Romania’s Orban invites Google to set up office, tells Dutch PM Bucharest “fully” ready to join Schengen
Romanian Prime Minister-designate Ludovic Orban has invited tech giant Google to set up an office in Romania, citing favorable and business and investment conditions.
Orban met the Google vice president of global affairs Kent Walker at the Munich Security Conference this weekend where he “presented measures adopted by his government,” and suggested the...
Cheers in Parliament as Romania’s government ousted in no-confidence vote
Romania’s Prime Minister Viorica Dancila was
fighting for her political survival after Parliament voted to dismiss her government
in a vote of no-confidence Thursday.
Some 238 lawmakers voted to fire the government, five more votes than needed. The outcome will hurt her chances to become president in November elections. After the...
Coronavirus. Romania’s government to allow farm workers to fly to Western Europe to pick crops
Romania’s government will allow workers to fly to Western Europe to harvest crops that secure Europe’s food supplies.
When
Europe tightened borders to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, farmers in
France, Italy, Britain, German and elsewhere expressed concerns.
Workers they rely on from Eastern Europe to harvest vital food were immobilized...
Romanian president calls ex-PM ‘anti-democratic’ defends decision to not debate ahead of presidential runoff
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has defended his decision not to take part in a head-to-head debate with former Prime Minister Viorica Dancila, calling the Social Democrats she leads “an unreformed, undemocratic party.”
Iohannis, who has been blasted by some for refusing to meet Dancila for a televised debate ahead of the Nov. 21 runoff,...
‘It’s SHOCKING.’ Romanian students getting worse at math….. and reading and science, international study shows (update 1)
Romania has
long prided itself in producing excellent math students, who go on to excel at universities
around the world.
No longer it seems.
An international study that measures 15-year-olds’ ability in math, reading and science around the world has uncovered data about learning levels bound to cause concern. Across the country, math...
20 C at Christmas: Hot weather spells bad news for winter tourism in Romania
It’s the hottest December on record, good for motorists planning trips in the holiday season, but the lack of snow is bad news for winter sports and Romania’s only ice hotel which won’t open for the first time in 15 years.
Forget about a white Christmas. Weather forecasters are predicting
tropical weather over the holiday...
Coronavirus cases and Covid-19 related deaths rise in Romania
The number of new coronavirus
cases in Romania rose to 1,470 on Tuesday, with 44 Covid-19-related deaths in
the last 24 hours, authorities said.
The Strategic Communication Group
said 551 SARS-CoV-2 patients were receiving treatment in intensive care units, a
new record. The number of patients in ICU has steadily risen over the past
week.
Healthcare...
Back to work: Thousands of car industry employees return to jobs amid COVID-19 pandemic
Some 80,000 workers in Romania's car industry returned to production lines on Tuesday after factories were closed for month due to the coronavirus pandemic, Ziarul Financiar reported.
The general secretary of the Association of Automobile Producers in Romania, Adrian Sandu, said just over one-third of the industry's 230,000 were back at work on Tuesday...
European Commission approves 875 million euros for Romania highway crossing Carpathian Mountains
The European Commission has approved 875.5 million euros to build the first stage of a long-awaited highway from the Transylvanian city of Sibiu across the mountains to the city of Pitesti.
The news is likely to be welcomed by businesses and anyone driving to or from Transylvania to southern...
Bucharest National Opera suspends upcoming performances after 10 employees confirmed with Covid-19
It's a plot twist almost worthy of an opera.
After days of rumors, the Bucharest National Opera on Friday confirmed that 10 employees had been diagnosed with Covid-19 and performances would be suspended forthwith.
The Administrative Council of the Opera Nationala Bucuresti met Thursday and decided to cancel performances scheduled from...
