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.
Two sovereignist candidates, namely the leader of the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), George Simion, and former Social Democratic (PSD) prime minister Victor Ponta, are in the first two positions in the race for the presidential office in a Verifield poll commissioned by Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan and presented on Monday, March […]
Romania is becoming a European benchmark in sustainability, thanks to the Deposit Return System implemented by RetuRO, the company managing the country’s largest circular economy project. The system’s performance in its first year of operation and its development objectives for this year were presented by Gemma Webb, CEO and Chair of the RetuRO Board of […]
Teilor Holding, the company operating the Teilor jewelry store chain, is on track to list its two corporate bonds on the Bucharest Stock Exchange on Thursday, April 13. The bonds, which will go on the AeRO Multilateral Trading System, have a total aggregated value of nearly EUR 4.5 million, and were sold in October last […]
Eight Romanian couriers in the United Kingdom were sentenced to more than 30 years imprisonment after stealing parcels worth EUR 1 million and selling them online. Three of the suspects managed to flee to Romania and are now being sought. The former couriers operated together between September 2022 and February 2023 in Birmingham. Using their […]
Bucharest’s central Easter fair, Traditions and Flowers of the Holidays, returns in King Michael I Park (Herăstrău) between April 12 and 21. Held at the Charles de Gaulle entrance, the event awaits visitors with local crafts, traditions, and various activities. The fair is dedicated both to the Palm Sunday and Easter holidays, the organizers said. […]
Interim president Ilie Bolojan marked 21 years since Romania's accession to the North Atlantic Alliance by stating that the NATO anti-missile shield in southern Romania made the country safe, allowing it to develop economically. NATO membership meant that Romania was a safe place, Bolojan said, adding that this was “especially due to the support provided […]
