Exiled royal’s remains repatriated to Romania after 72 years
Decades after she was forced to leave, the remains of the queen mother Helen have arrived in the country for reburial in central Romania, in a sign of the affection and respect that Romanians still have for the monarchy that was abolished when the communists came to power after World War II.
Symbolically,...
UPDATE. Romanian magistrates vote to keep special prosecution unit that critics say could intimidate judges
Romania’s leading magistrates have voted against a proposal to shut down a prosecuting unit tasked with investigating magistrates that the European Commission and others say could be used to intimidate justice officials.
The Superior Council of Magistrates on Thursday voted 10-8 with one abstention against scrapping the section. The vote is non-binding, but will...
Ornithologists rescue rare white-tailed eagle ‘shot by poachers’ in southern Romania
Ornithologists have rescued a white-tailed eagle that had been shot and was found lying in a field, near the River Danube in southern Romania.
Romania’s Ornithological Society and the Luana’s Dream Foundation said on Thursday it was “a clear case of poaching.” The white-tailed eagle, also known as the sea eagle, is one...
Romania records more than 1,000 Covid-19 cases for seventh day, 33 deaths
Romania
recorded 1,151 coronavirus cases in the past day pushing the total to over
47,000 on Tuesday, authorities said.
The Strategic Communication Group said 33 patients died in the past 24 hours, about a 40% increase from Monday. One was in their 20s, and another was in their 40s. Thirteen were in their 60s. All but...
Klaus Iohannis calls elections ‘victory for Romanian democracy,’ urges democratic parties to unite to modernize country
Romania’s president says voters punished the opposition Social Democratic Party for “lies, disinformation .. and incompetence” in local elections that he hailed as “a historic victory” for the ruling Liberal Party.
Klaus Iohannis said the result belonged “to Romanian democracy,” in a statement on Monday evening. ”It was a major victory for the right,”...
Romanian president appoints 3 chief prosecutors, despite negative vote from judicial body for 2 of them
President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday appointed three chief prosecutors to head the country’s top investigative agencies, after a key judiciary group gave a negative vote to two of the candidates.
Crin Bologa will be the new head of the National Anti-corruption Directorate, the DNA, the agency that investigates and prosecutes official corruption, ending...
Thousands of Romanian court clerks stage walkout over plans to scrap their ‘special pensions’
Thousands of Romanian court clerks are staging a two-hour strike Monday ahead of a vote in Parliament on whether to scrap so-called “special pensions,” payments made to retirees that aren't based on tax contributions.
Court clerks said they would not work on Monday for two hours, starting at 10am, followed by an all-day strike...
Romania lifts export restrictions for wheat, interior minister announces
Romania has
lifted exports restrictions for wheat, grains, oilseeds and related products to
markets outside of the European Union, the interior minister said.
Marcel Vela said late Thursday that officials had made “ an assessment… there are supplies for domestic consumption (and) all restrictions under the Decree No. 8 are now lifted.”
Romanian court orders arrest of five individuals suspected of smuggling cannabis from Spain
A Bucharest court has ordered the arrest of five
individuals who are suspected of trafficking 15 kilograms of cannabis.
Romanian police
caught the five as they tried to sell the drugs on Sunday and a court later ordered
they be arrested for 30 days. The five were identified only by their initials.
A...
Romanian president postpones nominating new premier as political parties remain deadlocked
Romania’s president
has deferred nominating a new prime minister after a day of talks with the
country’s political parties about the makeup of a future government failed to
yield results.
President Klaus Iohannis had been expected to name a candidate for the post of premier on Monday evening who would then have 10 days to form a...
