Romanian prosecutors detain former intelligence officer they say used wellness clinic as a cover for drug trafficking
Romanian prosecutors have arrested the former head of an intelligence agency saying he used an upmarket wellness clinic as a cover for drug trafficking, Mediafax news agency reported.
Gelu Oltean, who was the chief of the interior ministry’s internal intelligence service, the Department for Intelligence and Internal Protection, until 2014, was arrested on Saturday...
Romanian prison authorities probe how ex-party chief allowed out of prison for 24 hours
Prison
authorities say they are investigating how former chairman of the Social Democracy
Party Liviu Dragnea was potentially granted an illegal one-day release from
prison.
The announcement came after Justice Minister Ana Birchall asked the National Penitentiaries Administration to provide details about his time out, reportedly late last week.
Media reports said...
Chefs protest. ‘Thousands of jobs threatened by Covid-19 closure of restaurants,’ as authorities fine outdoor cafes for disregarding new rules
Dozens of chefs have protested Covid-19 lockdown restrictions saying that thousands of jobs are threatened by restaurant closures in the hard-hit sector.
Chefs staged the second protest in recent days on Saturday in the Transylvanian city of Cluj, urging the government to reopen restaurants which have been closed since mid-March when the pandemic swept...
With millions abroad, Romania prepares to celebrate military-style national day at home
Romanians
will celebrate the country’s national holiday on Sunday, with typical military
fanfare at home, as millions of Romanians who left the country in search of
better-paying jobs and more opportunities prepare to mark the day abroad.
The Dec.
1 celebrations come exactly a week after President Klaus Iohannis was re-elected as president with 66% of the
vote, defeating...
The party is over!
Things are happening. First there was the self-detonation of the “resist” binomial from the Dragnea-Tăriceanu government: Tudorel Toader and Viorica Dăncilă. The former Minister of Justice and the former Prime Minister suddenly started talking about how they were pressured by Dragnea and Tariceanu (Nea Nicu and Coana Leana of the PSD - ALDE dictatorship) to issue a...
May 2010 – May 2020. Will Iohannis succeed where Băsescu failed?
Is there any resemblance between Klaus Iohannis and Traian Băsescu? No, there isn’t. It is difficult to find two more different people. However, the ways in which they have trodden their presidential paths are starting to look alike to a great extent. Very worrying!
Why worrying? Because Traian Băsescu failed to reach most of...
Romanian court bans hunting of dozens of species of wild birds
A Romanian court has suspended hunting quotas for dozens of species of wild bird for the upcoming hunting season, in a ruling that was welcomed by the Romanian Ornithological Society
The Brasov Court of Appeal ruled on August 20 that the hunting of 36 species would be banned for the 2020-2021 season. The...
Snow and high winds sweep Romania, highways, ports closed, trains canceled
Wintry storms and high winds swept Romania overnight Thursday blanketing some regions with a thick layer of snow, closing highways and roads and ports, and causing power outages and cancellations on the rail network.
In the southeast which bore the brunt of the snow, 20 communities were without power in the eastern county of...
Coronavirus Crisis. More than 40,000 people from Italy and 2,500 from China entered Romania in recent weeks
Romania's police chief says more than 40,000 people from Italy and 2,500 from China have entered the country in the past three weeks.
Ioan Buda said of those 34,000 were Romanian citizens and 3,000 Italians. The 2,500 Chinese citizens came from the mainland, Hong Kong and Macau, he said.
Romania Covid-19 death toll reaches 1,500, as rise in new cases continues
The death
toll from the novel coronavirus reached 1,500 on Saturday, as Romania reported
more than 300 cases for the fourth day in a row.
The Strategic Communication Group said that 330 new cases had been confirmed in the last 24 hours, following 11,200 tests. Sixteen patients succumbed to the virus in the last day....
