Romanian Army prepared to step in in the event of migrant crisis-acting defense minister
Romania’s acting defense minister said if Romania was confronted by an influx of migrants, the Army would coordinate with the interior ministry to contain the crisis.
Nicolae Ciuca, who is also the candidate for defense minister in a Cabinet led by Florin Citu, made the comments Tuesday at a parliamentary hearing after he...
Ruling Liberals drop four points, Social Democrats on the rise days ahead of parliamentary elections in Romania-poll
Romania’s governing Liberal Party has fallen four points in a single month after authorities introduced unpopular restrictions to slow the spread of the coronavirus, according to a poll released Wednesday.
The monthly poll was released just before parliamentary elections on Dec. 6 and showed the center-right Liberals on 28.5% while the party’s traditional rivals,...
Back to Orban: Romanian President picks Liberal Party leader to be PM, for a 3rd time
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has designated acting Prime Minister Ludovic Orban to form a new government as the country grapples with the effects of the coronavirus crisis and a prolonged period of political uncertainty.
Iohannis said that Parliament could vote on Orban's government as early as Saturday in "very special conditions."
Romania’s ruling Liberals have 10-point lead over rivals over handling of coronavirus pandemic, poll shows
The Liberals have a 10-point lead over their nearest rivals showing ongoing support for their handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to an opinion poll released Friday.
The National Liberal Party, which has a minority government, would poll 33.4%
if there were elections next Sunday. That was a slight improvement on their
ratings in June, when...
Moldova receives first batch of COVAX vaccines
Moldova
has received the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines under the global COVAX scheme
the president said on Friday.
The batch
of 14,400 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines arrived late Thursday, President
Maia Sandu said on Twitter.
She wrote that Moldova was “the first European nation to receive the vaccines via the COVAX initiative,” thanking Germany,...
Softly does it. Romanian officials say pragmatism not populism needed to preserve Romanian identity in Ukraine
Romania and Ukraine have some things in common. Both countries have what can be described at best as an uneasy relationship with Russia. Bucharest supports Kiev’s bid to move closer to the European Union and NATO, organizations it joined more than a decade ago.
Both countries are wary of Russia’s military moves in...
Popular TV journalist Cristina Topescu, jailed for trying to flee Communist Romania, found dead at home
Cristina Topescu, a well-known television journalist and media personality who spent three months in a communist prison after she tried to flee Romania to visit her mother, has been found dead at home, police said. She was 59.
Police broke into her home north of Bucharest late Sunday after a neighbor called authorities concerned...
Cars sales in Romania down by more than a half in August
New car
sales were down by almost 52% in August compared to a year before, reflecting consumer
uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic, an automobile association said
Wednesday.
The Romanian Automobile manufacturers association ACAROM said that less than 11,200 vehicles had been sold in in Romania in August 2020, a decrease from 2019.
In...
Romania reports nearly 1,300 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, pushing total over 50,000
Romania has reported more than 50,000 cases of the news coronavirus
since the pandemic spread to the country, officials said Friday.
The Strategic Communication Group said there were 1,295 new cases in the past 24 hours, one of the highest figures every reported in a single day, taking the total number of cases to 50,886.
Russia turns to Tchaikovsky to improve its image in Romania
If political relations are cool, and trade between Romania and Russia has dwindled to a trickle, there’s always Tchaikovsky.
The ‘Days
of Russian Culture’ now in its ninth edition began this week in Romania featuring
a series of Russian artists, concerts and exhibitions to showcase another side of
Russia.
A classical concert called...
