Geography of Romania

A photo says a thousand words. National News Agency AGERPRES presents 125 images that tell interesting stories in an eBook entitled 'AGERPRES 125. Evolution after the Revolution'.

The Directorate for the Investigation of Organised Crimes and Terrorism (DIICOT) prosecutors on Monday have completed 37 searches in several locations in Bucharest and the counties of Ilfov (ring around Romania's capital city) and Iasi (northeastern Romania) among which at the Ministry of European Funds (MFE), where they have taken several computers from.

As many as 186 hectares of pastures, 90 hectares of farmland and 30 hectares of forests were flooded in the southern Giurgiu county on Sunday, following the heavy rains.
According to Giurgiu Water Management Service, the submerged land is located in the rural towns of Vanatorii Mici, Bulbucata, Iepuresti and Bucsani.

"In the historic Land of Maramures, the hills are alive with ways long forgotten elsewhere in Europe," says the latest issue of US-based travel magazine National Geographic Traveler.

Prosecutors of the Organised Crime and Terrorism Investigation Directorate (DIICOT) are conducting today several searches of addresses in the counties of Constanta, Prahova, Buzau, Salaj, Giurgiu, Braila and Bucharest City in a case of tax evasion and money laundering. The searches also regard managers of the Petrolul Ploiesti football club.

Independent candidate for Romania's president Monica Macovei on Friday told a press conference in Cluj that there are more than two million Romanians who would like her in the presidential office, but hesitate in giving their vote to her, for they believe she doesn't stand a chance.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Friday stated in Oradea that Romania needs to invest more in education, especially in its universities, and also that public and religious education should be both treated of the same manner.

Patrizio Trequattrini is an Italian man who does not speak Romanian very well but who can feel the hidden meanings of the Romanian soul like few others.

Presidential candidate of the Liberal Christian Alliance (ACL), Klaus Iohannis said on Sunday in Oradea that people expect him to come up with a different kind of politics as future president, more earnestness, bring more prosperity and more opportunities.

President Traian Basescu said on Thursday that the Government must be prepared to take over the refinery in Ploiesti, unless Lukoil resumes production on Friday.