Cristian Andrei is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Romanian Service in Bucharest.
Prince Emanuel von und zu Liechtenstein has thrown red meat to Romania's nationalists in the alleged trophy killing of one of the country's biggest brown bears.
As major parties in Romania slugged it out over who will lead the next government, a thuggish-sounding new party barnstormed its way into parliament with its "anti-system" message.