: Catalin Alexandru

GCS: COVID-19 death toll rises by 5 to 1,193

Five more persons infected with the novel coronavirus have died, the COVID-19 death toll in Romania thus reaching 1,193, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informed on Monday. It is about two women and three men aged between 36 and 96. AGERPRES (RO - author: Catalin Alexandru, editor: Claudia Stanescu; EN - editor: Rodica State)

GCS: COVID-19 death toll rises by 11 to 1,137

Eleven more persons infected with the novel coronavirus have died, the COVID-19 death toll thus reaching 1,137, the Strategic Communication group (GCS) informs on Tuesday. These are seven men and four women aged between 41 and 86. AGERPRES (RO - author: Catalin Alexandru, editor: Claudia Stanescu; EN - editor: Rodica State)

PM Orban: CCR showed it doesn't want justice in retirement system

Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said that, through the decision regarding special pensions, the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) showed that "it doesn't want justice to exist in the retirement system." "Through this decision, the Constitutional Court showed that it doesn't want justice to exist in the retirement system, that it seeks to maintain a privileged system of calculating pensions for

50th coronavirus infection confirmed in Romania - a woman from Neamt county

A 54-year-old woman from Neamt county is the 50 person to have tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informed on Thursday. The woman was admitted at the hospital in Roman on 11 March with cough, fever, pharyngitis. On March 1, she returned from Italy, from an unaffected area.

37th coronavirus infection confirmed in Romania in man coming from Stuttgart

A 47-year-old man from Bucharest is the 37 person to have tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) informed on Wednesday. According to the quoted source, the man traveled to Stuttgart between 26 February and 2 March and he showed symptoms on 6 March, and was admitted at the "Victor Babes" Hospital.

UPDATEIohannis: Saying that in 1989 there wasn't an anti-communist revolution, shameful act of denying human sacrifice

President Klaus Iohannis said, in his speech delivered at the Romanian National Opera of Timisoara, that denying the existence of an anti-communist revolution in Romania of 1989 represents "a shameful act of denying the huge human sacrifice." He brought to mind that, 30 years ago, in Timisoara, the communist regime was defeated for the first time and "the first sign of liberty was given." He in