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Absolventii sunt asteptati la… Somaj

Daca nu se grabesc sa-si depuna dosarul la Agentia Judeteana pentru Ocuparea Fortei de Munca (AJOFM), o parte dintre absolventii promotiei 2013-2014 isi vor pierde indemnizatia de somaj. Ei mai au la dispozitie câteva zile pentru a se inscrie in evidentele acestei institutii si, astfel, sa primeasca sprijinul financiar amintit.

Este vorba despre acei absolventi de liceu care nu au reusit sa-si ia diploma de bacalaureat in sesiunea din vara si care spera sa aiba noroc in toamna. Multi dintre ei, insa, mai mult ca sigur vor rata Bac-ul si in toamna. Atunci ii va paste si alt ghinion. Nu vor lua indemnizatie, daca nu s-au incadrat intr-un anumit termen, la depunerea dosarului de somaj.

Pâna ieri, in baza de date a AJOFM au intrat aproximativ 500 absolventi. Cei care inca nu si-au depus dosarul de somaj o pot face in zilele urmatoare la agentiile AJOFM ori la punctele de lucru ale acesteia din Bacau, Onesti, Moinesti, Buhusi, Comanesti, Tg. Ocna, Racaciuni sau Podu Turcului, in functie de domiciliul lor. Ei vor prezenta actul de identitate si certificatul de nastere, in original si copie, precum si adeverinta de absolvire si cea de la medicul de familie, din care sa rezulte ca sunt sanatosi.

Indemnizatie de 250 lei/luna

Daca se vor incadra in termenul de 60 de zile de la absolvire ori de la obtinerea diplomei (dupa caz) vor beneficia de o indemnizatie de somaj de 250 lei (50 la suta din indicatorul social de referinta), timp de sase luni. Pentru cei care au lucrat, pe baza de contract individual de munca, si au fost disponibilizati, indemnizatia este de 75 la suta din indicatorul social de referinta, acesta fiind in cuantum de 500 lei, la care se adauga intre 3 si 10 la suta din media salariului de baza brut lunar, pe ultimele 12 luni, daca stagiul de cotizare la somaj este de cel putin 3 ani.

„Cei care nu reusesc sa obtina diploma de bacalaureat nici in toamna si au facut imprudenta sa nu se inscrie in baza noastra de date in termen de 60 de zile de la terminarea cursurilor, vor pierde indemnizatia de somaj. Daca isi vor depune dosarul ulterior, vor beneficia de cursuri gratuite de formare profesionala, de prima de incadrare, in cazul in care se vor angaja pentru minimum un an, in perioada de 6 luni de somaj, si vor primi servicii de informare, consiliere si mediere pe piata muncii.”
Daniela Balan, purtatorul de cuvânt al AJOFM Bacau

Mort Club Bacau?

Fotbal/ Daca pâna saptamâna viitoare nu plateste salariile, echipa finantata de Consiliul Local isi pierde toti jucatorii

Tic-tac, tic-tac. Ceasul se strâmba, aratând ambele limbi catre divizionara B Sport Club Bacau. Ceas rau! Dar nu mai rau decât momentul pe care il traverseaza gruparea finantata de Consiliul Local Bacau. Situatia formatiei bacauane este de-a dreptul dramatica.

Daca pâna saptamâna viitoare nu plateste salariile pe ultimele trei luni, Sport Club isi pierde toti jucatorii. Si asta nu e tot!

Dupa ce-i va declara pe jucatori liberi de contract, Federatia va obliga Sport Clubul sa-si onoreze restantele salariale fata de acestia. Altfel, formatia bacauana nu va fi programata in campionat.

Iar neprogramarea poate duce la desfiintarea unei echipe in care s-au bagat câteva milioane bune de euro. Din bani publici!

Un vid de putere

Tot raul recent s-a declansat odata cu arestarea preventiva a primarului Romeo Stavarache si a presedintelui Sport Club Bacau, Liviu Goian. De pe 1 iulie, data arestarii celor doi conducatori, a inceput black-out-ul.

S-a creat un vid de putere deoarece in tot acest timp Goian nu si-a depus demisia si nici nu a delegat un succesor la conducerea Asociatiei Sport Club Bacau, entitate care gestioneaza banii virati de Consiliul Local pentru fotbal.

S-a creat, totodata, si un vid financiar deoarece Asociatia nu a facut raportarile catre Primarie pentru a intra in posesia celei de-a doua transe din proiectul pe Legea 350/ 2005 in valoare totala de 28 de miliarde aprobat de CL Bacau in martie.

Ori, aceasta a doua transa ar fi fost arhi-suficienta pentru plata salariilor. Banii exista, dar au fost blocati de pasivitatea lui Goian & Co.

Sperau sa iasa!

Motivul acestei pasivitati prelungite care pune in pericol viitorul Sport Clubului? Unul simplu, oferit de o sursa credibila:

„Nimeni din Asociatia Sport Club Bacau si din conducerea Primariei nu a miscat vreun deget deoarece cu totii se asteptau ca Stavarache si Goian sa fie eliberati pe 1 august. Asta era jocul: cei doi ieseau si preluau din nou frâiele”.

Numai ca Stavarache si Goian nu au iesit si nici nu o vor face prea curând, Curtea de Apel Bacau prelungindu-le arestul prevenitiv âna pe 22 august. Iar frâiele au ramas de izbeliste.

La fel ca si echipa de fotbal, care risca desfiintarea daca Primaria Bacau, Consiliul Local, mediul de afaceri sau Organizatia Picioare-n Gard si Mintea-n Colturi nu-si asuma responsabilitatile. Cât mai rapid cu putiinta pentru ca…tic-tac, tic-tac!

Toti banii sau deloc

Evenimentele din aceasta ultima luna i-a bulversat pe jucatorii Sport Clubului mai rau decât o sedinta tactica tinuta de Viorel Tanase.

Aflati in cantonament la „Letea”, acestia spera ca situatia financiara sa se rezolve pâna la incheierea stagiului de pregatire centralizata.

O parte din ei au avansat si varianta unei greve. Si niciunul din ei nu mai vrea sa auda de bani cu târâita, ca pe vremea in care Liviu Goian era liber sa…conduca Sport Clubul dupa cum dorea muschii sai. „Toti banii de salarii sau deloc”, au spus jucatorii, care nu au vazut nicio prima de joc in 2014.

Asadar, situatia Sport Clubului este una critica. Iar timpul nu este deloc un aliat. Dimpotriva! Daca pâna saptamâna viitoare nu apar banii, Sport Club poate deveni Mort Club. Si vorbim despre o echipa de fotbal in care municipalitatea a bagat milioane de euro, nu de un afurisit de slot-machine uitat in vreun gang; tic-tac-toe!

