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A retired Romanian police officer who is suspected of fraudulently handing out traffic fines was in line for a diploma recognizing his work in the police force. But former colleagues were forced to scrap the award after it emerged that he had been arrested for fraudulently posing as a police officer. The unnamed police...

A man who lost 10,000 euros in the Black Sea port of Constanta reported the loss to police claiming the money had been stolen from his bag at a mall in the city. Twelve hours after he lost the money which was part of a payment for a property he was planning to...

The current frigid snap in Romania will be followed by warmer than usual temperatures for this time of year, forecasters said Tuesday. However, the unseasonably warm weather will taper off and it will be chilly in the first week of March, the traditional start of Spring. The cold spell will continue this week, however, especially in...

Romanian Prime Minister Florin Citu says he plans to relax some of the pandemic restrictions for Orthodox Easter next month. Worshipers will be allowed to attend all-night Easter services which end at 5 a.m. and shops will stay open until 8 p.m. on Good Friday under the plan. Currently, there is...

Romania has been rattled by 16 quakes with a magnitude higher than 5 since the deadliest earthquake of recent times 44 years ago which hit the capital. The temblor struck Bucharest on the evening of March 4, leaving 1,500 dead_ the vast majority of fatalities were in the capital_ and demolishing buildings across the...

The government is planning to introduce fines for pedestrians distracted by their phones while crossing the road after an increase in accidents caused by pedestrians that resulted in hundreds of deaths in less than two years. The draft legislation published by the interior ministry aims to deter people from using their devices or noise-cancelling...

A 39-year-old man who went on a run in the Romanian mountains has died after he was apparently mauled to death by a bear, police said. The man’s father alerted police Monday morning after his son failed to return home on Sunday evening. Dozens of mountain rescue workers took dogs and searched...

It was one of the biggest cigarette trafficking rings of recent years. About nine years ago, prosecutors were moving in on suspected smugglers operating in northern Romania. Traffickers in the Botosani region had been put under surveillance, their telephones tapped. Lucrative crime rings On November 27, 2012, crime fighters were ready to go. They had identified five illegal contraband rings. Law enforcement...

A Romanian court sentenced a former minister and the daughter of ex-President Traian Basescu to prison for money laundering in connection with the former president’s electoral campaign. The Bucharest Court of Appeal handed Elena Udrea, former tourism minister, an eight-year sentence and Ioana Basescu, a public notary, a five-year sentence on Tuesday over the...

Romanian Prime Minister Florin Citu offered Romanians a glimmer of hope Monday saying the country could plan on a “return to normality” by the beginning of June. Roadmap The roadmap for easing Covid restrictions presented by the prime minister is the first concrete date given by the government.