Romania may hold off on lifting COVID-19 restrictions as virus is still spreading -health minister
Romania’s
government may not immediately ease restrictions that were put in place to
prevent the spread of the coronavirus after a slight spike in new cases in
recent days.
Health Minister Nelu Tataru said a state of alert that was decreed in the country in mid-May might not be lifted after it expires next week.
Romania’s Cristian Macelaru ‘rising star of the conducting world’ named music director of Orchestre National de France
Romanian
conductor Cristian Macelaru has been appointed the musical director of the Orchestre National
de France in what French
newspaper Le Figaro called “une surprise totale!’
Macelaru,
who is considered a rising star in the conducting world will take over from French
conductor Emmanuel Krivine, who has run the orchestra for four seasons.
“I
look forward...
Moldova’s incoming president Maia Sandu calls for Russian troops to pull out of breakaway republic
Moldova's incoming president, Maia Sandu called for Russian troops to withdraw from the breakaway region of Trans-Dniester on Monday a move Moscow said could ‘destabilize” the region.
The 48-year-old former World Bank economist who is considered a reformist, defeated
the pro-Russian incumbent Igor Dodon in the Nov. 15 runoff of Moldova's
presidential election
EU Council confirms Romania’s Laura Codruta Kovesi as first European chief prosecutor
The European Council on Monday gave the green light to the appointment of Laura Codruta Kovesi as the first European chief prosecutor. The development marks the end of a long and difficult road for the Romanian prosecutor whose own government tried to block her appointment.
The outgoing government of Viorica Dancila manoeuvred her dismissal...
Romanian court acquits Securitate officers of dissident’s death
A
Romanian court has acquitted three Communist officials who were on trial for
crimes against humanity in the death of 1985 dissident Gheorghe Ursu.
The
Court of Appeal acquitted Marin Parvulescu and Vasile Hodis who were officers of
the feared Securitate secret police of late Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.
Former
Securitate chief Tudor Postelnicu, who died...
Romanian hospital fined after cancer patient set on fire during operation
Health authorities on Monday fined a major Bucharest hospital 20,000 lei _ about 4,200 euros_ after a woman was set on fire during surgery and later died, the health ministry said.
The health ministry said that Mircea Beuran, the surgeon who coordinated the operation has been removed as head of the surgery department following...
Romania is ‘regional energy hub’ as 2nd biggest gas producer in EU, should tap into its potential-president
Romania is the second-largest producer of natural gas in the European Union with important gas reserves in the Black Sea and should tap into its full potential as a ‘regional energy hub,’ the president said.
“Romania has the potential to be
an important regional player and an authentic hub for natural...
2nd Romanian tests positive for coronavirus on cruise liner in Japan
The foreign ministry says a second Romanian citizen has tested positive for coronavirus aboard a cruise ship in Japan.
A first Romanian,
a crew member, was confirmed with the new flu type several days ago. He was
hospitalized a week ago and his condition is good, Japanese medical authorities
say.
The ministry said that...
Romania reports another record: almost 1,000 Covid-19 cases and 36 deaths
Romania on Tuesday reported an all time high of daily Covid-19 infections and the second-biggest number of deaths in a single day from the novel coronavirus.
The Strategic
Communication Group said that 994 new cases had been confirmed in the past 24
hours, almost 100 more than the previous high.
Most...
Two more cases of coronavirus confirmed in Romania
Romania
confirmed two more cases of coronavirus on Friday, raising the total number of
cases to three, Deputy Health Minister
Nelu Tataru said.
“They are
a 45-year-old man from the county of Maramures and a 38-year-old woman from
(the western city of) Timisoara. They both tested positive for the virus,”
Tataru told reporters. “They recently returned from Italy.”
