Two Moroccan students have been arrested by Romanian authorities for allegedly strangling a young Tunisian man to death in the western city of Arad on Thursday night, local news portal aradon.ro reports. The police descended on the neighborhood on Friday morning and picked up two foreign nationals for the attack that took place late on Thursday evening or the early hours of Friday. The suspects allegedly... 

The Russia-Ukraine conflict could end the West’s dominance and shift the balance of power in the world, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said. Russia launched a military campaign against the neighboring country in late February to occupy their country. Orban argued that the decision to impose sanctions on Moscow and supply Kiev with heavy weapons de facto turned the EU and NATO member states... 

Romanian Television is considering suing the European Radio and Television Union after the situation in the Eurovision final. The president and general manager of TVR, Dan Turturică, declared in front of the deputies from the Culture Commission that the rules of the contest were changed by the EBU during the game, on the grounds that there were problems with the voting model. In this context, he... 

Romania is halfway through the legislative process of approving the Neptun-Deep offshore gas platform in the Black Sea, but it will take years and billions of dollars for production before any measurable difference in the country’s energy balance is achieved, analysts have warned. The Romanian Senate adopted on Wednesday the legislative proposal to amend the Offshore Law, which regulates the oil... 

In Chernivtsi, it was decided to remove the panel from the Central Square that reproduced the deed issued by Alexander the Good on October 8, 1408, which documented the Romanian city. The announcement was made on Monday, a day before the visit of the Romanian delegation to Kiev, led by Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca and which included the President of the Chamber of Deputies Marcel Ciolacu and the Minister... 

With Romanians hoarding iodine tablets in preparation for nuclear war or fallout from a nuclear energy plant in Ukraine, the Romania’s environment minister is attempting to calm fears. The Romanian Black Sea coast is not in danger due to the war in Ukraine, Environment Minister Barna Tánczos told Prima TV on Tuesday. Tánczos also said that there was no increase in either radiation or air pollution... 

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday announced plans to set up a distribution hub for humanitarian assistance in Romania, as part of the EU relief efforts to help Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion. After a meeting with Romanian president Klaus Iohannis in Bucharest, von der Leyen highlighted Romania’s role as a base for “directing aid received from all over Europe to... 

Finally! Someone is saying what we have been proposing for a few days now! Maybe the right kind of people are reading our website and circulating our ideas around until the reach the right ears. Former President Traian Basescu said on Thursday, the day Russia bombed Ukraine, that the Republic of Moldova should unite with Romania to be under NATO’s shield because “we see what a Putin means... 

Tens of thousands of Ukrainian citizens are on road, trying to flee to Romania at the Sighetu Marmației border. Thousands of cars seen many kilometers away are already waiting at the border for their papers to be checked. Romania ensured them that they are trying to speed up the process as much as they can but the influx is too overwhelming and many Ukrainians who are scared of their lives have sent... 

Romania scrambled two F-16 Fighting Falcon jets on Thursday morning to intercept a foreign military aircraft, the country’s defense ministry has said. The intercepted target was identified as a Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 air superiority fighter jet. It was directed to land at a military base near the city of Bacau in eastern Romania, the statement said. The ministry said the pilot of the Ukrainian... 

Romania is behaving like a baby dropped in the head at birth to protect Ukraine from Russia, welcoming thousands of NATO troops on its territory. What Romania doesn’t understand is that these troops are not there to protect Romania from anything as Russia does not even have any issues with Romania whatsoever, but in fact this country is being used by Western powers as a battleground in case... 

Romanian prime minister Nicolae Ciuca has held meetings with religious leaders (Orthodox, Catholic, Jews, Muslims) to talk about implementing the vaccine passport QR code for attending church liturgy or entering church for any purpose, even for short stay such as lighting a candle and leaving. According to reports, they want the implementation of this new rule as soon as possible because they are... 

Romania’s liberal president Klaus Iohannis promulgated the law provisioning for penalties of up to 10 years in jail for “anti-Roma” behavior, defined as “the perception related to Roma expressed as hate,” Hotnews.ro reported. Interestingly, the law mentions the term “anti-gypsy”. This term has been avoided lately and permanently replaced by “anti-Roma.” “Anti-Gypsyism... 

The Romanian Parliament voted to drop mandatory “sexual education” from school programmes today after it was condemned by the Romanian Orthodox Church. Romania’s Parliament, with support from President Klaus Iohannis, initially passed legislation two months ago which made it compulsory for schools to teach sexual education to their students a minimum of once every six months, or once per semester.... 

Fr. Chiril is a German. Though he was born and grew up in Germany, he has lived at Radu Voda Monastery in Bucharest for many years. He fell in love with Orthodoxy and Romania and decided to remain there forever, not as a layman but as a monk of one of the most famous monasteries in the capital. The “unfair God” The girl was only eight. He remembers this as clearly as if it happened yesterday....