Romania’s top defense body to meet ahead of NATO summit
Romania’s top defense body will meet to discuss an upcoming meeting of NATO leaders in London and the appointment of the new Chief of Staff of the Army, the president’s office said.
The Supreme Defense Council will meet Wednesday in a meeting chaired by President Klaus Iohannis, who won a second term...
Romanian Liberals seek to reduce budget deficit, strengthen courts
Prime Minister-designate Ludovic Orban says he wants to quickly get Romania's economy back on track by reining in a fiscal shortfall below the European Union’s 3% threshold while strengthening courts to lure investors back to the East European country.
Liberal
Party leader Orban called for swift parliamentary backing for a new...
Romania’s foreign ministry calls for de-escalation of tensions in Middle East
Romania’s
foreign ministry says it is “deeply
concerned” about recent developments in the Middle East and called for a
de-escalation of military action.
In a post on Twitter, the ministry said Romania had “strongly condemned” the attack of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and the consequent “protective and preventive measures,” by Washington
It...
Romania reports almost 1,300 new coronavirus infections
Romania reported 1,298 new cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, the highest figure for a single day since Aug. 29.
The figure takes the total number of coronavirus infections to almost 90,000.
The Strategic Communication Group said that 26,816 people had been tested for SARS-CoV-2 in the past day, of which 4.84%...
Romania acquits top bishop of embezzling European Union funds
Romania’s top court has acquitted Teodosie, the
Romanian Orthodox Archbishop of Tomis of embezzling funds from the European
Union.
The High Court of Cassation and Justice on Friday acquitted Teodosie of defrauding the EU following a trial of almost three years. The ruling is final and came after an acquittal from a lower court. There was...
Romanian professor serving eight-year prison sentence in China to be transferred to Romania
A Romanian university professor currently serving an eight-year prison sentence in China for receiving less than 100 U.S. dollars that resulted from fraud, will be extradited to Romania to serve the rest of his sentence at home, the justice ministry said Thursday.
For more than two years, Marius Balo was held
in a 16-meter square...
Coronavirus. Masks may become mandatory outdoors in crowded places, Romania PM says
Romanian Prime Minister Ludovic Orban says the government is considering making face masks compulsory in outdoor crowded public places after the number of coronavirus cases rose to more than 1,000 a day for past six days.
Orban also said he was considering limiting opening hours for outdoor restaurants and clubs in a bid to...
Romania loses case against OMV at Paris court, ordered to pay 59.5 million euros for environment works
The International
Chamber of Commerce in Paris has ruled that Romania’s environment ministry must
pay Austria’s OMV group nearly 300 million lei, the company said in its quarterly
report.
The ICC’s Arbitral Tribunal ruled on July 9 that Romania must pay 287.62 million lei, worth about 59.47 million euros, in compensation plus interest to OMV Petrom, the...
Exit polls: Pro-Europe President Klaus Iohannis comfortably wins 1st round of presidential election (update 1)
Exit polls show that pro-European President Klaus Iohannis comfortably won the first round of voting Sunday in the presidential race where he will face ex-Prime Minister Viorica Dancila in a runoff in two weeks.
CURS-Avangarde put Iohannis winning 39 % percent of the vote and Dancila 22.5% According to the exit poll, another candidate,...
Historic Dig. Archeologists think they’ve found the tomb of one of Hungary’s most important kings, in Romania
Hungarian and Romanian archaeologists say they are almost certain they have discovered the tombs of Hungarian King Andrew II and his wife in southwest Romania.
The tombs of Andrew, who reigned in the 13th century, and his second wife Yolanda de Courtenay were found last year in the village of Igris in Timis county...
