The Court of Appeal in Bucharest has recently ruled in favor of placing twelve suspects in a real-estate fraud case under one-month preventive arrest, while three others have been banned from leaving town throughout the investigations. The ruling may be appealed with the Supreme Court.

Bucharest University paleontologist Vremir Matyas, the fossil hunter who found the ‘stocky dragon', presented the skeleton of the dinosaur he had discovered in Sebes, Alba County (central Romania) saying during a news conference that there are hundreds of such dinosaur skeletons in the area.

Romanian President Traian Basescu has already signed the decrees dismissing the economy, finance, labor, agriculture, communications and transport ministers, as well as the decrees appointing the ministers who will take their place.

Movies this week-end in Romania: Step Up, Marmaduke, Macete

Following the Government reshuffle which was decided and announced earlier on Thursday, the nominations for the Economy, Finance, Labor, Agriculture, Communication and Transport Ministries are on Ion Ariton, Gheorghe Ialomiţianu, Ioan-Nelu Botiş, Valeriu Tabără, Valerian Vreme and Anca Boagiu respectively. Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc announced the new lineup late on Thursday evening.

Six ministers from the current Government line up will change. Finance Minister Sebastian Vladescu, Agriculture Minister Mihail Dumitru, Labor Minister Mihai Seitan, Communication Minister Gabriel Sandu, as well as Economy Minister Adriean Videanu.

The first snow of the season fell in the Fagaras mountains, at Balea Lac, where it snowed for 24 hours until Thursday morning. The layer of snow reached 10 centimeters at an altitude of over 2,000 meters.

The two Romanian opposition parties, the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the Social Democratic Party (PSD) will jointly submit a no-confidence motion against the Government, during the Parliament session this fall, according to PNL head Crin Antonescu.

A Turkish ship loaded with metal sank in the Black Sea off the Romanian coast, according to the Romanian naval authority. The 17 crew members on board were rescued.

Labor contracts are often not respected by employers in Romania and the penalties for such acts are minor and rarely enforced, but the rights of employees are, for the most part, respected, says a Freedom House report on workers’ rights around the world.

The Court of Appeal in Bucharest has recently ruled in favor of placing twelve suspects in a real-estate fraud case under one-month preventive arrest, while three others have been banned from leaving town throughout the investigations. The ruling may be appealed with the Supreme Court.

Bucharest University paleontologist Vremir Matyas, the fossil hunter who found the ‘stocky dragon', presented the skeleton of the dinosaur he had discovered in Sebes, Alba County (central Romania) saying during a news conference that there are hundreds of such dinosaur skeletons in the area.

Romanian President Traian Basescu has already signed the decrees dismissing the economy, finance, labor, agriculture, communications and transport ministers, as well as the decrees appointing the ministers who will take their place.

Movies this week-end in Romania: Step Up, Marmaduke, Macete

Following the Government reshuffle which was decided and announced earlier on Thursday, the nominations for the Economy, Finance, Labor, Agriculture, Communication and Transport Ministries are on Ion Ariton, Gheorghe Ialomiţianu, Ioan-Nelu Botiş, Valeriu Tabără, Valerian Vreme and Anca Boagiu respectively. Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc announced the new lineup late on Thursday evening.

Six ministers from the current Government line up will change. Finance Minister Sebastian Vladescu, Agriculture Minister Mihail Dumitru, Labor Minister Mihai Seitan, Communication Minister Gabriel Sandu, as well as Economy Minister Adriean Videanu.

The first snow of the season fell in the Fagaras mountains, at Balea Lac, where it snowed for 24 hours until Thursday morning. The layer of snow reached 10 centimeters at an altitude of over 2,000 meters.

The two Romanian opposition parties, the National Liberal Party (PNL) and the Social Democratic Party (PSD) will jointly submit a no-confidence motion against the Government, during the Parliament session this fall, according to PNL head Crin Antonescu.

A Turkish ship loaded with metal sank in the Black Sea off the Romanian coast, according to the Romanian naval authority. The 17 crew members on board were rescued.

Labor contracts are often not respected by employers in Romania and the penalties for such acts are minor and rarely enforced, but the rights of employees are, for the most part, respected, says a Freedom House report on workers’ rights around the world.