SOCIETY & PEOPLE

Romanian Defence Minister Gabriel Les has said today that Romania might sign the contract to buy five F-16 aircraft from the Portuguese state this year, doubting that the country might purchase F-35 aircraft from the U.S., arguing “they are little ...

The High Court of Cassation and Justice has rejected the  National Anti-corruption Directorate’s motion to give shorter terms in the trial of Liviu Dragnea. So, the next court hearing remains set for May 20, as the court had initially established. ...

Cărtureşti Romanian bookstore chain will open its first store on the ground floor of the America House office building in Bucharest at the end of May, marking two premieres for the local market: launching a new Cărtureşti concept on a ...

Authority in Gorj county are on alert as at least seven people who were working on a bridge in Stoina village have been injured on Thursday, after the bridge collapsed. A code red intervention plan has been activated. The circumstances ...

Works on the Bulgaria-Romania-Hungary-Austria (BRHA) pipeline that will supply the four countries with the Black Sea gas risk being blocked in Gorj county, Romania, where several archaeological sites have been uncovered. Transgaz, the operator of the national natural gas transmission ...

Prosecutor General Augustin Lazar, whose term at the helm of the General Prosecutor’s Office is expiring next week, on April 27, has announced he filed s request for retirement to the Superior Council of Magistracy. Lazar also submitted his candidature ...

A driver caught up in a huge traffic jam after a fatal motorway crash was devastated to discover the victim was his girlfriend. Cristian Miculaiciuc was among thousands of drivers stuck in queues after the early-morning smash on the M5 ...

The National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) has requested the High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ – Supreme Court) celerity in the trials of Liviu Dragnea and Darius Vâlcov, shorter terms for the two files. On Wednesday, the prosecutors have filed ...

A skeleton of an infant Tyrannosaurus-Rex was put on auction on eBay, last month. The skeleton, said to be the only existing fossil of the Tyrannosaurus, was put on sale for the “buy it now” price of USD 2.95 M. ...

Romanian journalist Emilia Șercan has posted on Facebook today that she had received death threats. She is known for her journalists investigations in the past years about the plagiarism cases among high ranking dignitaries and also at helm of some ...