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  Law will cap magistrates' pensions at 70% Magistrates will retire at 65 over a phased out period Romania's PM vows to recover 231 million euros of EU money Romania’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday approved a law that will curb magistrates super pensions and right to early retirement ending months of tension with the government and protesters. The positive ruling came...

Residents of the Romanian capital woke up to up to half a meter of snow on Wednesday morning as Bucharest was hit by the biggest blizzard in years, with roads blocked, trees knocked down and flights canceled. Residents were jolted out of their sleep by a Ro-Alert siren at 4.20 am telling people to avoid travel. The red alert was...

Romanian figure skater Julia Sauter has qualified for the free program in the women's figure skating event at the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games. With 63.13 points, Julia achieved the best result of her career in the short program. At 28 years old, the Romanian skater entered the short program and qualified for the free program, scheduled for Thursday evening. "Today, the short program...

“Those sanctions waivers happened, as much as anything else, because of the                     relationship between the prime minister (Viktor Orban) and the President (Donald               Trump).  And so I think all I can tell you is that’s the – that relationship and the       ...

Residents of the Romanian capital woke up to up to half a meter of snow on Wednesday morning as Bucharest was hit by the biggest blizzard in years, with roads blocked, trees knocked down and flights canceled. A Ro-Alert warning was sent at 4.20 am telling residents to avoid travel. The red alert is valid until 08:20. Trams were blocked on...

After years of being among the fastest growing European economies, Romania is now in a tough spot, struggling with stagnation, high inflation and a huge budget deficit, which leaves little room for traditional methods of stimulating the economy - tax cuts, lowering interest rates and boosting public spending. On the contrary, amid the economic slowdown, the government was forced to...

Mihai Tentea and George Iordache will compete in the 3rd and 4th rounds in the two-person bobsleigh on Tuesday at the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games. After the first two rounds, the Romanian athletes are in 5th place. Rounds 3 and 4 start at 20:00. From 19.45 the short program in the women's figure skating event is scheduled, where Julia Sauter, Romania's flag...

Ukraine has set up a state-supported fertility preservation program allowing active-duty service members to freeze reproductive material before or during military service.  Under current Ukrainian legislation, sperm or egg cryopreservation for active service members is funded by the state.  The program covers the initial medical consultation, laboratory processing, and storage costs.  If a service member dies, the stored material is preserved free...

A 5,000-year-old fortress has been found hidden beneath dense trees in northeast Romania. The find last year was thanks to some high-tech tools allowing archeologists to uncover the ancient structure which might date back to the late Neolithic age, a stage of prehistory that stretched from about 8,000 B.C. to 3,000 B.C, Earth.com reported. It shows how early societies managed to...

Donald Trump, Friday, February 13: "Russia wants to make a deal, and Zelensky will have to move. Otherwise, he will miss out on a great opportunity. He has to move." Marco Rubio, Saturday, February 14: "We don't know if the Russians are serious about ending the war. They say they are. Within only 24 hours, the US president and the US...