Radoi takes over as Romania coach ahead of Euro 2020 playoffs
The Romanian Football
Federation says Mirel Radoi has been named as coach to replace Cosmin Contra,
who stepped down after the team failed to qualify for Euro 2020 via the group
stage.
The 38-year-old former center
back, who served as the U-21's coach, will still have the chance to take the
side to the finals of the June 12...
Cold spell on its way to Romania
After an unseasonably warm October, a wave of cold air will hit Romania this week bringing a significant drop in temperatures starting Tuesday.
The weather continues to be warm Monday, with 20 Celsius in the capital, but there will be a change in temperature starting in the evening. Rain is forecast for parts of...
UPDATE. Popular Romanian rock musician Adi Barar dies after catching Covid-19
Romanian guitar player and rock singer Adi Barar who founded the hard rock band Cargo during the communist era has died after he fell sick with Covid-19, the band said Monday. He was 61.
“He lived all his life intensely on stage, alongside the public, surrounded by your good thoughts, and he fought until...
Adina Valean invited to Nov. 14 hearing for EU transport commissioner job
Before she can formally become an EU commissioner, European lawmaker Adina
Valean has been invited to a hearing on Nov. 14 to assess her suitability for
the job of European transport commissioner.
Incoming European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen accepted her nomination this week after she was proposed by Liberal Prime Minister Ludovic Orban, together...
UK to impose 14-day quarantine from June 8, British home secretary says
The UK will impose a two-week quarantine, with fixed penalty fines of £1,000 for any breaches from June 8, Home Secretary Priti Patel has announced.
Passengers
will have to fill a form providing their contact and travel information so
they can be traced if infections arise and could be contacted regularly during
the 14...
More than a quarter of children in Romania don’t have indoor toilets. In the European Union, it’s 2.6%
More than one-quarter of children in Romania don’t have an indoor toilet at home, while one in five have neither running water nor an indoor toilet, World Vision Romania said.
World Vision, an international non-governmental organization, published a study on “Child welfare in rural areas,” on Tuesday contrasting the figure to the European Union...
American writer turns her love of Romania into three thrillers
Jane Golden
fell in love with Romania and when she returned to the United States, she quit her
job as a lawyer and used the inspiration to write thrillers to share the charm
of a country that most readers had never visited.
It was a novel way to share her experiences and affection...
Romania Danube conference experts to try and rescue the 200 million-year-old sturgeon from extinction
Pity the
Danube sturgeon. They have been around for 200 million years, much longer than
humans, but over-fishing, modern dams and corruption mean they are rapidly
dying out.
The
sturgeon is an armoured fish with a perfect design that has hardly changed over
time. Although it lives in water, it’s a better climber than a swimmer.
Romanian Parliament to vote on bill to make child immunization compulsory
Romanian
lawmakers will vote on a bill that could make it compulsory for children to be
vaccinated against polio, measles and hepatitis B.
The law for mandatory childhood vaccination could go into effect starting at the end of February after a final vote on the bill at the end of this month, Digi24 reported
Masks become compulsory in Romanian capital Bucharest after Covid-19 spike
Face masks will become compulsory in some parts of the Romanian capital, Bucharest, after a spike on Covid-19 cases, authorities said Monday.
The Municipal Committee for Emergency Situations decided that face coverings will be mandatory in pedestrian areas of the Old Town, a tourist hotspot of tatty streets full of bars, clubs and restaurants...
