Lupeni

About 100 miners from the Lupeni mine have blocked themselves underground in protest for not getting their salaries, while other few hundreds are protesting in the mine's courtyard, asking for their outstanding remuneration. Mintia Power…

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…

Citizens with voting rights from 49 localities in the country went to the polls on Sunday to elect their mayors. Among these were the municipalities of Craiova, Târgu Jiu, Roman, Moineşti and Lupeni. The candidate of the PNL Gorj at…

Hunedoara Energy Complex (CEH), which manages four coal mines in the Jiu Valley and two thermal power plants, Mintia and Paroseni, will receive this year a state aid of about RON 200 million, according to a draft law initiated by the…

The leaders of the Independent Free Trade Union and employees of the Deva Mintia thermal power plant, in total 25 people, have entered on hunger strike Monday, the protesters calling for the resignation of directors who mismanaged Hunedoara…

Vulcan miners have come out from the underground Wednesday morning, following negotiations with the Hunedoara Energy Complex (CEH) special administrator and Hunedoara County Prefect. Special administrator Dan Agrisan and Prefect Sorin…

Some 200 miners at the coal exploitation Lonea have self- blocked Monday morning underground, dissatisfied with the situation of the Hunedoara Energy Complex (CEH), requiring the presence of Energy Minister Victor Grigorescu in the Jiu…

Straja resort is located in Hunedoara County, 1,445 meters altitude in Valcan Mountains in the Jiu Valley, about 8 kilometers from Lupeni. The first attestation of Lupeni was made 350 years ago. Back then, the main occupation of the locals…

About 100 of those over 400 miners who were protesting in front of the Hunedoara Energy Complex (CEH) in Petrosani on Thursday morning broke into the company’s HQs asking for the management resignation. Protesters have pushed the…