Dozens Of Romanians Stuck On Lisbon Airport

The Foreign Affairs Ministry said the Romanian Embassy in Lisbon (Portugal) is monitoring the situation of Romanian citizens whose flight had been cancelled and are stuck on the Lisbon Airport.

The ministry also said a consular team of the Romanian Embassy in Lisbon went to the airport during the night for talks with representatives of the airline and with Romanian citizens.

According to the latest information, some Romanian citizens were about to embark on other alternative flights. (mediafax.ro)

CFR Assigned RON500M To Railway Infrastructure Repairs in 1H/2017

Romania’s state-owned railway company CFR SA assigned RON500 million in the first half of this year for infrastructure maintenance and repairs, the company said in a statement Wednesday.

It said RON196 million of the funds came from the state budget and RON295.5 million from the company’s budget.

CFR SA said 47 contracts for current repairs were signed in the first half of the year, 30 projects are under assessment, 12 projects are being tendered and ten others will be up for tender soon. (mediafax.ro)

Dragnea Hopes Olguta Vasilescu’s File ”Still Stands”

Social democrat head Liviu Dragnea said Wednesday, at the inauguration of a hospital in Craiova, that he is hoping the ”Façade” file of former Craiova mayor Olguta Vasilescu ”will still stand and will not be attacked by anything.

Dragnea congratulated the construction firm which completed the new hospital wing, but did not refrain from alluding to the case handled by the anticorruption prosecutors in which Vasilescu and the respective construction firm are involved. (mediafax.ro)

PM Tudose Speaks About Roman-Catholic High School in Targu-Mures

Prime Minister Mihai Tudose on Wednesday said Romanian authorities will explain to Hungarian authorities that there is a justice issue and a problem of communication regarding the Roman-Catholic High School in Targu-Mures.

Tudose also said he does not think Hungary will spoil its diplomatic ties with Romania ”like that”.

The Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry said Romanian authorities regret the use of Roman-Catholic High School in Targu-Mures in the Hungarian electoral campaign.

The ministry also said Romanian authorities are always looking for solutions that would ensure a proper intercultural dialogue within the Romanian society and that any educational institution in Romania must respect the Romanian law.

It added the use of the Roman-Catholic High School in the electoral campaign will do nothing to affect the education right of the Hungarian minority or Roman-Catholics in Romania. (mediafax.ro)

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