Spooked by death: Romanian town bans public display of coffins and wreaths
A town in southern Romania has banned funeral parlors and undertakers from displaying coffins, crosses and wreaths outside their shops or in any place where they might be in public view.
Mayor of
the town of Alexandria, Victor Dragusin, on Monday signed off on decision to
ban undertakers from publicly displaying their wares.
City break to Chernobyl? New travel destination for Romanian tourists
Intrepid Romanian tourists have a new travel destination they can add to their bucket list. Chernobyl, the site of the worst ever nuclear accident, is to be included in a holiday package.
A Romanian tour operator dreamed up the idea
after watching “Chernobyl” miniseries about the disaster and the clean-up efforts
that was screened this summer...
From Gucci to Musette: What the purses of Romania’s politicians say about democracy
“What make of handbag do you think Violeta Alexandru has?" I asked a friend in a conversation about Romania's labor minister. “Gucci,” she said. “Try again.” She thought and had another guess. “Musette.” Bravo, "right second time," I responded.
Last week, the minister, Violeta Alexandru, came to universul.net for an interview. I listened...
Official: Romania’s borders won’t be shut, food won’t be rationed, human rights won’t be affected as country prepares for state of emergency
Seeking to reassure Romanians about an impending state of emergency, a government official on Sunday said food would not be rationed, the country’s borders would remain open and fundamental rights would not be affected.
Interior ministry official Traian Berbeceanu said the state of emergency due to be enforced on Monday “is designed to help...
UPDATE. Romania reports 7 more cases of COVID-19, bringing total to 38. First patient in intensive care
Romania on Wednesday confirmed seven new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to 38. Nobody has died from the killer virus, but authorities reported the first case of a patient, aged 56, who was transferred to intensive care for treatment.
The new cases included a 55-year-old from the capital, Bucharest who’s been hospitalized...
Tragedy of Errors: Ex-police chief hides foreign trip with mistress, passes coronavirus to wife, son, pregnant daughter-in-law
He was simply known as "Patient 17," the 17th person in Romania to test positive for coronavirus.
At first, morsels of information trickled out about him. He'd fallen sick with COVID-19 and had been admitted to the Dimitrie Gerota Hospital in Bucharest.
But there was more to the story than met...
Klaus Iohannis announces nine-month mortgage holiday for Romanians, companies hit by the coronavirus outbreak
President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday said the government would provide relief for mortgage repayments and other bank loans to support individuals and companies who are affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Romanian president said Prime Minister Ludovic Orban would pass the
new measures to offer a nine-month "mortgage holiday" to people on...
Russian propaganda, assault in a hotel in Bucharest: the Red Army brought peace to Romania
Russia is carrying out an extensive campaign to rewrite the history of the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact in the context of the 75th anniversary of what the Russians call the "war of liberation of Central and Eastern Europe from Nazism." Romania is an important part of the Kremlin's propaganda plant plan, and the event organized on Wednesday at the...
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...
