Today Thursday, August 6, 2020 in the Romanian Newspapers

COVID-19 case count of Romanians abroad rises to 5,612 The number of Romanians abroad confirmed as infected with the novel coronavirus has reached 5,612, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official novel coronavirus communication task force, announced on Thursday. According to GCS, the COVID-19 death toll of Romanian nationals abroad is 123, stagnant since the previous report. Of the 5,612 Romanian citizens confirmed to be infected, 1,891 were in Italy, 570 in Spain, 124 in France, (...) Aug 6, 2020

Romania’s daily coronavirus case count remains above 1,300 Romania added 1,345 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 57,895 on Thursday, August 6, the authorities announced in the daily report released at 13:00. (...) Aug 6, 2020   Romania's COVID-19 case count rises by 1,345 to 57,895 As many as 1,345 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 have been recorded in Romania since the previous report, following tests performed nationwide, the Strategic Communication Group (...) Aug 6, 2020   GCS: 7,961 COVID-19 patients hospitalised; 458 in intensive care As many as 7,961 people with COVID-19 are currently hospitalised in Romania, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official novel coronavirus communication task force, informed on (...) Aug 6, 2020   President says most Romanian students will go to school on September 14 The new school year will start in Romania on September 14, and most students will likely go to class, president Klaus Iohannis announced on Wednesday evening, August 5, after talks with (...) Aug 6, 2020   Union leader: Most young researchers at Romania’s Măgurele laser are looking for jobs abroad Some 80% of the young researchers working at the high-power laser installed at Măgurele, near Romania’s capital, send their resumes to employers abroad, George Epurescu, the vice-president for (...) Aug 6, 2020   EnviMin Alexe says focus on environmental projects priority moving forward The main priority moving forward is to focus on environmental projects so that Romania may enjoy as much money as possible from the funding at its disposal, Minister of the Environment, Waters (...) Aug 6, 2020   Race for Bucharest heats up as former PM will run against former president and incumbent mayor The race for the mayor seat in Romania’s capital Bucharest could turn out to be the tightest in the last 30 years as former president Traian Basescu and former prime minister Calin Popescu (...) Aug 6, 2020   European Capital of Innovation 2020 competition: RO city makes it to the final round Cluj-Napoca, in western Romania, made it to the final round of the European Capital of Innovation 2020 competition. Funded by the EU's research and innovation program Horizon 2020, the (...) Aug 6, 2020   Most Romanians ready to accept state of emergency again Just under 60% of Romanians would agree to go through the same restrictions in the pandemic if a similar situation occurred again or the second wave of coronavirus came, according to a study by (...) Aug 6, 2020   Former mayor of biggest city in NE Romania sentenced to five years in jail for bribery Gheorghe Nichita, the former mayor of Iasi - the biggest city in northeastern Romania, was given a final five-year jail sentence by the Bucharest Court of Appeal on August 5, Mediafax reported. (...) Aug 6, 2020   Investors in renewable energy warn about side effects of land sale ban in Romania The draft law that restricts the sale and use of agricultural land, passed by the Romanian Parliament, will hinder the planned investments in renewable energy projects, the two associations of (...) Aug 6, 2020   Romanian tour operators ask for state support Several Romanian tour operators and associations of tour operators asked once again public support from the Government, claiming that their activity has not generated revenues since March but (...) Aug 6, 2020   RO Govt. not to open indoor restaurants before infection rate drops Romania's prime minister Ludovic Orban will not discuss reopening indoor restaurants before the coronavirus infection rate decreases, head of the HORA association in HoReCa industry, Daniel (...) Aug 6, 2020   Revenues per hotel room in Romania shrink three-fold in H1 Romanian hotels lost EUR 25.9 per available room per day in April, according to a survey compiled by real estate consultancy firm Cushman & Wakefield in partnership with the Federation of (...) Aug 6, 2020   Dutch group Damen to lay off 870 at its shipyards in Romania Dutch group Damen announced that it would cut employment by 1,050 in its 36 shipyards worldwide, out of which 870 will be laid off from its two Romanian shipyards in Mangalia and Galați, (...) Aug 6, 2020   Delivery optimization startup gets seed financing from VC fund Gap Minder Romanian technology startup Innoship has obtained a EUR 550,000 seed financing from local venture capital fund GapMinder. ___STEADY_PAYWALL___ Innoship has developed a SaaS (software as a (...) Aug 6, 2020   China’s Fosun buys office building in Bucharest Fosun, one of the