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• Romania protests: Tens of thousands of Romanians angered by the cancellation of a presidential election marched through Bucharest on Sunday to demand that the ballot should go ahead and that outgoing centrist President Klaus Iohannis should resign. The backstory: In a move that polarized voters, Romania's top court voided the presidential election on Dec. 6, two days before the second round. The cancellation came after state documents showed frontrunner Calin Geor...Devamını Oku

13 Oca 2025

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Opinion | Romania's annulled elections: Putting democracy to test

Romania's Constitutional Court canceled the first round of the elections two days before the second round. The reason? Russian interference. Any evidence? None. The events of the last few weeks in Romania make us question once again how democratic those who call themselves liberals really are. The answer is worrying.

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13 Oca 2025

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• Romania's new government: Romanian lawmakers narrowly approved a new pro-European coalition government, led by incumbent Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu. The move seeks to end a political crisis sparked by far-right gains in recent elections and the annulment of the presidential race.

30 Ara 2024

• Schengen expansion: Seventeen years after Romania and Bulgaria joined the European Union, they have been given the green light to become members of its border-free Schengen travel zone. A step back: Although border checks were lifted on travel by air and sea for the two countries last March, it was only last month that Austria lifted its resistance to ending border checks by land.

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• Romania's new government: Romania’s pro-European parties agreed to form a majority government made up of groupings that were traditionally on opposite sides and shutting out far-right nationalists who made significant gains in the election on Dec. 1. In other news: The parliamentary election came hard on the heels of a presidential vote in which the far-right outsider Calin Georgescu won the first round. Days before the Dec. 8 presidential runoff, the Constitution...Devamını Oku

16 Ara 2024

• Romania election chaos: Romania's constitutional court has annulled the result of the first round of voting in the presidential election just days before the second round was due to take place. What happened: The first round was won by Calin Georgescu, an almost unknown far-right Nato-sceptic who has previously praised Vladimir Putin. The court's decision comes after intelligence documents were declassified, suggesting Georgescu benefitted from a mass influence op...Devamını Oku

09 Ara 2024

• Romania elections: Romania’s ruling Social Democratic party (PSD) is on track to finish first in parliamentary elections, according to preliminary results, seemingly beating an advancing far right boosted by the shock victory of an ultranationalist in last week’s presidential first-round ballot. Important note: Romania’s top court ordered a recount and is due to rule on a request by a defeated candidate to annul the vote altogether over allegations of illegal ele...Devamını Oku

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• Human trafficking ring: A human trafficking ring who convinced vulnerable people, many just out of social care, to work in slave-like conditions in Budapest, has been broken up by police operations in Romania and Hungary. Statement: Romanian prosecutors said that "The victims were forced, including through acts of violence, to work hours that were physically and psychologically unbearable…and to live in inhumane conditions, under permanent surveillance."

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• Kosovo formally applied to join the EU , which caused Serbia —Kosovo's long-lasting contentious neighbor— to react with anger and call on the bloc to cancel the process. Serbia said they will ask five EU states that do not recognize Kosovo to block the initiative. On a related note: Chancellor Olaf Scholz said it is in Germany's interest for the remaining Balkan countries to join the EU. Scholz welcomed the decisions to grant Bosnia candidate status and to accept ...Devamını Oku

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• EU countries agreed to allow Croatia to join the Schengen Area as of Jan. 2023, finally accepting the country after years of await. However, Romania and Bulgaria’s accession into Schengen was blocked —despite both having joined the EU six years before Croatia— by Austria, citing concerns about migration.

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