Romania parliament approves Ludovic Orban’s centrist gov’t after winning support from opposition amid the coronavirus crisis
Parliament on Saturday approved the minority Liberal government of Ludovic Orban with opposition parties rallying around the government as Romania grapples with the effects of the coronavirus crisis.
Orban's government received 286 votes, with 23 votes against, far more than the 233 needed. The government will be invested later...
Romania liberalizes gas prices, gov’t warns big suppliers not to speculate prices
Romania began the final stage of liberalizing gas prices on Wednesday with
an estimated 3.4 million household customers transferring from the regulated
gas market to the competitive one.
Romania’s Competition Council said there must be normal competitive environment in the sector where two large suppliers provide about 90 % of residential consumption.
Hundreds of health professionals infected with COVID-19 after major outbreak in northern Romanian hospital
Romania has 285 healthcare professionals who have been infected with the coronavirus, with chronic underfunding and a lack of equipment to blame for the situation.
The vast majority of cases are in a hospital in the northern city of Suceava where an outbreak among staff led to 181 professionals, including 43 doctors and...
Coronavirus Update. 158 people infected with new virus in Romania, 19 new cases in past 24 hours
Romanian authorities said Monday that the total of new coronavirus case had risen to 158, with 19 people testing positive in the last 24 hours.
The announcement came just before President Klaus Iohannis was expected to officially declare a state of emergency, a move that will allow the government to put...
“Don’t expect the U.S. to ease off on the anti-corruption message” – Romanian foreign policy chief
The arrival of a new U.S.
Ambassador to Romania has led to speculation_ and even hope_ by some that
Washington will ease off on its appeal to Romanian authorities to crack down on
endemic corruption.
But a foreign policy chief explains
that the anti-graft message from the U.S., whether it’s from President Donald
Trump, the State Department or American...
Back to normal. Romanians will be able to go to the theater, the movies and eat out from Sept. 1, PM says
Romania’s prime minister says
theaters, cinemas and restaurants will reopen on Sept 1 almost six months after
the coronavirus pandemic forced their closure.
Premier Ludovic Orban made the announcement Thursday at the beginning of a Cabinet meeting, confirming earlier reports.
”From September 1, we will allow
shows and concerts in indoor spaces to resume,...
Organized crime prosecutor appointed as UK’s 1st liaison magistrate to Romania
Britain has appointed its first ever liaison magistrate to Romania, a prosecutor who has decades of international experience of investigating organized crime.
John Williams was a specialist prosecutor with the International Justice and Organized Crime Division of the Crown Prosecution Service where he dealt with a wide range of offenses for 30 years.
Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg tells Romanians: “See you on the streets” and slams illegal logging
Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg has called on Romanians to “stand together against illegal logging and the destruction of our common planet” in a video message recorded in Brussels.
“Hi! My
name is Greta Thunberg and I am a climate activist from Sweden, and I want to
urge you to join the Fridays for Future movement...
Romanian foreign minister: EU can’t allow Belarus abuses. Pledges aid to civil society, independent media
Romanian Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu says the European Union should react to abuses committed in Belarus against protesters who say presidential elections were rigged.
Aurescu said Wednesday evening on Twitter that the EU “mustn’t tolerate abuses such as (the) recent detainment of representatives of the Coordination Council of opposition,” he wrote.
Reading the Riot Act. Romanian publishers sue ‘corporate library,’ culture ministry for unfair competition
Reading books
is a somewhat of a rarity in Romania according to studies, so it stands to reason
that publishers have to push to sell books.
Add a
middleman to the mix, and the situation becomes even more difficult for them.
But Romanian publishers are hitting back and together with the country’s main...
