Simona Klodnischi

The Social Democrats asked Friday President Klaus Iohannis to confirm or deny whether he knew of Florin Citu's criminal record when he signed him in for the position of Prime Minister of Romania.

The current account of Romania's H1 balance of payments ran a deficit of 7.040 billion euros, by 73.44 percent higher than in the year-ago period, the National Bank of Romania (BNR) announced on Friday.

Three Romanians infected with SARS-CoV-2 were reported dead in the last 24 hours (a man and two women), taking the country's death toll to 34,334, shows data released on Thursday by the Strategic Communication Group (GCS). The three patients had been hospitalised in the counties of Arges, Constanta and Vaslui. Two deaths were in the 60 - 69 age range and one in the 80-plus age category.

The Senate convened today in an extraordinary plenary session to be informed about the Government's Emergency Ordinance approving Treasury loans for the local authorities. The Social Democratic Party (PSD) and Alliance for the Unity of Romanians parliamentary groups did not vote, the meeting secretary said. The Senate is the first Chamber to be notified about the regulatory act.

As many as 15,395 people have received the coronavirus jab with either the Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca or Johnson&Johnson vaccine in the past 24 hours, the National COVID Vaccination Coordination Committee (CNCAV) informs on Tuesday. As many as 11,174 people were given the priming shot and 4,221 received the booster shot.

Most Romanians are unaware that the Roma were enslaved in the past, British ambassador in Bucharest Andrew Noble said on Thursday, stressing that ignorance about the past of slavery is a major obstacle to lesson learning.

Capitalizing on Rosia Montana's cultural and natural heritage is key for a sustainable future of this exceptional cultural site, but also for the inhabitants of this place, the Royal House states. "The Royal Family has supported Rosia Montana's case ever since 2009, backing in every possible way the safeguarding and flourishing of the Rosia Montana virtues and values.

The Ombudsman raised a plea of unconstitutionality against certain provisions of the law instating public health measures in situations of epidemiological risk. "The phrase 'within 5 days from the date of the publication of the administrative act' included in Article 15 paragraph 4 of Law No.

The co-production RMN directed by Cristian Mungiu is the recipient of the largest grant - 3 million lei - in the Fiction Feature Film section of the 2021 session of the pitch funding competition organized by the National Cinematography Center (CNC).

President Klaus Iohannis welcomed today the inclusion of the Rosia Montana historic mining site to the UNESCO World Heritage List. "I welcome the inclusion of the Rosia Montana mining cultural landscape into the world heritage!