Inca sapte comune au contracte finantate de Ministerul Dezvoltarii

    Ministerul Dezvoltarii Regionale si Administratiei Publice (MDRAP) a semnat, ieri, inca sapte contracte pentru reabilitarea infrastructurii din judetul Bacau, finantate prin Planul National de Dezvoltare Locala (PNDL). Este vorba despre investitii care vor fi derulate in comunele Buciumi, Caiuti, Darmanesti, Letea Veche, Manastirea Casin, Tamasi si Ungureni.

    Primarii au fost chemati in Capitala, ca sa semneze si ei contractele de finantare. Saptamâna trecuta au mai fost semnate 20 contracte pentru modernizarea drumurilor din judet. In evaluare, la minister, se afla doua contracte, unul pentru infrastructura din Huruiesti, altul pentru cea din Livezi. Unitatile administrativ – teritoriale (UAT) Buhusi, Blagesti, N. Balcescu, Racova, Onesti si Judetul Bacau au documentatii in pregatire, care nu au fost trimise la Bucuresti deoarece nu au, deocamdata, toate avizele necesare.

    Alte 13 unitati administrativ-teritoriale au proiecte aprobate pe PNDL, dar documentatiile depuse la MDRAP au nevoie de completari: Balcani, Birsanesti, Bogdanesti, Dealu Morii, Dofteana, Faraoani, Lipova, Negri, Onesti, Pincesti, Rosiori, Tg. Ocna si Traian. In total, au fost aprobate 50 de proiecte noi, in valoare de 9.384.065 de lei, depuse de 48 de primarii. Ministerul Dezvoltarii a mai aprobat, prin Ordinul 415/2014, continuarea a 24 de proiecte mai vechi, finantarea asigurata pentru acest an fiind de 15,218.934 lei, iar pentru Slanic Moldova fonduri in valoare de 397.000 de lei, din 970.367 de lei, cât e necesar pentru ca investitia sa fie finalizata in 2015.

    „Chiar acum sunt la Bucuresti, am semnat contractul si sunt foarte bucuros. Vom asfalta str. Valea Uzului din Bratulesti, care e cel mai mare cartier al orasului. Luni incepem sapaturile ca sa facem canalizarea pe POS Mediu, apoi modernizam strada cu fonduri de la MADR.”
    Constantin Spiridon, primarul orasului Darmanesti

    „Banii acestia sunt foarte importanti pentru noi. Vom face drumul dintre catunul Conti si satul Racauti, peste Casin, ca sa vina copiii la Scoala Racauti. E un drum pe care l-am promis demult. Mai avem un proiect important pe POR pentru renovarea Scolii Racauti.”
    Cozma Fanica, primarul comunei Buciumi

    A inceput vânzarea biletelor de tratament balnear, pentru august

      Peste 350 de pensionari sunt asteptati la Casa Judeteana de Pensii (CJP) Bacau pentru a-si lua biletul de tratament balnear repartizat, data de plecare in statiune fiind in zilele de 9, 10, 11, 12 sau 13 august. Pentru aceasta serie, a XII-a din anul in curs, CJP Bacau a primit 357 locuri in statiuni, din care 352 sunt alocate automat pensionarilor care au depus cerere din timp si au intrunit punctajul necesar.

      Locurile rezervate lor sunt in statiunile 1 Mai, Amara, Baltatesti, Bala, Caciulata, Calimanesti, Covasna, Eforie Sud, Govora, Lacu Sarat, Moneasa, Nicolina, Olanesti, Pucioasa, Sarata Monteoru, Saturn, Sinaia, Slanic Moldova, Sovata, Tirgu Ocna, Techirghiol, Tusnad si Vatra Dornei.

      Celelalte 5 bilete sunt pentru statiunile Bala sau Singeorz Bai si sunt scoase la vânzare libera, deoarece nu s-a depus nicio cerere pentru ele. Pensionarii, care au primit repartitie, trebuie sa se prezinte la CJP Bacau pentru a-si cumpara biletul alocat, pâna in data de 4 august 2014. Dupa aceea, biletele ramase vor fi vândute pe principiul „primul venit, primul servit”.

      La ridicarea biletului, vor depune cuponul de pensie din luna iulie. Si ei, si ceilalti beneficiari vor prezenta si biletul de trimitere de la medicul de familie ori specialist, act din care trebuie sa rezulte ca le este indicata statiunea in care vor merge la tratament.

      Cât despre persoanele cu dizabilitati care vor sa beneficieze de tratament balnear gratuit, ele trebuie sa aduca la CJP Bacau certificatul de incadrare in grad de handicap, precum si „Programul individual de reabilitare si integrare sociala”. Acesta este eliberat de catre Comisia Judeteana de Evaluare a Persoanelor cu Handicap Adulte. Sa mai notam ca sejurul in statiune este de 16 zile, dar tratamentul se acorda timp de 12 zile.

      Peste 18 milioane de dolari, in modernizarea statiilor Rompetrol

      Compania Rompetrol Downstream, membra a KMG International, a modernizat, de la inceputul anului, 38 de statii de distributie carburanti, printre care si cele existente in Bacau.

      In plus, pâna la incheierea anului, alte 52 de benzinarii vor avea aceeasi soarta, urmând a fi modernizate si 20 de magazine din cadrul statiilor. Statiile alese pentru modernizare sunt cele pozitionate pe rutele importante, precum si cele care ofera proximitate maxima clientilor.

      Astfel, au fost inlocuite elementele de identitate vizuala cu noul logo Rompetrol, executându-se si lucrari exterioare.

      In total, compania va investi peste 18 milioane de dolari. Reteaua de benzinarii ale Rompetrol numara peste 750 de puncte (statii proprii, statii Partener, Rompetrol Express, baze interne de 9 si 20 metri cubi), 230 de statii distributie GPL auto, 9.000 de puncte de distributie butelii si 3 statii de îmbuteliere GPL la Constanta, Arad si Bacau.

      Fotbal/ Cupa României. Cine merge mai departe?

      FCM Dinamo Onesti – Aerostar Bacau (marti, ora 17.30, stadion „CSM Onesti”)

      Putea fi un meci de C. Sau, si mai exact, inca mai poate fi un meci de C. Desi a ratat pe teren promovarea in Liga a III-a, FCM Dinamo Onesti continua sa cocheteze cu ideea participarii in C. De data aceasta, accederea se va decide la masa verde.

