300,000 Romanian workers laid off since COVID-19 lockdown, as jobless rate rises to two-year high
Some 304,000
people have been laid off since Romania decreed a state of emergency in mid-March
to contain the spread of the coronavirus, authorities said.
The Labor Inspectorate said Tuesday that employees from the trade sector, at car and motorcycle repair shops, in manufacturing and in industry had been made jobless.
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Unseen footage of chaotic scenes at Romania’s Colectiv club fire leaked to media
Four years after the worst fire in Romania’s recent history, nobody has gone on trial and questions remain about how it erupted and the way rescue officials reacted in the aftermath of the deflagration which killed 64.
A 20-minute video appeared in the Romanian media Thursday which shows chaotic...
Romanian mayor shuts zoo after image of sick deer appears on social media
The mayor of the western city of Timisoara has ordered the closure of the city’s zoo after an image of a poorly looking deer was posted on social media, the latest incident at the underfunded and outdated zoo.
Mayor Dominic
Fritz said the deer had since died and the zoo would shut and would reopen...
The Real Reason Why Kovesi Was Elected the First European Chief Prosecutor
"The key of the visit by the Executive Vice-President of the European Commission lies in the following statement, made at the press conference: "What you have achieved with the judiciary over the last 20 years is extraordinary. It's almost a miracle! ”
Why did Frans Timmermans use such big words? First, because they express...
UPDATE. Romanian government faces no-confidence vote. President calls vote ‘toxic,’ urges lawmakers not to pass it
Romanian lawmakers will vote Monday on whether to back Prime Minister Ludovic Orban’s centrist government, after the main opposition Social Democratic Party filed a no-confidence motion during the summer break.
“The Orban government must leave,” Social Democrat chairman Marcel Ciolacu wrote on Facebook. The vote failed as too few...
Former Romanian strongman loses case against the European Commission over EU funds fraud
The EU court has dismissed a case filed by former leader of Romania's Social Democratic Party, Liviu Dragnea. who sued the European Commission over an investigation into EU fund fraud.
The European Court of Justice said in its ruling earlier this month that “in the light of all the...
Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air slashes 100s of flights to Italy amid coronavirus fears
Wizz Air, the largest low-cost operator in Central and Eastern Europe, is cancelling hundreds of flights from Romania, Poland and Hungary to Italy due to low demand fueled by fears about the coronavirus outbreak there.
The Hungarian-owned airline announced Thursday it would slash the number of flights by 60% between March 11 and...
Romanian mayor rebuked for public ‘love letter’ to communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu. ‘He made you great’
A Romanian mayor who extolled the virtues of late Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu on social media has been criticized by a government institute dedicated to investigating crimes committed during the communist era.
Mihai Balan, mayor of the northeastern village of Barnova, and a member of the opposition Social Democratic Party posted an image of...
Now you see it, now you don’t. Metal monolith on Romanian mountain appears then vanishes sparking speculation
In what appears to be a episode of the Twilight Zone, a shiny metal monolith has vanished as mysteriously as it appeared in a mountainous region in northeastern Romania.
The metal structure made a sudden appearance
four days ago close to an ancient Dacian fortress.
It would have been simply a bizarre...
Romania to build museum dedicated to the ‘horrors of communism’
Thirty
years after communism ended, Romania is about to build a museum dedicated to crimes
and atrocities that happened during more than 40 years of communism.
The Museum of Communist Horrors in Romania known in Romania as Muzeul Ororilor Comunismului aims to show the public the crimes and abuses experienced by Romanians from 1945-1989.
