More than five years after a double murder that shocked Romania, the Bacău Court of Appeal has ordered chemical company Chimcomplex SA to pay moral damages to the families of two workers killed during the 2021 hostage crisis in Onești.
According to the court's ruling issued on June 18, 2026, judges upheld an appeal in the case, overturned a previous...
Police officers from the Air Transport Police Unit at Bacău Airport helped a 63-year-old woman recover her lost bag after she accidentally took another passenger’s backpack while disembarking from a flight.
The incident was reported on April 14, when the woman contacted police and explained that she had mistakenly taken...
A Romanian gendarme from Bacău has achieved remarkable success on the international stage after winning multiple medals at the Isshinryu Karate World Championship and Malta Open 2026, held between March 26 and 29 in Malta.
Sergeant Major Andrei Mazilu, a member of the Mobile Gendarmerie Group in Bacău, secured seven...
A large-scale search operation involving dozens of rescuers ended successfully after a missing man was found alive in a forest near the village of Lunca Dochiei, in Urechești commune.
The man, identified as Petrea Fănică Cruceanu, 56, had been reported missing after leaving for a nearby forest on April 12,...
A 49-year-old man was seriously injured during the Easter night service after a church bell detached and struck him in the head at the “Saints Archangels Michael and Gabriel” Church in the Izvoare district of Bacău.
The incident occurred shortly after midnight, during the Easter Resurrection service, when the bells...
Almost 2,000 years have passed… Have people changed in any meaningful way? If we look at buildings, scientific discoveries, and the many elements that “allow” us our daily comfort, we could confidently say that humanity and society have evolved. And since this word implies that people are on an...
The new Athletic Park in the city of Bacău will be officially inaugurated on May 2, Romania’s National Youth Day, in the presence of Olympic marathon champion Constantina Diță, Member of the European Parliament Dragoș Benea announced.
According to Benea, the athlete accepted the invitation during a meeting in Brussels,...
The average gross monthly salary recorded in Bacău County in January 2026 stood at 7,632 lei per employee, 1,588 lei below the national average, according to official statistical data. The difference places the county’s average wage approximately 17.2% below the national level.
Gross wages above the county average were recorded...
The “Prof. Dr. Eduard Apetrei” Hospital in Buhuși has performed its first lithotripsy procedure using laser technology, marking a new step in the development of minimally invasive urology services at the medical facility.
The intervention addressed a complex case involving a large bladder stone, which was completely fragmented using laser...
A four-year-old child was saved after being involved in a road accident on the DN11A national road in the town of Podu Turcului, thanks to the swift intervention of an off-duty police officer and a medical student.
According to preliminary information, at around 09:30 a.m., a 27-year-old woman driving a...
BACĂU, Romania – A ninth-grade student from the prestigious “Gheorghe Vrănceanu” National College in the eastern Romanian city of Bacău has achieved a rare academic performance, qualifying for five national-level academic competitions this year, school officials said.
The student, Luca Vartolomei, secured first place in the county rounds of several...
MOINEȘTI, Romania – Firefighters in eastern Romania rescued two beavers that had become trapped in a canal along the banks of the Tazlău River, authorities said on Saturday.
The intervention was carried out by a crew from the Moinești Firefighters Detachment, part of the military fire brigade operating in Bacău...
STRUNGA, Romania – An ambulance from Bacău County caught fire while driving on a national highway in eastern Romania on Thursday, but the medical crew managed to escape safely, authorities said.
The incident occurred on National Road DN28, near the town of Strunga in Iași County, while the ambulance was...
BUHOCI, Romania – Water management inspectors in eastern Romania have uncovered an illegal mineral extraction operation along the Siret River in Bacău County, authorities said.
Inspectors from the Siret River Basin Administration (ABA Siret) discovered the activity on March 24 during a field inspection in the rural outskirts of Buhoci,...
Romania’s Ramona Elena Verman delivered the best performance of her career on Sunday, finishing sixth in the women’s long jump at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Toruń, Poland, with a personal best of 6.72 meters.
The 22-year-old athlete, coached by Aura Balaban and representing CSM Bacău, achieved the mark...
