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Romania confirmed two new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, a 16-year-old boy from the southwest city of Timisoara who caught it from his father and a 71-year-old man who had returned from Lombardy, in Italy, which is Europe's worst-hit region. The infected teen is the son of a 47-year-old man who was diagnosed...

A Romanian heating company tasked with repairing and replacing Bucharest’s dilapidated heating system which provides hot water and heat for more than half of the city’s residents, has signed contracts worth 79 million lei, or 16.6 million euros, with four companies, G4Media reported. The company, Termoenergetica, replaced the previous provider Radet last year after a court declared it...

Romanian health authorities say 75 residents and staff at a care home in the capital have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The Public Health Department said Monday that the outbreak occurred as staff did not take preventive measures to stop the spread of the highly contagious virus. Authorities fined the...

Almost three years after the PSD won the elections with 45% of the vote, the Dragnea-Dăncilă government has collapsed. Despite the intense campaign waged by the PSD and the huge amounts of money poured into the efforts in recent weeks to buy off lawmakers so that they don't vote for the motion of no-confidence, the efforts...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Romania of occupying northern Bukovina, territory that Romania lost during World War II, in remarks that immediately drew rebuke and risk complicating already troubled bilateral relations. Zelensky made his remarks on Wednesday to mark Ukraine Unity Day, the day the country became a state 101 years ago.

Romanian storks are staying at home this year and brown bears are giving hibernation a miss.    Why? Because it’s warm enough at home. Experts says that some Romanian white storks are no longer making the tough yearly trip of thousands of kilometers south over the Mediterranean to spend the winter in warmer...

Romania has one of the worst recycling rates in the European Union. But one company has created a successful business out of waste paper in Romania which it recycles and turns into packaging and ships around the country. British investor DS Smith is one of the world’s leading sustainable packaging companies although not...

Romanians began voting overseas Friday in the presidential election with polling stations in London, Brussels, the Moldovan capital of Chisinau and Rome reporting the highest numbers of voters. A record number of more than 675,000 Romanians voted abroad in the first round on Nov. 10. By mid-evening...

The rumors have been confirmed. Klaus Iohannis would have made “an extraordinary president” of the European Council but he didn't want the job, according to former chief Donald Tusk. Tusk spoke Wednesday at a ceremony where Prince Nikolaus von Liechtenstein, the chairman of the Coudenhove-Kalergi European Society handed the Romanian president the...

Romanian authorities have taken over a private hospital in the northwest city of Cluj to treat patients who are infected with COVID-19, News.ro reported. The Cluj County Council said it was using the Polaris Hospital which could treat 180 patients “who will benefit from optimum conditions.” Romania had 576 cases of people with...