Europe anti-torture group: violence and intimidation rife in Moldovan prisons
Moldova has been urged again to take action to quash widespread violence and bullying between inmates that prison commanders allegedly turn a blind eye to.
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) published a report on Tuesday based on their findings from a visit to the former Soviet republic...
Spontaneous strike by railway workers in Romania leads to train cancellations
Trains were running late and others were canceled in Romania Thursday after up to 1,000 railway workers began a spontaneous strike at a number of cities around the country to protest what they said were plans to lay off staff.
Employees of the CFR state railways at depots in the cities...
PM says Romania will hold legislative elections on December 6
Prime Minister
Ludovic Orban says Romania will hold parliamentary elections on Dec. 6.
Orban,
who heads a minority Liberal government, made the announcement Thursday at the beginning
of a weekly government meeting.
He said he wanted to inform Romanians ahead of the decision and his Cabinet would issue an executive decision to schedule the...
Romanian prosecutors seize assets of media mogul over embezzlement probe
Romanian prosecutors have seized the assets of a media mogul as they continue an investigation into allegations of financial embezzlement.
The organized crime unit said it had frozen the assets of Cristian Burci, the director of a media group that owns Adevarul daily and Prima TV. Burci had appealed the decision but a Bucharest...
Some like it Cold. Warm temperatures force closure of Romania’s Ice Hotel
Romania’s Ice Hotel which draws tourists from home and abroad who enjoy its chilly charms won’t be built this year due to unseasonably warm weather in the mountains.
It’s the first time in the hotel’s 16-year history when it won’t be open for tourists, Alexandru Unchesel told national news agency Agerpres on Tuesday.
Romania reports new record of coronavirus cases, Covid-19 deaths in a single day
Romania has reported a record 1,378 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours and the highest number of deaths in a single day.
The Strategic Communication Group said Friday that 50
patients had succumbed to the virus in the past 24 hours and 446 patients were
being treated in intensive care units.
VIDEO. Trio of bears caught on camera strolling through woods in Romania
Romania’s bears usually make the headlines when they attack humans or livestock, go foraging for food in people’s homes, or are involved in a traffic accident.
But a trio of three brown bears strolling through the forest has been viewed almost 30,000 times since it was posted on Thursday.
Klaus Iohannis says people must reject attempts ‘to glorify totalitarian regimes’ as Europe marks anti-totalitarian day
Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis on Sunday
said people must reject attempts to rewrite history and “glorify totalitarian regimes”
as Europe marks anti-totalitarian day.
The horrors of 20th-century history are
commemorated Sunday by Black Ribbon Day which since 2011 has officially been known
as the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism.
Britain’s ambassador cooks up a pot of sarmale to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday
Sarmale is Romania’s national dish and Britain’s ambassador cooked a big pot of them to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday.
Andrew Noble shared a video of him on Wednesday preparing and cooking the sarmale from scratch on the British Embassy’s Facebook page.
The cooking
session came after Romania’s ambassador to Britain, Dan...
The politics sketch. From conciliatory to defiant: How Parliament sunk the government of Viorica Dancila
The prime
minister wore black and her face was ashen despite the heavy makeup. The only
light came from her blonde hair, coiffed as severely as ever. Not a single hair
on Viorica Dancila’s head was out of place.
It was
almost as if the premier was going to a funeral, which of course...
