Romanian president announces one-month state of emergency; curfew may be imposed over virus outbreak
Romania's President Klaus Iohannis is to decree a state of emergency of up to one month starting Monday to allow the government to manage the growing coronavirus crisis.
"I decided to decree the state of emergency at the beginning of next week,” Iohannis said, Saturday evening, after the new government led by Prime minister...
Despite lockdown, Romanian Orthodox priest asks authorities to let ‘young and healthy’ faithful attend Easter Vigil
A Romanian priest has called on authorities to allow some of the Orthodox faithful attend the Easter Vigil, despite a lockdown that bans public church services and an announcement from the Romanian Orthodox Church that churches will be closed to the masses this Easter.
Calistrat Chifan, a popular 'duhovnic' or spiritual father with...
Easter Warning. President Klaus Iohannis urges Romanians to stay at home at Easter. ‘The nice weather won’t stop the virus spreading’
President Klaus Iohannis issued a fresh appeal to Romanians ahead of Easter, urging them to celebrate the feast at home with their immediate family, a sacrifice he said was necessary to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
“We hear on the news that there are some countries that are relaxing restrictions,” he said...
Romanian government moves to list Roman gold mine at center of arbitration dispute as UNESCO heritage site
Romania’s government says it will list Rosia Montana, the mountain which sits on important gold reserves and is at the center of a $4.4 billion arbitration dispute, as a UNESCO heritage site.
Culture Minister Bogdan Gheorghiu confirmed the move on Friday following a protest the previous evening where demonstrators appealed to the government to...
Romanians love candles, but produce very few. Poland, Europe’s top producer
Romanians light candles for the living and the dead, at weddings and christenings _ or when there is a power cut.
Most candles are lit in or around churches and the Romanian Orthodox
Church has an unofficial monopoly on the production of beeswax and other candles
used for religious purposes.
Some churches...
Top Romanian surgeon detained on bribe charges
Mircea Beuran, a top Romanian surgeon and former health minister, was detained Thursday on suspicion of taking a 10,000 euro bribe.
The
anti-corruption prosecutors’ agency said he took the alleged bribe in 2018 when
he held a senior position in the Carol Davila Medicine and Pharmacy University
in Bucharest.
Prosecutors said that Beuran, 66,...
Romania’s minority centrist gov’t to seek vote of confidence in parliament on Feb 24
Romania’s
acting Prime Minister Ludovic Orban says his minority Liberal government will
seek a vote of confidence in Parliament on February 24, though it is less than
certain he will get the votes he needs.
If lawmakers refuse to endorse his government or a possible second nominee for prime minister, the president can dissolve parliament and...
UPDATE. Acting Romanian PM Ludovic Orban self-isolates after colleague tests positive for COVID-19. Romania has 82 cases of coronavirus
Romania’s acting Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said he was self isolating at home after a party colleague tested positive for the new coronavirus.
Orban said he would go into 14 days quarantine at his official residence in Bucharest and other Liberal Party senior members would also go into self-quarantine.
President Klaus...
3rd Sri Lankan baker arrives in Romania to take up job in town embroiled in racism row (bread sales have fallen by 50%)
A 24-year-old baker from Sri Lanka has arrived in Romania where he will take
up a job in a bakery in a small town in central Romania where the local community
is embroiled in row about racism.
Bakery owner Katalin Kollo told Mediafax news agency that the man would join his compatriots who are employed at...
Romanians expected to go on buying spree in Black Friday sales
Halloween has gone and Romanians are now gearing up for another American
holiday: Black Friday.
The American deals day which falls on the Friday after Thanksgiving has
firmly cemented itself in Romanian calendar, with the pre-Christmas sale being
one of the best times to buy an early gift as online retailers and high street
stores slash their prices.
