Constanta

President Klaus Iohannis signed on Wednesday the decree appointing Sevil Shhaideh to the position of Minister of Regional Development and Public Administration, with the incoming official due to take the oath of investiture at 17:00 hrs at the Cotroceni Palace, official sources told AGERPRES.

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Romania's Supreme Court on Thursday jailed super-rich businessman Ioan Niculae for two years and six months for illegaly financing one of the main candidates in the 2009 presidential campaign.

The justices with the High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) have decided on Thursday the 30-day arrest pending trial of Constanta mayor, social-democrat Radu Mazare, under investigation by the National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA) for bribery, interest conflicts and abuse in office.

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CFR Calatori, Romania's national passenger railway carrier, is selling train tickets with a 50-per cent discount for journeys that start in Bucharest and end in Prahova Valley or Constanta, on Valentine's Day and Dragobete (traditional Romanian love celebration - February 24), CFR Calatori reported on Wednesday.

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Nicknamed the 'King of Romanian soccer' and the 'Maradona of the Carpathians', retired football ace Gheorghe Hagi was born on February 5, 1965, in the commune of Sacele, located 35 km from the eastern city of Constanta.

Gheorghe Hagi, October 25, 2014
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Deputy Chief of Defense Neyko Nenov passed away on Wednessday, the Defense Ministry has said.

Maj Gen Nenov was suffering from a brain tumor which was the cause of this death despite undergoing surgery last year.

All four people on board of an emergency rescue helicopter, which crashed into a lake near the southeastern city of Constanta, have died, the Romanian Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday.

Prosecutors of the Organised Crime and Terrorism Investigation Directorate (DIICOT) are conducting today several searches of addresses in the counties of Constanta, Prahova, Buzau, Salaj, Giurgiu, Braila and Bucharest City in a case of tax evasion and money laundering. The searches also regard managers of the Petrolul Ploiesti football club.

Canadian HMCS Toronto and Spanish ESPS Almirante Juan de Borbón are to arrive at the Black Sea city of Varna on Friday, the Bulgarian Navy has reported.

The unofficial routine visit two vessels from the 2nd Standing NATO Maritime Group are to have an unofficial routine visit at the port until September 22.

Ambassador of Turkey to Romania Omur Solendil and Turkey's Consul-general Ali Bozçaliskan will attend on Sunday evening the Ramazan Bayrami religious service at the Abdul Medgid Mosque in the eastern city of Medgidia, celebrated by Dr. Mufti Muurat Yusuf, the head of the Muslim Cult in Romania.