Ex-Romanian health minister who resigned as hospital manager over bribe-taking charges, decides she wants to stay in the job
Former health minister Sorina Pintea currently under investigation on suspicion of taking a 35,000 euros in bribes no longer intends to resign as the manager of a hospital in northwestern Romania, authorities said.
Pintea, the manager of the Baia Mare Emergency Hospital, was detained on February 29 after a sting operation. Prosecutors allegedly...
Coronavirus cases rise to 1,452 in Romania, with 29 deaths from the virus
The
number of coronavirus cases in Romania jumped to 1,452 on Saturday and 29
people have died after catching the COVID-19 since the virus outbreak.
The
Strategic Communication Group announced there were 160 new cases in past 24 hours.
Most the
patients who died from the effects of the virus had existing health...
‘Fast and Furious’ Romanian gang suspected of high speed heists in Spain and Europe busted
Seventy-one people, including 10 in Spain, have been arrested for a series of Fast and Furious-style heists from moving trucks.
The
Romanian gang are suspected of stealing from moving trucks whose drivers were unaware
of the crime.
Police say the criminals specialized in the high-speed crimes that targeted vehicles on motorways across...
Three Romanians suspected of tunneling into London jewelers and stealing 300,000 pounds of diamonds
Two Romanians have been arrested and extradited to Britain
in connection with a diamond heist where thieves tunnelled into an upmarket
London jewellers and stole 300,000 pounds of gems and valuables in an audacious
heist, a Romanian newspaper reported.
Marian Sorin Munteanu, 43, and Cristin Florin Neagu, 46, were extradited following
a ruling by the Court of Appeal...
Romania reports new cases of COVID-19, introduces new measures at borders to contain the spread of the killer virus
Romanian authorities have reported two new
cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to 31, as authorities introduced new
measures at the borders to control the spread of the killer virus.
Authorities
added northern France and the Spanish capital, Madrid as high-risk areas of coronavirus
infection.
Health ministry official Nelu Tartaru said late Tuesday that...
Cross marks the spot. Is this where Prince Vlad Dracul was killed?
A field just outside a village about 40 kilometers south of the town of Targoviste may be the place where Romanian medieval prince Vlad Dracul was killed almost 600 years ago, a historian and others believe.
Details about when Vlad Dracul was born and where he died remain sketchy. Historians say he was...
Romanian bakery says sorry to town for “offending” residents following protests over 2 Sri Lankan bakers
A Romanian company that hired 2 Sri Lankan bakers sparking protests in a small town in central Romania has apologized to the community and says the bakery will find other jobs for the men.
In an open letter to the community, the bakery “apologized if we have offended anyone, but we did hire foreign...
Suceava, the epicenter of Romania’s coronavirus outbreak. 170 medics and patients infected with the deadly disease in the small northern region
They call it Romania’s Lombardy.
Besides being in the far north of the country just like Lombardy, Suceava county shares one more thing with the Italian region thousands of kilometers away: the unfortunate fame of being the flash point for the coronavirus pandemic in their countries.
Despite having...
The Complicated Financial Affairs of Rovana Plumb (or how politicians are inspired by the story of Scrat, the Ice Age squirrel)
Rovana Plumb has had a successful political career by any standards. Elected to Romania’s Parliament in 2004, she became a member of the European Parliament in 2009 for the Social Democracy Party. She moved back to Bucharest after she was appointed environment minister and later became the labour minister. She was elected president of Social Democrats’ National...
Reactor at Hungarian nuclear plant shuts down
One of the four reactors at Hungary’s Paks nuclear power plant shut down when an automatic defense mechanism kicked in, the plant said in a statement quoted by Reuters.
The incident occurred Thursday morning and experts are investigating. There were no safety implications, it said.
The plant, the only one...
