BUCHAREST | Xinhua | Romania’s National Institute of Public Health (INSP) announced on Thursday that 27 cases of West Nile virus have been recorded across the country since the surveillance period began on June 3. Of these cases, 23 have been confirmed and three patients passed away. The regional distribution …
Read More »Britain mobilises workers from Europe to save crops
Britain turns to Europe to save its crops London, United Kingdom | AFP | To save fields of asparagus and strawberries threatened with rotting, Britain is mobilising a workforce of students, the unemployed — and workers from Europe. Little more than two months after leaving the European Union, accompanied by …
Read More »Pope to ‘go beyond fear’ in Romania
Vatican City, Holy See | AFP | Pope Francis heads to Romania on Friday with a message of integration not just for its faith communities but for a post-election European Union, following nationalist gains. During the three-day trip to the mainly Orthodox country, which sits at the crossroads of Western and Eastern …
Read More »Europe rights court backs employee fired over private messages
Strasbourg, France | AFP | Europe’s top rights court ruled Tuesday in favour of a Romanian man fired by his employer over private messages sent at work, overturning a previous decision with wide ramifications for privacy in the workplace. The apex body of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) …
Read More »Can bosses snoop on employees? European court to rule
o Can bosses snoop on employees? European court to rule Strasbourg, France | AFP | Europe’s top human rights court is set to rule Tuesday whether bosses have the right to spy on employees who use company messaging systems, in a landmark decision for privacy in the work place. In …
Read More »CORRUPTION: Mass demos force Romania gov’t climbdown
Bucharest, Romania | AFP | Romania’s premier announced Saturday a dramatic climbdown on legislation that had been seen as a retreat on corruption, after the biggest protests since dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was toppled and executed in 1989. Demonstrators vowed to keep up the pressure on the government, however, after five …
Read More »Football: Five things we learned from France’s win over Romania
Paris, France | AFP | France got their month-long festival of football off to a winning start, but only just, as Dimitri Payet’s sensational late strike handed the hosts a nervy 2-1 win over Romania in Paris on Friday. AFP Sports looks at five things we learned from the opening …
Read More »Cameroon’s Ekeng collapses, dies in Romanian league game
Sad day for football… RIP Patrick Ekeng. pic.twitter.com/OsH4pHfrkN — LaLiga (@LaLigaEN) May 6, 2016 Bucharest, Romania | AFP | Cameroon international Patrick Ekeng has died after collapsing on the pitch playing a first division match on Friday with his Romanian side Dinamo Bucharest. The 26-year-old midfielder fell to the ground …
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