On Thursday, March 6, Romanian prosecutors at the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) detained six individuals, including a retired general aged 100, accusing them of organized crime and treason. Two of the defendants traveled to Moscow in January and allegedly negotiated with Russian agents for Romania’s withdrawal from NATO.
According to the case, starting in 2023, five of the defendants, along with a suspect, "formed an organized criminal group with...
Cushman & Wakefield Echinox reported that over 1 million square meters of new office space have been leased across Romania in the past five years, with the IT sector remaining the dominant driver of the market. According to the real estate consultancy firm, the demand for office spaces has been primarily generated by IT companies, […]
Romania has received over EUR 100 billion in EU funds since joining the European Union in 2007, according to Marcel Boloș, minister of investments and European projects. The community funds have been invested mainly in infrastructure and community development. Thanks to the EU money, nearly 900 km of highways and express roads have been built in […]
Călin Georgescu, the far-right, Russia-friendly politician who surprisingly emerged as the first-round winner of last year’s presidential elections, remains under judicial control after a decision made by the District 1 Court on Thursday, March 6. The ruling is final, according to local news agency Agerpres. Georgescu
One Eye Laughs, the Other Weeps. Romanian Art in the Ovidiu Șandor Collection, an exhibition gathering works by over 60 Romanian artists, is set to open at the International Center for Culture in Krakow (MCK) as part of the Romania-Poland Cultural Season 2024-2025. The exhibition, open between March 8 and July 20, spans works from […]
The Dutch judiciary has extended by 90 days the detention of the 26-year-old man suspected of involvement in the theft of the Coțofenești helmet and the Dacian gold bracelets from the Drents Museum. The four artefacts, valued at EUR 5.8 million, have not yet been recovered. Several archaeological pieces from the Dacia - Empire of Gold […]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has unanimously declared inadmissible the case brought by Călin Georgescu, a former ultranationalist presidential candidate, regarding the annulment of Romania’s 2024 presidential...
