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Former European Union leader Donald Tusk has been voted Poland's prime minister,  halting almost a decade of populist rule in East Europe's biggest nation. Tusk returns to the job for the first time since 2014 following a vote in parliament on Monday. Tusk, 66, served as European Council president from 2014-2019 and has strong connections in Brussels, and is expected to...

The Russian government has ordered the closure of Romania's consular office in Rostov-on-Don, the latest reflection of strained relations between the countries since Russia invaded Ukraine. Moscow said on Monday it had accepted the Russian Foreign Ministry's proposal to close the consulate with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signing off on the decision, TASS news agency reported. The consulate opened in...

Let’s not debase a terrible tragedy with nonsense and inflame a combustible situation with carelessness Because journalism is muchly about clickbait these days, there has been some unserious reporting around the serious issue of the civilian casualties caused by Israel’s operation to uproot the Hamas militia from power in Gaza. Every civilian death is a tragedy (of course!) – yet people...

Influencer Andrew Tate won't be getting his seized luxury cars or Romanian properties back just yet after a court ruled on Monday that they will remain with investigators. Romania's organized crime unit DIICOT seized about 12 million dollars worth of assets , earlier this year from Tate and his brother Tristan after they were charged with multiple crimes. DIICOT arrested the...

Investing in a stock that multiplies its share price by a factor of ten is the elusive holy grail for many investors. While such ten-baggers are very rare, and the US is the largest stock market in the world, it is not the first one when it comes to this type of stock, writes  eToro analyst for Romania, Bogdan...

News that Vienna is considering easing Romania and Bulgaria into the Schengen free-travel zone by abolishing airport passport checks got a mixed reaction in Bucharest and was criticized in Sofia. Austria vetoed the two countries from joining the passport-free zone a year ago and there have been tensions ever since with Romania accusing Austria of acting on behalf of Russia. However,...

Serbia has completed the interconnector to a EU-funded gas pipeline in Bulgaria, allowing it to diversify its gas supplies and reduce  its reliance on Russia. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, and Bulgarian and Azeri presidents Rumen Radev and Ilham Aliyev attended an opening ceremony for the pipeline on Sunday. "With this interconnector we are securing alternative gas supplies, apart from the Russian...

Austria may be willing to relax its veto on expanding the European Union’s passport-control-free Schengen zone to Romania and Bulgaria, proposing access for air travel to and from the two countries. Under the proposal, road travel would still be subject to strict border controls. Romania's premier called the proposal a ‘breakthrough’ after deadlock The Austrian government had been the main impediment...

In light of recent decisions on behalf of the USA to cease financial aid to Ukraine's war effort, Olena Zelenska has warned that Ukrainians are in "mortal danger" if Western countries don't continue their financial support. Ukraine's first lady spoke to Sunday with BBC journalist Laura Kuenssberg a day after Republican senators in the US blocked a key aid bill....

Federal prosecutors have filed tax charges against Hunter Biden - a second criminal case against the son of US president Joseph Biden. The nine-count indictment says he schemed to evade at least $1.4m in federal taxes from 2016-19. Biden's three felonies and six misdemeanors include failure to file and pay taxes, false tax return and evasion of assessment. In September, he was...