Romania

Romanian MEP accused of fiddling expenses to tune of €50,000

Prosecutors charged Luhan Petru with allegedly using fake receipts to claim European Parliament funds.

11/04/2019

World

Romanian ex-president Iliescu faces crimes against humanity charges

Prosecutors say Iliescu was responsible running a campaign of misinformation that created a climate of terror.

09/04/2019

Romania

Romanian ex-priest, ex-president and sports pros battle in EU election

One's just been excommunicated, another coached a national football team and a third was president of a neighbouring country, Romania's EU election candidates are a colourful bunch.

08/04/2019

Romania

Police search for 130 kg of cocaine washed ashore Romanian coast

The cocaine is believed to come from a boat carrying more than a tonne of the drug that capsized last month.

07/04/2019

Romania

Romania's president calls referendum on anti-corruption

“Justice is a matter of national interest, and citizens have the sovereign right to decide whether or not to let corruption become state policy,” he said .

06/04/2019

Romania

Europe puts pressure on Romania over Kovesi and controversial reforms

It was a multi-pronged attack on Bucharest.

04/04/2019

Spain

Romanian-born poet Miguel Gane reflects on European identity

Road Trip Europe: Romanian-born poet Miguel Gane reflects on European identity

02/04/2019

Europe News

The Brief: Operation Sophia extended for an additional six months

The European Union's Operation Sophia has been agreed to be extended for an additional six months. Yet, the Operation will transition from using rescue boats to rescue airplanes after Italy said it would no longer receive people from the Mediterranean Sea.

28/03/2019

Romania

Romania set to move Israel embassy to Jerusalem

Romanian Prime Minister announced a plan to move Israel embassy to Jerusalem at a meeting with a pro-Israel lobby in Washington DC.

24/03/2019

Romania

Teaching young Romanians to fly away from unemployment

A school for flight attendants is proving a hit.

21/03/2019

Romania

Fed-up mayor in Romania cuts internet cables amid telecoms dispute

Is this Romania's answer to Edward Scissorhands?

21/03/2019

World News

Romanian protest leader builds a one metre "motorway"

On Friday one businessman in the north-eastern city of Suceava staged his own symbolic protest - the local mayor officially opened a metre long "motorway" on his own land.

16/03/2019

Romania

Here's why a Romanian businessman built the world's shortest highway

The world's shortest highway isn't in Australia, as the internet would tell you but in Romania, near the city of Suceava. A businessman in northeastern Romania has built the world's shortest highway — measuring 1 metre — in protest against the lack of road infrastructure in the region

15/03/2019

Europe News

Search for an EU budget crime prosecutor begins

The European Parliament has made a short list of candidates for the new position.

26/02/2019

World

Monday's full episode of Raw Politics

Watch Monday night's full episode of Raw Politics.

25/02/2019

Romania

Top EU official praises fired Romanian corruption prosecutor

The vice president of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans, told Euronews on Saturday that there could be "no relenting of the fight against corruption in Romania".

18/02/2019

Romania

Top EU official praises fired Romanian corruption prosecutor

The European Commission's vice president, Frans Timmermans, praised Romania's former chief corruption prosecutor in an interview with Euronews, urging the fight against corruption to continue.

18/02/2019

Ireland

Euroviews. Alternatives to a Berlin Wall for Ireland ǀ View

A reappearance of a border between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom is causing great concern for all parties involved. The EU could prevent this situation by conferring Ireland a special status.

11/02/2019

Romania

Western Europe has double standards over corruption, says Romania's PM

But experts said Bucharest should deal with its "corruption problem" and that any double standards were irrelevant.

05/02/2019

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: Rule of law, migration, glyphosate

Those are the stories in today's Brief

17/01/2019