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The file in which former minister Constantin Nita has been sentenced to 4 years in jail for corruption will be retried, a 5-judge panel with the High Court of Cassation and Justice (Supreme Court – ICCJ) has ruled on Monday. Nita filed…

Swiss group Clariant, operating in the chemical industry, started last week, in Podari commune, Dolj County, the construction works of a large-scale cellulosic ethanol production plant from agricultural residues, the first such plant of the…

Two miners have been victims of a gallery collapse in Lupeni coal mine Wednesday morning, at about 8.00h. One of the men was brought dead from underground, State Secretary with Interior Ministry, Raed Arafat, has told Antena3 TV private…

Energy Minister, Anton Anton, has given the first reply to the accusations from Hungarian officials regarding the BRHA pipeline and the exploitation of the Black Sea gas. Present in Bucharest on Monday, European Commissioner for Energy…

Former Energy Minister, Constantin Nita, was sentenced on Thursday, by the High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ – Supreme Court) to 4 years in prison, in the file he is charged with bribe taking from businessman Tiberiu Urdareanu. The…

The Ministry of Energy has taken into account the drafting of the Winter Programme, including pessimistic scenarios with bad weather and consumption increases, so that the current fuel stocks are much higher than the estimated needs, Energy…

Liberals will file the announced simple motion against Finance minister Ionut Misa at the Senate on Tuesday, while next week they’ll file a second motion, this time against the Energy minister Toma Petcu. “The motion against the Finance…

Israel Electric Corporation, the largest energy company in Israel, is interested in the retechnologisation of some groups of CET Mintia, belonging to the Hunedoara Energy Complex, Energy Minister, Toma Petcu announced in a press conference…

Three miners were caught underground following a mining gallery collapse Thursday afternoon at Lupeni mine in Jiu Valley, with several rescue crews being called to the site. Two have been eventually saved after 12 hours, while a third one…

The BRHA (Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Austria) gas pipeline project will be completed by all four states involved, according to a memorandum of understanding signed in Bucharest on Thursday, Romanian Energy Minister Toma Petcu has told a…