Russia carried out 34 hybrid attacks against Romania last year, according to a report by the Italian Republic’s Intelligence System for Security (AISE), which indicates that Romania has become one of the Kremlin’s preferred targets. The name of Calin Georgescu also appears in the Italian intelligence services’ document. The Italian intelligence services’ report states that Romania was targeted by aggressive hybrid attacks on the electoral process. The Italians write that 25,000 TikTok accounts became highly active in supporting presidential candidate Calin Georgescu two weeks before the November 2024 elections. Additionally, they mention 797 pro-Calin Georgescu accounts created in 2016, which became very active shortly before the elections. There were 5,005 Telegram accounts spreading propaganda in favor of Calin Georgescu, and $381,000 was spent on sponsoring this content, according to the report. The amount was spent starting from October 24, 2024. The Italians also report direct cyberattacks on Romania’s electoral infrastructure until November 25, 2024, counting 85,000 attacks during the electoral process. These attacks originated from servers in 33 different countries but are attributed to the Kremlin. The report also covers elections in Georgia and the upcoming ones in Germany, but its most detailed analysis focuses on Romania. On March 3, Italy’s ambassador to Bucharest, Alfred Maria Durande, announced that foreign forces had interfered in last year’s Romanian presidential elections. He spoke of an “intense and deep manipulation” of the country’s electoral process.
Romanian firefighters intervened to extinguish 8,520 vegetation fires nationwide between June 1 and August 31 this year, 3.2% fewer than in the same period of 2024, the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations (IGSU) said on Tuesday, September 23. Despite the slight national decrease, the agency said the phenomenon continues to pose a major threat to […]
A plane with hundreds of passengers was forced to remain in the air and circle the Cluj-Napoca International Airport for several minutes after an air traffic controller reportedly fell asleep on duty, Stirileprotv.ro reported. The incident is said to have happened over a month ago. On that night, three controllers...
Romanian consumer confidence has dropped to one of its lowest levels in the past 15 years, consultancy company Colliers said in a recent report. After several years of record demand, Romania’s housing sector entered 2025 in a cooling phase as buyers grew more cautious. Consumer sentiment saw its steepest half-yearly decline since the 2009–2010 financial […]
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, will begin deploying Turkey’s advanced MEROPS surveillance system in Poland and Romania to guard against drone incursions from Russia, Euractiv reported. The Multispectral...
Bellemonde announced that it launched a new premium residential project in Pipera, northern Bucharest, adding 52 villas through an estimated investment of EUR 25 million. The development, called Bellemonde Privée, will include single-family homes, duplex villas, and townhouses, built on a 25,000 sqm plot across from the existing Bellemonde complex. About 65% of the total […]
Romanian foreign minister Oana Țoiu expressed solidarity with Estonia during the September 22 emergency meeting of the United Nations (UN) Security Council after the latter's airspace was violated by three Russian fighter jets last week. On Friday, September 19, Russian jets entered and stayed in the airspace above the Gulf of Finland for 12 minutes, […]
