Society

First Sunday after state of emergency: This is how the pavement of church courtyards bloomed across Romania (PHOTOS)

This Sunday was the first Sunday Liturgy celebrated in churches across Romania with the participation of the faithful. Priests and parishioners found themselves with emotion and joy after the end of the national state of emergency. Many parishes prepared their courtyards with specific marks to help keep the social distancing requirements, drawing colourful flowers on…

May 19, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Several streets in downtown Bucharest will be closed to cars on weekends

Bucharest City Hall will close several streets in the city center to cars on weekends, as the local authorities want to create more pedestrian areas in the capital. The measure will come into force on May 22. “With the transition from the state of emergency to the state of alert, and given the operating restrictions…

May 15, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

Participation of the faithful to open-air religious services allowed in Romania starting May 15

In a press statement on Tuesday, President Klaus Iohannis spoke about relaxing the pandemic rules once the state of emergency is over, on May 15, and said it will be possible to attend religious services in the open air, provided certain requirements are met. “Religious services with believers can be resumed in the first phase…

May 14, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

Prince Charles congratulates Ambulance for Monuments volunteers for winning Europa Nostra Award

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, Agerpres reports. The Prince of Wales told the awardees that he is “full of admiration” for what they have…

May 9, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

The March for Life 2020 “For Life. For Parents. For Children” gets online on May 17

This year, the March for Life Romania and the Republic of Moldova, which has the theme “For Life. For Parents. For Children”, gets online. Pandemic restrictions determined organizers to reschedule it on May 17, the National Family Day in Romania. As public gathering restrictions will continue after the state of emergency, this edition will turn…

May 7, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

Spokesperson explains what is behind National Cathedral’s name change on Google Maps

On Saturday, a lot of messages appeared online from the believers saddened to find that, when searching for the name “Cathedral of the Salvation of the Nation” on Android mobile devices, the Google Maps application returned the correct location of the site, but with an offensive title: ‘Cathedral of National Stupidity’. The name of “Romanian…

May 6, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Normalization of social life also means to attend church services, considering protective measures – Patriarchate’s Spokesperson

The Romanian Patriarchate’s Spokesperson Vasile Banescu said that the return to a normal social life also implies to allow people ‘to exercise their fundamental right to public religious life, that is, inside the places of worship.’ ‘The Romanian Orthodox Church, like the other religious denominations in Romania, will take natural and rigorously argued steps to…

May 6, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Study | Bucharest, the best city in the world for remote work

According to a British research, Internet speed, IT equipment costs, online shopping with home delivery and affordable costs of living make of Romania’s Capital the best city in the world for remote work. Broadband Deals, a British data company, has made a global city ranking which Bucharest tops, followed by Houston, Las Vegas and Atlanta,…

May 6, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian Orthodox Church condemns posters of doctors as saints. ‘A blasphemous act’

Vasile Banescu, a spokesman for the Romanian Patriarchate, denounced billboards depicting doctors and nurses as “saints” with coronavirus-shaped halos as a blasphemous “visual mistreatment of Christian iconography” on Wednesday. The posters, created by Romanian artist Wanda Hutira for the McCann Worldgroup ad agency’s “Thank you doctors” campaign and posted throughout Bucharest, have also offended the…

Apr 30, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Drumul Taberei subway line will become operational in June, Transport Minister announces

The 7-km subway line serving the residents of Drumul Taberei neighborhood in western Bucharest will become operational in June, Transport Minister Lucian Bode confirmed for Mediafax. The Romanian official has offered more information on the subject in a recent TV Show, G4 Media informs. The dynamic tests and the final reception are to take place…

Apr 28, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

April 28, the World Day for Safety and Health at Work. The European Commission’s “Back to the Workplace” guide

On the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, the United Nations Organization (UNO) has focused its message on preventing infectious diseases at work, in particular, those with the new coronavirus SARS-Cov-2. The European Commission published last week a guide on how to get back to work after mandatory isolation so as to prevent…

Apr 28, 2020Ștefana Totorcea