(AFP) Strasbourg — A European court on Tuesday told Romania it must respect a prisoner's right to food based on his religious beliefs after a jailed Buddhist was refused vegetarian meals.The prisoner, Ghennadii Vartic, a Moldovan national who is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence in Romania, complained that during detentions in 1998 and 2009, prison authorities would not provide him
The last stop of this year's TIFF Unlimited Caravan will be in Brașov, between October 4 and 6, the organizers said. The event will bring Romanian and foreign premiere films, a cine-concert, special guests, and children's programs to the city. Probably the most anticipated Romanian film of the year, Moromeții 3 (directed by Stere Gulea), […]
Ukrainian Roman Lopatynskyi (opening photo) has won the piano section of the 2024 George Enescu International Competition, currently taking place in Bucharest. Russian pianist Tatiana Dorokhova was placed second, while Russian Evgeny Konnov was third. In the final, Lopatynskyi performed Johannes Brahms’s Concerto No. 2 in B flat major for piano and orchestra op. 83. […]
Florin Duduianu, one of Romania's most dangerous gangsters, was recently sentenced to five years in prison for bank fraud and identity theft, according to the United States Department of Justice. Duduianu, 39, pleaded guilty to three charges of bank fraud and illegal use of credit cards. He was then found guilty of two counts of […]
Emilia Şercan, a Romanian journalist specializing in rooting out plagiarized theses written by major local political figures, is one of the 18 nominees for PRIX EUROPA European Journalist of the Year 2024. She is the only journalist selected from Romania. The list of nominees also includes journalists from Hungary, Sweden, Ukraine,...
British chain of fish & chips restaurants Harry Ramsden's recently began a push for international expansion and made Romania a priority due to the lack of local competition in this segment, Profit.ro reported. It reportedly targets Bucharest and other large cities. ...
Romania will receive EUR 1.5 billion from the EU Cohesion Fund to help repair the infrastructure and households destroyed by the recent severe floods, Liberal (PNL) leader Nicolae Ciucă announced. The amount is part of the EUR 10 billion the European Commission will distribute to the five countries affected by storm Boris. Ursula von der […]
