fired

The head of the Bucharest division of state-owned railway company CFR, Gavrila Manaila, has been sacked Saturday for defective management, the company said in a statement.

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc dismissed National Customs Authority head Radu Traian Marginean Wednesday evening, who has been indicted on charges of corruption.

The head of the Romanian Gendarmerie Olimpiodor Antonescu and his first deputy Nicolaie Rugina have been sacked following a scandal involving alleged illegal staff hiring in the institution.

Romania’s Health Minister Cseke Attila on Friday sacked Radu Iordachel, head of the country’s Cantacuzino Institute, which produces vaccines, over failure to tackle and fix the institute’s production deficiencies.

The mechanic of a fast passenger train which derailed Sunday in Galati county, eastern Romania, will be fired after he admitted he ran a red light and caused the train to derail when he reversed gear to avoid collision with another train.