Romania is trending as tourist destination
The secret is out. If traditional tourism underperforms, then savvy travelers are tapping into Romania’s gorgeous landscapes and timeless villages.
The country is listed as fifth on Airbnb’s list of 20 trending destinations
for 2020 based on year-over-year growth in bookings, the accommodation booking
company announced.
Bookings in Romania through the platform...
Dozens evacuated after fire breaks out at Bucharest’s main railway station
Thirty-four
passengers and staff were evacuated after a fire broke overnight at Bucharest’s
Gara de Nord, railway station, authorities said.
Nobody was injured, but 16 people required on-the-spot medical care.
The fire
contributed to high levels of pollution in the capital early Monday, the environment
minister said.
The...
Romanian forest ranger shot dead in “Mafia style” killing amid spike in illegal logging
Romanian authorities say a forest ranger has been fatally shot “in a Mafia style” slaying, most likely by lumber thieves in what is the second death of a ranger in recent weeks. The incident comes amid an rise in attacks on rangers and an increase in illegal logging in the country’s forested areas.
UPDATE. No traffic, empty restaurants, quiet airport: how coronavirus has turned life upside down in Romania
A handful of people traipse through Ikea, and Romania’s busiest restaurant at the store is almost empty. Bucharest airport seems deserted, and restaurant revenues have plunged by up to 80% as people stay home. Even the traffic in one of Europe’s most chaotic capitals is a shadow of its usual self.
In a...
UPDATE. Romania reports 2.4% growth for first three months of the year
Romania’s
economy increased by 2.4% in the first quarter of this year compared to the
same period last year, the statistics office said Friday.
The gross domestic produce also increased by 0.3% from the last quarter of 2019, the National Statistics Institute said.
Romania had one of the highest growth rates in...
World Bank gives Romania 400 million euro aid to combat effects of the coronavirus pandemic
The World Bank has provided Romania with euros 400 million of emergency financial aid to help it respond to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
The financing is for strengthening the health services, minimizing the losses to the public and private sectors, and to safeguard people’s livelihoods, a press statement said.
Top court rules hefty fines handed to Romanian for breaking lockdown rules weren’t legal. ‘Imprecise and subjective’
Romania’s top court has ruled
that fines handed out to Romanians who broke lockdown rules during the COVID-19
state of emergency weren’t legal.
In its Wednesday ruling, the Constitutional Court said the military ordinance that set out the penalties was imprecise and there was no clear criteria for the level of fines.
Romanians...
Drought hits 1.1 million hectares in Romania, risking stress on grain supplies-agriculture minister
Romania’s crops are shriveling under a drought that has gone on for months, with some 1.1 million hectares affected by the prolonged lack of rain, the agriculture minister said.
Regions
in eastern Romania where wheat and maize are grown are the worst hit by the lack
of rain.
“Everyone who has losses due...
Europeans get extra hour in bed on Sunday when clocks go back. Why do we change our clocks?
The clocks will go back this weekend, meaning an extra hour of sleep, and the beginning of the winter period.
Most European countries including Romania employ
Daylight Saving Time. The purpose of DST is to make better use of the light,
essentially allowing an extra hour of daylight in the summer evenings.
The...
The Social Democrats ‘red footprint’ on Romania is shrinking, partial election results show
Romania’s
Social Democrats were hoping to win Bucharest, but the incumbent mayor Gabriela
Firea lost to mathematician Nicusor Dan, supported by a center-right alliance.
A victory in the Romanian capital would have meant an important symbolic win and control of the capital with a yearly budget of 2 billion euros.
It would
have...
