08 October 2010

Romanian president Traian Basescu has decided to send the unified pension law back to Parliament for debates on grounds that the retirement age for women should be 63 not 65 as set in the act. The President explained that the Romanian social reality proves women have a second job at home.

07 October 2010

The toxic spill from the ecological accident in Hungary earlier this week has already started to affect the ecosystem of the main branch of the Danube river, with the first dead fish already found in the river, according to Tibor Dobson, the regional head of the Disaster Prevention service, quoted by AFP. “I can confirm we have seen sporadic fish loss on the main branch of the Danube,” said Dobson.

07 October 2010

The recent toxic spill in Hungary, which threatens to spread along the Danube river and endanger ecosystems, has triggered worries about Romania's own sledge beds, some of which have yet to be properly taken care of after the end of industrial activities in certain areas of the country. There are 17 such toxic residues deposits in Romania, according to local newspaper Ziarul Financiar, the biggest of these sludge bed being owned by Minvest Deva, with 290 hectares in total in Hunedoara, Harghita, Alba and Cluj.

07 October 2010

UPDATE: Romanian Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely said the toxic residues from Hungary have not reached the Danube yet and when they will, on Friday evening, they will not be dangerous. “It is not true. I have spoken with the head of Hungarian Waters last night, who said the authorities there have built a dam to stop the toxic residues from spreading. The residues have not reached the Danube and when they will, they will not be dangerous,” said Borbely for a Romanian TV station.

07 October 2010

More than 100 Romanian and foreign inventors present over 300 inventions at the Inventika show that takes place at Romexpo Exhibition Centre in Bucharest between October 6 and 9. The exhibition will feature Ioan Rusu's remote-controlled crib that swings with a magnetic field, the motorcycle smoke wrecker vehicle, the 100 kilometre range electric scooter, the versatile chair for those with back pains and Iustin Capra's green asphalt.

08 October 2010

Romanian president Traian Basescu has decided to send the unified pension law back to Parliament for debates on grounds that the retirement age for women should be 63 not 65 as set in the act. The President explained that the Romanian social reality proves women have a second job at home.

07 October 2010

The toxic spill from the ecological accident in Hungary earlier this week has already started to affect the ecosystem of the main branch of the Danube river, with the first dead fish already found in the river, according to Tibor Dobson, the regional head of the Disaster Prevention service, quoted by AFP. “I can confirm we have seen sporadic fish loss on the main branch of the Danube,” said Dobson.

07 October 2010

The recent toxic spill in Hungary, which threatens to spread along the Danube river and endanger ecosystems, has triggered worries about Romania's own sledge beds, some of which have yet to be properly taken care of after the end of industrial activities in certain areas of the country. There are 17 such toxic residues deposits in Romania, according to local newspaper Ziarul Financiar, the biggest of these sludge bed being owned by Minvest Deva, with 290 hectares in total in Hunedoara, Harghita, Alba and Cluj.

07 October 2010

UPDATE: Romanian Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely said the toxic residues from Hungary have not reached the Danube yet and when they will, on Friday evening, they will not be dangerous. “It is not true. I have spoken with the head of Hungarian Waters last night, who said the authorities there have built a dam to stop the toxic residues from spreading. The residues have not reached the Danube and when they will, they will not be dangerous,” said Borbely for a Romanian TV station.

07 October 2010

More than 100 Romanian and foreign inventors present over 300 inventions at the Inventika show that takes place at Romexpo Exhibition Centre in Bucharest between October 6 and 9. The exhibition will feature Ioan Rusu's remote-controlled crib that swings with a magnetic field, the motorcycle smoke wrecker vehicle, the 100 kilometre range electric scooter, the versatile chair for those with back pains and Iustin Capra's green asphalt.

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