Traian Igas is the new Romanian Minister of Interior, after Vasile Blaga resigned earlier today. Iglas, whose naming has already been signed by president Traian Basescu, is the head of the Democratic Party group in the Romanian Senate.

Art production foundation and Japan Tobacco International Romania will organize a new edition of the JTI Meetings (Intalnirile JTI) cultural event in October, when a choreography show featuring Sylvie Guillem and Russell Maliphant will take place at the National Theater in Bucharest.

The Sports and Friends association and Hospice Casa Sperantei will organize a fundraising party on Thursday, September 30, at the Fourteen Bar in Bucharest, starting 20,30 hours. The Sport and Friends team, which will run for the Hospice Casa Sperantei cause at the Bucharest City Marathon on October 17, will raise funds from entry tickets and raffle tickets and donate them to the charity.

Thierry Frémaux, the general representative of the Cannes Movie Festival and movie directors Gaspar Noé, Xavier Beauvois and Kornél Mundruczó will come to Bucharest in October to present a movie selection showed on screen at the Cannes Film Festival festival.

Writer Herta Muller, winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature, told a news conference, which was held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Bucharest on Monday, that she was no longer afraid of the Securitate.

Around 150,000 local volunteers cleaned Romania last Saturday, within the Let's Do It Romania local program. The volunteers collected 200,000 bags of garbage from out of town areas in Romania. Sponsorships for the project, some EUR 30,000 in total, covered the cost of bags, gloves for the volunteers, as well as the free transport of the garbage.

Romania’s Supreme Defense Council (CSAT) will meet on Thursday at the presidential palace to discuss a series of topics, including Romania's accession to the Schengen Area. This is an ordinary quarterly session, whose date was set in early September and announced to the Council members on September 13.

The New York state Governor takes into account the opening of an investments office in Romania, similarly to the one the New York state had opened in Turkey. David A. Paterson, the New York state governor, told Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc, who was on a visit to the US, that he was considering opening a NY investments office in Romania.

Romania’s national women’s handball team won the GF World Cup on Sunday, after defeating Norway 24-23 (12-12). This is the second year in a row when the Romanian team wins the world cup after defeating Norway in the final. Third place, decided in a match Sunday, went to the French team, which beat host nation Denmark 28-26 (17-15). Romania's women's handball team won the GF World Cup in 2009 as well, having also faced Norway in the final.

CB Richard Ellis Romania intermediated office lease contracts of around EUR 26 million in the first half of the year, with the total leased area reaching 28,600 sqm.

Traian Igas is the new Romanian Minister of Interior, after Vasile Blaga resigned earlier today. Iglas, whose naming has already been signed by president Traian Basescu, is the head of the Democratic Party group in the Romanian Senate.

Art production foundation and Japan Tobacco International Romania will organize a new edition of the JTI Meetings (Intalnirile JTI) cultural event in October, when a choreography show featuring Sylvie Guillem and Russell Maliphant will take place at the National Theater in Bucharest.

The Sports and Friends association and Hospice Casa Sperantei will organize a fundraising party on Thursday, September 30, at the Fourteen Bar in Bucharest, starting 20,30 hours. The Sport and Friends team, which will run for the Hospice Casa Sperantei cause at the Bucharest City Marathon on October 17, will raise funds from entry tickets and raffle tickets and donate them to the charity.

Thierry Frémaux, the general representative of the Cannes Movie Festival and movie directors Gaspar Noé, Xavier Beauvois and Kornél Mundruczó will come to Bucharest in October to present a movie selection showed on screen at the Cannes Film Festival festival.

Writer Herta Muller, winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature, told a news conference, which was held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Bucharest on Monday, that she was no longer afraid of the Securitate.

Around 150,000 local volunteers cleaned Romania last Saturday, within the Let's Do It Romania local program. The volunteers collected 200,000 bags of garbage from out of town areas in Romania. Sponsorships for the project, some EUR 30,000 in total, covered the cost of bags, gloves for the volunteers, as well as the free transport of the garbage.

Romania’s Supreme Defense Council (CSAT) will meet on Thursday at the presidential palace to discuss a series of topics, including Romania's accession to the Schengen Area. This is an ordinary quarterly session, whose date was set in early September and announced to the Council members on September 13.

The New York state Governor takes into account the opening of an investments office in Romania, similarly to the one the New York state had opened in Turkey. David A. Paterson, the New York state governor, told Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc, who was on a visit to the US, that he was considering opening a NY investments office in Romania.

Romania’s national women’s handball team won the GF World Cup on Sunday, after defeating Norway 24-23 (12-12). This is the second year in a row when the Romanian team wins the world cup after defeating Norway in the final. Third place, decided in a match Sunday, went to the French team, which beat host nation Denmark 28-26 (17-15). Romania's women's handball team won the GF World Cup in 2009 as well, having also faced Norway in the final.

CB Richard Ellis Romania intermediated office lease contracts of around EUR 26 million in the first half of the year, with the total leased area reaching 28,600 sqm.