      „Am facut toate demersurile necesare ocuparii unui loc de C, iar saptamâna viitoare vom sti ce si cum. Speram din toata inima sa ajungem acolo, mai ales ca, la cum au stat lucrurile in campionatul ligii a patra, noi meritam promovarea, nu Sport Clubul lui Goian”, a declarat managerul gruparii de pe Trotus, Ioan Sdrobis, inaintea confruntarii de azi, din Cupa României, de pe teren propriu, cu Aerostar.

      Probleme financiare

      Chiar daca mizeaza pe inscrierea in campionatul Ligii a III-a, FCM Dinamo Onesti se confrunta cu serioase probleme de ordin financiar. Unul dintre actionari, Vasile Ciobanu s-a retras de la echipa, ceea ce afecteaza bugetul onestenilor.

      „Ne pare rau ca Vasile s-a retras, dar asta e situatia. Poate se va razgândi. Ne confruntam si noi cu probleme, ca peste tot, nu avem doar petale de trandafiri. Totusi, ii dam inainte. Patronul Nicolae Badea este alaturi de echipa, la fel ca si Primaria, care ne asigura toate conditiile, asa ca nu dezarmam sub nicio forma”, sustine Sdrobis.

      Fara golgheterul Tudorache

      Onestenii s-au despartit in aceasta vara de principala lor gura de foc: atacantul Tudorache. Golgheterul editiei trecute de liga a patra se afla in probe la divizionara B Fortuna Poiana Câmpina, o decizie finala in privinta viitorului sau urmând sa fie luata saptamâna viitoare.

      „M-as bucura sa faca pasul catre liga secunda deoarece sunt congins ca ar face fata acolo. E un atacant de 20 de ani, cu reale calitati”, declara Sdrobis despre Tudorache, care in mod cert va absenta la primul joc oficial al verii pe care onestenii il vor sustine azi, in compania Aerostarului. „Stati linistiti, Cupa nu o vom câstiga nici noi, nici Aerostarul. Tot Steaua, Dinamo, Astra sau Petrolul o va lua pâna la urma”, spune Ioan Sdrobis.

      „Aviatorii”, increzatori

      Nici Aerostarul nu se va prezenta la Onesti cu principalul sau atacant. Aflat intr-o perioada de refacere, noua achizitie a „aviatorilor”, Marian Tanase va reveni pe teren in partea a doua a lunii august. Pe lânga Marian Tanase, bacauanii au in vizor si achizitionarea lui Vladut Scânteie, dar si doi jucatori de la Bârlad, care se vor alatura lotului in zilele urmatoare.

      La mijlocul saptamânii trecute, Aerostarul a cedat greu, cu 2-3, la Roman, intr-un amical cu Petrotubul, iar acum vizeaza calificarea in faza urmatoare a Cupei. „Speram sa ne prezentam cât mai bine la Onesti, desi meciurile de Cupa au o caracteristica aparte. Am incredere, insa, in baieti, ca vor face un joc pe masura asteptarilor”, este de parere antrenorul Aerostarului, Cornel Elisei.

      E inutil sa te plângi de alegerea facuta

      Luati, la intâmplare, câtiva cetateni cu drept de vot si intrebati-i daca sunt multumiti de votul pe care l-au dat la ultimele alegeri. Va asigur ca aproape toti vi se vor plânge de faptul ca au ales gresit. Intrebati-i si de penultimele alegeri. Veti primi acelasi raspuns.

      Românii sunt un popor ciudat. Nu mai rau decât altele, probabil un pic mai deschis si mai optimist decât multe alte popoare, dar complet needucat in ceea ce priveste politica. Pentru ca se plâng intr-una de politicienii aflati la Putere uitând mereu ca votul lor i-a cocotat acolo. Si ca au, oricând, posibilitatea sa le semnaleze politicienilor ca nu-s multumiti de munca lor.

      Da, alegerile sunt o data la patru ani, dar asta nu inseamna ca un alegator nu poate iesi in strada sa-si strige nemultumirea. Desigur, intr-un cadrul civilizat si legal.

      Politicienii românbi sunt invatati rau: ei stiu ca singura lor problema este o data la patru ani când se tin alegerile. In rest, ei n-au a da socoteala nimanui pentru ca alegatorii prefera sa se plânga pe retelele sociale in loc sa iasa in strada. Din acest punct de vedere, de exemplu, bulgarii sunt mai inteligenti decât noi.

      Pentru ca atunci când au simtit ca nu mai pot, au semnalizat problema. Iar politicienii bulgari au fost nevoiti sa ia seama de vointa poporului. La români, insa, nederanjati de alegatori, politicienii pot lua decizii care mai de care mai ciudate. Pentru ca, dupa cum spuneam, poporul nu se revolta. Doar se plânge ca a ales gresit.

      Dar asta nu e o solutie si este, dealtfel, si inutil. Alegerea iti apartine si daca ai facut-o, trebuie sa ti-o asumi. Daca ai ales gresit o data, nu e bai, te poti corecta.

      Daca ai ales gresit de doua ori, incepe sa devina o problema iar daca si a treia oara te declari nemultumit de alegerea facuta, inseamna ca ceva e putred si trebuie sa iei masuri.

      Un pensionar din Buhusi, mai bogat cu 3,7 miliarde de lei vechi

        Bacauanii n-au stat deoparte de jocurile de noroc aflate in portofoliul Loteriei Române. Prin urmare, insistenta lor de a participa la loterie le-a bagat si ceva bani in buzunare.

        Astfel, in primele 6 luni ale anului 2014, cei care obisnuiesc sa participe la aceste jocuri au obtinut câstiguri semnificative, cifrate la peste 2.457.000 lei (circa 24,5 miliarde de lei vechi).

        De departe, cel mai apreciat joc, la care se inregistreaza si cele mai mari sume totale câstigate este cel de tip videoloterie, cunoscut mai bine sub denumirea de „pacanele”. La acest joc, câstigurile au fost de peste 1.420.000 lei (circa 14,2 miliarde de lei vechi).

        Urmeaza, in topul preferintelor, dar si a câstigurilor, jocul de tip loterie 6 din 49, unde, in primul semestru, valoarea totala a câstigurilor a fost de peste 627.000 de lei (peste 6,2 miliarde de lei vechi).

        Alte 273.000 de lei (circa 2,7 miliarde de lei vechi) au intrat in buzunarele bacauanilor din jocurile Joker si Noroc Plus, in vreme ce la 5 din 40, jocul de loterie cu posibilitatile cele mai rare de a prinde un câstig, precum si la Super Noroc, premiile totale ale jucatorilor bacauani au fost de doar 37.000 lei (370 de milioane de lei vechi).

