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Romania’s coal heartland embraces Green New Deal

Romania's industrial Jiu Valley has been tied to fluctuations in the fortunes of coal for a century and a half. But soon the coal will be gone. Is the EU's help to make the transition going to be enough to provide a worthwhile and sutainable future for its residents?

13/11/2020

Romania

Romania's oldest fugitive is a cannabis-smuggling 82-year-old woman

Gran-abis! An 82-year-old woman smuggled drugs into a prison for her grandson. She's now the oldest person on Romania's wanted list but police discovered she's gone to Australia.

12/11/2020

Romania

Romanian health care workers demonstrate in a 'protest of exhaustion'

Romanian health care workers demonstrate in a "protest of exhaustion" in Bucharest, demanding more support from their government.

10/11/2020

Europe

How a Jewish writer lived, loved and survived in WW2-era Romania

A newly-translated novel by the author of For Two Thousand Years shows a different side to one of Europe's foremost chroniclers of antisemitism.

04/11/2020

Cult

COVID-19 scares visitors away from Dracula's Castle this Halloween

Romania's Bran Castle has only a slight connection with the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker, but it still attracts thousands of visitors in a normal year.

31/10/2020

Romania

Romania's deadly nightclub blaze is still an open wound five years on

Although the blaze brought down a government and put Romania’s corruption problem in the spotlight, its victims saw little resolution

30/10/2020

Romania

NYC transport guru aiming to solve Bucharest's congestion problem

“This involvement is something emotional for me," Prof Michael Horodniceanu told Euronews. "Bucharest is my home town and I would like to use my expertise pro bono to better the city and make it more livable."

28/10/2020

Romania

Euroviews. Without access to online teaching, Roma children’s education has been put on hold by COVID-19 ǀ View

Without access to technology to take part in online classes, Roma children are disproportionately being forced to abandon their education during lockdowns - and with it, their best chance at improving their futures.

27/10/2020

Romania

Bucharest schools close as COVID-19 surges in Romania's capital

Bucharest has closed schools, indoor restaurants, cafes, theatres and cinemas for two weeks and made mask-wearing mandatory in all public spaces.

20/10/2020

Travel News

For this Romanian, travel starts in your own country

Alex Robciuc believes rural Romania has a strong ancestral character and magic aura that he tries to capture in photography. It’s still not considered a go-to destination for tourists, which partly explains why much of the landscape is still preserved in natural beauty.

16/10/2020

Romania

'Serious situation': Romania battling a spike in COVID-19 cases

On Friday, the country reported 2,343 new cases over the previous 24 hours, along with 53 related deaths. This was a new daily record

02/10/2020

Romania

Mayor elected in Romania despite dying of COVID-19 a week earlier

In Sunday's local elections Ion Aliman won a landslide victory in Deveselu, Romania, despite having died the week before.

28/09/2020

Romania

Inside the rise and fall of Romania's £2.5m book heist gang

They abseiled through skylights to steal some of the world's rarest books. They left DNA at the scene.

28/09/2020

Romania

Romania votes in local elections as prelude to General Election

Romania's minority National Liberal Party government, in power since December, is undergoing a test of its strength ahead of December's General Election in local elections. The Social Democratic Party fell from power following allegations of corruption and years of anti-corruption protests.

27/09/2020

Romania

Romania: Judicial reforms 'contrary to EU law' — ECJ legal advice

This case concerns the Bucharest government's appointment of an interim Chief Judicial Inspector and the creation of a prosecution department with exclusive oversight of judges' offences.

23/09/2020

Romania

Romanian border police accused of alleged violence against migrants

Migrants have shared testimonies of their alleged physical abuse by Romanian border guards, who illegally expelled them back to Serbia.

22/09/2020

Romania

'Lack of competence': Bucharest's delayed metro line finally opens

It took nine years to build a 7km-line.

19/09/2020

Romania

Stolen books worth €2.7m found in Romanian basement during police raid

The 200 works included books by Goya, Galileo and Isaac Newton.

18/09/2020

Destinations

The magical Romanian villages known for their unique Gothic churches

Romania’s remote region of Maramureș has a unique architectural style, where tall, tower-like wooden churches dot the landscape

17/09/2020

Romania

Vişinel Bălan: From orphanage nightmare to dreaming of public office

Vişinel Bălan had a hellish time growing up in a Romanian orphanage. Now he is running for mayor with hopes of improving life for other people.

15/09/2020

Romania

Actors imitate famous works of art during Romania's lockdown

They say life imitates art - and that’s exactly what actors in Romania did over lockdown, in an attempt to bring famous works of art to a wider audience over the internet.

08/09/2020

Romania

Romania's highest scientific body slammed for quoting 5G conspiracies

The World Health Organization (WHO) says there are no adverse health effects linked to wireless technologies and no consequences for public health regarding 5G. The Academy's press release was later taken down.

01/09/2020

Romania

Romania's world-beating laser project could be victim of infighting

It is a 356 million euro laser that is able to reproduce what happens when a star collapses deep in space. But the Romanian project has hit a very human hurdle. Here's how.

01/09/2020

Romania

Romania's Ludovic Orban avoids censure motion over COVID-19 response

Romania's Ludovic Orban has avoided censure over his government's response to COVID-19, after only 226 MPs turned up to parliament to vote

31/08/2020

Romania

YouTube star tricks Romanian media into running fake news story

A popular video blogger pranked Romanian media by tricking them into running a fake news story about an apparent car crash.

25/08/2020

Romania

Romania: 8,500 tonnes of Beirut blast chemical seized in police raids

Romanian authorities launched a crackdown on the illegal and unsafe storage of the chemical after the devastating explosion in the Lebanese capital.

20/08/2020