Romania

Romania

Killer released from jail early suspected of setting alight girl, 17

The 17-year-old was doused in petrol and set alight at her home in south-west Romania last Saturday, say prosecutors.

19/06/2020

Living

Designer creates stunning dresses from discarded electrical wires

Could this innovative design be the future of sustainable textile development?

18/06/2020

Romania

'Back to the Middle Ages': Outrage in Romania over gender studies ban

The legislation now needs to be approved by President Klaus Iohannis.

17/06/2020

Romania

Gaffe as tribute to Romania's war dead conducted at Russian memorial

They had meant to honour Romania's war dead but the ceremony was instead directed towards fallen soldiers of the Red Army.

09/06/2020

Romania

Euroviews. The EU cannot afford to keep Romania in quarantine when it reopens the Schengen zone ǀ View

Any postponement of Romania's full entry into the Schengen Area is no longer technical, but a political decision about what Europe means and what Europe is.

18/05/2020

Romania

Beautiful or blasphemous? Art hailing COVID-19 workers divides Romania

"It is not only blasphemous but also an offence to the honourable profession of doctors, who do not think of themselves as saints, or improvised saviours and do not claim a public cult.”

15/05/2020

Romania

Viral plea for smartphone from girl who wants to learn in lockdown

Romania's schools have been shut since March 11 and pupils in rural parts of the country lack access to the internet.

08/05/2020

Romania

Romania's sacked anti-corruption chief wrongly dismissed, rules ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights today ruled in favour of Romania's sacked anti-corruption chief, Laura Kovesi.

05/05/2020

Romania

Romania set to ease its lockdown next month after fines pay dividends

Police in Romania issued around 200,000 lockdown-related fines in the last month. This crackdown may have helped precipitate today's announcement that confinement will be eased from mid-May.

22/04/2020

Romania

Scramble for face masks and medical supplies sends prices soaring

Face masks and medical supplies are being sold for two or three times their value as countries scramble to protect their health workers.

15/04/2020

Romania

The region with more coronavirus cases than anywhere in Romania

Military doctors have arrived in Suceava and say conditions in the hospital are similar to "a war".

10/04/2020

Romania

'It's a disaster': The hospital at centre of Romania's COVID-19 crisis

“It’s a disaster and happened because of a lack of leadership and the management of the initial situation,” said Bogdan Tanase, head of Romania’s Doctors’ Alliance.

03/04/2020

Romania

COVID-19 and Romania's healthcare brain drain could be 'perfect storm'

Countries in eastern Europe have not been hit too hard by COVID-19. But if and when it does come, are they equipped to cope?

30/03/2020

Romania

Priests give communion with shared spoon as Romania COVID-19 spreads

The controversy came a day after Romania imposed restrictions to stop the spread of coronavirus in the country.

24/03/2020

Romania

Romania declares state of emergency over Covid-19 outbreak

It's the latest EU country to make the declaration as the number of infections rise across the continent.

16/03/2020

My Europe Series

Romania's virgin forests ravaged by 'wood mafia'

Euronews explores the hidden corruption, intimidation and violence at the heart of Romania's illegal logging industry,

13/03/2020

Romania

Romanian government self-isolates after senator gets coronavirus

Interim Romanian Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said his government will self-isolate for 14 days and he will work from inside his official villa.

13/03/2020

Romania

Green campaigners fume over Bucharest's pollution problem

Particulate matter in Romania rose more than 1,000 per cent above the WHO threshold

12/03/2020

Romania

'A world of train': Where in Europe is rail travel a nightmare?

"The next train on platform one will arrive.... in four months' time."

19/02/2020

Romania

Brussels threatens Romania over alleged failure to protect forests

Romania has been threatened with legal action over illegal logging and allegedly not doing enough to protect some of Europe’s largest unspoilt forests.

12/02/2020

Romania

Romania braces for early elections as Orban loses confidence vote

The parliamentary vote against the government of PM Ludovic Orban, in office for barely three months, paves the way for possible early elections.

05/02/2020

Romania

Romanian village embroiled in racism scandal over Sri Lankan workers

350 people protested the hiring of the two men, who are considering moving to another village.

03/02/2020

Romania

Moldovans warned to stop calling Romanian language Moldovan

You say mulţumesc, they say mulţumesc...let's call the whole thing...Romanian

30/01/2020

Romania

Woman dies after being set ablaze during surgery in Romania

The Ministry of Health has launched an investigation into the incident.

30/12/2019

Romania

Thirty years on, what is the legacy of communism in Romania?

Thirty years after the end of Nicolae Ceaușescu's regime, Romanians, like others in former Communist countries, show little trust in government institutions.

25/12/2019

Europe News

Accused child trafficking gang walk free from court in Romania

It's caused outrage among human rights groups and within British policing circles.

24/12/2019