        In fine, câstiguri de peste 100.000 de lei (un miliard de lei vechi) s-au obtinut din pariurile sportive, precum si din lozuri in plic.

        „Se detaseaza, in aceasta perioada, un câstig de categoria a II-a la Joker, de peste 447.000 lei. Câstigul a fost obtinut la Buhusi, de un pensionar de peste 70 de ani. A jucat un bilet simplu si a nimerit 5 numere. Daca prindea si Jokerul, ar fi avut un premiu de 1,5 milioane de euro. Asa, a trebuit sa se multumeasca «doar» cu 370.000 de lei, cât i-au ramas dupa ce i-a fost retinut impozitul”, a declarat Lucian Antoniu, directorul Loteria Româna Bacau.

        Mai retinem ca, din aceasta luna, in agentiile loto-prono din judet s-a pus in vânzare lozul instant (Zodiac, Liga Campionilor, Royal Jackpot, Carrefour, lozul instant 6/49 si loto Bingo), de la care se pot obtine câstiguri de pâna la 1.000.000 lei.

        Accidente grave in retelele de distributie a electricitatii

        Interventiile neautorizate în instalatiile de distributie a energiei electrice din Moldova au provocat, în prima jumatate a acestui an, cinci accidente grave, soldate din nefericire cu decesul unui copil si a unui adult.

        Încercarea de sustragere a unor componente, defrisarea vegetatiei, pescuitul în vecinatatea liniilor electrice aeriene, precum si unele lucrari la retelele de telecomunicatii reprezinta cauzele acestor evenimente.

        „E.ON Moldova Distributie trage un semnal de alarma asupra riscurilor de electrocutare, arsuri, incendii si explozii pe care le prezinta interventiile neautorizate în instalatiile de distributie a energiei electrice. Aceste interventii la liniile aeriene si cablurile subterane, în tablouri electrice, statii si posturi de transformare au impact direct asupra persoanelor aflate în vecinatate, dar si a consumatorilor, prin întreruperea furnizarii energiei electrice”, spune Sorin Munteanu, purtator de cuvânt E.ON Moldova Distributie.

        Pentru a preintâmpina situatiile nedorite în care copiii sau adultii pot fi victime ale unor incidente cu urmari deosebit de grave, E.ON Moldova Distributie solicita respectarea câtorva reguli minimale de siguranta în apropierea retelelor electrice. Astfel, nu se executa lucrari de constructii sau sapaturi, nu se înfiinteaza plantatii si nu se depoziteaza materiale în vecinatatea retelelor de distributie, fara aviz din partea companiei E.ON Moldova Distributie. De asemenea, nu se fac defrisari în zonele de protectie ale liniilor electrice aeriene fara asistenta din partea companiei. Nu se arunca obiecte peste retelele electrice de distributie si nu se intervine asupra acestora. Nu se ating stâlpii, nici conductoarele (firele) cazute la pamânt si nu se permite accesul persoanelor, animalelor sau autovehiculelor în zona.

        Nu se manevreaza unelte de pescuit din fibra de carbon sub/sau în apropierea liniilor electrice aeriene. Nu se înalta baloane, zmee sau avioane de jucarie în apropierea liniilor electrice aeriene, etc.

        Atletism / De la Balcaniada, la Europene

        Trei atleti bacauani vor reprezenta România la Campionatul European de luna viitoare, de la Zurich. Toti cei trei si-au asigurat participarea la Europene ca urmare a titlurilor balcanice cucerite week-end-ul trecut, la Pitesti.

        Astfel, Bianca Perie (SCM Bacau) a obtinut aurul balcanic la aruncarea ciocanului, unde a reusit o aruncare de 69, 42 m, Nicolae Soare (CS Stiinta) s-a impus in proba de 5000 m cu timpul de 14:17, 95, in timp ce Mirela Lavric (CSM Onesti) a avut câstig de cauza in proba de 800 m,unde a intrecut-o la limita pe compatrioata sa, Mihaela Nunu.

        Bilantul României la cea de-a 73-a editie a Campionatelor Balcanice a fost de 32 de medalii, dintre care 14 de aur, 12 de argint si sase de bronz.

        Spânzurat de un copac

          Un barbat de 57 de ani, din comuna Odobesti, a fost gasit spânzurat de un copac din curtea locuintei.

          O echipa de politisti a ajuns la fata locului, insa la examinarea sumara a cadavrului nu s-au identificat semne de violente.

          Asa cum este procedura, trupul neinsufletit a fost transportat la morga pentru efectuarea necropsiei si stabilirea cauzei mortii.

          Tabara Moto Rock la Valea Budului

            Intre 1 si 3 august, la Valea Budului are loc cea de a treia editie a taberei Moto Rock, eveniment organizat de AS Bikers Brotherhood Bacau, cu sprijinul Draconis RC.

            Festivalul incepe vineri, 1 august, de la orele 15, cand sunt asteptati sa soseasca motociclisti din toata tara.

            De la orele 18.00, in cele doua seri, vor incepe concertele de rock.

            Si anul acesta vor avea loc concursuri cu premii, fiecare noapte fiind luminata de un foc de tabara.

            afis complet 3

            Pe scena vor urca Vespera, Bucovina, Altar, Krepuskul, MadDriven, Andrei Cerbu, Shukar Nation, Blue Velvet, Masked Toys, Sectia Rock, Stonelight.

            FOTO: Ziua Imnului, sarbatorita in Bacau

              Astazi, in Bacau a fost sarbatorita Ziua imnului National.

              VIDEO: Urgentele de la Spitalul Judetean Bacau, devastate de o persoana cu probleme psihice

                Un tanar in varsta de 23 de ani, sosit in camera de garda a Spitalului Judetean de Urgenta Bacau, a inceput sa loveasca usile cu picioarele si sa arunce cu canapelele, suparat ca nu este consultat imediat de un doctor.

                Agresorul a fost imobilizat de agentii de paza si internat la sectia de psihiatrie.

                Bacau: un sofer beat a provocat un accident

                  La data de 28 iulie a.c., în jurul orei 13.30, poliţiştii Biroului Rutier Bacău au fost sesizaţi despre faptul că pe strada Cornişa Bistriţei a avut loc un eveniment rutier.

                  La faţa locului, în urma cercetărilor efectuate, poliţiştii au stabilit că un bărbat de 66 de ani, din municipiu, care conducea un autoturism, nu a acordat prioritate de trecere la punerea în mişcare şi a intrat în coliziune cu un autoturism condus regulamentar de către un băcăuan de 37 de ani.

