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President Klaus Iohannis has thanked churches and priests for observing social distancing measures on Easter during a press statement following the meeting with the Government members on Tuesday. "I thank churches and priests (...) I…

U.S. Ambassador to Romania, Adrian Zuckerman has announced that our country will receive a USD 800,000 aid as health assistance to help local authorities cope with the fight against the novel Coronavirus. "It was my privilege to be able…

Prince Charles has sent a video message to Romanians on the first day of the Orthodox Easter, mentioning the Romanians living and working in the UK and that they could not return to Romania to celebrate Easter with their families due to the…

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has delivered a new message on Friday, before the Easter celebrations, asking Romanians to stay home, to avoid visits, reiterating the restrictions are still in place. "Staying away from the ones we love…

The Orthodox Easter celebration is by far the most important religious holiday in Romania, a country where around 86 % out of 20 million people of the population is Christian Orthodox. Some popular customs and traditions, mainly…

A new military ordinance has been issued on Thursday night, the ninth, with more provisions in place for the state of emergency prompted by the novel coronavirus. Therefore, the new ordinance extends the ban on flights to several…

The Group of Strategic Communication has announced 20 more deaths due to COVID-19, with the death toll climbing to 392. The Group also informed that there were 7,707 total cases of coronavirus confirmed in Romania until April 16, with…

Maundy Thursday (also known as Holy Thursday, Covenant Thursday, Great and Holy Thursday, Sheer Thursday, or Thursday of Mysteries) is the holy day falling on the Thursday before Easter, marking the Maundy and the Last Supper of Jesus…

The death toll of coronavirus has climbed to 362 on Wednesday morning, after 11 more deaths have been announced on Wednesday morning. The last victims: a 64yo man from Arad suffering of stroke, hypertension, right hemiplegia, a 50yo…

Interior minister Marcel Vela has announced on Tuesday night that policemen will help priests distribute the holy light to believers on Easter night following an agreement between the Interior Ministry and the Romanian Patriarchy. The…