Romania’s recent elections saw surging support for “ultranationalist” candidates — especially after a breakthrough for the ...

BUCHAREST, Romania — Ion Iliescu, Romania’s first freely elected president after the fall of communism in 1989, who later faced charges of crimes against humanity for his role in the bloody ...

A week ago, Dan won a tense election rerun, seen as key for the direction of the NATO and European Union countries bordering war-torn Ukraine. Although EU critic and nationalist George Simion easily ...

At 9.3 per cent of GDP, Romania’s public deficit was the highest in the EU in 2024, well above the 3 per cent threshold prescribed in the bloc’s fiscal rules. The previous government was reluctant to ...

He was Romania's first freely elected leader after communism fell in 1989, and later faced charges of crimes against humanity ...

Only a 10-minute stroll down a maze of cobblestone streets from the birthplace of Vlad Dracul — who inspired the fictional, bloodsucking Count Dracula — sits an ...

Fitch maintained Romania's investment-grade credit status on Friday, keeping its "BBB-" rating after the new government pushed through steps to ease its budget deficit, but the outlook remained ...