Bucharest

The Bulgarian Foreign Affairs minister, Daniel Mitov said on Thursday in Bucharest that the interconnection of the gas network with Romania is of maximum importance for his country.

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Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) prosecutors on Wednesday conducted seven home searches, within an action aimed at dismantling a group made up of Romanian, Syrian, Iraqi and Bulgarian citizens, specialized in migrant trafficking and illegal state border passage, on the route Turkey - Bulgaria - Romania - Hungary - states of Western Europe.

National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA) prosecutors on Tuesday morning are conducting 14 company and home searches in Bucharest and Ploiesti municipalities.

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A retired colonel, who was being sought in the trial of the military intervention of Feb. 28, 1997, often described as a ?post-modern coup,? has been found dead in Bucharest.

Retired Colonel Eser ?ahan was found dead on a bank in the Drumul Taberei neighborhood of the Romanian capital, after he was reported to have left his house for a walk.

Bucharest's Mayor Sorin Oprescu told AGERPRES on Thursday that seven ha of Herastrau Park must return under the municipality's ownership.

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CFR Calatori, Romania's national passenger railway carrier, is selling train tickets with a 50-per cent discount for journeys that start in Bucharest and end in Prahova Valley or Constanta, on Valentine's Day and Dragobete (traditional Romanian love celebration - February 24), CFR Calatori reported on Wednesday.

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The Romanian capital's mayor Sorin Oprescu said on Monday that the County Council chairs and the mayors should not act politically.

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Over 200 machines intervene with antiskid material and snowploughs in Bucharest to remove the snow where necessary, according to a release of the Bucharest Municipality Hall (PMB) remitted to AGERPRES on Saturday.

The 210 machines intervene both on the main and on the secondary streets.

The Ministry of National Defence organized on Monday several military wreath laying ceremonies at the monuments dedicated to the martyr-heroes of the December 1989 Revolution.

The military and civilian personnel of the Ministry of Defence participate over December 20 - 22 in wreath and garland laying military ceremonies at the monuments dedicated to the martyr heroes who died 25 years ago for the victory of the 1989 Revolution.