Simona Klodnischi

Debates in the Chamber of Deputies' plenary started on Wednesday on the government's bill regarding the measures for preventing and combating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic during the state of alert. The Law Committee finalized the report on the piece of legislation after ample debates that started in the morning.

Minister of Labor and Social Protection Violeta Alexandru declared at Monday's hearing before the Parliament's select committees that she requested an inquiry to be conducted in Germany in connection with the complaints regarding the working conditions of the Romanians in this country.

Prince Charles congratulated in a video message the Romanian volunteers of the 'Ambulance for Monuments' project, who were announced on Thursday as winners of the Europa Nostra/European Heritage Award in the Education, Training and Awareness-raising category.

The Ombudsman requests the inclusion of COVID-19 in the category A of infectious diseases, so that the temporary work incapacity be compensated 100 percent, the Ombudsman's Office said in a release on Thursday.

As many as 270 new cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus have been registered in Romania since the last update, taking the total number of infections to 14,107, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS) reports on Wednesday. Of the positively tested persons, 5,788 were declared cured and discharged from hospital. A number of 244 patients are being treated in intensive care units.

May 6, 1990 saw the first "flower bridge" thrown open across the Prut River as part of the border-opening events with the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR).

Arrivals in tourist accommodation establishments this March took a plunge of 69.8 pct from the year-ago period to 242,100, the National Institute of Statistics (INS) said on Tuesday. In February 2020, when the Covid-19 crisis had not yet taken its toll on the industry, the YoY decline in tourist arrivals had been 4.5 percent.

The Foreign Affairs Ministry has taken self-action through the Romanian Embassy in The Hague following reports published on Sunday in the local media about several people in the Dutch province of Gelderland, 28 Romanian citizens included, having tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. According to preliminary data obtained from the employer, the 28 Romanians have been quarantined.

The InfoCons consumer protection association is calling on the Romanian authorities to postpone the reopening of hotels and restaurants from May 15, as "social distancing is impossible to implement, which will facilitate the spread of COVID-19".

Ford resumes this Monday production at most of its main continental European vehicle and engine plants in a phased approach; activity will also restart at the automaker's Craiova Vehicle Assembly Operations and Engine Plant.