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.
Thousands of Romanians protested on July 27 against the slow response by police to the plight of a teenager who was kidnapped and eventually killed.
More than 2,500 demonstrators gathered outside the government building in Bucharest on the evening of July 27 to protest the handling by Romanian police of a kidnapping and murder case.
Thousands of people joined a gay-pride parade in Romania’s capital, Bucharest, months after a referendum seeking to ban same-sex marriage failed.
Pope Francis spent the third day of his visit to Romania -- June 2 -- in the city of Blaj. In an open-air mass, he beatified seven Romanian Greek-Catholic bishops who died in prison during the communist regime.
Pope Francis has warned against any new ideological attempt to sow fear or division in society as he beatified seven Romanian Greek-Catholic bishops.
Tens of thousands of believers attended an open-air mass led by Pope Francis at the Sumuleu Ciuc shrine on June 1. The pilgrimage site is part of the Romanian city of Miercurea Ciuc, which is mainly inhabited by ethnic Hungarians.
Pope Francis arrived in Bucharest on May 31 at the beginning of a three-day pilgrimage to Romania. Thousands of people gathered along the main boulevards of the capital, Bucharest, to see Francis as he made his way to the presidential palace.
Pope Francis used a visit to Romania’s most famous shrine on June 1 to urge Romanian and ethnic Hungarian faithful to work together for their future.
Senior Romanian police officers have resigned after claims that they ordered death threats against a journalist probing plagiarism at the Police Academy. Amid growing concerns about declining media freedom in Romania, Emilia Sercan insists she will continue her work.
Romanians have overwhelmingly rejected measures seen as making it more difficult to combat rampant state corruption, according to partial official results of a referendum on the matter.
Sea Shield 2019, an annual Romanian-led naval exercise, continued in the Black Sea on April 12. The exercise, which began on April 5, involved more than 20 ships and crews from Romania, Bulgaria, Canada, Greece, the Netherlands, and Turkey.
Demonstrations have been held across Romania to voice support for a former top Romanian prosecutor who has been banned from leaving the country or talking to journalists as part of a probe.
Jordan's King Abdullah II has canceled a visit to Romania in protest at Prime Minister Vorica Dancila's plans to move her country's embassy to Jerusalem.
Researchers in Romania have successfully tested the most powerful laser ever built, concentrating one-tenth of the power of the sun into ultra-short pulses. The device has potential applications ranging from particle research to cancer therapies.
Thousands of Romanians have taken to the streets of Bucharest and other cities across the country to protest against government measures they said undermine the independence of the country’s judiciary.
