Iulia

Bulgaria is establishing an honorary consulate in Romania, based in Cluj-Napoca, with jurisdiction over several counties. These include Cluj, Satu Mare, Baia Mare, Salaj, Bistrița, Maramureş, Alba Iulia, and Târgu Mureș.

Stefania Berciu Martac, a lawyer and co-owner of the Romanian construction company SDC Imobiliare Group, will serve as the Honorary Consul.

The Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) will open its 20th edition on July 23 with simultaneous screenings in 20 localities of Romania, reads a release issued on Tuesday by the organizers. "On the anniversary of the 20th edition of TIFF, the emotions of the Opening Gala will be felt, this year, in 20 localities in the country, simultaneously.

Monsignor Kovács Gergely was consecrated and installed as the new Roman Catholic Archbishop of Alba Iulia in a ceremony celebrated on Saturday at the St. Michael Cathedral of Alba Iulia, with dozens of ecclesiastical officials - cardinals, bishops, representatives of the other Churches in Transylvania - attending.

Romania's decision to expel a Russian diplomat in Bucharest - taken in the context of the chemical attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in the UK - is probably "the manifestation of collective political madness," according to a message released by the Russian Embassy in Bucharest on Monday.

Romania's TV regulator, the CNA, has ordered TV Antena 1 to pay 50,000 lei (some 11,000 euro) in fines for using "obscene language" in a popular show broadcast on September 24.

The measure has stirred a debate, with the media community and many viewers saying the decision failed to address the main issue, which is the fact that the shows featured violence as well as bad language.