Coronavirus cases pass 7,000 in Romania, 362 deaths reported since outbreak began
More than 300 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported in the last day, bringing the total to 7,216, authorities said Wednesday.
The Strategic Communication Group said 362 people had died in Romania since the outbreak begin.
There are currently 245 patients in intensive care receiving treatment after contracting the virus.
Domestic abuse, alcohol consumption, panic attacks: the effects of the coronavirus pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic
wrought massive disruption on people’s lives around the world.
Besides the spread of an unknown and unpredictable virus that sickened thousands
in Romania and caused more than 1,600 deaths, the lockdown shut public spaces,
separated families, battered the economy and saw quarantines and wartime hospital
triage.
It is little surprise that the...
Romania reports third highest daily Covid-19 infections this month as total cases near 27,000
Romania has reported 388 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the third highest daily figure this month.
The Strategic Communication Group said Tuesday that the cumulative number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Romania had climbed to 26,970.
Seventeen patients died in the past 24 hours, 12...
Romanians bought 1,500 electric cars in 2019, as electric car sales double in Europe (but petrol is still king)
Romanians bought 1,500 new electric cars last year, more than double the previous year, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association says.
Last year,
291,000 electric cars were registered in Europe, ACEA said, compared to 150,000
in 2018.
The surge comes as petrol prices increased by 5% while diesel dropped by 14% across Europe.
Pro-Orban media moguls who destroyed Hungary’s media now targeting European outlets
by Alison Mutler
Early one Saturday in October 2016, the staff at one of Hungary’s oldest newspapers started their day off trying to relax. Anxiety had been high for months amid rumors that the nation’s most popular broadsheet publishing since the anti-Soviet uprising in 1956 would be the...
Romania’s ruling Liberals take 11 point lead over Social Democrats, poll shows
Romania’s ruling Liberal Party have opened up a 11.1%
lead over the opposition Social Democrats, a poll released Tuesday shows.
The center-right Liberals, who have a minority government, scored 33% in a June poll, a slight increase from the previous month, and the first time since the coronavirus pandemic that month-on-month support for them has...
Romania’s president slams plan to allow Orthodox faithful to receive ‘Holy Flame’ at Easter. ‘Stay at home, otherwise we’ll have funerals’
Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday told the government to scrap an agreement it made with the powerful Romanian Orthodox Church which allows the faithful to receive the 'Holy Flame' at Easter.
“Let’s be very, very clear because perhaps not everyone has understood. The order is “stay at home," during the coronavirus...
Sun, sea and mountains, yet Romania fails to reach its tourism potential
Romania offers tourists sun, sea, snow (like in the rest of Europe, there's less of it this winter) and mountains. However, it still fails to harness its potential, hampered by poor infrastructure and a lack of investment.
Figures released Monday in Bucharest show that tourism is increasing in Romania, but the industry contributes...
Children’s doctor handed suspended prison sentence for taking bribes. One 4,000-euro kickback came in form of book sponsorship
A Romanian court has handed a pediatrician a three-year suspended prison sentence
for taking bribes worth about 12,000 euros over a six-month period.
The Bucharest Court on Monday sentenced Gheorghe Burnei, a pediatric orthopedic surgeon on charges that he took bribes on 21 occasions totaling 40,000 lei and 3,250 euros from the parents of children...
Romania carries out a record 8,000 tests for COVID-19 in one day, as cases cross 11,000
Romanian health authorities have tested more than 8,000 people in the last 24 hours, a record number of tests, as the number of confirmed cases rose to 11,086.
The Strategic Communication Group said 8,089 tests had been carried out in the past day, but reported a total of 9,873 tests on Sunday. The...
