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Romania risks losing 40% of its power generating capacities under a European Union financial plan to move to a green economy and make the EU climate neutral, the country's prime minister says.  Premier Ludovic Orban said “solutions to substitute this loss are urgently needed” to transition to renewable energies, in meetings Wednesday with business...

It sounds lovely after months of lockdown. A sunny day at the beach on Romania’s Black Sea coast. But how do you get there? Many tourists will go by car to the coast which is in the easternmost point of the country, but others will take the train. Only this year, with coronavirus restrictions...

Romania will open an investigation to identify border guards who opened fire on Romanians trying to flee the country during the communist regime. “We don’t have exact statistics, but we are certainly talking about thousands of people who lost their lives, shot by border officers while trying to leave for the West,” said Alexandra Toader, who...

Environment Minister Costel Alexe has lashed out at the mayor of Bucharest saying that residents of the Romanian capital were “inhaling poison,” a reference to recent high levels of pollution reported in the city. Mayor Gabriela Firea earlier told Alexe to move out of the capital of 2 million if he didn’t like it. He retorted...

The keyword within the President’s speech on the occasion of Orban’s appointment as PM was “inspiration”. This is what Klaus Iohannis wished Orban for his endeavor to make up the Government. A surprisingly poetic word as compared with the hard challenge the Liberal Party leader is confronting, as well as for the collateral risks that could derive...

Romania will lift a requirement for tourists and travelers from 17 European countries to undergo a two weeks of quarantine or self-isolation when they arrive in Romania starting next week, the government has announced. The National Committee for Emergency Situations late Saturday published the list of countries where travelers are exempt from staying in institutionalized quarantine or...

Created in rough stone and worth millions, it's hardly surprising that The Kiss, a sculpture by Romanian artist Constantin Brancusi is the focus of a bitter legal dispute spanning more than a decade. The iconic work of art has been on view for more than a century and is one of the top attractions...

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday spoke for the first time about relaxing a lockdown imposed in mid-March to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. If infections and deaths decrease after May 15 when a two-month state of emergency ends, “it’s clear we can enter a phase of relaxation,” Iohannis said.

Romania had the highest rate of infant mortality rates in the EU with 6 deaths per 1,000 live births, according to European statistics released Monday. Neighboring Bulgaria also scored badly with 5.8 deaths and Malta 5.6 had deaths per 1,000 births in 2018, Eurostat said. At the other end...

A landmark lighthouse in the Black Sea port of Constanta has been lit up this week for the first time in over a century following extensive restoration work. The Genoese Lighthouse which was first built in the 12th century, was last lit up in 1913, a year before World War I broke out.