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Romanian truckers and farmers protest after governmental talks fail

On Monday night, protestors blocked the access to two Romanian Ports and interrupted the flow of road traffic once again.

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Truckers block roads for a third day across Romania over high prices

Truckers and farmers block roads for a third day across Romania over high prices of insurance, fuel, and fertilizers.

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Will Romania be the next EU country to vote for the far-right?

Romania’s far-right party AUR is growing in popularity and could enter a government coalition next year after the country’s parliamentary election.

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France to decide on extraditing Romania’s convicted royal heir

Paul Lambrino, an heir to the former Romanian royal family, has refused to be extradited to his home country after being arrested in France last year, saying that the case against him is political.

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Euroviews. Is Romanian far-right AUR party resorting to tried and tested tricks?

The new hope of the Romanian far-right, George Simion, seems to be copying from the late Corneliu Vadim Tudor's playbook, Andrei Tiut writes.

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Romanian care homes scandal highlights 'inhumane' abuse

Vulnerable people were found malnourished, tied to beds and showing signs of physical abuse in series of disturbing revelations.

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Exams in Romania postponed as teachers strike for better pay

Thousands of Romanian teachers gathered in central Bucharest to demand higher salaries and better working conditions.

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'Mission accomplished': Romania says farewell to MiG-21 LanceR fleet

Romania's Air Force has retired the Soviet-era fighter jet to pave the way for the transition to the F-16.

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Euroviews. Pandemic-born far-right party has rattled Romania's democratic future

The main parties' belief that they can regain far-right voters lost to AUR through nationalist and ultra-conservative discourse might resurrect the ghosts of Romania's past even further instead of letting them go once and for all, Andrei Tiut writes.

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Brussels ends 15 years of special rule-of-law surveillance on Romania

The European Commission concluded Romania had made enough progress on anti-corruption legislation and judicial reforms.

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Romania's defence minister resigns after Russia peace remarks

Vasile Dincu was criticised for stating that Ukrainian talks with Russia were the only way to end the war.

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Romanian education minister resigns amid plagiarism accusations

Sorin Cimpeanu is accused of 'fraudulently appropriating' 13 chapters of a university course he had taught.

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Romania's biggest minority: Who are the Szeklers?

This group of Hungarian-speakers have won a court case against Heineken, but do you know who they are?

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Court jails eight people over deadly Romania nightclub fire in 2015

They were given final jail sentences totalling 61 years.

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Ex Romanian minister to appear before extradition judges in Bulgaria after fleeing 6-year sentence

Elena Udrea, a former Romanian minister, will appear before extradition judges today in Bulgaria after fleeing a 6-year sentence for bribery and abuse of office. Her final appeal was rejected by judges in Romania on Thursday, but she had already left the country, crossing into Bulgaria that morning.

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Romania's Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca denies plagiarising his thesis

A Romanian journalist has claimed that nearly a third of the PM's doctorate thesis contained plagiarised content.

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New COVID-19 measures in Romania as infections surge

Face masks will be mandatory and bars and restaurants will operate at 50% or 30% capacity as part of the new measures.

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Protest in Romania over bid to extend COVID health pass to workplaces

Romania has the EU's second-lowest vaccination rate with just 39.6% of its population fully vaccinated, compared to more than 67% for the rest of the bloc.

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Romanian minister resigns following plagiarism reports

Florin Roman, who had served in Romania’s new coalition government for less than a month, quit his post after his education credentials were called into question.

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Back in power, Romania's PSD wants to put its toxic past behind it

Under Liviu Dragnea, the Social Democrats became a byword for corruption and graft. Now a new crop of leaders says that the party has changed.