The Chairman of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Mevlut Cavusoglu, currently on an official visit to Romania, on Tuesday will meet Chairman of the Romanian Senate Mircea Geoana and Speaker of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies Roberta Anastase.

The famous Orient Express on Monday stopped, for the first time in the latest 12 years, while traveling between Paris and Istanbul, Istanbul and Venice respectively, in the Royal Station of the Sinaia mountain resort (Prahova County, north of Bucharest), where the about 100 passengers enjoyed a red-carpet welcome.

The Romanian Government wants to amend the country’s labor legislation, introduce postal voting for Romanians living abroad, simplify privatization procedures and regulate aspects related to the checkup of public purchase contract award procedures, according to Mediafax newswire.

Banks demand higher yields from state – in Ziarul Financiar, Food industry multinationals closed down 25 plants – in Ziarul Financiar, Volume of loans granted by non-banking financial institutions, down by EUR 600 million in H1 – in Ziarul Financiar, Burger King and Nestle replace Everest in Piaţa Romană – in Ziarul Financiar, State could cash in EUR 100 million from sale of 15% in Transgaz – in Ziarul Financiar

RCS & RDS launches prepaid mobile Internet and voice – in Ziarul Financiar

Two people have died from the West Nile virus in Romania, out of a total of seven people carrying the virus, according to the Romanian Health Ministry. The two people who died were 75 and 79 and had other illnesses as well.

Romanian writer Florin Iaru's photography exhibition will be opened on Wednesday, September 1st, at the Anthony Frost English Bookshop in Bucharest. The fourth issue of the photography magazine Punctum will also be launched at the event. The exhibition will be opened all thorough September.

Todi Pruteanu is the new PR and Citizenship Manager of Microsoft Romania, the company has announced. Pruteanu will also continue to work as Platform Strategy Manager in Microsoft's marketing department.

Acid jazz band 'Butterflies in my stomach' will play at the Verona Garden (Carturesti bookshop) in Bucharest on September 10, while on September 16 it will perform at the Green Hours Garden, according to the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR).

The Romanian Journalists Federation MediaSind and the Romanian Democratic Trade Unions Confederation (CSDR) draw the attention of the European Parliament on the violation of the freedom of speech and information in Romania . The two institutions have sent the president of the European Parliament's Commission on Petitions, Erminia Mazzoni a letter denouncing changes which violate the freedom of speech in the country, according to Agerpres.

Romanian meteorologists Monday issued a code yellow rain and storm advisory for 30 counties in central, northern, eastern and western parts of the country, valid from Tuesday at 2 a.m. until Tuesday at 8 p.m.

Local band Luna Amara will play the opening for the Ozzy Osbourne concert in Bucharest, scheduled for October 2nd at Zone Arena. Coma, another Romanian band, will also play in the opening part before the concert.

The premises of the current Atheneum used to host a monastery built in 1764 by Mihai Cantacuzino, the son of Matei Cantacuzino Magureanu. The monastery was surrounded by an orchard named Vacareasca's Orchard, taking by the name of Mihai's wife, Elena Vacarescu, who had received it as dower.