Las Vegas Shooting Death Toll Rises To 59
At least 59 people were killed and 527 injured in Las Vegas Sunday night when a gunman opened fire on a music festival crowd from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, in what is now the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history.
The death toll from the incident could possibly go up, said Clark County Coroner John Fudenberg in a press conference Monday afternoon.
The shooter, perched on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel, sent more than 22,000 country music fans scrambling for their lives. One witness described the shooting as “non-stop gunfire.”
Terrified bystanders ducked and ran, while some sprang into action, frantically caring for the wounded. Concertgoers who had just been enjoying the final night of the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival, which was taking place across the street from Mandalay Bay, made makeshift stretchers out of police barricades.(cotidianul.ro)
Social Democrat Head Blasts Energy Regulator After Electricity Price Hikes
Social democrat head and Chamber of Deputies Speaker Liviu Dragnea said the successive increases in electricity and natural gas prices are not grounded and those responsible for this situation will be unveiled by the inquiry committee of energy regulator ANRE.
Dragnea said the inquiry committee will shed light on the problem. (puterea.ro)
CNAIR Signs RON118M Contract For Fifth Lot Of Comarnic-Brasov Highway
The national road infrastructure administration company (CNAIR) and the SC Alpenside SRL – SC Specialist Consulting SRL association on Monday signed a RON118 million contract for design and construction works on the fifth lot of the Comarnic-Brasov highway.
The contract also targets the Rasnov-Cristian sector and a connection road of 6.3-km length (highway) + 3.7 km (four-lane national road).
„It is a RON118 million contract signed in front of international financial institutions, the EIB, the EBRD and the World Bank. The builder has 24 months at disposal: six months for design works and 18 months for construction works, therefore, the lot will be completed under my term”, said Transport Minister Razvan Cuc. (puterea.ro)
Chiritoiu: Feldioara Uranium Processing Factory Could Be Taken Over By Nuclearelectrica
Romania’s Energy Ministry will send to the European Commission a new restructuring plan of the National Uranium Company, which sets the closing of existing mines and the takeover of uranium processing plant in Feldioara by state-run nuclear power producer Nuclearelectrica, said Competition Council head Bogdan Chiritoiu.
In June 2017, Romanian authorities sent a restructuring plan to Brussels which aims to render the company’s activity efficient throughout a five-year period and the costs with implementing the program reach nearly RON941 million, of which RON440.8 million is the restructuring aid. (romanialibera.ro)