Tag: #Romania
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10 Covid patients die in Romania hospital fire
Bucharest, Nov 15 (AFP/APP):Ten Covid-19 patients were killed and others were in critical condition after fire broke out in an intensive care unit in northeast Romania on Saturday, a hospital spokesperson said. The fire occurred in the early evening in the intensive care of the hospital in the town of Piatra Neamt. It was under…
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PIA denies reports against Boeing 786
Lahore, 29th Feb: Pakistan International Airline (PIA) Spokesperson has denied the reports, that PIA aircraft had security-controlled incidents on the aeroplane. On February 27, PK-786 from London-Islamabad was not surrounded by any aircraft. There was a continued contact with PK-786 Hungarian air traffic controller over Slovakia’s airspace. According to the PIA Spokesperson, the Hungarian Air…
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Thousands of sheep feared dead in Romania capsize
Bucharest, Nov 25 (AFP/APP): Thousands of sheep were feared dead Monday a day after a vessel overturned off the Romanian coast, leading to renewed calls for a ban on the controversial sea transport of livestock. The Queen Hind, bound for Saudi Arabia with 14,600 sheep aboard, capsized on Sunday shortly after leaving Midia port on…
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Romania’s pro-EU president set for re-election
Bucharest, Nov 24 (AFP/APP): Romania’s Klaus Iohannis looked set to be re-elected as president in the second round of presidential elections Sunday, confirming the pro-European trajectory of the eastern EU member. Thirty years after the fall of communism, the centre-right former physics professor is running against Social Democrats (PSD) leader and former prime minister Viorica…
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Romania’s forests under mounting threat
Valea Rea, Romania, Nov 18 (AFP/APP): Like thick wrinkles, a multitude of dirt roads cut through barren slopes in Romania’s mountainous Valea Rea region, showing the impact of aggressive illegal logging — which is not just threatening its rare forests but human life too. In a recent escalation of violence, two rangers were killed within…
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Romania president on top in first-round vote
Bucharest, Nov 11 (AFP/APP): Romania’s pro-Europe President Klaus Iohannis has taken a big lead in the first round of the country’s presidential election on Sunday, according to partial official results. With votes from 90 percent of polling stations counted, Iohannis stands on just over 36 percent, with his nearest rival, former Social Democrat (PSD) prime…
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Romania vote set to give boost to region’s liberals
Bucharest, Nov 10 (AFP/APP): Romania’s pro-European President Klaus Iohannis is the favourite to win the first round of the country’s election Sunday, potentially adding to a liberal fightback against the region’s prevailing nationalism. Iohannis hails from the centre-right National Liberal Party (PNL) and says that a victory for the left-wing Social Democrat (PSD) candidate, former…
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Romania, Hungary recruit in Asia to fill labour shortage
Bucharest, Oct 28 (AFP/APP): Sporting yellow safety helmets, about 30 men are busy at work on a construction site south of Bucharest, exchanging a few words in Vietnamese. Faced with a growing labour shortage which threatens their economies, Romania and Hungary are courting Asian workers, going against Hungarian nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s anti-immigration rhetoric.…
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Romania’s president names liberal as new premier
Bucharest, Oct 15 (AFP/APP): Romania’s president on Tuesday named Ludovic Orban, chief of the National Liberal Party (PNL), as the next prime minister after the previous left-wing government collapsed in a no-confidence vote. Orban, 56, a former transport minister, must now receive the backing from the fragmented parliament as the EU-member country struggles of overcome…
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Romania government faces collapse
Romania’s Government collapses over a no-confidence vote