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Hundreds of baby sturgeons were successfully released into the Danube in an effort to boost the wild populations of the critically endangered fish, one of the four remaining native Danube sturgeon species. World Wildlife Fund Romania has been working to protect sturgeon and their natural habitats. Last year, the group released over 1,000 young sturgeons...

French-Romanian carmaker, Automobile Dacia, says it plans to resume operations, more than a month after it was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company said manufacturing would resume at its plant in southern Romania, in two stages, on April 21, two days after Orthodox Easter and then on May 4.

Romania’s Prime Minister Ludovic Orban has passed a resolution allowing travelers from five more European countries to enter Romania starting Tuesday without having to undergo quarantine. Travel restrictions were lifted Monday for Finland, Italy, France, Estonia and Ireland following a drop in infections in those countries. The five countries join seventeen...

Hundreds of Romanian workers at Germany’s biggest slaughterhouse have tested positive for the coronavirus, authorities said. Some 650 Romanians out of a total of 1,300 employees contracted the virus at the Tonnies meat processing factory, in northwestern Germany, the Romanian foreign ministry said. Romanians, Bulgarians and workers elsewhere in European countries are employed at the slaughterhouse,...

 Romanian President Klaus Iohannis says the country will suspend some joint projects with Moldova until the country returns to the "European track" and embarks on justice reforms and fighting corruption.  Iohannis on Thursday said his office was “not convinced” that the current government in Chisinau is on what he called “the European track,” calling it “the...

Health Minister Nelu Tartaru on Monday warned that the spread of the coronavirus in Romania could shortly get out of control if people fail to wear masks and respect social distancing rules. “At the moment we have a handle on this somewhat predictable rise in cases,” Tataru said. “We are recommending people...

The number of new confirmed coronavirus cases in Romania dropped to 166 on Monday, but the rate of infection remained high. Even though Monday’s cases were about half the level on Sunday, when 320 cases were reported, the rate of infection was higher on Monday. Some 3,682 were conducted in...

Romania’s coronavirus spike continued Monday, with 246 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in the past 24 hours. While the number of new infections was lower than recent days, only 4,044 tests were carried out, far fewer than last week. Monday’s infection rate is just over 6%, more than double previous...

British-based conglomerate GFG Alliance will invest 1 billion euros in a Romania steel plant, to modernize its emissions-heavy European steel plants and boost production, Reuters news agency reported. The steel industry is facing over-supply and falling demand, which is expected to be made worse by the impact of the coronavirus. Investors are...

The Danube Delta is a place of outstanding beauty, the largest and most remarkable river wetlands in Europe. Home to 300 species of birds, it has been listed on the UNESCO World Heritage site since 1991. Several areas are off-limits for tourists and if the coronavirus pandemic continues, there won’t be any more tourism,...