Romania
Nine people died on Friday when a fire broke out in an intensive care unit at a Romanian hospital treating COVID-19 patients, officials said, the...
Romanian bank fraud suspect to be extradited in ten days
A 37-year-old man arrested for bank fraud will be extradited to Romania within 10 days, police said on Tuesday. The man was arrested in Paphos...
Coronavirus: man refused boarding on repatriation flight to Romania after showing symptoms
Larnaca airport had to disinfect certain areas on Saturday after man showed symptoms of coronavirus who went there to board a flight to Romania. The...
Airport authorities seize two shipments of non-specification halloumi
Larnaca airport authorities on Thursday seized two shipments of non-specification halloumi cheese due to be exported to Romania and Bahrain, reports said on Thursday. The...
Weather disrupts pope’s second day in Romania
Tens of thousands of people gathered on muddy slopes in Transylvania on Saturday to see Pope Francis visit one of Romania’s most popular Catholic shrines...
The making of Romania: 100 years
By Ioan-Aurel Pop THIS month as we celebrate 100 years since the end of The First World War, historical reconstitutions and interpretations of it are...
Turnout low in Romanian vote on constitutional ban on same sex marriage
By Luiza Ilie Many Romanians appeared to boycott a vote on Sunday on whether to enshrine in the constitution that marriage must only be between...
The crowd and the law
IN ROMANIA, after five straight nights of mass demonstration in Bucharest’s main square, the government agreed to withdraw an emergency decree that decriminalised various abuses...
Romanian minister resigns after huge anti-graft protest (Updated)
A Romanian cabinet minister resigned on Thursday, testing the stability of the month-old leftist-led government after 250,000 people came out in protest over a decree...
Snowstorms wreak chaos in Bulgaria and Romania
Snowstorms paralysed traffic and cut electricity to hundreds of thousands of people in Bulgaria on Friday while forcing atomic energy producer Nuclearelectrica in neighbouring Romania...