                  În urma testării celor doi conducători auto cu aparatul etilotest, rezultatul a fost negativ pentru bărbatul de 37 de ani şi de 1,01 mg/l alcool pur în aerul expirat pentru bărbatul de 66 de ani.

                  Acesta a fost condus la Spitalul Judeţean de Urgenţe Bacău unde i-au fost recoltate mostre biologice de sânge în vederea stabilirii alcoolemiei.

                  În cauză s-a întocmit dosar penal sub aspectul săvârşirii infracţiunii de conducere sub influenţa alcoolului.

                  Batrana accidentata in timp ce traversa strada

                    Poliţiştii oneşteni au cercetat la data de 28 iulie a.c., în jurul orei 10.00, un eveniment rutier cu victimă, produs pe Bulevardul Republicii din municipiu.

                    Din primele verificări efectuate la faţa locului a rezultat că un bărbat de 32 de ani, din localitate, în timp ce conducea un autoturism, a surprins şi accidentat o bătrână de 75 de ani, din Bucureşti, care s-a angajat neregulamentar în traversarea străzii.

                    În urma evenimentului rutier femeia a fost transportată la Spitalul Oneşti, pentru îngrijiri medicale şi a rămas internată.

                    Conducătorul vehiculului a fost testat cu aparatul etilotest, iar rezultatul a fost negativ.

                    În cauză s-a întocmit dosar penal sub aspectul săvârşirii infracţiunii de vătămare corporală din culpă.

                    Doua fetite, accidentate de o masina

                      La data de 28.07.2014, pe un drum sătesc din comuna Coloneşti a avut loc un eveniment rutier cu victime.

                      Din cercetarea efectuată la faţa locului, poliţiştii au constatat că un barbat, de 63 de ani, din comuna Răchitoasa, în timp ce conducea un autoturism, a pătruns pe sensul opus de mers şi a intrat în coliziune cu o bicicletă, pe care se deplasau două minore de 5 şi 11 ani.

                      În urma evenimentului, fetiţele au fost transportate la Spitalul Judeţean de Urgenţă Bacău pentru îngrijiri medicale iar conducătorului auto i-au fost recoltate mostre biologice de sânge în vederea stabilirii alcoolemiei, rezultatul testării acestuia cu aparatul etilotest fiind negativ.

                      În cauză s-a întocmit dosar penal pentru vătămare corporală din culpă.

                      Bacau-based palaces – Romantic ages’ stone and burnt bricks testimonials

                      Stirbei Palace in Darmanesti Photo credit: www.bacau.djc.ro

                      Testimonials in stone and burnt bricks of some romantic ages, placed in a particular charm of nature’s areas, the Bacau County palaces over which unfortunately the mist of oblivion has settled for a long time and hence the ignorance, bring the traveler thirsty of beauty or novelty a lot of distinction, unexpected architecture and, in particular, traces of a past where the good taste mixes with the local traditions.

                      The local authorities currently try through a dialogue with the owners to open them to the tourists.

                      Stirbei Palace of Darmanesti — a construction unique, victim of hypocrisy and carelessness

                      In one of the several woods close to the town of Darmanesti, presiding at over 600 meters over the Valley of river Uz, rises as the locals say ‘The palace of the Romanian aviation princess’ Marina Stirbei — the first Romanian female who has ever flied a plane and the first female military pilot in our country.

                      Stirbei Palace in Darmanesti  Photo credit: www.bacau.djc.ro
                      Stirbei Palace in Darmanesti
                      Photo credit: www.bacau.djc.ro

                      The locals tell how the princess Marina was landing, to the surprise and joy of the ones in the area on the airfield developed on a sloping lawn right in front of the palace’s main gate, after which she shared gifts to the children who were staring to the flying machinery touching down.

                      Likewise, the princess remained in the memory of the locals also because she has transformed rooms of the palace into a recovery hospital for the wounded from the battles which took place in the nearby mountains during the two WWs.

                      The palace was erected by her parents, Gheorghe Stirbei and Elisabeta Baleanu, who wished to spend their summer holidays in that beautiful area, with the help of some Italian and German craftsmen, following the plans of architect Nicolae Ghika Dudesti.

                      It’s a huge stone and red brick construction, disposed on four floors (a basement, ground level and two stories, G+1 partially in the semi-circular patio’s area), with an L ward with only ground floor and a storey, as well as other two ground body buildings, attached to the latter.

                      The main entry is allowed through a large stairs patio. The main building’s chambers destined to the formal reception area, the grand parlour, the living-room, the studies, the greenhouse, the main staircase are up to 10-meters in opening. Here too is possible the access to the opened, semi-circular patio. The lateral body building with smaller rooms, on two stories, is the palace’s administrative area. The facades, a plaster, brick and stone masonry game, display windows with false brick frames and balconies with wooden decorative elements. The pedestal is high, made of quarry stone. The roof of the entrance tower, as well as of the two lateral elements is made of ceramic tile framing.

                      Concomitantly to its historical, architectural value, the Darmanesti Palace would find a well-deserved place in a history of the technique too, as at the Stirbei residence is still operating the oldest water inlet in Moldavia’s region, carried out in 1908 by German engineers.

                      The palace lays in the very core of a garden crossed by alleys shaded by oaks, beeches and firs, with three artesian wells.

                      For 40 years, after 1906, when the construction was finalized, the life of the inhabitants has had two landmarks: the arrival of the prince’s family and its guests in May and the departure with the first signs of the autumn in September.

                      Prince George Stirbei was killed by the typhus during the WWI. Princess Elisabeta yet remained the locals’ core of attention as they loved her dearly. After WWII, the three princesses — Elisabeta and her daughters Marina and Sanda — were expropriated from their assets and banished, without being allowed to take their family properties. They succeeded to reach France eventually.

                      The palace was looted and the locals remember the ”horrendous day” when a bunch of aliens led by a ”bodily strange, stunted man, with physical impairments at his feet and malice in his eyes’, has put out on the lawn where the small airplanes had landed or taken off, hundreds of books, some wrapped in leather, furniture, curtains and other goods from the house and put them all on fire ‘singing and dancing as if in pagan processions’ around the flames which ‘rose to the top of the trees’.

                      The mirrors’ crystal was shattered by unskilful hands, the same with the canvas paintings or the vintage furniture. Au scăpat, ca prin minune, impresionantul șemineu de la parterul castelului, rafturile bibliotecii de lemn sculptat, în care încă se mai păstrează călimara prințului Știrbei, câteva scrinuri și lăzi de zestre, trei oglinzi de cristal și un tablou scorojit.

