Poll: Romania’s governing Liberal Party backed by 47.4%, Social Democrats supported by 20.6%
More than 47% of Romanians would vote for the ruling National Liberal Party if parliamentary elections were held now, according to a new poll.
Some 20.6% would support the opposition left-wing Social Democrats Party, while 12.4% would opt for the centrist Save Romanian Union, according to a poll conducted by the Institute of Marketing,...
PM defends his response to coronavirus outbreak which found gov’t struggling with underfunded hospitals, and the return of 1.3 million Romanians from COVID-19 ravaged countries
Romania’s prime minister says authorities had to contend with the return of almost 1.3 million Romanians after the coronavirus spread through Europe, with many compatriots traveling home from the continent's worst affected countries.
The large of influx of Romanians put extra pressure on the country which was ill equipped to handle the crisis...
Romania will impose lockdown if cases exceed 1,200, PM says
Romania's prime minister says he will order local lockdowns if daily Covid-19 cases rise above 1,200.
Premier Ludovic Orban spoke as cases continued to rise in Romania after the lockdown was loosened.
He said he didn't want to re-impose further restrictions but if cases went over 1,200, "we are already reaching...
Ex-Romania PM, ministers, European Parliament lawmaker stripped of honors over corruption convictions
They were Romania's elite. But now twelve former senior officials with corruption convictions including a former prime minister and a European Parliament lawmaker have lost prestigious national honors.
President Klaus Iohannis signed a decree on Wednesday stripping the former dignitaries of the "Star of Romania" awards following public outrage after former Prime Minister...
EU to provide 370 million euro to Romania to improve water quality
A 19th century poem by English poet Samuel Coleridge goes: “Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.”
Tap water in Romania has long been the subject of discussion especially since the country opened up after communism: It is drinkable? Is it safe? The questions have met with varying answers and opinions.
Foreign ministry appeals to Romanians abroad to return as countries ramp up travel restrictons
The foreign ministry on Tuesday called on Romanians who are currently abroad as tourists or on business to urgently return, warning that countries around the world were imposing strict regulations that made travel more difficult.
A statement said that various countries were tightening up border controls and transit over the coronavirus pandemic which has...
Social Democrat leader Viorica Dancila dramatically quits during six-hour stormy meeting after major loss in presidential election (update 2)
Romania’s former Prime Minister Viorica Dancila has bowed to pressure and quit as leader of the Social Democrats almost six hours into a stormy party meeting, two days after she suffered a major loss in the presidential runoff to President Klaus Iohannis, in what was the lowest score ever for the party in a presidential ballot.
Klaus Iohannis blasts politicians pushing Romanians to break COVID-19 lockdown. They’re the ones ‘who left hospitals without resources’
President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday hit out at politicians who “left hospitals without resources… and systematically destroyed public infrastructure“ who are encouraging Romanians to flout lockdown rules imposed during the state of emergency.
Iohannis said politicians could help with advice and ideas but “can’t instigate (people) not to follow measures taken to protect...
Romania’s 2019 presidential election. What you need to know
Universul.net
explains Romania’s presidential election that takes place on Sunday.
WHO’S
RUNNING?
There are 14
candidates, most of them with absolutely no chance of winning more than a few
votes from the electorate of more than 18.3 million.
WHAT IS THE
JOB?
Romania has a semi-presidential system, where...
Romania’s birth rate falls to the lowest in more than half a century, statistics show
A woman became the most prolific mother in Romania when she gave birth to
her twentieth child this week.
But the 42-year-old woman from the southern county of Arges is an exception
in Romania, which is seeing a drastic decline in its birth rate, like many other
European countries.
The
number of babies born...
