Over 200 new parking places will be created in the central area of the town. The municipality is working on a project which supposes that the street between the "7 storey” Block and the one near the Palace of Culture has this purpose. The plans have been made public by the Mayor of Ploiesti Andrei Volosevici himself in a press meeting. "We are still designing a parking place in the Coreco area.

The doors of several public institutions from the County have remained shut for two hours on Thursday, the public clerks closing the counters and ceasing any public activity as a protest against the Government's refusal to increase their salaries with 50%.

On Monday evening, an avalanche of officials witnessed the vesting of the prefect Radu Oprea and the sub-prefect Adrian Dobre. The ceremony took place at the Toma Caragiu Theatre in Ploieşti and it was assisted by Mircea Geoană, the President of the Senate, Adrian Năstase, Vice-president of the Chamber of Deputies, Gabriel Sandu, Minister of Communications, Dan Nica, Minister of Administration and Interior, together with other members of the Parliament and local elected officials.

Even though it has successfully withstood all pressures within the last four years, the Government led by Călin Popescu Tăriceanu seems to start shaking. The teachers' salary raise has triggered numerous claims, thing without precedent in the Post-December history of this country.

Ursu Cristinel Costel, în vârstă de 25 de ani, cunoscut lumii mondene din România sub numele de Cristi Ursu, a fost admis în concursul "Fama” organizat de postul TV Cuatro din Spania. Concursul are o audienţă mare şi este un fel de Big Brother, unde se lansează balerini şi dansatori profesionişti. Cristi locuieşte în Madrid de aproape un an de zile şi a ales să trăiască în Occident pentru a triumfa în cariera artistică. De la 10 ani a făcut tot felul de şcoli şi cursuri, dar nu a avut încă şansa să-i fie recunoscute deplin calităţile în propria-i ţară.

Ambasada Română din Madrid a găzduit o întâlnire cu presa spaniolă la care au fost analizate proiectele Hola soy Rumano! (Bună, sunt român!) şi "Rumanos en Europa - De igual a igual”.