                      The ruining of the building furthered on the communist authorities transformed the Stirbei residence into a pneumophthisiology hospital, and subsequently the palace became a school camp, closed before 1989.

                      In 1994 a restoration plan was approved and was immediately cancelled, once with the palace being claimed by the Stirbei family.

                      The palace was claimed after the year 2000 by the Stirbei family heirs, who have gained in court the property rights, yet subsequently sold the building and the park to a businessman.

                      After more than 60 years, the local authorities have initiated some ambitious projects to introduce the palace in the tourist circle of this area of a ”spectacular delight for the eyes and odour too’, as the mayor of Darmanesti, engineer Constantin Spiridon, says.

                      According to him, talks are currently underway with the owners to purchase the property by the town hall.

                      ”The natural gems offered by the Nemira, Ciuc and Berzunti Mts., cut by the delightful valleys of the Uz and Trotus rivers, the natural reserves and with wild areas yet, the ancient traditions among which the Bears’ Game unique in the entire world, treasures passed on from generation to generation, next to the hospitality of the inhabitants, those who have a gourmet recipe that makes you lick your fingers, would capture, by introducing the Stirbei palace into the tourism circuit, a jewel whose karats would be a milestone and a core point of attraction for the worldwide tourists’, mayor Spiridon says.

                      The Cantacuzino — Pascanu Waldenburg Palace reunites romanticism and science

                      In Lilieci village, Hemeiusi commune, some 8 km off the Bacau municipality, in the very middle of an important Dendrology Park rests a posh building, known in the era it was erected, 1864 — 1867, under the name of ‘The Red Palace’, due to the colour of the unplastered bricks used to the walls’ construction.

                      Cantacuzino — Pascanu Waldenburg Palace  Photo credit: www.bacau.djc.ro
                      Cantacuzino — Pascanu Waldenburg Palace
                      Photo credit: www.bacau.djc.ro

                      The building presents a ground level, a level and a partial semi-basement, and has ‘elements’ in its structure and décor belonging to 19th century’s Western Europe”, says the Bacau-based architect Doru Anghel.

                      ”We encounter thus a blend of Gothic, Baroque elements (tower, fronton, windows’ frames) with Oriental elements such as the side entrance with rich decorated columns and chapiters , décor elements on the façade’, the architect specified.

                      The palace belonged to the related by marriage families of Costache Pascanu, the treasurer of Moldavia, and Grigore Cantacuzino. Lucia Cantacuzino Pascanu, the hereditary heir of this building, married to a Schonburg — Waldenburg prince of the William the Conqueror family. The two have settled in the ‘Red Palace’ of Hemeius, where they had Cristian Adolf, a graduate of the Essen Forestry Academy from Germany as a guest. The latter has dedicated a great part of his life to transform the Hemeius estate in a unique something. Rare species of trees and shrubs were purchased and acclimatized, and the roses’ collection was deemed to be one of the most valuable in Europe.

                      Due to its scientific value, the state requisitioned the Hemeius estate in 1919, leaving only the palace to the Schonburg — Waldenburg — Cantacuzino family’s property, from which, after 1944, the princes have fled abroad.

                      The building was used by the Russian Army which has devastated it on the inside, then after the Russian troops withdrew, it was a shelter for a children orphanage, subsequently entering under the foresters’ administration.

                      The long of the time, the estate has suffered from degradation, especially following the 1977 and 1999 earthquakes. Since 1955, both the palace and the park became the property of the branch of the Forest Management Planning and Researches Institute (ICAS), the Hemeius Forest Researches Station, respectively.

                      In the year 2000, the Bacau branch of Romsilva initiated a restoration project of the palace, willing to transform it in an edifice dedicated to the culture, once with the introduction of the Dendrology Park and the former stalls in a permanent tourism circuit.

                      „We have commenced the restoration following the initial plans, but thinking that the indoor large spaces, completely ruined, to be dedicated to the chamber concerts, the art exhibitions, the scientific events, including the most representative permanent hunting shows with trophies harvested the long of the years by the sport hunting’s enthusiasts of the Trotus Valley area’s woods, very rich in high quality game”, says engineer Viorel Ghelase, the Romsilva Bacau manager.

                      Unfortunately, after 2005, the works were put off. The palace is currently under conservation, after a great deal of the outdoor finishes were completed, as the ICAS owner did not have the necessary funds. Hence, the tourists who drive on the Bacau — Piatra Neamt road still dream of the promises of pony rides on the alleys of the Dendrology Park which, on rd 50 hectares has, besides a valuable collection of trees and shrubs specific to the area, over 1,300 species of exotic plants from various regions of the world and the largest collection of roses of Romania in terms of variety.

                      The Ghika Palace of Comanesti

                      Bold people, endowed with the gift of the research or revolutionary spirit, defenders of the culture and economic progress, the Ghika family members have scored, through Prince Dimitrie, the area of the Comanesti town too. Being at the head of this town, architect Albert Galleron, the one who has subsequently conceived the plans of both the Romanian Athenaeum and the National Bank of Romania’s building, envisaged and completed in 1890 the Palace of Comanesti.

                      Ghika Palace in Comanesti  Photo credit: www.bacau.djc.ro
                      Ghika Palace in Comanesti
                      Photo credit: www.bacau.djc.ro

                      The building is placed in a beautiful public garden, and the edifice consists of two stories, made of bricks and stone, in the style of the Eclecticism of those days which dominated the end of 19th century’s spirit of Western Europe.

                      The façade owns a tower on its north side where initially stood the family’s coat of arms and a clock ruined unfortunately after the year 1946. To the West there lays the second façade of the building endowed with a balcony which offers a pleasant view of the mountains and of the Trotus Valley. The ground floor opens with an impressive hallway where a ceramic fireplace is still preserved, and on the wall two wooden moose heads are mounted, hunting trophies brought by Nicolae D. Ghika, and a huge Venice mirror too.

                      From this hallway is the entrance to a large room, with the ceiling standing on columns. The bright windows open the view to the mountains also offering an astounding view of the park. The room’s ceiling is garnished with moldings finished with floral ornaments. In this room an original tiled stove of the palace and a library still exist where, in the inter-war period, cultural activities were organized supported by Princess Ioana Ghika next to the young local women.

                      The access to the floor is guaranteed by a wooden staircase, a nice piece of work which due to the large mirror offers the ensemble a feeling of grandeur. The windows lighting the wooden stairs have had stained glass which was partially destroyed after 1960.

