Snake thief: Police discover stolen boa constrictor, lizard, in man’s home
Police
have detained a man suspected of stealing reptiles from a vivarium in the Transylvanian
city of Cluj.
Police said they set up a trap for the unnamed man, 35, who was suspected of stealing a number of reptiles from a vivarium at the Babes-Bolyai University.
They went to the man’s home in...
Romania president urges lawmakers to prioritize public health as Covid-19 cases spike. ‘The virus is real, it has no political color, it won’t disappear simply by denying its existence’
President
Klaus Iohannis on Thursday urged politicians, the media and other people with
influence to leave differences aside and prioritize public health, as Romania reported
the largest number of new coronavirus infections in a day.
„In the spirit of the constitution, I appeal for there to be loyal collaboration between state institutes,” Iohannis said.
Romanian missing dog found a week later 250 kilometers away
After a week of searching, a missing dog was found 250 kilometers
away from where she was last spotted and reunited with her owner.
Marius Popescu, a Romanian animal lover who posted the alarm
on social media, said he was pessimistic about the outcome, as Arya, a one-year-old
female Czechoslovakian wolfdog, was a prized breed. Not only...
Romania reports record 614 new coronavirus cases in last 24 hours
Romania
has reported 614 new cases of coronavirus, setting a new record for a single
day in the East European country.
The new infections take the total number of cases to 30,789, higher than in any other country in the region apart from Ukraine which has more than double Romania's population of 19 million.
500 tickets a second. Fans rush to grab passes for Untold 2020 edition
The artist lineup hasn’t even been announced, but fans are already rushing to snap up tickets for Untold, Romania’s most famous music festival.
Organizers said a record 15,000 passes for the 2020 edition of the Untold electronic music festival sold in just 30 seconds on Wednesday. That’s 500 tickets a second.
COVID-19 pandemic. Romania needs 100 million masks when face coverage becomes compulsory-economy minister
Romania needs to have a stock of 100
million surgical masks starting mid-May when it will become compulsory to wear
a mask in public, the economy minister said Friday.
The minister, Virgil Popescu, said masks should be reasonably priced following months of shortages and price gouging, but stopped short of saying the government would cap prices.
UPDATE. Snap elections in Romania look uncertain after court ruling
Romania's president says the prospect of early elections has fallen after after a court ruled that he must pick a prime minister who can command a parliamentary majority.
Monday's development prolongs political uncertainty in Romania with President Klaus Iohannis acknowledging that the possibility of snap elections "have just dropped to under 50%."
Coronavirus cases climb past 12,500 and deaths rise to 726 in Romania
Romanian authorities said the number of COVID-19 cases reached 12,567 on Friday and the number of deaths rose to 726.
The
Strategic Communication Group said 327 new cases had been registered in the
last 24 hours.
The total
number of tests conducted since the virus outbreak in March is now 183,700
Authorities have stepped up...
Romania’s ruling Liberal Party lead slips in opinion poll amid coronavirus crisis
Romania’s center-right Liberal Party remains the most popular party in Romania, but its lead has slipped in the past month as the minority government grapples with the coronavirus crisis, an opinion poll showed.
A poll carried out in April by the Institute of Marketing and Opinion Polls which was ordered by Europa FM...
Romanian court sentences university professor to eight years in prison for taking bribes from students
A court has sentenced a university professor to eight years in prison on
charges that he took bribes from students in exchange for them passing exams.
The case was brought to court after the professor, Gheorghe Ţarălungă, the
former deacon of the Pharmacy Faculty of the Ovidius University, was caught red-handed
in 2015 accepting a 200-euro...
