Romania

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Jill Biden meets US service personnel in Romania

US First Lady Jill Biden met with US service personnel at an air base in Romania on Friday, the first stop on a four-day visit to Eastern Europe.

06/05/2022

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Men spray women with perfume on White Monday for good luck and marriage

In the villages of Bistrita Nasaud county (north), on the second day of easter, which is called White Monday, all women are sprayed with perfume by men who gather at early hours of the morning and start watering, but not before buying perfumes, which are more special.

25/04/2022

Romania

Ex Romanian minister to appear before extradition judges in Bulgaria after fleeing 6-year sentence

Elena Udrea, a former Romanian minister, will appear before extradition judges today in Bulgaria after fleeing a 6-year sentence for bribery and abuse of office. Her final appeal was rejected by judges in Romania on Thursday, but she had already left the country, crossing into Bulgaria that morning.

09/04/2022

Romania

Smiles as Ukrainian orphans find refuge amid their deepest drama

"These children are now experiencing the deepest drama they have ever experienced."

07/04/2022

Romania

Man dies after car crashes into Russian embassy gates in Romania

Firefighters were able to extinguish the blaze on Wednesday morning but the driver died at the scene.

06/04/2022

Romania

'Enjoy your loved ones': Sister

Romanian Andreea Cristea, 31, died after being injured in a London terrorist attack on 22 March, 2017. Five years on, her sister tells Euronews about her "beautiful, smart and soulful" sibling.

22/03/2022

Romania

Deaf Ukrainian refugees find shelter in Romania

As the war rages on, deaf Ukrainian refugees find shelter and support at Romania's border.

17/03/2022

Romania

Romania probes found drone days after crash in Croatia

The discovery comes just days after an unmanned aircraft went down in Croatia.

14/03/2022

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Romanians greet refugees with Women's Day flowers

At the Siret border crossing in Romania, women fleeing war in Ukraine were greeted on Tuesday with tulips and other flowers to mark International Women's Day.

08/03/2022

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Ukrainian refugees are welcomed by volunteers as they enter Romania

Aid workers say over a thousand people, almost of them women and children, have been crossing the border at the river Danube every day.

05/03/2022

Romania

Eight people die in two separate military aircraft crashes in Romania

A missing fighter jet and a military helicopter sent on the search and rescue mission both went down, the defence ministry has confirmed.

03/03/2022

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Fleeing Ukrainians continue to arrive in Romania

People fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine continued crossing the border into neighboring Romania Monday

28/02/2022

Romania

Romania: Thousands of Ukrainians arrive to Isaccea in search of refuge

The scenes at the Romanian port town are a stark reminder of the uncertainty and terror many face as they seek shelter from the war in their own country.

27/02/2022

Culture news

Roma actress smashes stigma in Bucharest Theatre's one-woman-show

Growing up Alina Serban didn't see herself represented on television, in movies or books. Shunned from the cultural mainstream, she is taking matters into her own hands.

03/02/2022

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Thermal waterfall in Toplita frozen for the first time in recent years

Thermal waterfall in Toplita, central Romania, frozen for the first time in recent years. Although this rarely happens, the recent negative temperatures during the night had led to the freezing of the thermal waterfall. Water curtains turned into unreal lacework.

28/01/2022

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Romania starts vaccinating children aged 5-11

In Romania, children aged 5-11 years can now be vaccinated against COVID-19 in 219 paediatric centres.

26/01/2022

Romania

Romania's Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca denies plagiarising his thesis

A Romanian journalist has claimed that nearly a third of the PM's doctorate thesis contained plagiarised content.

18/01/2022

Romania

New COVID-19 measures in Romania as infections surge

Face masks will be mandatory and bars and restaurants will operate at 50% or 30% capacity as part of the new measures.

08/01/2022

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Romanians dressed as bears try to ward off evil

Romanians dressed as bears try to ward off evil

31/12/2021

Romania

Protest in Romania over bid to extend COVID health pass to workplaces

Romania has the EU's second-lowest vaccination rate with just 39.6% of its population fully vaccinated, compared to more than 67% for the rest of the bloc.

21/12/2021

Romania

Romanian minister resigns following plagiarism reports

Florin Roman, who had served in Romania’s new coalition government for less than a month, quit his post after his education credentials were called into question.

15/12/2021

Culture news

Romanian COVID clinic makes Christmas tree out of vaccine containers

Staff at one the largest COVID-19 vaccination centers in Bucharest, Romania, have built a three meter tall Christmas tree out of the empty vaccine containers.

07/12/2021

Culture news

Romanian prisoners take to the stage in annual theatre festival

Every winter, inmates from Romanian jails begin rehearsals for an on-stage production performed at the 'Liberation Through Culture' festival. Organisers say it's an immense help to what they do with the rest of their sentences.

02/12/2021

Romania

Back in power, Romania's PSD wants to put its toxic past behind it

Under Liviu Dragnea, the Social Democrats became a byword for corruption and graft. Now a new crop of leaders says that the party has changed.

01/12/2021

Nature

Back from the brink: Bison return to Romania after 200-year absence

Rescued from extinction, wild bison have made themselves at home in Romania’s Carpathian Mountains

01/12/2021

Romania

Romania plans to evacuate 90 Europeans stranded in South Africa

It comes as Europe restricts flights from southern Africa after the detection of the new COVID variant Omicron.

29/11/2021