More than a quarter of children in Romania don’t have indoor toilets. In the European Union, it’s 2.6%
More than one-quarter of children in Romania don’t have an indoor toilet at home, while one in five have neither running water nor an indoor toilet, World Vision Romania said.
World Vision, an international non-governmental organization, published a study on “Child welfare in rural areas,” on Tuesday contrasting the figure to the European Union...
American writer turns her love of Romania into three thrillers
Jane Golden
fell in love with Romania and when she returned to the United States, she quit her
job as a lawyer and used the inspiration to write thrillers to share the charm
of a country that most readers had never visited.
It was a novel way to share her experiences and affection...
Romania Danube conference experts to try and rescue the 200 million-year-old sturgeon from extinction
Pity the
Danube sturgeon. They have been around for 200 million years, much longer than
humans, but over-fishing, modern dams and corruption mean they are rapidly
dying out.
The
sturgeon is an armoured fish with a perfect design that has hardly changed over
time. Although it lives in water, it’s a better climber than a swimmer.
Romanian Parliament to vote on bill to make child immunization compulsory
Romanian
lawmakers will vote on a bill that could make it compulsory for children to be
vaccinated against polio, measles and hepatitis B.
The law for mandatory childhood vaccination could go into effect starting at the end of February after a final vote on the bill at the end of this month, Digi24 reported
Masks become compulsory in Romanian capital Bucharest after Covid-19 spike
Face masks will become compulsory in some parts of the Romanian capital, Bucharest, after a spike on Covid-19 cases, authorities said Monday.
The Municipal Committee for Emergency Situations decided that face coverings will be mandatory in pedestrian areas of the Old Town, a tourist hotspot of tatty streets full of bars, clubs and restaurants...
Switched Off: Romania imported 75% more electricity last year
Romania
imported more electricity than it exported in 2019, the Romania statistics
office said.
Electricity imports increased by a substantial 74% in 2019, compared to the previous year, while exports decreased by 34%, leaving a negative balance of 1.51 TWh.
The deficit was due to a 7.8% drop in domestic production. Local power...
Romania sets up special department to investigate 1,300 deaths during 1989 anti-communist revolution
Thirty years after its bloody anti-communist uprising, Romania is renewing efforts to find out who was responsible for the deaths of as many as 1,300 people, many of who were killed after former Communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu was ousted from power.
The government institute tasked with investigating crimes committed by the communist regime on...
Romania reports 44 new Covid-19 deaths including head of Bucharest neurology clinic
Romania on Thursday reported 1,365 new cases of the novel coronavirus, while 44 patients with the virus died including the head of a Bucharest neurology clinic.
The Strategic Communication Group
said just under 24,000 people had been tested nationwide with 5.69% of those
confirmed with the disease, a higher percentage than the past two days.
180 sheep rescued from capsized cargo ship find new home in Romania
A flock
of 180 sheep saved from a capsized cargo ship in November have arrived at their
new home in Romania.
More than
14,000 sheep were being transported on the Queen Hind ship from Romania to
Saudi Arabia, where they were due to be slaughtered.
Rescuers
managed to save 254 sheep. Dozens later died from exhaustion...
State-owned Chinese company wins first road infrastructure contract in Romania
A state-owned
Chinese company with a checkered record in Central Europe has become the country’s
first construction firm to win a contract to build a road in Romania.
Romania's public road company CNAIR signed a contract with Chinese construction company Sinohydro on July 31 to build the 5.53 kilometer ring road in the northwestern city of...
