Romania confirms new case of coronavirus, bringing total to four
Romanian authorities say another person has tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the total to four.
Officials said Tuesday that the infected person is a 47-year-old man who traveled on the same plane as a Romanian woman who has already tested positive.
Officials said the two sat next to each other...
African swine fever continues to ravage Romania, though a slight drop in cases
Animal health and welfare authorities have reported 585 outbreaks of African swine fever in Romania, a slight drop in the number of cases since the last evaluation a week ago.
The National Authority for Veterinary Health and Food Safety said that more than half a million pigs had been euthanized since the outbreak of...
“We can’t BEAR it!” Romanians tell authorities to stop sending alerts about the furry, wild animals
Romanian authorities usually get flak when they fail to advise citizens of potential dangers. But emergency officials in Transylvania say local residents are ticked off by the number of “bear alerts” they get on their phones.
The head of the Inspectorate for Emergency Situations in Brasov Lt. Col. Lucian...
German asparagus farmer on trial for voting scam: 400 Romanian workers elected his cousin mayor
They call it “white gold” but for one German asparagus farmer, it was his workers rather than his crops that enabled him to hit the jackpot.
Authorities in the southwestern region of Bavaria are investigating the farmer on suspicion that he produced illegal voting papers for 400 workers to influence the result of...
Romania’s Parliament likely to vote against extending Covid-19 restrictions
Romania's
Social Democrats will vote against a proposal by President Klaus Iohannis to extend
the state of alert after June 15 as part of efforts to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
The Social Democrats, the largest party in Parliament, will join two smaller allies Pro-Romania and the Alliance of Liberal Democrats in voting against the...
UPDATE. Schools, flights to and from Italy suspended as Romanian officials declare 3 cases of suspected coronavirus at the government offices
Romanian authorities announced Monday that schools would be suspended during March in an effort to contain an outbreak of coronavirus as the number of people infected climbed to 17.
Acting Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said schools would be closed from March 11-22, with the shutdown extended after that. He called it "a preventive...
Coronavirus cases climb to 14,500 in Romania, with nearly 400 cases reported in last day
The number of coronavirus cases in Romania reached almost 14,500 Thursday with almost 400 new cases in the last 24 hours.
The Strategic Communication Group said there were 12 deaths in the last day,
including a Bulgarian man, the first foreigner to succumb to the virus in Romania.
Almost 900 people...
Romanian carmaker Dacia puts a Spring in the European auto market, unveils the continent’s ‘most affordable all-electric car’
Dacia has
showcased the Spring, an electric car that it plans to have on the road in
2021. The company is aiming to produce "Europe's most affordable
all-electric car".
The Dacia
Spring is described as a showcar, it would have originally been shown at the
Geneva Motor Show, had it not been canceled due to fears about the coronavirus
outreak....
Rare sighting of flamingos in Romania’s Danube Delta
Ten flamingos
have been spotted in Romania’s Danube Delta, the largest flock seen in the area
in the past 100 years, authorities said.
The birds were seen on Saturday in the Meleaua Sacalin area in the southeast of the Danube Delta, the Danube Delta Reserve Administration said Monday in a Facebook post.
The...
Liberals favorite to win Romania elections but will need coalition with pro-European progressives to govern
Romania’s
ruling Liberal party is the favorite to win a parliamentary election that will
restore political stability to the East European country which has seen massive
anti-government protests and five prime ministers in four years.
Low turnout
Voter
turnout will be crucial to the results, with a low turnout favoring better
score for the Social Democratic...