                      Guarded by two massive columns which support the floor’s loggia, the entrance in the palace is made on stone stairs with stone-paved terraces too.

                      Urged by biologist Grigore Antipa, Dimitrie Ghika and his son Nicolae have covered several expeditions to Africa and North America from where they brought cca 60 species of unknown plants until those times, which they acclimatized in the garden around the building or preserved them by putting them next to the hunting trophies captured during some hunting in the area or in the exotic countries’ expeditions, in an ad-hoc museum organized in the very core of their residence of Comanesti.

                      The end of the WWII also meant the end of the palace’s glow. According to the locals, the owners have loaded a train from the local station, which used to borrow from the palace’s architecture and was connected through a secret tunnel, the valuable objects they had. But the train has never reached its destination, and very valuable objects have vanished.

                      During the communism years, the palace received several destinations, among which receiving centre for the war orphan minors, a vocational school, a general school, a headquarters of the Pioneer’s House. Just in 1979 restoration and development works began, and from 1989 it operates as a Museum of Ethnography and Arts under the name of ”Dimitrie N. Ghika”.

                      Declared a historical monument, the Ghika Palace of Comanesti was the object of a trial between the authorities and the heirs of the family who were settled abroad and claimed the estate.

                      The Ghika Palace of Dofteana — awaiting for the sunset charm

                      The Ghika Palace of Dofteana commune was erected in an area of a particular picturesque at the end of the 19th century by Nicolae Ghika, the governor of the National Bank of Romania, a member of the boyar family who gave 10 rulers to the the country.

                      Ghika Palace in Dofteana  Photo credit: www.dofteanapark.ro
                      Ghika Palace in Dofteana
                      Photo credit: www.dofteanapark.ro

                      Placed on the Trotus Valley, the grandiose building has been designed in the Romantic style from the 19th to 20th centuries’ border.

                      The construction was thought by an Italian architect, and materials from abroad were used, as a four-storey castle, semi-basement, ground floor, a floor and a French roof, and two asymmetrical towers. The one from the right of the main façade has a winding staircase leading from the semi-basement to an outdoor patio disposed on the top of the construction. On the facades, balconies and terraces are placed opening themselves to the near mountains and to the lake from the Dendrology Park, a collection of over 660 species of trees stretching on 24 hectares.

                      The wooden panels, the monolith fireplace and a U-shape interior staircase are the few décor elements in the palace, except from the spectacular appearance.

                      The edifice has had a troubled history after its owners had to flee the country at the end of WWII. Between 1941-1944, the Wehrmacht — German Army Command — was set here. On retreat, the German troops took with them the most valuable art objects from the castle. Then came the Russians and took what was left and valuable too, after which in 1949 the entire estate was nationalized and became a state property. Then the palace became a TB hospital, a children house and a child rheumatology sanatorium, subsequently.

                      Devastated by the people and fire, the sumptuous building of marble and red brick stayed, as appearance, still in front of its unhappy destiny, unveiling even today to the passer-by an enchanting view to whom the troubled past has not altered its charm. At the Ghika palace of Dofteana the movie ”Domnisoara Christina” was shot, probably the first Romanian ”horror”, after a book by Mircea Eliade.

                      The Dofteana palace is currently the property of a local businessman, who has bought it from the town hall, because no heir of the former owners claimed it. Five years ago he started restoration works. Unfortunately a terrible fire destroyed the building and daunted the owner.

                      ”These are our historical monuments … so full of material value and historical sense, with their surroundings devastated, with their contents deserted, with the centuries’ skate on each and every one, so different and genuine as regards their types. Where will you see them, to recognise them, to respect and rise them, if you’ve got the power, from their ruin and forsaking”, historian Nicolae Iorga wrote around year 1935.

                      The words of the scholar regarding the attention we should give the national heritage are currently valid too, urging the officials and owners to draft the salvation of such buildings from the dust of oblivion and ruin.AGERPRES

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                        Slanic Moldova (Bacau) from mineral waters to futurist ecological projects

                        Slanic Moldova, the spa town dubbed ‘the jewel in the tourist crown of Moldavia’ lies in a valley surrounded by beech and fir trees, at 530 meters height, at the foot of the Nemira Mountains, on the Slanic river, a Trotus tributary; the resort combines the scenic views with the healing water tradition and futurist projects that have the ecological criterion at their forefront, the town mayor Andrei Serban says.

                        The town is mentioned in documents as far back as in the 17th century, but its true natural wealth — the healing mineral springs — was discovered in 1801 by Mihalache Spiridon, a landlord from Trotus area who was hunting in the Nemira Mountains forests. He noticed water springing from between two stones, leaving a yellowish trace behind. Spiridon took a water sample and gave it to the chemists of the time to analyse it. They told him that the water discovered at Slanic had the same qualities as the one used in Western Europe ‘to heal illnesses’.

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                        On hearing of this miracle healing located not far from his landlord’s residence, Mihalache Spiridon tried to drive a way through the rugged forest to reach it. As he was engaged in this enterprise, he discovered yet other five springs that proved to have healing qualities. Meanwhile, other 14 springs were captured and arranged, containing extremely efficient carbonated, bicarbonate, slightly sulphurous, chlorine, salty, hyper-tonic, hypo-tonic waters if drank for a wide array of eating-system disorders or liver diseases, but also for degenerative and endocrine rheumatism, if used as bath.

                        Half a century later, people began settling at Slanic Moldova and the town flourished, particularly after analyses made in renowned European laboratories of the time revealed that the mineral waters discovered at Slanic compared to the mineral springs of Vichy, Spa or Aix la Chapelle in France or Czech Karlsbad.

                        The Slanic spring waters later got gold and silver medals at the International Balneology Exhibition in Frankfurt am Main, in 1881, the specialised Exhibition in Vienna in 1883 and a top recognition at the Paris Universal Exhibition in 1900. They all made the resort famous.

                        The fame of Slanic was even more boosted after the visit paid by King of Romania Carol I in 1891, who declared himself ‘a great admirer’ of the resort and by composer and violinist George Enescu giving his first public concert there in 1889, stunning the audience by his virtuoso violin playing at the tender age of eight.

                        The glitzy Racovita Hotel built in 1887 and displaying a baroque architecture specific of the mountain resorts that were famous in Europe at that time gave the starter signal to building villas and pavilions absolutely measuring up to those in Karlsbad. The hotel was used in World War One by the German troops as the command headquarters of the army stationed in the area, with the German commander staying at the splendid Rica villa, that can be admired even today, the same as Racovita Hotel; both buildings were turned to private hands after 1992, in the same way as most Slanic hotels, restaurants and villas.

