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Until recently, they were close political allies. Now Romania's one-time de-facto leader Liviu Dragnea is accusing the woman he picked to be prime minister of defrauding European Union funds. Dragnea was chairman of the Social Democrats until he was sent to prison in May after a court found him guilty...

Romania’s Justice Minister Catalin Predoiu has called the country’s justice system “a failure” for not completing an investigation of what happened during the Dec. 1989 overthrow of communism where more than 1,300 people died and thousands  were injured. More than three decades after the bloody uprising where former Communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu and his...

George Enescu is probably Romania’s best-known musician. But few realize that Romania is not only famous for its violinists like Enescu who composed the Romanian rhapsody. It also also has a long tradition of manufacturing violins. Eurostat figures released Friday show that Romania exported 14,000 violins last year making it the largest...

Millions of Romanians have voted Sunday in a presidential election which is likely to see the re-election of Klaus Iohannis who has been credited with helping to bring the country back to the European mainstream after attacks on the rule of law. Iohannis, 60, who is supported by the center-right Liberal Party he used...

The Defender Europe 20 exercises which recently got underway are the largest in 25 years are taking place at a time when NATO is facing criticism on both sides of the Atlantic over its role and effectiveness. The U.S. will deploy 20,000 service members to join personnel from other NATO member countries including...

Regional luxury automobile dealer and truck importer MHS Holding says its business turnover increased to 415 million euros last year, a 12.4% growth from the previous year which also saw a spike in business. Company managers outlined their plans for growth in 2020 and said a drive to push up truck sales would be a main focus...

Trains were canceled and running late Monday after a goods train derailed in southern Romania, leading to hours of delays for passengers. There were no reports of injuries. The 37-wagon freight train derailed between the stations of Farcasele and Draganesti early Monday, Hotnews reported. The privately-owned train was traveling from Craiova to Bucharest.

Romanian lawmakers on Wednesday approved new rules which will come into effect next week when the country relaxes a strict lockdown which was put in place to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. Lawmakers ignored rules laid out by the minority Liberal government and voted for a number of more relaxed measures which...

Romanian politician Nicusor Dan who’s running for mayor of Bucharest held an outdoors press conference next to a busy road on Friday, only to find himself interrupted by the deputy mayor who planted himself next to him. The deputy mayor, Aurelian Badulescu, stood inches away from Dan and heckled and interrupted him. Dan...

Romania’s ruling Liberal Party will propose incumbent Finance Minister Florin Citu as the next prime minister after political consultations with President Klaus Iohannis. “Mr. Citu has had negotiations with international partners and managed to maintain the country’s ratings at a very difficult point for Romania,” the outgoing Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said on Wednesday.