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Romania's centrist coalition government easily survived a vote of no-confidence by the opposition Social Democrats on Tuesday, reaffirming its majority as it plots its way out of the  pandemic. Motion Some  201 lawmakers voted in favor of the motion to topple Prime Minister Florin Citu, well short of the 234 votes need to pass. The censure motion was captioned “A FAILED Romania....

Ford Motor Company says it is investing $300 million in the production of a new light commercial vehicle at its Craiova assembly plant in southern Romania. It will start in 2023 with a fully electric version a year later, the company announced Tuesday. This will be Ford's first full electric vehicle...

The leader of the Romanian Orthodox Church says the pandemic has challenged people and called them to value their life and health. But despite the difficulties,  this time of testing can also lead to deeper faith, he said. Orthodox Easter In his Easter message which was released before Orthodox Easter...

Romania has become the latest European country to expel a Russian diplomat, after it declared a military attache a persona non grata. The foreign ministry said the person in question was Moscow’s deputy military attache, Alexey Grichayev, Agerpres reported. Romanian Foreign Minister  Bogdan Aurescu informed the Russian ambassador of the decision in...

Romania’s president on Tuesday remembered a pogrom in the Romanian city of Iasi in 1941 where 13,000 Jews were killed. He called it “one of the bloodiest pages" in Romanian history. Pogrom “Uncontrolled hatred, appalling violence (and) absolute contempt for human dignity were just some of the tools,” used by authorities to “put into practice an abominable plan - cleansing the...

Romanian police have opened an inquiry into an incident where a motorist threw an envelope to a driver in another vehicle. Huge wads of cash were found in the envelope. Police were patrolling an area of Bucharest on Monday when they saw a motorist toss an envelope into another car. The second car immediately drove off after taking receiving the...

Romanian authorities say pandemic restrictions will be lifted in the capital in time for the Easter which Orthodox Christians celebrate this weekend after a fall in new coronavirus cases. On Monday, the capital had an infection rate of 3.46 per 1,000 inhabitants, just below the figure which triggers extra restrictions. The figure is calculated...

Romania had more traffic accidents and deaths than any other country in the EU  last year. Apart from speeding, undisciplined pedestrians are one of the main causes, police say. However, a bizarre case has emerged in which a pedestrian apparently tries to fake an accident in the Romanian capital. The woman...

Romania recorded more traffic deaths for its population size than any other country in the European Union last year, statistics show. Overall, fatal road accidents fell across the European Union in 2020 by almost one-fifth as a result of restrictions on people’s movement during the pandemic, officials said. Fatalities The...

Romania’s prime minister says Covid vaccines, some of which are about to expire, will be sold abroad. Denmark will buy one million doses of Pfizer vaccines at the market price, Premier Florin Citu said on Monday. “We get requests every day,” he said. “We will send a lot to Denmark. We are selling to Denmark and to other countries. About one...