UPDATE. Acting Romanian PM Ludovic Orban self-isolates after colleague tests positive for COVID-19. Romania has 82 cases of coronavirus
Romania’s acting Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said he was self isolating at home after a party colleague tested positive for the new coronavirus.
Orban said he would go into 14 days quarantine at his official residence in Bucharest and other Liberal Party senior members would also go into self-quarantine.
President Klaus...
3rd Sri Lankan baker arrives in Romania to take up job in town embroiled in racism row (bread sales have fallen by 50%)
A 24-year-old baker from Sri Lanka has arrived in Romania where he will take
up a job in a bakery in a small town in central Romania where the local community
is embroiled in row about racism.
Bakery owner Katalin Kollo told Mediafax news agency that the man would join his compatriots who are employed at...
Romanians expected to go on buying spree in Black Friday sales
Halloween has gone and Romanians are now gearing up for another American
holiday: Black Friday.
The American deals day which falls on the Friday after Thanksgiving has
firmly cemented itself in Romanian calendar, with the pre-Christmas sale being
one of the best times to buy an early gift as online retailers and high street
stores slash their prices.
#PrayTogether. Romanian Orthodox Church joins world leaders to pray for an end to coronavirus outbreak
Church bells will ring across the country at midday Wednesday and Orthodox priests and believers will pray for an end of the coronavirus pandemic.
With churches closed for services due to the virus outbreak, the Romanian Orthodox Church called on believers to pray the Lord's Prayer and other prayers simultaneously from their homes and...
Romanian health minister fires ex-health minister accused of taking bribes as hospital manager
Romania’s health minister has fired a former health minister who's has been accused of bribe-taking, two days after she announced she wanted to remain manager of a hospital in northwestern Romania despite the probe.
Sorina Pintea,
manager of the Baia Mare Emergency Hospital, was detained on February 29 after
a sting operation. Prosecutors allegedly caught...
Romania’s Social Democrats seek ways to delay a new government taking office
Romania’s
biggest party may boycott a parliamentary session to invest the government of
Liberal Prime Minister Ludovic Orban in a bid to buy time and regain popularity
ahead of elections scheduled this year.
Marcel Ciolacu, the acting chairman of the Social Democratic Party, said the group may adopt the tactic which would delay a new government taking...
WWF says Romania’s rivers face pollution, destruction, gov’t not doing enough
The World
Wildlife Fund has blasted a recent government decision regarding river management,
saying only a tiny proportion of rivers will be protected, leaving the vast
majority at risk of pollution and destruction.
The February 4 decision only applies to rivers above 1,500 meters which is “an insignificant percentage of less than 1% of rivers,” WWF-Romania said.
In Romania, coronavirus cases rise to near 5,000 and death toll passes 200
Romanian authorities said the number of coronavirus cases stood at over 4,700 on Wednesday, and 209 people have died of the disease since the outbreak began.
The Strategic Communication Group said there were 344 new cases reported in the past 24 hours. There are 162 people in intensive care.
Romania's health...
Romania’s president to rescind presidential awards given to officials who later served prison sentences
Romania’s former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase is set to have a high-level award rescinded after President Klaus Iohannis says officials who later went to prison are not deserving of the honor.
Iohannis says he will remove presidential awards of anyone who subsequently had a criminal conviction that resulted in a prison sentence. Nastase...
Epiphany: Orthodox believers retrieve crosses from icy rivers, pope says ‘reject God of money’ and serve others
Thousands of Orthodox believers across Eastern Europe have celebrated Epiphany plunging into icy waters to retrieve crucifixes thrown by priests.
In Bulgaria, Greece and Romania, believers dived into the sea, rivers and lakes on Monday to retrieve the crosses in the belief that they will be healthy and blessed throughout the year.
