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A new opinion poll shows Romania's Liberals losing about seven percentage points while the opposition Social Democrats have made their first gains since European Parliament elections last May, amid ongoing political uncertainty. The poll which was released Monday has the Liberals slipping to 40.7% down from 47.4% in January. The Social Democrats, now in opposition,...

More than 100 protesters gathered in downtown Bucharest on Friday evening calling for the resignation of the government over measures imposed during lockdown. The protest “against dictatorship” outside the government offices in Victory Square was promoted by social media groups who support Russia, and who are skeptical about the existence of the coronavirus.

Despite economic challenges and other hurdles, Romania has more than 1.8 million people with their own businesses or shares in businesses, 63,000 more than last year, a study shows. Contrary to a general belief that most entrepreneurs are young, creative types in the IT sector, the average businessperson in Romania, according to Frames consultancy company, is...

Romanians will need still to fill out forms if they leave the town or village where they live when a state of emergency ends this week, President Klaus Iohannis said Tuesday. “The danger hasn’t passed,” Iohannis said referring to the COVID-19 pandemic. Almost 1,000 people have died and some 15,778 have been infected...

Laurentiu Mihu contributed to this report. BBC journalist Nick Thorpe arrived in Bucharest shortly after the November 1987 workers’ riots in Brasov and headed to the British embassy for a beer and a chat. There, a British diplomat engaged in small talk before sliding his business...

Swiss mortars and adhesives group Sika is continuing to expand in Romania and is currently negotiating the takeover of Romanian company AdePlast, one of the biggest producers of building materials on the local market, according to media reports. Ziarul Financiar reported that the negotiations are in an advanced stage, quoting sources in the construction market. AdePlast which...

A junior doctor alone in the operating room. Large quantities of highly flammable disinfectant. A wrong diagnosis. Health Minister Victor Costache on Tuesday presented the results of an inquiry that showed that “serious, repeated errors,” led to the case of a patient being set on fire during an operation at the Floreasca Emergency Hospital last month.

Romania is still one of the most hostile countries toward gays and transgender people in the European Union, the results of a study for the bloc’s Agency for Fundamental Rights showed.   An online survey which drew on 140,000 responses from across 30 countries , the 28 EU member states and Britain, Serbia and...

Romania's government plans to shorten opening hours for outdoor bars and restaurants and make the wearing of protective masks outside mandatory in a bid to contain a spike in coronavirus cases, including. The Emergency Situations Department wants to close outdoor restaurants by 11pm and make face masks compulsory in outdoor crowded places according to a document published late Tuesday.

The Renault Group will launch a new Dacia SUV model next year. The model will be bigger than the current Duster and have a seven-seat option. It will borrow elements from the Lodgy model which is being phased out. It will have the same engine as the Duster.