February 10, 2026
A roundup of local and world news
Newsroom, 10.02.2026, 13:55
STRIKE The administrative reform, the policy of curbing public expenditures and their impact upon towns and villages around Romania has been the theme of a fresh round of debates staged today in Bucharest by the Association of Romanian Communes. The event has also been attended by Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, who has said that the absence of the right measures aimed at rendering the local public administration effective, will lead to a reduction in the number of communes. Bolojan has mentioned the very big budget deficit Romania is presently facing, which the government has pledged to reduce. According to him, salaries are being covered from local taxes but in Romania revenues from local taxes are covering only one quarter of the salaries. The debates have been held concurrently with a warning strike held in over 13 hundred city and town halls around the country, while the aforementioned institutions are being closed to the public. Employees are dissatisfied with the measures comprised in the administration reform package as well as the level of local taxes. The reform package aimed at the local and central administration is to be endorsed by the government in its session this week, the Prime Minister said.
WATER The Committee for Emergency Situations in Arges County, southern Romania has decided to declare a 30-day state of alert in the city of Curtea de Arges after bacteria have been in the local water supply network. Citizens have been advised through a Ro-Alert message to stop using tap water until the right measures are being implemented. In the meantime, the Inspectorate for Emergency Situations will continue to supply fresh water to various distribution points around the city. Water supplies through the public network will be completely cut off tonight for 24 hours to allow for water treatment procedures.
BIDS Two bids have been submitted in a tender for the planning and construction of the Fast Danube 2 project, aimed at streamlining the Romanian-Bulgarian sector on the Danube on a length of 470 kilometers, the Transport Minister in Bucharest, Ciprian Serban has announced in a Facebook post. With an estimated value of roughly 170 million Euros, the Fast Danube 2 project is expected to increase the navigation period from 280 to 340 days a year and the volume of goods transported on the river by 20% directly contributing to the consolidation of river transportation and regional economic development. The project includes among other things 110 km of dredged river, five kilometers of bank consolidation and an artificial island.
DRILL Until Friday, the training ground in Cincu, central Romania, is hosting the multinational exercise Dynamic Front 26. The aforementioned exercise is concurrently taking place in several NATO countries being considered a major test of the way in which NATO forces can operate in coordination on the Eastern Flank under a complex security scenario characterized by the need for rapid and integrated response. The exercise in Cincu involved the use of HIMARS launchers from Romania and Poland as well as self-propelled howitzers deployed to Romania as part of the multinational battle group.
WEATHER The sky is overcast in Romania’s western, south-western, southern and central regions and snowfalls are expected in most of the aforementioned regions. The northern parts will be seeing mixed precipitations as well as moderate wind. The highs of the day will be ranging between -3 and +7 degrees Celsius.
(bill)
