Romania’s public road authority CNADNR will introduce the electronic road toll system on October 1 and drivers without proof of its payment will be charged compensation between EUR 28 and EUR1,210, depending on the type of vehicle, and will be fined. CNADNR will also introduce a road toll sticker valid for three months, according to a Transport Ministry press release on Thursday.

Four people died and 57 were injured Thursday morning in Tulcea town, southeastern Romania, after a bus transporting tens of passengers plunged off a dam linking Tulcea to its industrial site. The town's protection dam is used for traffic as the road to the industrial area is currently under repair.

Movies on screens in Bucharest cinemas during the period October 1-7

Romanian meteorologists have issued an advisory for rain and gusty wind, valid from Wednesday evening until Thursday morning for the country’s southern and south-eastern regions.

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc has changed his mind about using a police escort after initially announcing he had given up on a police traffic escort after some members of the Romanian Police had rallied in Bucharest last week. "It was a way to show my disapproval of those who breached the law and express my standpoint concerning those who were supposed to defend the law but violated it," said the prime minister.

Romania and the Netherlands could continue to collaborate on environmental issues, such as water management. The Romanian Environment and Forestry Minister Laszlo Borbely has recently met a Dutch delegation headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Economic Affairs Roderick van Schreven and discussed potential projects.

The biggest cryogeny center in the European Union, worth over EUR 11 million, will be built in Ramnicu Valcea, northwest of Bucharest, according to Ion Stefanescu, the director of the National Institute of Research and Development for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies (ICSI), quoted by Agerpres. The project will take two years to be completed.

At least 10,000 trade union members will take part in a rally and street protest, which will be organized in Bucharest on Tuesday, September 28 by the Trade Union National Bloc (BNS).

Romania’s Supreme Defense Council (CSAT) will meet on Thursday at the presidential palace to discuss a series of topics, including Romania's accession to the Schengen Area. This is an ordinary quarterly session, whose date was set in early September and announced to the Council members on September 13.

Writer Herta Muller, winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature, told a news conference, which was held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Bucharest on Monday, that she was no longer afraid of the Securitate.

Romania’s public road authority CNADNR will introduce the electronic road toll system on October 1 and drivers without proof of its payment will be charged compensation between EUR 28 and EUR1,210, depending on the type of vehicle, and will be fined. CNADNR will also introduce a road toll sticker valid for three months, according to a Transport Ministry press release on Thursday.

Four people died and 57 were injured Thursday morning in Tulcea town, southeastern Romania, after a bus transporting tens of passengers plunged off a dam linking Tulcea to its industrial site. The town's protection dam is used for traffic as the road to the industrial area is currently under repair.

Movies on screens in Bucharest cinemas during the period October 1-7

Romanian meteorologists have issued an advisory for rain and gusty wind, valid from Wednesday evening until Thursday morning for the country’s southern and south-eastern regions.

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc has changed his mind about using a police escort after initially announcing he had given up on a police traffic escort after some members of the Romanian Police had rallied in Bucharest last week. "It was a way to show my disapproval of those who breached the law and express my standpoint concerning those who were supposed to defend the law but violated it," said the prime minister.

Romania and the Netherlands could continue to collaborate on environmental issues, such as water management. The Romanian Environment and Forestry Minister Laszlo Borbely has recently met a Dutch delegation headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Economic Affairs Roderick van Schreven and discussed potential projects.

The biggest cryogeny center in the European Union, worth over EUR 11 million, will be built in Ramnicu Valcea, northwest of Bucharest, according to Ion Stefanescu, the director of the National Institute of Research and Development for Cryogenic and Isotopic Technologies (ICSI), quoted by Agerpres. The project will take two years to be completed.

At least 10,000 trade union members will take part in a rally and street protest, which will be organized in Bucharest on Tuesday, September 28 by the Trade Union National Bloc (BNS).

Romania’s Supreme Defense Council (CSAT) will meet on Thursday at the presidential palace to discuss a series of topics, including Romania's accession to the Schengen Area. This is an ordinary quarterly session, whose date was set in early September and announced to the Council members on September 13.

Writer Herta Muller, winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature, told a news conference, which was held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Bucharest on Monday, that she was no longer afraid of the Securitate.