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Romanians were voting Sunday in an presidential election in which the clear favorite is centrist president Klaus Iohannis, who has vowed to continue to strengthen the rule of law and support anti-corruption measures that were rolled back by successive Social Democrat governments. Iohannis, 60, a former physics teacher supported by the center-right Liberal...

The former leader of the Social Democratic Party, Liviu Dragnea has been indicted of embezzling millions of euros of European Union funds by forging documents to ensure a company won contracts to build roads during his term as the chairman of the county council. The Anti-corruption Directorate late Friday said Dragnea, currently serving a 3...

Romania’s prime minister-designate Ludovic Orban is facing a no-confidence vote which he plans to lose. But the tactic may not work after three opposition parties said they would boycott Monday’s vote leaving parliament with too few lawmakers to validate the session. That would derail the Liberals’ plan to hold early elections which...

A Romanian court has handed sentences of nearly 12 years to three owners of the Colectiv nightclub, where a fire erupted four years ago, killing 64. The Bucharest Court also sentenced Ioana Daniela Nita, the manager of a company whose fireworks sparked the fatal blaze on Oct. 30, 2015 to 12 years and eight...

Hundreds of jobs in the shoe industry are to go after a German shoe manufacturer Ara Shoes announced it was closing one of its factories in Romania and would ax jobs at a second plant this year over rising costs, a paper reported The company said it would shut its factory in the town of Simleul Silvaniei...

It looks increasingly likely that outdoor cafes and restaurants in Romania will reopen on June 1 if the number of coronavirus cases stays at the current level, a minister said. Health Minister Nelu Tataru said: “If the downward trend continues, we are thinking of easing more restrictions, such as opening outdoor terraces on June...

American fast food chain McDonalds says it will hire 30 people from Sri Lanka for a two-year pilot project as the company struggles to find staff to fill positions due to a growing labor shortage in Romania. The company said in a press release Wednesday that the move was a “first for McDonalds and a first for...

The U.S. Ambassador to Romania Adrian Zuckerman says Romania must do more to combat human trafficking saying the current government was hampered by “a legacy of policies, corruption, and criminal networks,” from the previous administration. Zuckerman spoke Friday after the release of the Congress’ Trafficking in Persons Report which has Romania on the tier 2 Watch List for the...

Corruption is on the rise in Romania and it now ranks at the bottom of the list of European Union countries, according to the annual ranking carried out by a global anti-corruption watchdog. The ranking by the civic group Transparency International measures the levels of perceived corruption in 180 countries on a yearly...

The number of new coronavirus infections remained high on Friday, with authorities reporting 411 new cases in the past 24 hours, the second consecutive day when new cases have gone beyond 400. The Strategic Communication Group said medical authorities had conducted 11,800 tests in the past day, meaning that 3.84% of tests came...