Fire broke out after a blast at the Giulesti maternity hospital in Bucharest on Monday afternoon. First details point to an explosion in the resuscitation area of the hospital.

Romanian diplomat Gabriel Grecu, who was working in Romania's embassy in Moscow, has been detained for being allegedly involved in the stealth of secret military information in Russia, according to Reuters, quoting Russia's Security Service.

Bike sharing has become an increasingly popular activity in Bucharest. I'Velo's bike sharing centers saw as many as 15,000 people using their bikes in the first week of August across Romania. Half of the users for I'Velo's free bikes were from Bucharest. Iasi and Cluj – Napoca followed with over 2,000 rentals each during the first week of August. Constanta came among last, with a bot over 1,000 rentals and, Targu Mures, with just below 800.

Two men in Tulcea county, southeastern Romania, have been diagnosed with viral meningitis and are suspected of contracting the West Nile virus, according to Mediafax newswire. The tow patients, of 18 and 43, most likely got the virus through mosquito bites when they went fishing.

The Romanian feature film “If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle” by Romanian director Florin Serban is Romania’s proposal for the 2011 Academy Awards in the best foreign language film section. (trailer below)

Car traffic has been closed down on Pipera street, between Calea Floreasca and Barbu Vacarescu St, as works have started on the Pipera – Barbu Vacarescu passage. The traffic shutdown, which started on August 12, will be enforced until October 10.

The Polish film which has won the Anonimul Film Festival trophy, 'Zero', by Pawel Borowski, will be screened at the Romanian Peasant's Museum between August 17 and 22 in Bucharest. The festival's retrospective will include all the films which were awarded during the festival.

Polish film 'Zero', directed by Pawel Borowski, has won the Anonimul Independent Film festival trophy, during a premiere evening which took place on August 14 in Sfantu Gheorghe, the Danube Delta. Zero is the story of 24 hours in the lives of a couple of characters who life stories intersect.

Romanian president Traian Basescu has commented several recent articles in the French and UK media which wrote about Republic of Moldova workers in EU states. He has criticized articles in 'Le Figaro' and in two UK tabloids about the illegal workers coming from the Republic of Moldova.

Romanian-made movie 'Morgen', by Marian Crisan, has received four trophies in the Locarno Film Festival. A Romania-France-Hungary co-production, the film got the special jury award, the award from the ecumenic jury, an award from the youth jury and the Don Quijote award from the International Cineclub Foundation.

Fire broke out after a blast at the Giulesti maternity hospital in Bucharest on Monday afternoon. First details point to an explosion in the resuscitation area of the hospital.

Romanian diplomat Gabriel Grecu, who was working in Romania's embassy in Moscow, has been detained for being allegedly involved in the stealth of secret military information in Russia, according to Reuters, quoting Russia's Security Service.

Bike sharing has become an increasingly popular activity in Bucharest. I'Velo's bike sharing centers saw as many as 15,000 people using their bikes in the first week of August across Romania. Half of the users for I'Velo's free bikes were from Bucharest. Iasi and Cluj – Napoca followed with over 2,000 rentals each during the first week of August. Constanta came among last, with a bot over 1,000 rentals and, Targu Mures, with just below 800.

Two men in Tulcea county, southeastern Romania, have been diagnosed with viral meningitis and are suspected of contracting the West Nile virus, according to Mediafax newswire. The tow patients, of 18 and 43, most likely got the virus through mosquito bites when they went fishing.

The Romanian feature film “If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle” by Romanian director Florin Serban is Romania’s proposal for the 2011 Academy Awards in the best foreign language film section. (trailer below)

Car traffic has been closed down on Pipera street, between Calea Floreasca and Barbu Vacarescu St, as works have started on the Pipera – Barbu Vacarescu passage. The traffic shutdown, which started on August 12, will be enforced until October 10.

The Polish film which has won the Anonimul Film Festival trophy, 'Zero', by Pawel Borowski, will be screened at the Romanian Peasant's Museum between August 17 and 22 in Bucharest. The festival's retrospective will include all the films which were awarded during the festival.

Polish film 'Zero', directed by Pawel Borowski, has won the Anonimul Independent Film festival trophy, during a premiere evening which took place on August 14 in Sfantu Gheorghe, the Danube Delta. Zero is the story of 24 hours in the lives of a couple of characters who life stories intersect.

Romanian president Traian Basescu has commented several recent articles in the French and UK media which wrote about Republic of Moldova workers in EU states. He has criticized articles in 'Le Figaro' and in two UK tabloids about the illegal workers coming from the Republic of Moldova.

Romanian-made movie 'Morgen', by Marian Crisan, has received four trophies in the Locarno Film Festival. A Romania-France-Hungary co-production, the film got the special jury award, the award from the ecumenic jury, an award from the youth jury and the Don Quijote award from the International Cineclub Foundation.