Bucharest City

Voter turnout in today's presidential election as of 13:00hrs was 20.68pct nationwide, according to BEC Spokesman Mircea Preotescu. The turnout in the urban area was 21.66pct, while in the countryside it was 19.38pct, he added.

Voter turnout in today's presidential election as of 12:00hrs was 15.82pct nationwide, according to the website of the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC). Total voter turnout as of 12:00hrs was 2,882,075, of which 1,724,928 in the urban area and 1,157,147 in the rural area.

Until the end of the year, a number of 14 emergency dispatches in the country would be fully integrated so that they include, together with the Fire Service and Ambulance, representatives of other services, such as the Police and the Gendarmerie, the head of the Department for Emergency Situations, Raed Arafat, mentioned on Wednesday.

Dozens of people, including specialists and people allergic to ragweed pollen on Sunday staged a protest at Kiseleff Park, Bucharest City, to draw attention to the fact that the law on combating the effects of ragweed in not enforced yet.

What do the Bucharesters like to do in their free time? Do they go to the cinema or do they watch movies at home? Do they prefer the opera or the cinema? How much TV do they watch per day? Do the downtown city inhabitants have different interests to those in the suburbs?

Nearly 20,000 spectators attended on Monday evening English band The Cure's concert in Constitutiei Square, Bucharest City, their first ever performance in Romania, 40 years after their debut.

Bucharest, May 26 /Agerpres / - Voter turnout in the European elections nationwide in Romania was 6.5pct as of 10:00hrs, EEST, on Sunday, according to data posted on the website of the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC). As many as 685,607 voters voted in the urban areas and 503,467 in the rural areas. According to BEC, voter turnout in Bucharest City as of the same hour was 6.43pct.

More than 18 million voters are expected on Sunday to designate 33 representatives of Romania to the European Parliament and to vote in a national consultative referendum convened by President Klaus Iohannis on justice matters. The voters will receive three ballot papers - one for the European elections and two for the referendum.

A summit meeting of local and regional leaders of the European People's Party (EPP), including over 150 mayors and regional leaders from Europe, as well as about 3,000 Romanian local officeholders will be held in Bucharest on Saturday, according to the National Liberal Party (PNL).

A contemporary arts exhibition called "Republic of Moldova - Convergent Connections," bringing together works by 33 artists of different generations that are a constant fixture of arts exhibitions in Chisinau, opens today at 18:00hrs, EST, in the Mediaeval Halls of the Cotroceni National Museum in Bucharest City.