- 4d ago
Man threatens to blow up passenger train near Brașov, fined 4,000 lei
Police identified the caller before the train reached Brașov CF station and fined him 4,000 lei after finding no dangerous objects on him. The 62-year-old man from Bistrița is also being referred for a specialist medical evaluation.
- Nov 3
U Cluj beat FCSB 1-0 as Jovo Lukic scores in the 76th minute
Universitatea Cluj moved up to fourth in the Superliga after the Bosnian striker's goal ended a four-year wait for a home win over FCSB. Gloria Bistrița, which had beaten FCSB in the Romanian Cup, lost a Liga II match 0-3 on the green table the same week.
- Nov 1
Pensioners in four Romanian counties to get purple pension slips with QR codes from November
The National Pension House will start distributing new purple pension slips with the November payments, first to pensioners paid by bank account or card in four counties.
- Oct 28
13-year-old who wounded a teacher and two pupils in Bistrița leaves hospital, is expelled
A 13-year-old who wounded a teacher and two pupils with a knife at a Bistrița school on 19 October left a Cluj-Napoca psychiatric clinic on Tuesday, 27 October, and was taken for police questioning.
- Oct 23
Romania tightens school security with seven urgent measures after knife attacks in Bistrița and Pitești
Romania's government announced seven urgent measures on Friday, 23 October, including more guards at schools, a rapid reaction mechanism and a planned review of school security plans. The decision followed a series of violent incidents in schools in recent days.
- Oct 22
15-year-old pupil injures classmate in Pitești high school attack, suspect in police custody
A 15-year-old boy is suspected of wounding one classmate and assaulting another at a high school in Pitești on the morning of 22 October. Police say he is in custody while investigators establish how the incident unfolded.
- Oct 19
Pupil stabs teacher and classmate at Bistrița school, inspector cites radicalisation
Police were alerted at about 08:40 on Monday, 19 October 2026, after a seventh-grade pupil attacked a teacher and a classmate with a knife in Bistrița. According to the school inspector, the attacker had been looking for another pupil because of that pupil's religion.
- Jun 28
Drone catches Romanian drug fugitive relaxing in inflatable pool before special forces raid in Bistrița
A 35-year-old Romanian man wanted by German authorities for drug trafficking was arrested while relaxing in an inflatable pool on his apartment terrace in Bistrița, after a police drone spotted him.
