Heavens did not fall. Romania did not, on December 8, elect an openly pro-Russia president. With the diaspora already voting in the second round of the country’s...
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Romania is set to hold three elections in the space of three weeks. The outcome is likely to preserve the country’s stagnant, if stable, status quo. Just a few...
Catch up quickly with the stories from Central and Eastern Europe that matter, this week led by news of Russia closing in on the Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk...
In the fourth of a series of articles discussing an important weekend of elections for the emerging Europe region, Clara Volintiru looks at Romania, where the...
Expect little change as Romania names a new prime minister and members of its cabinet play musical chairs. Romania got a new prime minister on June 13: Marcel Ciolacu...
Romania’s IT sector thrives, but among the general population – and some of its politicians – there is a growing fear of anything digital. It was with great...
Central Europe The European Commission has sent Poland formal notice to pay some 70 million euros in fines for failing to reverse an illegal disciplinary regime for...
In 2014, Romania’s then prime minister, Victor Ponta, was forced to hand back his doctorate after it emerged that much of his thesis had been plagiarised. The country’s...
Central Europe Slovakia has imposed a strict lockdown, including a curfew, as it is struggling to curb one of the world’s worst Covid-19 outbreaks. The government...
President Klaus Iohannis vowed to consign Romania’s Social Democrats to history. On November 22 he gave them his blessing to lead the country again.
Central Europe Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis nominated retired four-star army general Nicolae Ciucă as prime minister designate on Thursday, tasking him with...
The hijacking by Belarus on May 23 of a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius did not come as a surprise to defence ministries across the Black Sea region. Except for...