Geography of Romania

The ambassador of the Swiss Confederation to Romania, Urs Herren, on Wednesday night said in the opening of the Academy Sighisoara that he is fascinated with this initiative that has reached its 25th celebration, on the very day when the Swiss modern state celebrates 170 years.

The President of the Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania (PPMT), Szilágyi Zsolt, stated in Baile Tusnad on Friday that the claim of autonomy is a sign of Szeklers' loyalty to Romania and expressed his conviction that autonomy would make our country even more stable and stronger.

The Economy Ministry taking over the majority package of Mangalia Shipyard represents an important success of the Romanian state, PM Viorica Dancila said on Tuesday.

A Romanian miner has died and one was wounded after they were trapped on Wednesday in a coal mine in Jiului Valley, in the Southern Carpathians, when a gallery collapsed at dawn.

The two workers spent hours trapped in the mine before the rescue teams reached them at 10am, union representatives told the media.

The Garana jazz festival, at its 22nd edition, has turned the tiny village at the foot of the southwestern Semenicului Mts. into a genuine pilgrimage that has become well-known for the fans of this kind of music, said maestro Florian Lungu.

Most of the Romanians choose to travel in weekend to national destinations, mainly to visit as many places as possible and due to the lack of time, and not only because of financial reasons, a tourism consultant Traian Badulescu told AGERPRES.

Ambassador of the UK to Romania Paul Brummell bid his farewell from Bucharest on Thursday by touring the Capital in a double-decker - the famous red London bus - in which the diplomat told stories about food, his favorite places, as well as about a ghost that seems to be living in the office of the Political Section of the UK Embassy.

President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday released a message calling for unity among the Romanians before participating in the bicycle march "Pedalam pentru Romania" (Pedalling for Romania) dedicated to the centennial of Romania's December 1, 1918 Greater Union.

Prior to leaving Palatului Square, Iohannis said that it would be good if unity is reached in the centennial year.

Prince Charles of Wales was delighted with the performance offered by drama students in Sibiu and decided to stay in the city with the actors and organisers of the International Drama Festival, of which he is a patron, not just 20 minutes, as he had initially planned, but almost two hours to acknowledge the work of the festival and the involvement of this event in changing the city, said actor

In the very heart of Bucharest, at the Nicolae Balcescu Blvd. No. 25, the Wilson building lays, an example of inter-war Bucharest's architecture example, important witness of the city's history.