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Romania

  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    Marietje Schaake
    Romania’s cancelled election is a lesson in social media manipulation

    Investigations should finally shed light on how algorithms win votes and influence people

    María Hergueta illustration of three hands putting ballot papers in a ballot box, with a big digital arrow pointing to the hole in the box
  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    European Union
    Romania and Bulgaria to join EU’s Schengen free movement area

    Access comes as both countries face domestic political turmoil and the zone is jeopardised by new border controls

    People shout slogans and wave Romanian and EU flags during a Pro-Europe rally
  • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
    News in-depth
    The Wagner-style mercenaries plotting unrest in Romania

    Horaţiu Potra, a former member of the French Foreign Legion, was arrested with 20 other armed men headed for Bucharest

    Palace of the People in Bucharest, plus Horaţiu Potra from video
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Romania’s cancelled presidential election

    An alleged Russian campaign to support a nationalist candidate raises alarms

    Romanian presidential candidate Călin Georgescu gives a statement to the press in Mogoșoaia, Romania
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    News in-depthSocial Media
    How Russia-backed influencers meddled in Romania’s vote

    Bucharest scrapped presidential election after ‘illegal’ social media campaign used tactics seen in Moldova poll

    Montage of Russian flag, Romanian flag, voter and TikTok logo
  • Sunday, 8 December, 2024
    Romania arrests armed men headed for Bucharest after cancelled vote

    Presidential elections due on Sunday were called off because of alleged Russian interference

    Călin Georgescu shakes hands with a supporter
  • Saturday, 7 December, 2024
    Europe Express
    Romania tries to suppress a far-right surge Premium content

    Călin Georgescu appeared set to win the presidential election until the nation’s high court annulled the first-round result

    Călin Georgescu
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    Romania scraps presidential election after alleged Russian meddling

    Far-right candidate Georgescu says he will challenge decision of top court to order rerun of first-round vote

    Cǎlin Georgescu
  • Thursday, 5 December, 2024
    Global InsightAlec Russell
    Romania’s second revolution

    An ultranationalist who has praised Putin has upended the post-communist order and is on the brink of power

    People protest in the front of the Palace of the Parliament at the Victory square in Bucharest, Romania
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    Romania blames Russia for election meddling

    National Security Council declassifies evidence of Moscow’s ‘hybrid attacks’ benefiting pro-Putin Călin Georgescu

    Călin Georgescu
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    News in-depth
    The Romanian liberal battling pro-Putin candidate for presidency

    Elena Lasconi would be country’s first female president, but voters are tilting towards ultranationalist Călin Georgescu

    Elena Lasconi
  • Monday, 2 December, 2024
    Călin Georgescu
    Romania’s vote recount confirms pro-Russian presidential bid

    Constitutional Court certifies first-round results, run-off to go ahead as planned on December 8

    Călin Georgescu
  • Friday, 29 November, 2024
    Romania starts vote recount after reports of irregularities and ‘cyber attacks’

    Presidential election could be held again next month if top court annuls first-round results

    People unload bags of ballots from a truck at the Timis County Electoral Bureau in Timișoara, Romania, on Friday
  • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
    Romania’s top court orders recount of presidential votes

    Constitutional Court to decide on Friday whether to annul first-round results after complaints that poll was subject to foreign interference

    Romanian President Klaus Iohannis gives a speech in Berlin earlier this month
  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
    EU threatens TikTok with probe over role in Romanian elections

    Bucharest lodges complaint after far-right candidate who went viral on Chinese platform topped presidential vote

    Călin Georgescu giving a statement while journalists hold microphones in front of him on the outskirts of Bucharest, Romania
  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
    Populism in Europe
    Romanian centrists back pro-EU Lasconi ahead of presidential run-off

    Liberal opposition figure to face Russia-friendly ultranationalist on December 8

    Elena Lasconi smiles as she holds the flag ablove her head
  • Monday, 25 November, 2024
    News in-depth
    How a pro-Putin TikTok star topped Romania’s presidential poll

    Social media clips show Călin Georgescu riding on white horse, performing martial arts

    Calin Georgescu riding a horse
  • Monday, 25 November, 2024
    Pro-Russia hard-right candidate tops Romanian presidential poll

    First-round victory of Călin Georgescu shakes political establishment

    Calin Georgescu speaks to the media surrounded by microphones from various news outlets
  • Saturday, 23 November, 2024
    Ukraine-sceptic ‘Trumpist’ gains traction ahead of Romanian vote

    Far-right leader George Simion campaigns on cutting aid for Kyiv in bid to become president

    George Simion
  • Wednesday, 20 November, 2024
    EU immigration
    Austria set to open way for Bulgaria and Romania to gain full Schengen access

    Vienna expected to drop veto on ending checks at land borders for travellers from the two countries

    Schengen and non-Schengen routes through Henri Coanda international airport in Bucharest Romania
  • Saturday, 7 September, 2024
    Travel
    The bears and bison roam free — but could I rewild myself?

    A pioneering conservation project has reintroduced bison to a swathe of Romanian mountains — but could it help Joy Lo Dico to rewild herself?

  • Friday, 9 August, 2024
    News in-depthAnimal welfare
    Kill or confine? Italy and Romania wrestle with bear attacks response

    Wildlife activists oppose culling of animals despite rise in aggressive incidents

    A bear eats a sandwich thrown by a passing driver on a road in Romania
  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    News in-depthPopulism in Europe
    Romania’s far right evokes Vlad the Impaler — and Trump

    Ultranationalist AUR party gaining ground ahead of EU elections with pledge to ‘make Romania great again’

    AUR leader George Simion speaks at a rally with an actor dressed as Vlad the Impaler behind him
  • Saturday, 13 April, 2024
    Venice Biennale 2024
    Romania brings modern mosaics to the Venice Biennale

    Artist Șerban Savu and curator Ciprian Mureşan are orchestrating a local studio to produce a large scene

    Two middle-aged men, one sitting on a stool on the left, the other leaning on a wooden easel on the right, are captured in their sketch-filled studio
  • Friday, 5 April, 2024
    News in-depthAnimal welfare
    Bears and wolves stray into European politics

    Plans to shoot large wild animals in Slovakia and Romania dismissed as electoral pandering

    Bears in Romania
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