Romania president resigns after impeachment pressure over cancelled vote

In December, just 48 hours before Romanians were due to vote in the presidential run-off election, the nation's constitutional court made an unprecedented ruling scrapping the entire process. That left the country without an incoming president. …

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Exclusive: Trump’s Special Envoy Richard Grenell Suggests Biden, Not Russia, Tried To Tip the Scales in Romania’s Recent ...

President Trump’s special envoy for foreign policy, Richard Grenell, has suggested that the Biden administration may have tried to tip the scales against a conservative candidate in Romania’s recent elections. The rightist presidential candidate, Calin …

Romania Busts €100M EU Funding Fraud Ring

Romanian authorities have arrested an Italian national suspected of masterminding a 100 million euros ($103.22 million) subsidy fraud scheme. The arrest is part of an ongoing investigation into a criminal organization with potential mafia links.   The …

Romania’s President Resigns Amid Pressure from Right-Wing MPs

President Klaus Iohannis reviews an honour guard on Romania’s Great Union Day, in Bucharest,  December 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE/ROBERT GHEMENT. Romania’s embattled president, Klaus Iohannis, resigned on Monday, saying he wished to “spare Romania and its …

Morphosis Capital's second fund plans up to ten investments in Romania, the region

Morphosis Capital Partners BV announced the official launch of Morphosis Capital Fund II, its second investment fund, with a committed capital of over EUR 100 million. This is double the size of its first fund commitment.  The new fund aims to support the …

Romania's outgoing leader resigns ahead of presidential election re-run

Romania's outgoing centrist President Klaus Iohannis resigned from his post on Monday ahead of a plan by opposition hard-right parliamentary parties to have him impeached, APA reports citing Reuters. Romania's top court said Iohannis, whose second …

Romania's Party for Nature, People and Animals Intends to Back Nicusor Dan in May's Presidential Elections

Romania’s Party for Nature, People and Animals (NOA) has announced that it will endorse incumbent Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan in the presidential elections in May, according to Agerpres. "Our decision is a recognition of his constant and significant …

Romania donates modern tech...

Tiya High School in Central Ethiopia has received a significant boost to its technological capabilities thanks to a donation of modern electronic equipment worth over 4 million birr (30,000 Euro) from the Romanian government. The Romanian Ambassador to …

Romania's trade deficit expands in 2024

BUCHAREST, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Romania's trade deficit widened by 15.3 percent in 2024, reaching 33.393 billion euros (34.4 billion U.S. dollars), an increase of 4.4 billion euros from the previous year, the National Institute of Statistics (INS) …