Bucharest

Bucharest General Mayor Sorin Oprescu underscored that Danube should be a major economic and social development axis of the European continent.

Vice-President of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Corina Cretu is hailing the decision of the Bucharest Court of Appeal to overrule a court action initiated by Laszlo Tokes challenging the decision of the Honour Council of Romania's Star national order to strip Tokes of the order, saying that the decision is moral as well as perfectly legal.

BUCHAREST - Europe is aware that more attention should be paid to economic growth and job creation in South East Europe, Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Kori Udovicki said in Bucharest on Thursday.

The Supreme Council of Magistrates (CSM) on Wednesday took note of the request for retirement filed by Florica Duta, one of the Bucharest Court of Appeal judges in the case regarding the privatisation of the Food Research Institute (ICA), in which Dan Voiculescu is a defendant.

The National Integrity Agency (ANI) referred to the European Parliament a notification asking for Mircea Diaconu not to be validated as a MEP, because he was declared in a state of incompatibility under a final ruling of the High Court of Cassation and Justice.

A project for a high-speed train connecting Bulgaria's Varna to Romania's Bucharest is being prepared at the National Railway Infrastructure Company.

The first stage of the project envisages the reconstruction of the rail line Varna – Ruse, for which a tender procedure is to be called in the second half of the year, according to reports of Trud daily.

Alin Petrache, who has so far headed the Romanian Rugby Federation, was elected on Thursday to the position of president of the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (COSR), in the first round of elections held on the occasion of the General Assembly of the Olympic national body.

Designed to feature a wide range of art from heritage art to contemporary art, the public art pavilion will display the artworks of several Romanian and foreign artists including Brancusi, Klimt, Rembrandt, Picasso and Chagall.

In the galleries area, Romanian art valued at almost 1.5 million euro will be on display.

Around 200 women boxers representing 31 countries in Europe are expected to participate in the European Women's Boxing Championship in Bucharest, from May 31 to June 7.