Journalist Andrei Gheorghe Dies At Age 56

Well-known journalist Andrei Gheorghe, 56, was found dead Monday evening, in the bathroom of his home in Voluntari, a suburb just north of Bucharest.  

Police spokesman Ciprian Romanescu said late Monday that Andrei Gheorghe had died in suspicious circumstances 12 hours earlier.

Gheorghe made his career as a radio and television journalist after late dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was overthrown in the 1989 anti-communist revolution. He is best known for his acerbic comments about current events and politicians. (romanialibera.ro)   Apa Calipso Delivered Over 210 Million Liters Of Water In 2017  

Apa Calipso, established in 1991 by a family of entrepreneurs, posted a turnover of nearly RON65 million in 2017, up 30% on the year, and delivered 210 million liters of water. Its business evolution was backed by RON10 million investments over the last two years.

“In 2017 alone, we invested nearly RON5 million in modernizing and optimizing the production capacity and we extended our network of collaborators. We focused on reducing the carbon footprint and we invested in new packaging technologies which reduce the plastic consumption by 60 tons annually. We grow organically and naturally”, said Apa Calipso general manager Daciana Siderache.

The company plans to invest in optimizing and extending its production and storage capacity, as well as in reducing the amount of plastic placed on the market. (romanialibera.ro)

Azerbaijan Discussing Possible Membership With OPEC   The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Azerbaijan are discussing deepening cooperation, including possible Azeri membership of OPEC, two sources familiar with the talks said on Monday.  

Azerbaijan, along with some other non-OPEC nations led by Russia, and OPEC are cutting oil production jointly by 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) in an effort to stabilize oil markets and boost the price of crude.

The arrangement is due to run until the end of this year.

OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo visited Baku from March 17-19, holding talks with Azeri President Ilham Aliyev on Sunday and with Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov on Monday. (jurnalul.ro)

Romania Opposition Parties To Table Simple Motion Against Culture Minister   Romanian opposition parties USR, PNL and PMP will table a simple motion against culture minister George Ivascu, arguing that projects for celebrating the Great Union Centennial are experiencing severe delays.  

USR lawmaker Iulian Bulai said that not a single project out of the 2,000 marking the Great Union Centennial has yet been approved or started and argued that Ivascu is refusing to carry a dialogue and is “sabotaging works of maximum importance”, such as the Great Union monument in Alba Iulia.

USR added that since Ivascu started his term as culture minister he showed a “total lack of communication with Parliament by refusing four invitations to the Committee for Culture”. The party also mentioned the fact that Ivascu set up the Senate of Culture, a consultative body for cultural public policies that includes various members of the Romanian Academy, and said that the Culture Ministry passed its attributions to the Romanian Academy through this body. (puterea.ro)

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