Bucharest to upgrade its siren warning system

Undoubtedly inspired by events in Ukraine, Bucharest will upgrade its siren warning system, mayor...


Romania COVID cases nearly doubled

The number of new COVID-19 infections in Romania nearly doubled over the last week, with a peak of...


Romania will have cheapest fuel in the EU after Hungary: Popescu

The price of fuel will be reduced by fifty cents. As a result of this decrease, Romania will have...


Nicolae Ciucă elected new PNL president

Prime Minister Nicolae Ciucă was elected as leader of the PNL at a special congress of the national liberal party today. The election had become necessary when the current party leader and former prime minister, Florin Cîțu, stepped down last week....


Romania’s Prime Minister vies for party leadership

Nicolae Ciucă, the former army general turned prime minister, wants to become chairman of his...


COVID-19 update (March 26-April 1, 2022) (April 2, 2022)

As a reminder, daily vaccination rates averaged around 16,000 in the final week of January. At the...


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Concern grows over traffickers targeting Ukrainian refugees (AP)How We Give Birth in...


Editorial: Ukrainian refugee crisis

Romanians also joined the chain of rallies around the world against Russian invasion of Ukraine this past weekend. Agerpres’s Cristian Nistor captured the mood of a protest in front of the Russian embassy in Bucharest. Romania will continue to take...


Editorial: Dăncilă leaves PSD… while Cîțu (PNL) fights for his political life

Former prime minister Viorica Dăncilă announced on Tuesday that she has left the PSD after 26...


Declining trend in the number of COVID-19 cases: Arafat

Raed Arafat, the head of the Department for Emergency Situations (DSU), said today that there is a...


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