Romanian professor serving eight-year prison sentence in China to be transferred to Romania
A Romanian university professor currently serving an eight-year prison sentence in China for receiving less than 100 U.S. dollars that resulted from fraud, will be extradited to Romania to serve the rest of his sentence at home, the justice ministry said Thursday.
For more than two years, Marius Balo was held
in a 16-meter square...
Coronavirus. Masks may become mandatory outdoors in crowded places, Romania PM says
Romanian Prime Minister Ludovic Orban says the government is considering making face masks compulsory in outdoor crowded public places after the number of coronavirus cases rose to more than 1,000 a day for past six days.
Orban also said he was considering limiting opening hours for outdoor restaurants and clubs in a bid to...
Romania loses case against OMV at Paris court, ordered to pay 59.5 million euros for environment works
The International
Chamber of Commerce in Paris has ruled that Romania’s environment ministry must
pay Austria’s OMV group nearly 300 million lei, the company said in its quarterly
report.
The ICC’s Arbitral Tribunal ruled on July 9 that Romania must pay 287.62 million lei, worth about 59.47 million euros, in compensation plus interest to OMV Petrom, the...
Exit polls: Pro-Europe President Klaus Iohannis comfortably wins 1st round of presidential election (update 1)
Exit polls show that pro-European President Klaus Iohannis comfortably won the first round of voting Sunday in the presidential race where he will face ex-Prime Minister Viorica Dancila in a runoff in two weeks.
CURS-Avangarde put Iohannis winning 39 % percent of the vote and Dancila 22.5% According to the exit poll, another candidate,...
Historic Dig. Archeologists think they’ve found the tomb of one of Hungary’s most important kings, in Romania
Hungarian and Romanian archaeologists say they are almost certain they have discovered the tombs of Hungarian King Andrew II and his wife in southwest Romania.
The tombs of Andrew, who reigned in the 13th century, and his second wife Yolanda de Courtenay were found last year in the village of Igris in Timis county...
Romania has highest concentration of Covid-19 deaths of any EU country in past fortnight, agency says
Romania has reported the highest number of Covid-19 deaths across the European Union for its population size in the past fortnight, an EU agency said.
Figures released by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control on Wednesday relating to coronavirus infections and deaths from July 15 to July 29 in the bloc...
Let summer begin! Outdoor cafes, beaches to reopen, outdoor concerts, international flights, rail will resume in Romania from June 1
Romania
will further relax lockdown measures, and allow outdoor cafes and beaches to reopen
and the resumption of international fights and trains, the president said
Thursday.
President Klaus Iohannis said some restrictions imposed to stop the spread of the virus would be lifted on June 1. Romanians will no longer need to fill out forms when they...
Romanian president signs ‘Uber Law’ giving drivers 3 months to comply with new rules
Relief for Uber, Bolt and the thousands of clients who use the alternative
transport market.
President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday signed off on a bill that gives drivers
an extra three months to comply with new regulations.
New rules regulating ridesharing in Romania went into effect on Nov. 1, upending
the growing alternative transport...
Rise Project: Presidential candidate Dan Barna duped Romanians in previous career. He says: “It’s like saying Hagi didn’t score a goal”
Dan Barna is running as the candidate who will reform and modernize Romania.
His campaign poster shows a serious-looking man in his 40s who promises to make
Romanians “happy” in their own country.
But investigative site Rise Project claims the message should read “tricked”
in Romania.
Rise published an investigation on Tuesday about Barna...
Romanian lynx captured and sent to repopulate forests in Croatia, Slovenia
It’s a different kind of regional cooperation. Romania which has an abundance of some wildlife, is sending some of its lynxes to forests in Central Europe where they have become scarce.
The medium-sized wild cats are captured and then sent to forests in Slovenia and Croatia as part of a program to increase wildlife...
