Geography of Romania

Dozens of Romanian, foreign music artists to offer ten days of music at Electric Castle

Dozens of music artists from Romania and abroad are inviting their fans to the ten-day Electric Castle Festival, which will take place in Cluj-Napoca and Bontida, August 6-15. "Three days, six stages, dozens of music artists for the first weekend of EC_Special, all at Banffy Castle.

Living statue of PM Citu unveiled in Victoriei Square during Greenpeace protest

A living statue dressed in golden clothes and depicting Prime Minister Florin Citu was unveiled in Bucharest on Wednesday in Victoriei Square as part of a protest action staged by Greenpeace Romania amidst Romania's governmental coalition discussing how to manage placing the Rosia Montana site on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.

Petromidia Refinery blast /Two wounded with burns flown to Bucharest by helicopter

One of the injured in Friday's explosion at Petromidia who sustained burns on 45% of the body has been flown by a SMURD Constanta rescue helicopter to the Floreasca Hospital in Bucharest, and the SMURD Bucharest helicopter left for Constanta to take over a second injured, with burns on 25% of the body, senior emergency management official Raed Arafat said on Friday.

PM Citu: Some political leaders put words into my mouth about Rosia Montana

Prime Minister Florin Citu said on Tuesday that some political leaders put words into his mouth about Rosia Montana, adding that the ruling coalition's decisions on this matter will be presented publicly. "I see that some political leaders have put words into my mouth about Rosia Montana. When I have an opinion on the Rosia Montana, I will utter it, of course.

Lorries leaving Romania via Giurgiu waiting 200 minutes at checkpoint

Lorries leaving Romania through the Giurgiu-Ruse border crossing point (PTF) are queuing up eight kilometres on the first lane of the national road DN 5 Bucharest-Giurgiu waiting two hundred minutes for checking, while traffic in the area is guided by traffic police on the national road and by local police crews at the entrance to Giurgiu towards the border point.

10-km queues of trucks at Giurgiu-Ruse Border Checkpoint

The trucks leaving Romania through the Giurgiu-Ruse Border Checkpoint form, on Thursday morning, queues of about ten kilometers on the first lane of Bucharest - Giurgiu National Road 5 and have to wait 140 minutes at border control. "In the last 24 hours, there was a very large number of trucks at Giurgiu-Ruse Border Checkpoint, which is why the waiting times for border control are high.

TIFF to open its anniversary edition this year with simultaneous screenings in 20 localities

The Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) will open its 20th edition on July 23 with simultaneous screenings in 20 localities of Romania, reads a release issued on Tuesday by the organizers. "On the anniversary of the 20th edition of TIFF, the emotions of the Opening Gala will be felt, this year, in 20 localities in the country, simultaneously.

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