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Nearly 900,000 Romanian tourists visited Bulgaria between January and July 2024, according to Deputy Minister of Tourism Irena Georgieva. Speaking to a group of Romanian journalists in Plovdiv, she noted that over 500,000 of these visits took place during the period from May to July.

More than 300 people evacuated the Romanian Parliament building, also known as the “Ceausescu Palace,” on Tuesday afternoon after a man set fire to a room near the building’s entrance, according to local television station Digi24.

The incident took place in the visitors’ area, which includes an exhibition hall and souvenir shops.

The fateful trip to Bucharest in September 1999 - Who was on board the Falcon - The turbulence and the 'games of fate'

A new train service connecting Ruse in Bulgaria to Bucharest's Henri Coanda International Airport is set to debut in March 2024, as per reports from https://bgtourism.bg.

"The staff deficit [because of the employment freeze] poses a huge problem. We cannot cover the extra hours," one of the protesters told the G4Media.ro news website.

Romanian healthcare workers are protest in front of the government bundling in Bucharest. Photo: Health Solidarity Federation Romania/Facebook 

Europol has supported the Romanian Border Police (Poliția Română de Frontera) in dismantling an organized crime group involved in migrant smuggling. The Bulgarian General Directorate Combating Organised Crime (Главна Дирекция Организирана Престъпност) and the German Federal Police in Waidhaus (Bundespolizeiinspektion Waidhaus) were also involved in the operation.

Child Porn Scandals Rock Romania, Croatia

In April, Romania saw a surge in cases involving child pornography, with victims as young as seven years old. Croatia recorded similar cases.

Women with their eyes covered with violet scarfs participate in a flash mob in front of Romania's Internal Affairs Minister in Bucharest, Romania, 01 March 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE/BOGDAN CRISTEL

Supporters of Romania's nationalistic Alliance for the Union of Romanians, AUR, protested in Brussels against a draft law on the efficient urbanisation of Romanian cities, claiming it will limit people's freedom of movement.

BUCHAREST - Serbia and Romania have excellent bilateral relations, as well as great opportunities for strengthening business ties and economic cooperation, especially in the energy, logistics, trade and tourism sectors, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia (PKS) representative Mihailo Vesovic and Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania President Mihai Daraban noted at a meeting in Buc

While many of the early community networks like Tănase's were absorbed into larger, private internet providers, they still play a significant role in the country, connecting smaller villages and increasingly, even in cities.