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Many hotel operators in resorts on the valley of the Romanian river Prahova have reduced prices on their Christmas and New Year’s Eve packages compared to last year, but reservations are still at only half last year’s level in some places.

The second mountain climber involved in the accident on the Mont Blanc mountain is Romanian, spokesperson of Romania’s Foreign Affairs Ministry Alin Serbanescu told MEDIAFAX on Tuesday evening, adding he is in hospital in a severe condition after suffering multiple fractures.

Romanian mountain rescuers continue searches Friday, for the seventh day running, for two tourists reported missing Saturday on Bucegi mountain, central Romania, and said they received threats and were offended by friends of the tourists’ families.

Rescuers said Sunday will suspend until tomorrow searches for two tourists stranded on Bucegi mountain, central Romania.

Teodor Tulpan, the first Romanian citizen who reached the top of Mount Everest in 2003, will leave on a six-week expedition to climb to the highest Mexican mountaintop, the Orizaba Peak, together with two colleagues.

Four tourists were recovered by mountain rescue teams in Romanian mountain resort Busteni, Saturday night, after a seven hour ordeal in which they were stuck on a ridge at the Bucsoiului Valley exit, in the Bucegi mountains, at over 2,200 meters altitude, as a storm had broken out.