuffle and a new ruling programme.

Bucharest, Aug 4 /Agerpres/ - Border policemen with the General Inspectorate for Border Police (IGPF) have apprehended 28 citizens from Afghanistan, together with two Romanian guides, while they were attempting to illegally cross the border into Hungary.

With hundreds of years of tumultuous history behind it, the Satmar-based Karolyi Castle of Carei is mostly famous for its legends that seem more likely to come from storybooks than from the lives of real people who used to live on this earth.

Geomagnetic scans uncovered a tribal centre of the 1st millennium BC in the commune of Cauas, Satu Mare County. Local archaeologists continue their searches alongside their fellows of the Cologne University of Germany.

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