Chefs protest. ‘Thousands of jobs threatened by Covid-19 closure of restaurants,’ as authorities fine outdoor cafes for disregarding new rules
Dozens of chefs have protested Covid-19 lockdown restrictions saying that thousands of jobs are threatened by restaurant closures in the hard-hit sector.
Chefs staged the second protest in recent days on Saturday in the Transylvanian city of Cluj, urging the government to reopen restaurants which have been closed since mid-March when the pandemic swept...
With millions abroad, Romania prepares to celebrate military-style national day at home
Romanians
will celebrate the country’s national holiday on Sunday, with typical military
fanfare at home, as millions of Romanians who left the country in search of
better-paying jobs and more opportunities prepare to mark the day abroad.
The Dec.
1 celebrations come exactly a week after President Klaus Iohannis was re-elected as president with 66% of the
vote, defeating...
The party is over!
Things are happening. First there was the self-detonation of the “resist” binomial from the Dragnea-Tăriceanu government: Tudorel Toader and Viorica Dăncilă. The former Minister of Justice and the former Prime Minister suddenly started talking about how they were pressured by Dragnea and Tariceanu (Nea Nicu and Coana Leana of the PSD - ALDE dictatorship) to issue a...
May 2010 – May 2020. Will Iohannis succeed where Băsescu failed?
Is there any resemblance between Klaus Iohannis and Traian Băsescu? No, there isn’t. It is difficult to find two more different people. However, the ways in which they have trodden their presidential paths are starting to look alike to a great extent. Very worrying!
Why worrying? Because Traian Băsescu failed to reach most of...
Romanian court bans hunting of dozens of species of wild birds
A Romanian court has suspended hunting quotas for dozens of species of wild bird for the upcoming hunting season, in a ruling that was welcomed by the Romanian Ornithological Society
The Brasov Court of Appeal ruled on August 20 that the hunting of 36 species would be banned for the 2020-2021 season. The...
Snow and high winds sweep Romania, highways, ports closed, trains canceled
Wintry storms and high winds swept Romania overnight Thursday blanketing some regions with a thick layer of snow, closing highways and roads and ports, and causing power outages and cancellations on the rail network.
In the southeast which bore the brunt of the snow, 20 communities were without power in the eastern county of...
Coronavirus Crisis. More than 40,000 people from Italy and 2,500 from China entered Romania in recent weeks
Romania's police chief says more than 40,000 people from Italy and 2,500 from China have entered the country in the past three weeks.
Ioan Buda said of those 34,000 were Romanian citizens and 3,000 Italians. The 2,500 Chinese citizens came from the mainland, Hong Kong and Macau, he said.
Romania Covid-19 death toll reaches 1,500, as rise in new cases continues
The death
toll from the novel coronavirus reached 1,500 on Saturday, as Romania reported
more than 300 cases for the fourth day in a row.
The Strategic Communication Group said that 330 new cases had been confirmed in the last 24 hours, following 11,200 tests. Sixteen patients succumbed to the virus in the last day....
It’s summer (sort of) in Romania. June 1 sees a relaxing of lockdown rules, as outdoor cafes, beaches reopen, some concerts allowed
Romania relaxed more lockdown rules on Monday. The reopening of outdoor cafes is seen as the biggest step toward a return to normal life after restrictions were imposed in mid-March to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
June 1 is officially the first day of summer in Romania, so it seemed fitting that outdoor...
Why Syria’s Idlib region should provoke bad dreams for Europe
Until now, Idlib was never the focus of international attention in the Syrian war. But its strategic importance in the US-Russia-Turkey conflict calculations means it has grown in importance in recent months.
Geographically, the Bosporus is the gateway of Europe, on Turkish land, to Asia. Geostrategically, however, the passage is located here,...
