Romania marks 150 years since first train journey (Only they were QUICKER then)
The first Romanian
train ran on time. It departed Bucharest and went to the Danube port of Giurgiu
where passengers could travel on to Vienna by ship. Later, the train transported
troops during the War of Independence.
The 150th
anniversary of Romania’s first train ride on Thursday should be cause for
celebration.
Instead people are reminded...
Ex-Romanian strongman Liviu Dragnea to stay behind bars after court rejects his bid to be released
Romania’s
high court has rejected an appeal by Liviu Dragnea the former leader of the
Social Democrats, to overturn his 3 ½ year prison sentence for instigating official
misconduct.
The High
Court of Cassation and Justice on Tuesday also turned down the appeals of two other
officials who were convicted in the same case. The ruling is final.
Romania’s health minister says COVID-19 peak coming soon, as cases reach 5,500
Romania's health minister says the coronavirus pandemic will peak in about two weeks as the number of COVID-19 cases rose to almost 5,500 on Friday, with 265 fresh cases reported in the last 24 hours.
Nelu Tataru said that the peak number of cases would come between 20-25 April, the week after Orthodox Easter....
Romanian central bank adviser warns of looming recession
Romanian central bank adviser Lucian Croitoru says the world is approaching a recession as bad as the financial crisis of 2008, in comments made at the EU-COFILE seminar organized by Alpha Bank, the National Bank of Romania and the Romanian Banking Association.
Our economy operates in cycles. We go through periods of...
Jewish authorities promise to repair disused synagogue after ‘sexy’ photo shoot in ruins appears online
It’s an ill wind that blows wind that blows no one any good.
A furor erupted after pictures of a young woman posing in her underwear appeared online amid the ruins of a disused synagogue in the Romanian Black Sea port of Constanta.
“Scandalous..
Is the Synagogue in Constanta a monumental...
2019 presidential election. Candidates trade insults. Iohannis claims he saved the rule of law, ex-PM says she raised wages, pensions
President Klaus Iohannis said there would be no rule of law in Romania if he hadn’t intervened to stop a contentious judicial overhaul initiated by the former Social Democrat government.
Iohannis faces ex-Prime Minister Viorica Dancila in a runoff for the presidential election on Nov. 24. The pair held separate press conferences Tuesday...
Bucharest mayor drops “Oxygen tax” after backlash on Facebook
Bucharest mayor Gabriela Firea who is running for a second term as mayor
this summer says she will scrap an unpopular proposal to ban heavily polluting
cars from the city center and a proposed tax on other cars designed to reduce
pollution and heavy traffic in the Romanian capital.
Firea says she has decided to withdraw the...
Former Romanian parliament speaker sentenced to 7 years in prison in bribe case
A Romanian court has sentenced the former parliament speaker Bogdan Olteanu to
seven years in prison on charges that he accepted 1 million euros in 2008 to
influence the government over a key appointment.
The Bucharest Court also ordered Olteanu to pay back the 1 million euros. The
ruling is not final.
Romanian leaders promise to build highway linking underdeveloped region to the heart of the country
Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis and Prime Minister Ludovic Orban celebrated a national holiday Friday by promising to build a highway to link the poor region of Moldova to Transylvania, in the heart of the country.
Iohannis and Orban traveled to the northeast city of Iasi for ‘Little Unity Day’ which marks the...
Row over children’s cancer hospital exposes different mentalities in Romania
It looked and
sounded like a row over a hospital.
A public disagreement between the Bucharest mayor, the health minister and a non-governmental organization about a children’s cancer hospital has been peppered with accusations, reproaches and very vulgar language.
But the feud has also exposed two different mentalities.
