A police officer from the Criminal Investigation Service in Galați County, Romania, was found shot in the head Friday morning in the back seat of a service vehicle near the locality of Gârboavele.

A report prepared by the Romanian Prime Minister’s Chancellery highlighted significant disparities between counties and local administrations in attracting and implementing European-funded projects, including under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR/RRF). According to the document, while counties such as Bihor, Hunedoara, Mehedinți, and Galați managed to contract a substantial number of projects during 2021-2025, most county councils and smaller administrative-territorial units (ATUs) still had no signed PNRR contracts by 2025. “The lack of contracting from the PNRR at the county council level in over 90% of counties is particularly worrying,” the report stated, as reported by Adevarul.ro .