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Romania rarely features in international media, yet the scenes of mass demonstrations in Bucharest and other major cities last week may feel oddly familiar to Western TV audiences. Large-scale protests […]
Up to half a million Romanian protesters took the streets of Bucharest and other towns and cities yesterday, demanding a resignation of the government, which is led by the Socialists. […]
Following widespread demonstrations across Romania, the country’s prime minister called Saturday for the repeal of a decree decriminalizing official misconduct. “Tomorrow [Sunday], we will hold a government [cabinet] meeting to ...
According to Deutsche Welle (DW), Bulgaria and Romania are still “on shaky ground”, ten years after becoming members of the European Union. Both countries “remain beset by corruption”, it says […]
For the first time in decades, as many as 250,000 Romanians took to the streets on Wednesday evening, in order to demonstrate against a government decree, which decriminalizes some corruption […]
Border authorities from Bulgaria and Romania agreed on January 25 on a deal to ease lorry traffic congestion problems at Danube Bridge 2 at the Vidin-Calafat crossing. The agreement, achieved […]
Ten years after joining the European Union with the caveat of regular reports on its judiciary reform efforts, Romania has made ‘major progress’ in that direction, European Commission Vice-President Frans […]
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov discussed on January 24 with his Romanian counterpart Teodor Meleșcanu the problems lorry traffic has been encountering at the Danube Bridge 2, the Foreign Ministry […]
Lorries formed queues of 14km at the Danube Bridge 2 at the Bulgarian city of Vidin and of 13km at Rousse on January 23, as all river ferries were shut […]
President Klaus Iohannis has designated veteran leftist Sorin Grindeanu as the new Romanian head of government. Previously, Iohannis refused to endorse a female, Muslim candidate who was criticized for her […]
