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Bucharest mayor inaugurates ‘controversial’ naked Trajan emperor and Dacian wolf bronze statue
The statue of a naked Emperor Trajan carrying the Dacian wolf, that has been subject of dispute beween the Bucharest City Hall and the National Museum of History, on whose stairs the statue was placed in fall last year, was recently officialy inaugurated. The sculpture had been under plastic wrap since November last year. Bucharest [...]
Pipera flyover in North Bucharest opens for traffic
The Pipera flyover in the North of the Romanian capital Bucharest was opened on Monday (April 30 ), in time for the higher expected traffic after the official holiday May 1 and just before the local elections, and one year and a half after construction work started. The flyover, which was initially supposed to be [...]
Romanian Police campaigns against drunk driving using choire of mourners near clubs
The Romanian Police chose to campaign against drinking and driving in an uncenventional way. A choire of mourners got the attention near clubs and pubs, as they started mourning those who exited the clubs and went to their cars to drive after partying and possibly drinking. The wailers, all women dressed in black, had created [...]
Constanta mayor wants to promote Romania to Arab tourists, focus on entertainment, clubbing
Radu Mazare, the mayor of Constanta city (in picture), wants to promote Romania in Arab countries and wants to present this new promotion project to the future Tourism Minister, who migh be a member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the same as Mazare. “I will talk to the future minister and will present a [...]
Pearl earrings given by Romanian King to his lover fetch EUR 2 million at auction
Given by Romania’s King Carol II to his mistress as a gift, a pair of pearl earrings that lay forgotten in an English house for 35 years have fetched GBP 1.6 million ( just below EUR 2 million ) at auction in UK. Dating from the early 20th century, the large pearl earrings were a [...]
Study: Romanians use smartphones to email, chat, listen and go out
The majority of Romanian smart phone owners download around 22 applications on their mobile phones, half the users keep them and a third use them on a daily basis, found a recent study by GfK Romania. They usually use email, chat, instant messenger (76 percent), radio and music (60 percent), social networks and blogs (57 [...]
Driver “parks” Dacia Duster at central Paris Metro entrance
A confused driver has ended up trapping his car, a Dacia Duster, on the steps of a Paris metro station, after mistaking it for the entrance to an underground car park. “There’s a sign saying “Haussmann Parking” right in front…I made a mistake” said the driver for AFP. The car 26-year-old driver managed to brake [...]
Government decides to allow cars registered abroad only 90 days a year on Romania’s roads
Cars registered in other countries will be allowed on Romania’s roads only 90 days a year from when the car was bought, the Romanian Government has decided. “These cars registered in other countries will have the right to run in Romania for only 90 days a year. Some will be tempted to renew their purchase [...]
Bucharest public transport company RATB introduces text message payments
Commuters in Bucharest will be able to buy one-day passes valid for the public transport RATB by texting a short number. This comes soon after the Metro company in Bucharest made a similar system available, allowing travelers to pay their way into the tube network by phone. To buy a one -day pass on buses, [...]
Daily Express: Romanian beggars, pickpockets sent to London in wake of Olympic Games
Europe hating English newspaper the Daily Express reports that the upcoming Olympic Games in London has already attracted crime gangs to the British capital. Picking on Romanian beggars, one of the paper’s favorite targets, along with single mothers, the EU and ‘foreigners’ in general, the newspaper claims that Romanian crime gangs have already allegedly sent [...]
Romanian Agriculture Minister: Much of the milk sold in Romania is based on powdered milk
A lot of the milk sold in shops in Romania is not natural, but rather produced using powdered milk, and “the authorities” are probably to blame, said Romania’s Agriculture Minister Stelian Fuia. “A lot of the milk we buy in shops is actually made of powdered milk, so it is not natural,” said Fuia. He [...]
Bucharest City Hall adds integrated transport hub on Basarab Flyover
On Sunday (April 22 ), an integrated transport hub has opened on the Basarab Flyover in Bucharest, connecting several means of transport in the area. The line 1 cable cars that will stop in both directions on the flyover. The new hub will also provide connections to metro lines, trolley buses, and buses that cross [...]
Over 2,000 taxi drivers to protest in Bucharest on Tuesday and Wednesday
Taxis will be hard to find in Bucharest this week, due to a scheduled taxi drivers’ protest. The Licensed Operators and Transport Confederation of Romania (COTAR) announced that Tuesday and Wednesday (April 24 and 25 ), over 2,000 taxi drivers and authorized transport companies will protest, requesting the approval of changes to the Taxi Law. [...]
Romania, Bulgaria to invite neighbor countries into Danube FAB single airspace
Romania and Bulgaria will invite the Republic of Moldova, Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia to join the Danube FAB (Functional Airspace Block) project, for the creation of a joint airspace, which is part of a larger EU project. Romania and Bulgaria already signed an agreement in December last year to create the joint airspace. This is [...]
