Video. Former Romanian mayor is handcuffed, taken to jail to start 5-year sentence for bribes, including Hong Kong trip and luxury hotel stays
The former mayor of Iasi, the biggest city in northeast Romania, has started a five-year prison sentence for taking bribes in the form of money and luxury hotel stays.
The Bucharest Court of Appeal handed the sentence to Gheorghe Nichita on Thursday and he was taken from his home to start the sentence
Coronavirus. Romania’s church opposes using plastic spoons for communion, will defer sacrament until solution is found
Romania’s Orthodox Church opposes the use of disposable spoons to offer communion, as recommended by authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic, and will postpone the sacrament.
Church services with worshipers in attendance have not been held since Romania declared a state of emergency in mid-March.
But starting Friday when restrictions begin...
Message written by Romanian political prisoners found hidden in walls of Constanta casino reveals family secret. ‘I always thought it was a legend. Now I know he was telling...
The renovation of the casino in the Black Sea port of Constanta to its pre-war glory, has uncovered some of the secrets of Romania’s dark communist past.
On May 9, restorers found a scrap of paper with the names of 16 political detainees buried in one of the walls.
The note...
Romanian mayor wearing surgical mask, latex gloves to shield himself from coronavirus filmed ‘red-handed taking bribe’
A mask and gloves may shield you from the coronavirus, but it won’t protect you from the law.
That’s what one Romanian mayor apparently found out after he donned latex gloves and a surgical mask before meeting a local businessman.
But he didn’t reckon with anti-corruption prosecutors though.
Romania’s floral industry is blossoming. 15% growth forecast for 2020
Romania and
flowers go hand in hand, growing naturally or given as a gift.
In the
final years of communism, the only spot of color on the gray and drab streets
of Bucharest were vivid flowers sold by Gypsy women.
And Romania's relationship with flowers is flourishing with the floral market expected...
Coronavirus cases cross 16,000 in Romania, and death toll passes 1,000
Romanian authorities on Thursday said 16,002 people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus since the outbreak began in March and 1,016 have died from the virus.
The Strategic Communication Group said that 220 new cases had been reported in the last 24 hours. The number of fresh cases has slightly dropped in recent...
U.S. Ambassador to business leaders: Help Romania “shed the last shackles of communism and corruption” and become thriving country
Business leaders must help Romania “shed the last shackles of communism and corruption,” and become “economically strong…. a society respecting the rule of law,” the U.S. ambassador to Romania has said.
The ambassador, Adrian Zuckerman, said the country was ready
to “unleash its true economic potential, but can do so only by enacting common
sense business...
Coronavirus cases plateau in Romania, but deaths remain high
The number of coronavirus cases has stabilized in Romania, while deaths of patients with SARS-CoV-2 remained high across the country, but a drop from the previous day when a record number of patients succumbed to the virus.
The Strategic Communication Group said there were 7,365 new Covid-19 cases after 31,458 tests...
Spike in new coronavirus cases in Romania as lawmakers disagree on whether to extend ‘state of alert’
Romania has reported 237 new cases of the novel coronavirus, more than 20%
higher than the previous day.
The surge in cases came as Parliament is split on whether to extend the state of alert that was imposed in mid-May to stop the spread of the highly contagious virus.
Opposition parties, headed...
Romanian schools to reopen in September on a case-by-case basis
Romanian schools will reopen in September on a case-by-case basis, with towns which are hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic likely to continue to hold classes online, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said Wednesday.
“For most children, (the reopening) means they will actually physically go to school,” Iohannis said. School is due to...
