Corneliu-Aurelian Colceriu

Speaker of Romania's Chamber of Deputies and national leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) Liviu Dragnea announced on Tuesday that at the budget revision this summer a significant sum will be approved and allocated as direct aid to the citizens of the Republic of Moldova on very low incomes - as part of a larger plan already discussed by the two countries.

Romania's decision to expel a Russian diplomat in Bucharest - taken in the context of the chemical attack on former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in the UK - is probably "the manifestation of collective political madness," according to a message released by the Russian Embassy in Bucharest on Monday.

Romania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) has notified the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Bucharest that one of the embassy's diplomats will be declared persona non-grata and will be expelled from the country, according to a MAE press statement released on Monday.

Hydrologists issued on Monday a code orange warning of flood valid until April 6 for the Danube River both downstream, the Calafat-Oltenita portion, as well as the Cernavoda-Galati portion and the Danube Delta.

The Bucharest-Drajna section of the A2 motorway has been preventively closed and action is being taken to clear up snow, traffic has been restricted on four national roads, while and eight county roads are closed because of heavy snowfall and strong winds.

Two more victims of an explosion at a chemical plant in the Czech Republic have been identified as Romanian nationals, according to Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE).

Romanian tennis player Simona Halep, world number one, on Thursday advanced to women's singles the third round of the 7,972,535-USD Miami Open tournament after defeating France's Oceane Dodin 3-6 6-3 7-5.

Perception of Romania inside the European Union is, to a great extent, correct, but there is also fake news that leads to a murky image of the country, Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu said on Thursday.

Bucharest and other 14 counties will be under code orange of heavy snowfall on Thursday night, while 16 counties will be under the code yellow of abundant snowfall starting Thursday afternoon, according to warnings issued Wednesday by the National Weather Administration (ANM).

Romanian Marathon runner Tiberiu Useriu said on Thursday morning upon landing at the Avram Iancu International Airport in Cluj-Napoca, where he was welcomed by hundreds of people, that among the most difficult moments during the Arctic ultramarathon was when one of his toes got frostbitten, adding that that was something he had expected.