The Danube Strategy will be one of the topics to be discussed during the joint meeting of the Governments in Bucharest and Budapest, which might be held I the first part of this year, as long as Hungary holds the presidency of the EU Council. read more...

Romania will allocate 2.1 million euros to the Danube Floodrisk project providing an updated database aimed at supporting the flood prevention to the floodable areas along the Danube’s banks, data collector the Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development (INCDD) informs in a press release. read more...

The most economical new cars will be subject to a pollution tax of 50 euros as of January 1st, with its value growing to nearly 1,900 euros for over 4.0-litre engine cars, such as is the case of the Audi A8 and Mercedes-Benz S-Klasse saloon cars. read more...

The Romanian Government on Thursday decided to hike the car pollution tax by an average 45-50% starting 2011, and the tax will be set considering the age of the car, its engine size and the amount of pollution it produces, said Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely. read more...

Romanian hydrologists on Wednesday issued a flood warning for the Danube, with a code orange for Calafat-Bechet segment, in the southern Dolj County, and code yellow for the rest of the river's Romanian sector. read more...