The Complicated Financial Affairs of Rovana Plumb (or how politicians are inspired by the story of Scrat, the Ice Age squirrel)
Rovana Plumb has had a successful political career by any standards. Elected to Romania’s Parliament in 2004, she became a member of the European Parliament in 2009 for the Social Democracy Party. She moved back to Bucharest after she was appointed environment minister and later became the labour minister. She was elected president of Social Democrats’ National...
Reactor at Hungarian nuclear plant shuts down
One of the four reactors at Hungary’s Paks nuclear power plant shut down when an automatic defense mechanism kicked in, the plant said in a statement quoted by Reuters.
The incident occurred Thursday morning and experts are investigating. There were no safety implications, it said.
The plant, the only one...
Love in the time of Corona. Romanian man rides horse to hospital after wife gives birth during lockdown
What do you do when your wife’s had a baby, but there’s a lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic and no public transport running?
A 22-year-old Romanian man learned on Thursday that his wife had given birth at a hospital in the northeastern city of Iasi.
Eager to see his...
After cold snap, ‘tropical temperatures’ forecast for Eastern Europe
Put the boots and winter coats back in the wardrobe.
A wave of
polar air that sent temperatures plummeting to below freezing in some parts of
Eastern Europe in recent days has passed, and warmer weather is back on its way
this weekend.
The extreme fluctuations will see temperatures of more than 10 degrees...
Romania has 900 cases of coronavirus, and the killer bug has caused 13 deaths
The number of coronavirus cases jumped to 906 on Wednesday in Romania, while thirteen people have died from the COVID-19 in the country.
The Strategic Communication Group announced 144 new cases in the past 24 hours. Patients were aged 3 to 79. Eighty-six people have recovered since the outbreak began several weeks ago.
‘Uber Law’ goes into effect in Romania. Drivers risk hefty fines
New rules regulating ridesharing in Romania went into effect on Friday, upending the growing alternative transport market that faces fierce opposition from taxi drivers.
Starting Nov. 1, ridesharing
applications such as Uber, Bolt, Yango or Clever need to have a technical permit
from the communications ministry and an operating license from the Romanian Road
Authority.
150,000 calls made to COVID-19 hotline in Romania which provides up-to-date public advice with WHO support
Romania’s 24h/7 national hotline, Tel Verde (Green Line) has answered over 150 000 calls from Romanians asking for the latest information and advice on COVID-19 since it was set up at the end of 27 February.
The
hotline employs medical and health experts and receives financing from the
World Health Organization which helps with technical assistance,...
Rural Poverty. World Vision hands out food tickets to 1,300 children in Romania’s poorest villages to help during COVID-19 pandemic
More than 1,300 children from vulnerable communities in Romania have received vouchers to buy food during the coronavirus pandemic.
World Vision Romania, part of the international non-governmental organization, said the youngsters from the northern county of Vaslui, the southern counties of Dolj and Valcea, and the northwestern county of Cluj received food tickets worth...
Coronavirus Crisis: Klaus Iohannis calls on Romanians to be united, and avoid crowded places
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday said the risk of a coronavirus pandemic remains high across the Europe and protecting EU citizens is the continent’s main priority.
Romania has 29 confirmed cases of the killer virus and no deaths. “There are still very few” fatalities, Iohannis said. “We don’t have mass spreading. We...
Coronavirus cases reach 6,600 in Romania, deaths climb to 318
Romanian authorities say the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus rose
to 6,633 with 333 new cases confirmed in the last 24 hours.
The Strategic Communications Group said Monday that 318 people had succumbed to the virus.
There are
currently 231 patients receiving treatment in intensive care.
Some 24,000 people...
