Romanian president nominates former EU commissioner to form technocrat cabinet
Romanian president Klaus Iohannis formally nominated former European commissioner Dacian Ciolos to form the next cabinet, saying that the country
Read more
Romania
Death toll from Romanian nightclub fire rises to 41
Nine more victims who were burned in last week’s horrific nightclub fire in Bucharest died Saturday in hospitals, bringing the
Read more
Romanian president names interim PM ahead of talks with parties
Romanian president Klaus Iohannis named Sorin Cimpeanu, the education minister in the outgoing government of Victor Ponta, as interim prime
Read more
Fatal fire response latest in long list of grievances against Romania’s Ponta
Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta resigned on November 4 following large protests against the authorities’ response in the aftermath of
Read more
Romanian PM to resign over nightclub tragedy
Romania’s Prime Minister Victor Ponta is resigning in response to protests demanding he step down after a nightclub fire resulted
Read more
Thousands demand Romanian PM resign after deadly nightclub fire
Thousands marched through central Bucharest Tuesday demanding several senior officials resign after a nightclub fire killed 32 young concert goers
Read more
Bulgarian leaders send condolences after Bucharest nightclub fire deaths
Bulgarian head of state President Rossen Plevneliev and Prime Minister Boiko Borissov sent messages of condolences to their Romanian counterparts
Read more
Foreigners among victims in Romanian nightclub tragedy
There will be three days of mourning in Romania after a Halloween concert ended up in tragedy in a nightclub
Read more
Nightclub fire kills 27 in Romania
A fire during a rock concert killed at least 27 people in a nightclub in Bucharest, Romania Friday. Romanian officials
Read more