Romanian archaeologists discover Iron Age tools, jewelry on future highway track
Archaeologists discovered 200 bronze and iron pieces in a ceramic bowl on the track of the future Orastie – Sibiu highway, Romania’s Transport Ministry announced. The jewelry, weapon and harness pieces date back from the Iron Age- 9th – 8yh centuries B.C, making one of the most important scientific discoveries in Romania. It is also [...]
UPDATE: Romanian hacker costs Kaspersky USD 2.5 mln
A Romanian hacker caused a USD 2.5 million damage to anti-virus producer Kaspersky after hacking its website and re-directing users that wanted to buy antivirus products to a fake website, according to the Romanian Police. However, Kaspersky Lab says no attacks on the usa.kaspersky.com domain have been recorded in recent years. “The case the Romanian [...]
After more than a 20 year wait, the new National Library to open for public next week
The new National Library in Bucharest will open its doors to the public on April 23 this year, said Elena Tirziman, general director at the National Library. The new National Library is located on Unirii Blvd., close to Unirii Square, in a building that was started during the communist period. The new library will provide [...]
Romania to decide on extra April 30 free day for May 1 long weekend
Romanian state employees could have April 30 free this year, to tag the May 1 public holiday onto a weekend. The Romanian Government will decide next week whether to grant the extra free day by law this year. The country’s Tourism Ministry supports this option, as the four free days – Saturday, Sunday, Monday and [...]
US Ambassador Gitenstein: Romanians can buy a piece of America
The US Ambassador to Romania Mark Gitenstein joked that Romanians can now buy a piece of America, after the shares of five American companies started trading on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) on Wednesday afternoon (April 18 ). “There was a controversy that Western companies want to buy Romania, but now, after the shares of [...]
Romanian among top ten finalists in Google Photography Prize 2012
Romanian Alexandra Claudia Manta, a young student at the Central European University in Budapest, won the category “Travel”and is now one of ten finalists of Google photography contest, where over 20,000 students from 146 countries submitted photos. The grand prize of the contest will be announced on April 24. The Google Photography Prize is the [...]
Bucharest should market itself as young, dynamic city, with art and shopping, consultants say
Romanian capital Bucharest will try to sell itself to tourists by using a new marketing spin, under the catchphrase ‘Europe is younger in Bucharest’. The city’s new marketing plan, created by Détente Consultants, suggests the need for a shopping street and extending night transport, catering to business and city-break tourists. It also underlines the need [...]
New tunnel link planned for Bucharest’s Gara de Nord, Obor and Gara de Sud stations
The official go ahead to link Bucharest’s principal railway station Gara de Nord to Obor Station and the Gara de Sud has been given, after collaboration between Ministries of Transport from Romania and Belgium was adopted earlier on Tuesday (April 17 ). The cooperation agreement was signed in 2011. According to the Romanian government, the [...]
Bucharest City Hall and History Museum dispute ‘controversial’ Emperor Trajan statue
The Bucharest City Hall and the National Museum of History are disputing the location for a statue of Roman emperor Trajan, which was set up on the stairs of the National Museum of History. The sculpture, showing a nakes emperor Trajan and the Dacian wolf, has been under plastic wrap since November last year but [...]
First small spotted eagle with GPS transmitter returns to Romanian nest after flying 26,000 km
After flying ten thousand kilometers, Narcis, a spotted eagle returned to his nest zone, in Romania’s Fagaras Mountains. He is the first one of his species that the specialists from the Romanian Ornithological Society equipped with a satellite transmitter in the project called “Conservation of the small spotted eagles in Romania”. The migration of this [...]
Holy war breaks out between Romanian Orthodox Church and media company Adevarul over Bible
The Romanian Patriarchy and the Adevarul media group have recently started a dispute on whether the Bible distributed with the Romanian newspaper Adevarul is in fact the Orthodox version. According to the Patriarchy, the Bible that Adevarul started selling this week is Neo-protestant, and not Orthodox, with differences in translation and interpretation not accepted by [...]
Romania strikes gold, silver and bronze at European Gymnastics Championship, wins title after four years 
‘Magic mentalist’ wins ‘Romania’s got talent’ competition after flat-lining during live show 
Three trams collide, derail in Bucharest accident, at least 86 injured 
‘The Avengers’ epic movie almost covers production costs with first week-end box office revenues 
Athletic Bilbao files official complaint over Bucharest airport delays after Europa League final 
Wajiha Haris, Scheherazade Foundation president: “No” is never an option 
Romania’s Education Minister accused of having plagiarized three international research papers 
German STEAG buys wind farm from Romanian Monsson, plans EUR 200 mln investments 
Romanian actor Serban Ionescu left bed bound after catching Lyme’s disease from tick bite 
S Immo to put EUR 66 mln into The Mark – Bucharest office building with intelligent facade
