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One dead lorry driver and one dead traveler in a single day in Albiţa
Romanian border police officers in Albiţa, Vaslui, could not believe their eyes when they realized that two Greek men tried to get their dead grandfather across the border under the guise of being “deep asleep”. It may sound like something out of an Emir Kusturica movie, but it happened for real on February the 12th 2011.
Friends and families in the aftermath of the explosion (Photo: Adevărul)
Four electricians and their foreman were killed in the blast that occured underground on Saturday evening in Uricani, a mining town in Romania. Rescuers nearly shared their fate, as a second explosion happened behind the emergency teams were leaving the mine after the search operation.
Coroners taking away the body of the misteriously dead Italian man
A 54 years old Italian national was found dead in his apartment in Paşcani, în North-Eastern Romania, on Wednesday. The man’s body shows bruises around the neck, but investigators refrain from naming a cause of death before a full forensic report is filed. The Italian man had been living in Romania for about two years and was a known to throw frequent parties, with several women.
Hundreds of birds died in Romania, for the second time in a month
Hundreds of dead or agonizing crows have brought terror to a town in the Eastern part of Romania. Since Saturday, the locals of Roman, a town of 80.000 people, have noticed that hundreds of crows fell to the ground dead or in agony in one of the local parks. On Monday, dozens of birds were struggling with death, unable to fly. Local experts suspect that the crows may have been poisoned, but no verdict can be given before a forensic study is conducted.
Some three dozens starlings have also been found dead in Constanţa, by the Black Sea, in Romania, on January the 8th. Veterinarians concluded that the starlings died of cold and alcohol intoxication.
A 30 years old woman from Romania has made an unexpected recovery, after having been in a deep coma for 14 days and declared “clinically dead”. Loredana Jalbă, from Galaţi, Romania, was the victim of a freak accident, after a piece of rubble falling off an old building hit her in the head just before Christmas 2010.
The veterinarian pathologists who examined the dead bodies of the 32 starlings found dead on Saturday morning in Constanţa, Romania, have announced their verdict: the birds died because of the frost. “All the birds were dehydrated after the freezing weekdays that preceded. We found nothing in their stomach or in their goiters. The sterlings showed no symptoms”, stated Romeo Lazăr, the director of the Constanţa Sanitary-Veterinarian Direction. Further tests were to be conducted on Monday. A toxicology and a virus examination should eliminate any doubts about the birds’ deaths. Doctors do no think that the death of the starlings is in any way connected with the case of swine food and mouth disease recently discovered in neighbouring Bulgaria.
Around three dozens of dead starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) were discovered dead in Constanţa, a Romanian city by the Black Sea, within 15 miles from a US military base. On Saturday morning, local people living in the lighthouse area found the birds dead in the snow and in the branches of some trees. Local veterinarian authorities suspect that the birds may have been poisoned, but they will only be able to establish a final verdict after a toxicology examination of the corpses. The examination is scheduled for Monday. Romeo Lazăr, the director of the Sanitary-Veterinarian Direction of Constanţa supposes that the starlings might have eaten poisoned grain found by the rail track nearby. Local people found a suspicios looking empty bag near one of the buildings in the area. The dead birds have been collected and transported to the Sanitary-Veterinarian Direction of Constanţa, pending the examination. At about 15 miles from Constanţa, the US have a military airbase, by the Kogălniceanu airport.
It is as revolting as it is disgusting, but Romania’s dead meat mafia has no limits when it comes to profit. An undercover investigation done by reporters from Antena 3 shows just how deep the matter goes.
They addressed several villagers, in a random village near Bucharest, asking for “cheaper meat”. They were immediately offered several sick animals and even a dead one.
Such transactions are carried out on a daily basis. Hundreds of dead or sick cows or pigs are being supplied to the meat black market. The meat is being sold in cheap stores or in roadside restaurants, as Romania’s traditional “mici” – spicy grilled meatballs.
People who eat such meat are in danger of contracting Salmonella or even Anthrax.
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