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Romania’s coronavirus spike continued Monday, with 246 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in the past 24 hours. While the number of new infections was lower than recent days, only 4,044 tests were carried out, far fewer than last week. Monday’s infection rate is just over 6%, more than double previous...

British-based conglomerate GFG Alliance will invest 1 billion euros in a Romania steel plant, to modernize its emissions-heavy European steel plants and boost production, Reuters news agency reported. The steel industry is facing over-supply and falling demand, which is expected to be made worse by the impact of the coronavirus. Investors are...

The Danube Delta is a place of outstanding beauty, the largest and most remarkable river wetlands in Europe. Home to 300 species of birds, it has been listed on the UNESCO World Heritage site since 1991. Several areas are off-limits for tourists and if the coronavirus pandemic continues, there won’t be any more tourism,...

Justice minister Catalin Predoiu has nominated three officials to head Romania’s three key prosecutor’s offices_ the post of prosecutor general, chief anti-corruption prosecutor and the chief anti-crime prosecutor. Predoiu said he’d picked Gabriela Scutea, 47, who had “the most solid professional resume” for the post of prosecutor general. Scutea is currently a prosecutor at the Court...

Adrian Năstase has blasted the Romanian presidency again after President Klaus Iohannis withdrew a national honor the former prime minister received for his efforts to help Romania join NATO and the European Union. Nastase was one of twelve former senior officials with corruption convictions who lost their prestigious national honors last month.

Romania’s economy minister says a state-owned company will produce 500,000 surgical masks a day which are needed to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The minister, Virgil Popescu, said that automated equipment was being installed on three production lines on Tuesday at Romarm, a state-owned defense company and Romania's main supplier for defense technique...

Retired general Ben Hodges,  the former commander of the U.S. Army in Europe, has warned that pulling U.S. soldiers out of Europe is risky because it could determine Russia to test NATO's defense capacity. "If they consider we are not cohesive, they may decide to launch an incursion into Romania or the Baltics and...

Moldova holds the second round of local elections on Sunday with the focus in the capital where a pro-Russian candidate will seek to win the seat which has traditionally been held by pro-European forces. Moldovans are voting for mayors of 380 town halls, communities where no candidate won a majority in the first round...

Prime Minister Ludovic Orban says some public workers will be furloughed during the state of emergency which has forced millions of employees to stay at home and led to bankruptcy and job losses in some sectors. Orban said the measure would apply to non-essential sectors, but it was unclear how many employees it would...

Romania reported more than 300 cases for the fifth day in a row, despite a drop in testing, raising fears that the virus is spreading after authorities relaxed the lockdown. The Strategic Communication Group said Sunday that 315 new cases had been confirmed in the last 24 hours, following 6,333 tests. That gave...