Claudia Stanescu

The first pillar of Romania's economic reconstruction that the Government is thinking of is public investment in transport, energy infrastructure, health, education, communications and agriculture, Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said on Tuesday. "We are working on a plan of economic and social measures. The plan will include several categories of measures.

The exercise of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE)' powers relates to the application of employment contracts already concluded by Romanians who go to work abroad, said on Monday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bogdan Aurescu, at the hearing by the Senate Committees for European affairs, for foreign policy and for work, family and social protection.

The draft law for the regulation of the state of alert period that will be established after the end of the state of emergency, adopted by the Government, provides for the establishment of the obligation to carry the protective mask in closed public spaces, commercial spaces, public transport and at work, said on Monday Ionel Danca, the head of the Chancellery of Prime Minister, after a governm

The Government adopted on Monday a draft law for regulating the state of alert to be implemented after the state of emergency ceases, head of the Prime Minister's Chancellery Ionel Danca announced on Monday.

A number of 226 new cases of people infected with the new coronavirus have been registered in Romania since the latest information, thus reaching a total of 15,588 cases, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) announced on Monday. Of those infected, 7,245 were declared cured and discharged from hospital. 255 patients are admitted to intensive care.

Another 11 people infected with the novel coronavirus have died in Romania, bringing the total death toll to 972, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official coronavirus communication task force, reported on Monday at noon. AGERPRES (RO - author: Mihai Stoica, editor: Claudia Stanescu; EN - author: Corneliu-Aurelian Colceriu, editor: Rodica State)

The European Union will no longer be the same after the novel coronavirus pandemic, and a rethinking process of the manner of action and role worldwide is important and necessary, political analyst Radu Magdin told AGERPRES on Friday, in the context of Europe Day being celebrated on Saturday.

At least half of the emergency departments (ED) around the country need to be modernised, head of the Department for Emergency Situations (DSU) Raed Arafat said on Friday. Together with Mayor of District 4 Daniel Baluta, he paid a visit to the new emergency ward unit at the Bagdasar-Arseni Hospital.

On Thursday, Prime Minister Ludovic Orban asked all ministries to present by Friday proposals for the normative act regarding the transition from the state of emergency to the state of alert, but also regarding the measures which are to be extended, such as the furlough or the leave for parents. The drawn up of the draft bill will be coordinated by Vice Prime Minister Raluca Turcan.

President Klaus Iohannis said on Thursday that the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and its 'acolytes' are doing all possible for authorities' effort to fail in respect to managing the current crisis. He labeled the CCR view as "surprising" and maintained that, without the sanctions imposed during the state of emergency, there would have been more deaths.