Eight regional detoxification and recovery centres for drug addicts will be established with measures for treatment, prevention of the risks and consequences associated with drug use, and social reintegration

Water supply has been restored in Prahova County's all 13 towns and communes that had been left without drinking water for over a week due to problems at the Paltinu Dam; however, water may only be used for hygiene purposes until tests are completed

The griffon vulture Gyps fulvus, extinct in Romania for over 70 years, will be reintroduced in a project carried out by ONG Conservation Carpathia Foundation; it is part of wider efforts to restore biodiversity in the Făgăraș Mountains

State seaport company Administratia Porturilor Maritime would be close to buying Moldova's largest port, Giurgiulesti, from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, according to Romania's Minister of Transport

A powerful explosion at a residential building rocked the Rahova neighborhood in southern Bucharest, leaving 3 dead and at least 17 injured; the building is now at risk of total collapse, according to the authorities