After a decade-long closure, RFE/RL's Romanian Service relaunched in 2019 on digital platforms to help address declining media independence in Romania and the spread of disinformation.
Romania has eased travel restrictions on Andrew Tate, the divisive social media influencer awaiting trial in Romania on charges of human trafficking and rape.
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has announced that he is exiting the race to become the next head of NATO, removing the last obstacle to the candidacy of longtime Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis is expected to announce on June 20 that he is exiting the race to become the next head of NATO, removing the last obstacle to the candidacy of longtime Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
Partial results from Romania's local, mayoral, and European elections showed Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu's ruling Social Democrats (PSD) and their junior coalition partner, the Liberal Party (PNL), leading all groupings but unprecedented success for a 4-year-old party on the far right.
Prosecutors with Romania's anti-organized crime agency on May 24 announced the arrest of a Romanian man suspected of spying for Moscow since 2022.
Work is under way to expand Romania's Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base into one of the largest bases in Europe that hosts NATO troops. The facility is located about 400 kilometers from Russian-occupied Crimea and 100 kilometers from Romania's border with Ukraine.
Romania's Culture Ministry has canceled the showing of two Russian movies after RFE/RL publicized an initiative by the Russian Center, which ostensibly promotes Russian culture, to show films dedicated to a celebration of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's first flight into space in 1961.
Romania and Bulgaria have formally joined -- at least partially -- Europe’s visa-free Schengen travel zone as of March 31, a move widely hailed in both countries as well as the EU after years of painful negotiations.
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said he will run for NATO's top job as the influence of the alliance's Eastern European member states grows stronger.
The Romanian presidency has refused to comment on media reports that Bucharest has proposed President Klaus Iohannis for the post of NATO Secretary-General.
Romanian gendarmes overnight broke a blockade by protesting farmers and truckers of a northeastern border crossing point with Ukraine, Romanian media reports said on January 20.
Hundreds of Romanian haulers and farmers on January 17 continued protests for an eighth day over high taxes and insurance rates, EU environmental policies, and cheaper Ukrainian produce flooding the domestic market.
Hundreds of Romanian farmers and truck drivers on January 15 protested for the sixth consecutive day amid ongoing negotiations with the government over the high cost of diesel and other issues, including some tied to the war in Ukraine.
Romanian farmers and truck drivers continued protests across the country on January 15, as negotiations with the government failed to reach agreement.
Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey have inked a deal to form a group that will oversee joint demining operations in their territorial waters in the Black Sea.
The European Council has voted to admit Romania and Bulgaria to the free-travel Schengen Area beginning in March.
Romania and Bulgaria have reached an agreement with Austria to join Europe's open-borders Schengen Area by air and sea from March 2024, with talks set to continue next year about land borders.
A Christmas Day fire that ripped through a Romanian tourist farm in Tohani, 90 kilometers north of Bucharest, has killed seven people, including two children, authorities said December 27, adding that another person was still missing.
Moldovan lawmakers on December 22 confirmed Romanian politician Anca Dragu as the country's new central bank governor after dismissing Octavian Armasu from the position the previous day.
One teenager was killed and three others were pulled alive from the rubble after a boarding school collapsed in the central Romanian city of Odorheiu Secuiesc, authorities said on December 18.
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