                        Another highlight of the resort is the Casino, raised by Italian masters immediately after the end of the First World War. The beautiful building overlooking the Slanic Moldova Park had theatre and concert halls and ballrooms, besides the gambling rooms; it is currently rated group A of the historical monuments of a national and universal value, alongside Racovita Hotel.

                        After the nationalization from 1949, the resort becomes a popular destination for the masses. The communist authorities of the time were not keen to tend to the image of the old villas, which began deteriorating, as they preferred to raise new hotels designed in a proletariat-culture manner, bearing no particular feature to make them stand out or be in keeping with everything that had given the resort its urban shining style.

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                        The resort, however, had an even harsher plight after 1990, when everything seemed to head out towards ruin, by neglect and forgetfulness. Nevertheless, there came a moment of inspiration for the county authorities, who backed the privatisations starting in 1993. The result is that nothing has been built in Slanic Moldova in the last 20 years other than by respecting the architectural note of the inter-war buildings; the spring area as well as the town park have been thoroughly restored.

                        A project conducted over the last four years was the upgrading of the former Balneal Sanatorium building located in central Slanic Moldova, the modernised spaces of which offer quality services in the medical recuperation of adults and children, both by staying-in or coming to treatment every day, mainly for breathing pathology and liver-digestive diseases.

                        The spa treatment offered by Slanic Moldova Balneal Sanatorium is more efficient if associated with treatment prescribed by the general practitioners based on air therapy, mineral water therapy, mofetta therapy, therapeutic gas emissions having carbon dioxide concentrations of more than 70 percent used in vascular conditions as well as specific therapy in the Salt Mine at Targu-Ocna, located 18 kilometers from the resort. Slanic, moreover, offers accommodation to those coming to the resort for treatment or tourism. It also has five hotels, 14 villas and 16 guest-houses, a tourist compound and a camping site. The resort avails of adequate high-standard infrastructure for organising business meetings, symposiums and gatherings and training sessions which place it top of the relevant tourist destinations — an outstanding achievement for Moldavia and Bacau county.

                        Slanic Moldova is the venue of a large number of annual cultural-artistic events aimed at preserving, protecting and promoting the traditions, customs and arts&crafts. The County Traditional Song and Dance Festival as well as the Craftsmen’s Fair are organised every August, being attended by over 200 craftsmen and around 60 artists. Furthermore, over June-September every year, the town hall hosts the event called The Cultural Season of Slanic in the resort park, to promote the Moldavian traditions and values, with more than 80 traditional ensembles performing at the event.

                        On July 20-23 every year, when the Christian Orthodox Romanians celebrate the feast of Saint Elijah, the patron saint of Bacau, the Slanic Days Festival is held, an occasion to host important scientific meetings for the spa sector, tourism, literature and artistic photography and promote national artistic values or starting talents during outdoor shows that draw over 20,000 tourists and town locals. On December 29 the resort park hosts the annual Festival of Winter Traditions and Customs in Trotus Valley.

                        Thus, today’s resort is not only a place to heal those suffering from breathing or digestive diseases, but also a place where old-time buildings and green areas compete with the hotels and leisure areas built in the last ten years.

                        ‘Slanic Moldova town hall was, is and will always be concerned with developing this area as much as possible, by accurately respecting the old-time air in accordance with the modern demands of tourism, particularly in the leisure area that had long been inexistent other than by the landscapes offered by nature and also in accordance with the demands of modern times as regards the town maintenance costs and the conservation of a sound environment of the air and water’, said Andrei Serban, the man who has been heading the town affairs for more than ten years.

                        He explains that one of the priorities is a complex environmental project, conducted in partnership with German town Rohr, aimed at turning the resort into an area almost completely benefiting from green energy by setting up a wind farm, implementing geo-thermal facilities to provide heating and hot tap water as well as setting up biogas facilities or solar panels that should produce power for the mini-cars aimed at the local tourism.

                        Architecture in the mineral water area, the rehabilitation of the capture of fresh water from drains, the upgrading and extension of the centralised waste water collection, transport and cleaning system are projects under way that together with the rehabilitation of the Slanic spring tributaries will complete a range of achievements to be finalised this year.

                        Hiking fans should visit the Slanic Gorges and Waterfalls, a trek dubbed ‘300 steps’ as well as hike on the marked trails through the Nemira Mountains, one of which takes the traveller to the Stephen the Great and Holy Monastery located on Mount Bolovanu, at 900 meters altitude, a two-hours’ walk from the resort.

                        The Slanic Gorges lie over 400 metres next to the paved road and are made up of huge rocks that go down smoothly on steps. The waterfall is part of the Slanic Gorges, which separate the Pufu mountain (on the left bank) and the Dobru mountain (on the right bank). The waterfall scenery is completed by the broadleaf forest on the banks. A footbridge built across the waterfall enables one to cross to the left bank of the river, to the concrete tile alley which runs up and down the river and gives the tourists the chance to have a very beautiful view of the waterfall and the gorges.

                        The ‘300 steps’ track is in fact a walk through the forests at the foot of the Dobru mountain, over the mineral water springs of Slanic Moldova and along the Slanic Gorges. Being meant for the tourists’ active relaxation, the ‘300 steps’ won’t need any special physical training or special gear for mountain climbing, all the more so as it starts and ends in the springs area. The steps (stairs), more or less than 300, are mostly stone steps, but here and there concrete steps fill in the gaps. The route through the wood is not difficult, and it is accessible both in the summer and in the winter. The walk will take 2.5-3 hours on average and it has areas offering panoramic views of the resort and the Nemira Mountains.

                        The Stephen the Great and Holy Monastery lies within 2.5 hours’ walk and it stands out among the county worship places by the fact the initiators and main financial supporters of the building were two Orthodox American citizens. The Roman and Bacau Bishop’s See gave its blessing to the setting up of the monastery as one of monks and drew up the required paperwork in 2000, when the building site opened. There is no certain information that there was any religious dwelling on the site in the old times. The monastery has a chapel, where services are held in all seasons. It is divided into the altar and nave and it has a closed porch on one side. The church altar screen is made of oak sculpted by masters on the Trotus Valley.

                        The tourists coming to the resort, among whom there are many from neighbouring Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, can go on trips by car or the local minibuses to Targu Ocna, to visit its Salt Mine and the swimming pools, the palaces of Prince Ghika at Comanesti and Doftana, Prince Stirbei Palace at Darmanesti or go to the scenic Uzului Valley, to the reservoir surrounded by over 1,500-meters high mountains.AGERPRES

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