Cluj-Napoca

The 4th edition of the "Faget Marathon," renamed "Trail Running & MTB Marathon" by organisers, the largest such event in Transylvania, will be held on the weekend in Cluj-Napoca.

Photo credit: (c) Cristian NISTOR / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

The third edition of the Open Book Night campaign will be carried out on Thursday, on the occasion of the World Book Day, at the same time in Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca, the book lovers being invited to form chains around symbol-buildings in the two cities.

Photo credit: (c) Alex TUDOR / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

Kelemen Hunor, the only candidate for chairman of the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR), was re-elected this Friday by secret ballot at the UDMR Congress in Cluj-Napoca, for a second term at the helm of the formation.

Photo credit: (c) Alex MICSIK / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

Prime Minister Victor Ponta declared a collaboration with the Hungarian Democrat Union of Romania (UDMR) was not a current issue; upon leaving the UDMR Congress in Cluj-Napoca on Friday, he said the ethnic Hungarian party was entitled to any decision on its involvement in governing.

The European Commission needs a guarantee of stability; therefore, it is important that Romania's Transportation Master Plan gets the support of all political forces and of the whole society, European Commissioner for Regional Policies Corina Cretu said on Wednesday in a press conference in Cluj-Napoca.

Photo credit: (c) Liviu SOVA / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

The Minister for European Funds Eugen Teodorovici estimates that Romania should reach by the end of 2015 an 80 percent rate of use of EU funds.

Photo credit: (c) Angelo BREZOIANU / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

Bosch Group will open this year in Blaj, where the company has three factories, a research-development centre for automotive technology, with the total number of Bosch employees in the town of Blaj to be over 1,500 by the year's end.

Werner Richter, Bosch Rexroth Romania General Manager
Photo credit: (c) Mircea ROSCA / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

Romanian National Defence Minister Mircea Dusa announced in Cluj-Napoca (northwest of the capital) on Monday that he wished NATO Force Integration Unit (NFIU) to be operational by June.

Photo credit: (c) Liviu Sova / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

Romania is participating with a national stand in the International Tourism Fair Ferien - Messe Wien, which is held January 15 to January 18 in Vienna, according to the Romanian Cultural Institute's website.

Romanian folk ensemble pose after performing at the 2013 International Tourism Fair Ferien ? Messe Wien
Photo credit: (c) Isabela PAULESCU / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

The Council of Union Representatives of the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) this Saturday approved by a broad majority (with just three votes against and seven abstentions) the proposal that the Union should pull out of government. The initial proposal for this move had been made on November 27, in Cluj, by UDMR's Standing Council.