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Romania’s foreign ministry on Monday said the Holocaust should remain “a lesson of national and international history which should never be forgotten,” a message that stands in contrast to the low level of public awareness about the country’s role in the Holocaust. The statement came as more than 200 Holocaust survivors and their families joined delegates from...

Romania’s forests may struggle to find a voice among the country’s political class, but the Hollywood touch nets global exposure for the story. U.S. actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio shared a Greenpeace post on Instagram on Wednesday about the protests around Romania on Nov. 3 against illegal logging and attacks on forest rangers.

Twelve senior health professionals have been detained in Romania on suspicion of  taking bribes in exchange for awarding contracts to certain companies for medical supplies during the pandemic. The anti-corruption unit said prosecutors searched the homes of managers and their offices at hospitals in the Brasov and Harghita areas, in the Transylvania region, in connection with fraudulent acquisitions.

Romania’s 2024-2028 government bonds recorded their biggest ever daily rise Monday, after the country’s credit rating was spared a downgrade to ‘junk.’ S&P Global on Friday kept Bucharest’s rating at BBB-, the lowest level of investment grade, though it also maintained its ‘negative outlook,’ effectively a downgrade warning. The government’s 2024-2028 bonds...

Rescuers are scrambling to save thousands of sheep trapped after a large cargo ship overturned in the Black Sea off the coast of Romania.  The Queen Hind capsized on Sunday after leaving the port of Midia, near the southeastern city of Constanta. It was carrying 14,600 sheep and was headed to Saudi Arabia. The...

Coronavirus cases fell for the third day in a row in Romania with authorities confirming  8,499 new Covid-19 cases in the past day. However, as cases dropped the number of deaths and patients in a serious condition in hospital remained high for another day. The Strategic Communication Group said 35,610 tests were carried out...

Romanian police say that three Maltese men are facing criminal charges for poaching after being caught red-handed hooting protected birds with no hunting license in southern Romania. The three men, aged 24, 49 and 62, were questioned by officers from Romanian Bureau of Explosive Weapons and Dangerous Substances last week. Police caught them...

Bucharest Mayor Gabriela Firea has left herself open to accusations of racism after she said the prime minister's office used to look like “a black people's bar" when he was deputy mayor of Bucharest. Firea, who announced this weekend she would seek another term as mayor,  made the incendiary remarks about Premier Ludovic...

Romania reported 3,252 new coronavirus cases on Monday as test numbers dropped steeply over the weekend. The Strategic Communication Group said on Monday that just over 8,000 tests were carried out in the past day, about one-fourth of average weekday numbers, giving an alarming positivity rate of 40.35%. There were 1,289...

Romania’s police chief Liviu Vasilescu has resigned after a furor erupted over a midnight meeting with the brother of a slain Romanian mobster in a church to discuss his funeral. Florin Mototolea, 39, known as Emi Pian, the leader of the notorious Duduianu clan, was fatally stabbed by a rival criminal group in Bucharest...