With more new Covid-19 cases in Bucharest than Italy, Romania’s gov’t begins to impose quarantines, starts with two villages
The Romanian capital Bucharest had more new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday than the whole of Italy, the former epicenter of Europe’s coronavirus pandemic.
The government imposed lockdowns in two villages on Wednesday after authorities reported a record 1,030 cases. It is considering lockdowns in at least 12 other places, authorities said.
Liberal PM-designate Ludovic Orban unveils streamlined gov’t
Prime Minister-designate Ludovic Orban has named 16 ministers to head a new streamlined Liberal government, fewer than the previous 26 ministers in the outgoing Social Democrat governmment.
Parliament needs to approve the government before it can be installed and it is unclear whether that will happen as lawmakers focus on presidential elections next...
Coronavirus. Romania’s government to take over pharma company shut down over fraud and diluted disinfectant
Romania’s government will take over the Hexi Pharma pharmaceutical plant, which closed four years ago after it emerged that it had sold heavily diluted disinfectant to hospitals and Romania’s troops in Afghanistan.
The plant still has its equipment and is able to resume manufacturing helped by defense ministry officials, government sources were quoted...
Romania will request removal of ex-minister from key European legal body following critical ruling by European court on ex-graft chief
Romania will ask the Venice Commission to remove a former justice minister as a member of the institution after the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Romania’s former anti-graft chief had been wrongly dismissed.
The justice ministry said Tuesday that the former minister, Tudorel Toader, who engineered the dismissal of Laura Codruta...
Run-down Roman baths in western Romania named as one of the budget spa destinations in Eastern Europe
A thermal spring which dates back to Roman times, and is currently in a state of disrepair, has been included on a list of best budget spas in Eastern Europe by the Guardian.
The British newspaper placed Băile Herculane, or the Herculane Baths_ a thermal spring resort in southwestern Romania _in...
Romania’s president offers bonuses to medics who treat COVID-19 patients after hundreds of health workers resign, go on leave
Romania's President Klaus Iohannis says health workers who treat coronavirus patients will receive a monthly bonus of 500 euros after hundreds of medics were infected with the virus and others resigned or went on extended leave in recent days.
Iohannis held a video conference with Prime Minister Ludovic Orban and other key ministers on...
Dozens of journalists, sales, technical support staff, quit popular news site over editorial interference-report
Dozens of journalists, technical supports and sales staff have resigned from the popular news site ziare.com reportedly over editorial interference, a media industry site reported.
Paginademedia.ro said about 30 employees were quitting the site including the chief editor Serinela Spatarelu.
The development came after tensions over alleged interference from the site’s...
Romania closes borders to foreign citizens, malls, dentists closed, people’s daily movements restricted in fight against the novel coronavirus
Romania will close its borders to most foreigners, shut malls and restrict the movement of people starting Sunday evening to limit the spread of the coronavirus, the interior minister said.
Marcel Vela said late Saturday that foreign citizens, with some exceptions such as when they are related to Romanians, they are diplomatic staff or...
In historic first, Orthodox Holy Synod asks Romanians to vote in elections. Choose officials ‘who promote Christian values’
The top clerics of the Romanian Orthodox Church have called
on Romanians to vote in upcoming elections following a meeting of the Holy Synod.
It was the first meeting since the death of Pimen, the Archbishop of Suceava and Radauti, who died on May 19 aged 90 after contracting the novel coronavirus. The election of...
Coronavirus cases surpass 1,000 in Romania for 1st time, pushing total over 40,000
Romania has reported 1,030 new coronavirus cases in the past day, the highest figure for a single day, and the first time when infections have gone over 1,000.
The Strategic Communication Group said that 27 people had succumbed to the disease in the past 24 hours taking the death toll to 2,101.
