Student found dead in dorm in Romania is niece of Ugandan president
Romanian authorities say a 24-year-old student who was found dead in her room in a student dorm is the niece of the Ugandan president.
The body of Mercy Kajuma Birungi, who was studying for a master’s degree at the West University of Timisoara, was found on Tuesday, police spokeswoman Aurora Voicila said.
Love, God and the mayor. The Romanian capital in the time of Corona
A scented letter to an admirer in Denmark. A card to England for Mothering Sunday. Only the coronavirus crisis means these tender missives won’t reach their destination.
“No, you can’t send them,” the post office clerk declared, peering at the addresses which were written neatly with fountain pen. “There’s been a ban on mail...
Romanian ‘surgeon to the stars’ arrested trying to flee country after court convicts him in patient death
A plastic surgeon who was handed a prison sentence after a patient he performed liposuction on died, has been arrested while trying to flee Romania.
The Galati Appeal Court on Friday sentenced Calin Dobos, known as “the surgeon to the stars,” to three years in prison for manslaughter and banned him from practicing for...
Romania increases fines for breaking lockdown rules
New hefty fines and other punitive measures for people who break lockdown rules have come into force as Romanian authorities battle to halt the spread of the coronavirus.
As of midnight, individuals who violate the lockdown rules face fines of up to 20,000 lei, about 4,150 euros, four times the initial amount.
Who will restart the fight against corruption
On the day President Klaus Iohannis signed the decrees appointing the Heads of the Prosecutor General's Office, DNA and DIICOT, US Ambassador Adrian Zuckerman gave a speech at the CEO Forum, organized by the Romanian-American Chamber of Commerce, chastising corruption in Romania. Surely, it was a coincidence. The CEO forum had long been scheduled, and the President...
More than 400,000 Romanians have applied for residence status in UK ahead of Brexit-report
More than 435,000 Romanians in Britain have applied
for residence status before the country leaves the European Union on Jan. 31, a
news agency reported.
Romanians are the second largest group of EU citizens in Britain after Poles of which some 512,000 have applied for residence, Mediafax reported, quoting Britain's Press Association.
Italians...
Romania’s 1989 revolution commemorated in Washington
The collapse of communism
and Romania’s transition to a democracy will be commemorated in the U.S. in a
series of events dedicated to the anniversary of the 1989 bloody revolution.
A cultural and educational
program begins on Tuesday in Washington DC.
There will be academic conferences and exchanges, an artistic event and a report...
Crooked police officers, examiners in Romania took ‘bribes up to 7,500 euros’ for driving tests
Bribes of
up to 7,500 euros were paid to police officers, driving examiners and other
officials in exchange for driving licenses or registering vehicles which weren’t
fit for the road, Romanian prosecutors said Friday.
Prosecutors from the anti-corruption unit said Friday they have dismantled a criminal ring which operated from 2018 to this year in the northeastern...
Murderers and rapists released early from Romanian prisons under new parole law
Murderers and rapists are among hundreds of prisoners who have been released early from Romania’s prisons this year under a new parole law.
Of the almost 700 who secured early release in the first six months of the year, 273 were in prison for murder and 144 were behind...
Romania reports more than 1,000 cases of coronavirus for 5th day in a row, and record ICU admissions
Romania
reported 1,120 new coronavirus infections on Sunday and 22 Covid-19 related
deaths.
The
Strategic Communication Group said that 15,098 tests were carried out in the
last 24 hours. Some 7.14% of those tested positive, the highest percentage of
positive tests in a single day since July 26.
There
were 351 patients receiving treatment in intensive care...
