Coronavirus cases near 6,000 in Romania, deaths climb toward 300
Romania has almost 6,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus, authorities said Saturday, while the death toll reached 291.
The Strategic Communication Group said that there had been 5,990 cases since the outbreak begun, and 523 new cases in the last 24 hours. There were 21 deaths in the last day.
The...
Pro-Western Klaus Iohannis sworn in as president vowing to build “a European, modern and strong Romania”
Romania’s
pro-Western President Klaus Iohannis was officially sworn in as the country's
president for a second term on Saturday and vowed to make "the people's
dreams of a European, modern and strong Romania come true."
Iohannis won 66% of the vote in the November 24 runoff in a landslide victory against former Prime Minister Viorica Dancila of...
Romania to punish anti-Roma acts with tough prison sentences
Romania’s
Parliament has passed a law that will punish “verbal or physical” actions against
the large Roma community with prison sentences up 10 years.
The law
is considered a landmark in the EU member state where anti-Roma prejudice is
rife.
It comes after a far-right party, which had flown under the radar, won 9% of...
Danube has lost 134 kilometers in last two centuries due to human activity, study shows
It’s Europe’s second longest river flowing from the Black Forest to the Black Sea. But the Danube is much shorter than it was two centuries ago.
Human activity
along the river has shrunk its length by 134 kilometers and made it 40%
narrower in parts, a German study looking at the river’s sediment deposit shows.
In Romania, 182 people have died of coronavirus, as cases climb to almost 4,500
Romania confirmed 4,417 cases of the new coronavirus on Tuesday, with 360 new
cases in the last day.
There have been 182 deaths from COVID-19 since the outbreak, the Strategic
Communication Group said.
There are currently 274 people in intensive care in Romanian hospitals, 100
more than the previous day.
Court blocks expansion of Romania’s largest coal mine, following challenge from environment group
A Bucharest court has blocked the expansion of Rosia, the country’s largest coal mine, following a legal challenge to the mine’s environmental permit lodge by Bankwatch Romania.
In 2016, Complexul Energetic Oltenia (CEO) in
Gorj the largest energy company in Romania, sought to expand the existing
1457-hectare lignite coal mine at Rosia by 280 hectares, 235...
UPDATE. Transylvanian festival celebrating Saxon traditions in the heart of Romania moves online
The Haferland festival that celebrates traditions in Transylvania’s Saxon villages has moved online this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic which can make travel and large gatherings impossible in these strange times.
The festival, which has been running every year since 2012, usually starts in the last weekend of July and has gathered pace...
New coronavirus cases drop in Romania for 2nd day, but infections still surpass 1,000
The number
of new coronavirus cases dropped for a second day in a row Saturday, but still exceeded
1,000.
The Strategic Communication Group said there were 1,225 fresh cases on Saturday, down from 1,295 on Friday and a record high of 1,356 Thursday.
Thirty-six
Covid-19 patients died in the past day, authorities said, and...
Romania’s national rail company fined 121,000 euros for train delays, dirty toilets, poor food
Romania’s national rail company has been fined more than half a million lei for train delays, dirty toilets, broken windows and poor quality food offered at railway stations, the consumer protection agency said.
Paul Anghel, chairman of the Consumer Protection Authority, said the company, CFR, had been fined a total of 578,000 lei...
Romania adds 1,111 new coronavirus cases, 51 deaths in past day
Romania has
confirmed another 1,111 cases of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours,
authorities said Tuesday.
The latest figures are almost 70% more than the previous day when the number of new infections fell due to lower rates of testing over the weekend.
The Strategic Communication Group said that just over...
