UPDATE. Romanian currency hits record low against euro, amid political uncertainty
The Romanian leu fell to an all-time low against the euro Friday, amid ongoing political uncertainty.
Romania's central bank, BNR, set its reference exchange rate at 4.8026 to one euro, the first time it has ever gone beyond the psychological barrier of 4.8. Friday's record downed Thursday's all-time high of 4.7834 lei to...
Romania orders price freeze on energy, fuel as emergency measures to respond to coronavirus crisis
Romania’s government has announced a price freeze on energy and gas to offset
the economic effects of the coronavirus outbreak that has disrupted everyday life
and hit the economy hard.
Interior Minister Marcel Vela said electricity, heat, gas, water and fuel prices would not be increased during the 30-day state of emergency,
“They...
Klaus Iohannis says June was wettest month in 60 years, promises EU aid to stricken areas. ‘We need forests, not dams’
President Klaus Iohannis says Romania needs to invest in reforestation to combat the effects of severe weather and promised to allocate EU funds to offset damage caused by warming.
Iohannis said Romanian needed to change its outdated mindset to tackle the effects of climate change after the wettest June in 60 years.
Virus Outbreak: Romanian ombudsman asks president to declare state of emergency
Romania’s ombudsman has asked President Klaus Iohannis to declare a state of emergency as the coronavirus crisis unfolds around the world and the number of cases rises to 48 in Romania.
The agency said in a statement Thursday that it wasn’t “questioning … the measures taken so far, (such as) the need of...
Not a lot of dough: Romania has the cheapest bread in the European Union
Romanians pay half the European Union average for a loaf of bread, according to statistics published this week.
Eurostat published figures on bread and cereal prices for 2019 across the 27-member bloc, with the average price counted as 100.
Romania had the cheapest bread, at 47% of the average EU price....
Three months after Covid-19 lockdown suspended international rail traffic, train service to resume parts of Eastern, Central Europe
When the coronavirus pandemic swept across the world in March, European countries closed their borders and international rail traffic was halted in a bid to stop the spread of the highly contagious virus
Romania emerged from a state of emergency in mid-May and began to relax a strict lockdown, but even as borders opened...
Romania’s health minister resigns over handling of coronavirus crisis
Romania's health minister resigned on Thursday following criticism of his handling of the coronavirus epidemic that has infected more than 900 people and led to 14 deaths.
Victor Costache said he would step down, a day after he said that Bucharest's 2 million residents would be tested for COVID-19, an initiative that many said...
New coronavirus cases surge past 300 again in Romania
The number of new coronavirus
cases climbed to 321 on Wednesday, a fresh leap after a slight drop this week.
The National Public Health
Institute said that almost 11,700 tests had been carried out in the last 24
hours, giving an infection rate of 2.75%, a similar ratio to most of the past
ten days.
Romania prosecutors smash ‘biggest ever’ counterfeit money ring
Romanian anti-organized crime prosecutors say they have smashed the country’s biggest ever counterfeit money operation.
The Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism said Wednesday that an unnamed fabricator had been running an organized crime ring since 2014 that churned out false 100 lei bills costing the state 1.7 million lei.
Pofta buna! but not yet. Romania mulls delaying reopening of restaurants due to Covid-19 spike
Romania has gradually eased out of a strict lockdown in the last month.
Malls, parks, churches, beaches, private schools, outdoor cafes, outdoor pools, and other places have reopened. But not so restaurants with inside seating despite protests by chefs and warnings from hospitality managers that coronavirus pandemic has dealt the sector a grave blow....
