The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) is carrying out house searches today in Sibiu County, as part of an investigation into Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, suspected of fraud involving Erasmus funds. It is alleged that employees of the university, who were responsible for coordinating the External Relations Services, drew up fictitious contracts with various citizens from East Asia to receive funding for two Erasmus+ Partner Countries projects. It is also understood that students, doctoral students and teaching staff from Asia continued to appear on the payroll of two Erasmus Mundus mobility projects, even though their contracts were coming to an end. It is believed that their signatures were forged to transfer the money to other people. In total, the estimated damage amounts to around €1 million. The current management of Lucian Blaga University is cooperating, and it is also they who filed the initial complaint of this investigation. The house searches are being carried out by dozens of police officers from Sibiu County Police Inspectorate (Inspectoratul de Poli?ie al Jude?ului Sibiu). The EPPO is the independent public prosecution office of the European Union. It?is responsible for investigating, prosecuting and bringing to judgment crimes against the financial interests of the EU. (Source:https://www.eppo.europa.eu/)
Romanian athlete Andrei Rareș Toader secured the gold medal in the men's shot put event at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn on Sunday, March 9. Toader achieved a personal best and set a new national record with a throw of 21.27 meters, surpassing his previous record of 21.21 meters set in Ostrava just […]
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The Apprentice, director Ali Abbasi's movie in which Romanian-born actor Sebastian Stan plays a young version of Donald Trump, premiered on Max on March 7. This role earned Stan his first-ever Oscar nomination this year. The film delves into the early years of Donald Trump’s career in the 1970s, focusing on his ambition to step out […]
Two people have lost their lives in the wildfires sweeping through multiple counties in Romania, the authorities announced. A 67-year-old woman in Maramureș county lost her life on March 7, while a 78-year-old man from Vâlcea county was found dead on March 9. In addition to the fatalities, two people have been injured, including a […]
The Sibiu-based company Con-A won, as the leader of an association, the tender for the construction of the RON 1.8 billion (EUR 360 million, VAT excluded) Craiova regional emergency hospital, Turnul Sfatului and Economedia.ro...
