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After a balmy January and a short, freezing spell, winter is back with a vengeance. Forecasters say snowstorms, blizzards and gale-force winds will batter parts of central, north and northwest Romania Monday evening. Meteorologists issued a yellow warning for Transylvania and an orange alert for the counties of Suceava, parts of Mures, Maramures and Bistrita-Nasaud...

Romania’s president met with the central bank governor, the prime minister and the finance minister on Friday to discuss the country’s growing budget deficit and how to reinvigorate the economy, which has been battered by the coronavirus pandemic. “We had a very good discussion on what measures are feasible for reinvigorating the economy,”...

Romania’s Laura Codruţa Kovesi who was appointed the new EU chief prosecutor this week, has unfinished business in her home country.  Kovesi recently won a lawsuit she filed in 2014 against the Antena 3 news station and several of its journalists, but still hasn’t received the 300,000 lei (63,000 euros) that a court ordered...

Bucharest mayor Gabriela Firea who is under fire for failing to tackle air pollution and traffic congestion came to a city hall meeting Wednesday wearing a surgical mask and a doctor’s coat. But Gabriela Firea, who is running for a second term as mayor in elections this summer, said she was wearing medical attire...

The death count from the novel coronavirus climbed to 498 Tuesday, after seven people succumbed to the virus during the day at a care home in eastern Romania. A total of 16 people died from COVID-19 on Tuesday, including those at the care home in the Danube port of Galati, eastern Romania.

International news agency Bloomberg published a pre-election analysis Saturday about Romania’s presidential election where it credits President Klaus Iohannis for helping get the once powerful Social Democrat chief Liviu Dragnea sent to prison. It says Iohannis also guided Romania back into the European Union mainstream. The agency describes the...

Romania reported the second-highest daily figure for new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, dashing hopes that the virus was retreating. The Strategic Communication Group said 1,309 new infections had been diagnosed In the past day, higher than the previous day, and almost 500 more than on Monday. There were 41 deaths, a...

Romanian car maker Automobile Dacia, a unit of France's Renault, said on Wednesday it will temporarily halt production at its production plant in southern Romania due to the coronavirus epidemic. Activity at the plant will be halted from Thursday until April 5, Dacia said in a press release. The announcement came after Ford, also...

Britain’s top diplomat in Romania has congratulated the country’s anti-corruption office for its efforts to root out high-level graft, calling it “one of the bravest countries” in the region. British Ambassador Andrew Noble spoke Friday at a ceremony to mark 15 years since the establishment of the Anti-corruption Directorate. Recalling...

Britain’s Prince Charles of Wales has urged Romanians to spend their holidays in the country and rediscover the mountains, the Danube Delta, Saxon villages and other "incredible riches." Charles put together a five-minute film to support the local tourist industry which has been battered by the coronavirus pandemic. The film, starring Prince Charles, is created by Charlie...