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 President Klaus Iohannis and others spoke out Monday against the effects of corruption on society and its citizens as the world marked International Anti-Corruption day. But the opposition Social Democrats used the occasion to take a dig at Sweden and its telecommunications company Ericsson which was recently fined in the U.S. for allegations...

Slovak police have arrested and charged prominent businessman Jaroslav Hascak on Tuesday after raiding his company Penta's offices in the Slovak capital Bratislava. The billionaire Slovak businessman is known in Romania as the owner of the Sensiblu pharmacy chain. He called the charges "groundless and inappropriate," Reuters reported. Mr. Hascak is a...

Romanian doctors are making desperate appeals to the public to wear masks amid a coronavirus spike in the East European country. As cases reached a record high of near 1,000 on Tuesday, some medics have posted pictures of themselves dressed in hazmat suits and masks. They described the grueling and stressful working conditions during...

Romanian prosecutors have asked a court to re-open a case against the country’s first post-Communist prime minister Petre Roman so they can investigate him for charges of crimes against humanity connected to the bloody anti-Communist revolution of 1989. The development on Monday came as Romania prepares to mark 30 years since the overthrow and execution of former Communist dictator...

They say love is stronger than death. Such is the case with one Romanian politician who was elected as mayor even after he’d died. Ion Aliman, a former cruise ship captain, was running for a third term as mayor of the southern Romanian town of Deveselu. The 57-year-old of the opposition...

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Poor air quality. Low quality water. Too few parks. ‘Welcome’ to Bucharest, one of the unhealthiest capitals in Europe, according to the Healthiest Capital City report. The report which was compiled by British-based online healthcare services provider Treated.com based its results on data collected from Numbeo, HPI ThinkTank, World Population Review, World Bank Group and Index Mundi. Bucharest takes...

The head of Romania’s Emergency Situations Department, Raed Arafat, has emerged as the most popular person in Romania during the coronavirus pandemic, a poll shows. The survey looked at leadership models during the COVID-19 pandemic and asked respondents what qualities were important in a leader. Some 39% of respondents said that a leader should be responsible,...

Romania’s minority Liberal government has won most seats nationwide in a boost ahead of general elections in December. Civic activist and mathematician Nicusor Dan ousted the Social Democrat incumbent Gabriela Firea in Sunday’s ballot, promising to fight corruption and attract European Union funds to upgrade the chaotic and congested city of 2.3 million.

It has been a bad start for the new leader of Romania’s biggest political party. Marcel Ciolacu suffered a humiliating defeat Monday in his first test as leader of the Social Democratic Party after he failed to get enough lawmakers into Parliament to vote on a no-confidence motion against the minority government. On paper,...