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.
Some 40 Russian diplomats, technical staff, and their family members on July 1 left Bucharest on a special flight arranged by the Kremlin following the June 8 order by Romania’s Foreign Ministry to reduce Moscow’s diplomatic presence in the country.
Divisive social media personality Andrew Tate, his brother Tristan, and two Romanian female suspects were sent to trial by Romanian prosecutors on June 20 on charges of organizing a criminal group on Romania's territory, trafficking and sexually exploiting women, rape and other crimes.
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has designated the leader of the leftist Social Democratic Party to form a new coalition government.
Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca on June 12 submitted his resignation as part of a scheduled plan to swap premiers following the 2020 parliamentary elections that left the two leading parties with near-equal strength.
Romanian schoolteachers say they will end their three-week strike over pay if the government includes new teachers in emergency legislation to raise salaries.
Romania has recalled its ambassador to Kenya for making a racist comment that equated Africans to monkeys while convening a meeting at a UN building in Nairobi.
The Romanian government has informed Russia that it must reduce the number of diplomats and administrative staff at its embassy in Bucharest by 51 positions.
Tens of thousands of striking Romanian primary and secondary school teachers marched to the government building in downtown Bucharest on May 30, calling for better pay, more investment in education, and a reform of the country's education system.
Romanian teachers filled the streets of Bucharest on May 25, on the fourth day of their strike over low salaries and crumbling facilities. Educators call the state's latest offer of two small annual bonuses "an embarrassment." Teacher pay is about half the national average wage of $988 monthly.
More than 100,000 Romanian public-school teachers went on strike on May 22, citing stagnant wages and crumbling facilities. Parents and students worry they will be affected by indefinite school shutdowns but many say they sympathize on the wage issue.
Tens of thousands of Romanian teachers went on strike on May 22 demanding substantial pay raises and calling for more investment in education.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has arrived in Romania to underscore Berlin's support for its NATO ally, where he said that, like Bucharest, it will continue to back Ukraine in its battle against Russia's full-scale invasion, and he also met with Moldovan President Maia Sandu in the Romanian capital.
The leader of a U.S. neo-Nazi group wanted in the United States for allegedly fomenting violence at political rallies has been apprehended by Romanian authorities in Bucharest.
A Romanian court has ordered the detention of former professional kickboxer and social-media personality Andrew Tate for another 30 days following his arrest on charges of human trafficking, rape, and forming a criminal group.
The leaders of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania, and Hungary signed an agreement on laying an underwater electric cable under the Black Sea to provide Azerbaijani energy to Europe at a meeting in Bucharest on December 17.
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis, Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu, and Moldovan Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu, who spoke to RFE/RL on the sidelines of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Bucharest on November 29-30.
Romania and Ukraine have criticized Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban after he posted photographs on Facebook showing himself wearing a scarf with a map of so-called Greater Hungary, which includes territories of present-day Austria, Romania, Ukraine, Slovakia, Serbia, and Croatia.
The United States will provide funding worth more than $3 billion for the construction of two new nuclear reactors in NATO-member Romania.
Romanian Defense Minister Vasile Dincu has resigned after being criticized by the president and prime minister for a statement he made that Ukraine's only chance to end the war was to negotiate with Russia.
U.S. first lady Jill Biden met with Romanian leaders, praising them for the welcome and assistance provided to refugees fleeing the Russian invasion in neighboring Ukraine, calling the efforts "amazing."
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