Geography of Romania

Representatives of the Romanian Navy are attending an unusual military ceremony at the Cozia Monastery on Thursday, the Heroes' Day.

Church of the Cozia Monastery
Photo credit: (c) Cristian NISTOR / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

Daniel Castle of Talisoara, built almost 400 years ago, hides a few unsolved mysteries, among which the one of the significance of the frescoes and of the secret chamber discovered during the restoration works.

Daniel Castle's Constantinople room with frescoes of 1680
Photo credit: (c) Racz Lilla and Racz Attila / PERSONAL ARCHIVE

The "Platinum Eagle" annual training module of the "Black Sea Rotational Force 15" (BSRF-15) multinational exercise is running until May 28 at the Babadag firing range in Tulcea County.

Photo credit: (c) Luisiana BIGEA / AGERPRES PHOTO

Border patrolmen with the Husi Sector of the Border Police have detected in their area of operations eight Afghani citizens who were attempting to illegally cross into Romania. The policemen, aided by the thermal vision vehicle in their use, observed eight persons who were crossing the Pruth river into Romania by means of an inflatable boat.

The ambassador of South Africa in Bucharest, Thenjiwe Mtintso, states in an interview granted to AGERPRES that South Africans could learn from Romanians how to preserve their cultural heritage, while Romanians could learn from South Africans how to encourage the participation of women in political life.

Photo credit: (c) Simion MECHNO / AGERPRES PHOTO

This year's edition of the EUROPAfest will kick off, as a first, with two opening concerts to take place in the same evening in Bucharest, where Finnish band Turn On will perform, and in Sibiu, where Japanese piano player Momoka Masuda will take to the stage.

Photo credit: (c) Alex TUDOR / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Monday evening told Digi TV private broadcaster that the government might initiate the necessary procedures this year so that construction works may finally kick off at the Sibiu-Pitesti, Targu Mures-Iasi and Comarnic-Brasov.

Photo credit: (c) Liviu SOVA / AGERPRES PHOTO

70 crews took to the start line of the first round of the National Offroading Championship, the Free Dacians Trophy, a competition hosted by the Slanic Moldova resort that was organized under the banner of the Romanian Sports Driving Federation and the National Offroading Commission of Romania.

Photo credit: (c) Sorin BLADA / AGERPRES ARCHIVE

Minister of National Defence Mircea Dusa, attending on Saturday the military ceremony organised in Targu Mures to honor May 9, said that the Ministry insisted that the amplest celebrations in the country be organized in Targu Mures, just a few kilometers from Oarba de Mures, the site of fierce battles during WW II, which claimed the lives of more than 11,000 Romanian troops.

After the revolution in 1989, most Transylvanian Saxons left for Germany - and some of those who stayed are plagued by a feeling that they made the wrong decision.