largest investment companies in China, bought the Floreasca Park office project ain northern Bucharest from the German fund GLL. ___STEADY_PAYWALL___ The Chinese company (...) Aug 6, 2020   China’s Haier to relocate production of Rosières ovens from France to Romania Haier, the largest household appliances producer in China and one of the largest in the world, will relocate the production of Rosières ovens to Romania, Profit.ro reported. ___STEADY_PAYWALL___ (...) Aug 6, 2020   RO retail sales return to growth in June The retail sales in Romania rose by 2.9% in June compared to the same month last year and returned to positive annual growth rates after the lockdown and low consumer confidence pushed down (...) Aug 6, 2020   Romanian banks extended EUR 4.8 bln loans during March-Jun The volume of new loans local banks granted to the population and companies in the four months since the beginning of the pandemic accounts for 8.5% of the balance of non-government credit at the (...) Aug 6, 2020   Romania’s National Bank cuts monetary policy rate by 25bp Romania's National Bank (BNR), in its August 5 monetary policy meeting, cut the refinancing rate by 25bp from 1.75% to 1.50%. ___STEADY_PAYWALL___ This comes after BNR cut the policy rate by (...) Aug 6, 2020   PSD's Ciolacu:Iohannis and Gov't unable to concretely tell parents how their children will be schooled Acting Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Marcel Ciolacu declared on Wednesday that the President and the government are not able to concretely tell the parents how their children will (...) Aug 5, 2020   Switzerland imposes quarantine on travelers arriving from Romania starting August 8 Switzerland has added Romania to the list of countries and areas with a high risk of COVID-19 infection. This means that all travelers going from Romania to Switzerland will be required to go (...) Aug 5, 2020   FIHR, Cushman & Wakefield survey: Hotels in Romania record all-time low figures as COVID-19 and consequent government restrictions sweep travel demand away The COVID-19 had a very rapid and drastic impact on the Romanian hotel sector. According to the industry survey*, 64% of hotels were already impacted within the last week of February, when the (...) Aug 5, 2020   FIHR, Cushman & Wakefield survey: Hotels in Romania record all-time low figures as COVID-19 and consequent government restrictions sweep travel demand away The COVID-19 had a very rapid and drastic impact on the Romanian hotel sector. According to the industry survey*, 64% of hotels were already impacted within the last week of February, when the (...) Aug 5, 2020   Iohannis on August 10 rally case: It's important that the real culprits are held accountable President Klaus Iohannis said on Wednesday that it is important that "the real culprits" in the August 10 rally case are held accountable, adding that "is is bad enough that this (...) Aug 5, 2020   President Iohannis: New school year will start on September 14, with most students attending in-person classes President Klaus Iohannis announced on Wednesday that the new pre-university school year will start on September 14, with most students attending in-person classes, and that three scenarios have (...) Aug 5, 2020   President Iohannis: New school year will start on September 14, with most students attending in-person classes President Klaus Iohannis announced on Wednesday that the new pre-university school year will start on September 14, with most students attending in-person classes, and that three scenarios have (...) Aug 5, 2020   President Iohannis: New school year to begin on September 14, with generally in-person classes President Klaus Iohannis announced on Wednesday that the new pre-university school year will start on September 14, with most students attending in-person classes, and that three scenarios have (...) Aug 5, 2020   Iohannis: School year start to be postponed if there are many cases of COVID-19 President Klaus Iohannis said on Wednesday that if there are many cases of COVID-19 around September 14, the start of the school year will be postponed. "Unfortunately, we know very well (...) Aug 5, 2020   Switzerland puts Romania on list of countries with high SARS-CoV-2 infection risk The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs that the Swiss federal authorities announced new entry rules, applicable as of August 8 at 0:00 hrs, and which also apply for entering the Principality of (...) Aug 5, 2020   Switzerland puts Romania on list of countries with high SARS-CoV-2 infection risk The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs that the Swiss federal authorities announced new entry rules, applicable as of August 8 at 0:00 hrs, and which also apply for entering the Principality of (...) Aug 5, 2020   PM Orban: Notification sent by Gov’t to the CCR does not seek to block the increase of penalties for child sexual offenders The notification sent by the Government to the Constitutional Court (CCR) does not seek to block the increase of penalties for child sexual offenders, but to eliminate any constitutional (...) Aug 5, 2020