What happened in Romania’s presidential election marks the beginning of the new political era, of hybrid war, political unrest, and disdain, anger and revolt against...
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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...
Two weeks ago, Romania’s political scene was arguably the dullest and most predictable in the entire emerging Europe region. How quickly things change. ...
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...
Besides local and European elections which take place this weekend, Romanians will also vote in September for a new president, and in December for a new parliament. For...
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...
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...
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.
Romania’s government lost a motion of no confidence on October 5, just hours after the country recorded its highest ever number of new Covid-19 cases. Whither...
An aura of perilous volatility overshadows Romania following its recent parliamentary election – but the results represent a unique chance for the country. A potent...
It’s not the relative success of a radical populist party that threatens democracy in Romania, but the rejection of its existing political class. Fewer than a...
Exit polls point to narrow victory for former ruling party, but it is unlikely to win enough seats to form a government. The Social Democratic party (PSD) has won a...
