Romania to cancel nuclear deal with Chinese company
Romania's government has asked the state-owned energy company to terminate a partnership with China General Nuclear Power Corporation for the building of two new reactors in southeast Romania.
Nuclearelectrica already operates two 700-megawatt reactors at the country’s only nuclear power plant in Cernavoda. It will now examine other options for the remaining units 3...
Company that supplies most of the capital’s heat declared bankrupt
A Romanian court has declared a Bucharest public heating distribution company bankrupt. in a ruling that will likely cause concern for residents ahead of the winter months.
The Court
of Appeals ruling on Monday put an end to three years of insolvency for the
public company and came after recent hot water and heating shortages for...
Cyprus ambassador to Romania found dead at residence
Romanian police say that Cyprus ambassador to Romania has been found dead at the embassy residence in the Romanian capital.
Police said Monday that the body of Filippos Kritios, 62, had been transported to the morgue for an autopsy.
He is believed to have died early Sunday. One hypothesis is...
Romanian foreign minister warns about the spread of Holocaust denial
Romania’s foreign minister has warned about rise of Holocaust denial around the world in recent years at a meeting where 34 countries recommitted to step up efforts to counter antisemitism.
Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu spoke this weekend at a meeting of the International Alliance for Memory of the Holocaust which is chaired by...
Most migrants to Germany come from Romania-interior ministry report
Migration
figures from a German interior ministry report released this week showed that 15%
of migrants to the country came from Romania, which was also the top choice for
German residents to relocate to.
The report
which studied migration to Germany in 2018 was discussed at a government
meeting on Wednesday.
The
report said that about...
Romania’s health minister warns about second wave of COVID-19 later this year, as cases pass 12,700
Romania’s health minister said Saturday a second wave of COVID-19 infections could come in the autumn, urging people to respect the lockdown during the holiday period.
“We are
expecting a second wave in October-December, but it depends very much how we cope
with this wave,” Nelu Tataru said Saturday. “We have these three days (May 1-3)
which...
President picks Liberal Party leader Ludovic Orban as PM to lead Romania out of “political crisis”
President
Klaus Iohannis has nominated the head of the Liberal Party, Ludovic Orban, to
head a transitional government after the Social Democrat government was
overthrown in a no-confidence vote.
Orban said he was “honored” to be prime minister-designate and said “I guarantee I will put all my experience, knowledge and energy” into the job.
Romanian politicians slam anti-migrant protest in small town over hiring of 2 Sri Lankan bakers
Romanian politicians have condemned anti-migration protests in a small Transylvanian town where local residents expressed outrage after a local bakery hired 2 Sri Lankans.
Hundreds of
local residents in the town of Ditrau which has an ethnic Hungarian majority protested
Wednesday demanding local authorities put an end to migration and call a
referendum to stop “the flow...
Turkeys and Dollars. Romanian volunteer medics hand back 1,000-dollar thank you gift to Moldovan mayor
It’s one of the odder coronavirus stories.
This week, Romania sent dozens of health workers to neighboring Moldova to offer assistance during the coronavirus.
Relations between Romania and Moldova have generally been close after communism ended and the Soviet Union collapsed, due to historic and cultural ties. Moldova was part of...
Romanian coronavirus cases near 500, with fewer people tested
Romania
reported almost 500 new cases of coronavirus on Sunday amid a drop in testing
over the weekend.
The Strategic Communication Group said 456 people had tested positive for the virus, after 8,633 tests were carried out in the past day, about one-third fewer than during the week.
Some 5.28% of people tested...
