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Foreigners no longer allowed to enter Romania, with few exceptions, as tougher coronavirus measures are announced

Foreigners no longer allowed to enter Romania, with few exceptions, as tougher coronavirus measures are announced

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21 mart.
Foreigners willing to travel to Romania will no longer be able to do so, with few exceptions, according to new, tougher measures announced by authorities in Bucharest to prevent the expansion of the coronavirus epidemic. Malls are also to be closed and movement is restricted during night time, according to the new rules. Interior minister […]
The coronavirus paradox in Romanian politics: opposition votes new government as ministers, supporting party are forced to stay isolated / President announces state of emergency starting next week

The coronavirus paradox in Romanian politics: opposition votes new government as ministers, supporting party are forced to stay isolated / President announces state of emergency starting next week

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14 mart. • 1
From NATO to Romanian Parliament: Senator confirmed Covid-19 positive after visiting Parliament, dismissing suspicions / Procedures to form a new government hit hard

From NATO to Romanian Parliament: Senator confirmed Covid-19 positive after visiting Parliament, dismissing suspicions / Procedures to form a new government hit hard

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13 mart. • 4
Liberal leaders, president throw Romania to the brink of deep political crisis fueled by the coronavirus epidemic and an imminent economic crisis

Liberal leaders, president throw Romania to the brink of deep political crisis fueled by the coronavirus epidemic and an imminent economic crisis

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12 mart. • 7
As perfect storm is building, Romania needs historical deal between major parties to prevent impending crisis

As perfect storm is building, Romania needs historical deal between major parties to prevent impending crisis

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10 mart. • 1
Financial markets fear a global recession caused by the new coronavirus epidemic, doubled up by the oil war sparked by Saudi Arabia. Romania would enter such a crisis almost as vulnerable as it did in 2009: burdened by major debt, increasing deficit and lacking money for investments needed to support the economy. Major decisions are […]
Coronavirus: Despite still low infection figures, Romania pushes hard measures as medical, social and electoral pressures grow / Flights to and from Italy suspended

Coronavirus: Despite still low infection figures, Romania pushes hard measures as medical, social and electoral pressures grow / Flights to and from Italy suspended

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09 mart. • 4
Russian researcher claiming Dacians were of Slavic descent banned from Romania / He prepared to hold conference denying link between Romanian, Latin languages

Russian researcher claiming Dacians were of Slavic descent banned from Romania / He prepared to hold conference denying link between Romanian, Latin languages

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04 mart. • 6
Military prosecutor’s office facing checks following inquiry into Mafia-style intelligence op against journalists and magistrates

Military prosecutor’s office facing checks following inquiry into Mafia-style intelligence op against journalists and magistrates

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25 feb.
A criminal inquiry into the tailing and tapping of Romanian journalists and magistrates last week has led to official checks on how that inquiry was ordered. Sources claim the checks were launched at the request of newly named Prosecutor General Gabriela Scutea, who did not confirm or dismiss the information. Scutea is one of newly […]
My Government / My Justice - Considerations on the naming of new top prosecutors

My Government / My Justice – Considerations on the naming of new top prosecutors

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20 feb. • 3
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday signed the decrees naming three new chief prosecutors. He did so by ignoring the fact that the main body supervising magistrates in the country, the Supreme Council of Magistrates, had rejected two of the three through non-binding decisions. Iohannis signed the decrees naming Gabriela Scutea as new Prosecutor General; […]
Who are the prosecutors eyeing top jobs in key judiciary bodies

Who are the prosecutors eyeing top jobs in key judiciary bodies

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19 feb. • 1
Romania is expecting to see who are the people due to take over the helm of its key prosecutorial bodies. As official terms in office came to pass, and major changes affected the judiciary under the past years of Social Democratic (PSD) government, the naming of the future bosses of key prosecutor’s offices is one […]
How we lost faith and why we must recover it

How we lost faith and why we must recover it

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11 sept. • 56
When asked why young people want to leave Romania, citizens list three reasons: lack of trust in the authorities, corruption – which is also a form of deception of trust in equal rules for all – and third, low living standards, which ultimately translates into distrust of the future. The loss of confidence, the feeling […]
Sifting through the ashes of the state

Sifting through the ashes of the state

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07 aug. • 2
The Caracal murder, the radiography of the local mafia in Olt, the case of public indifference towards a distressed minor recently occurred on the streets of Galati, and a tumbling wave of high-level mishaps have exposed the Romanian state in all its decay after seven years of PSD – ALDE administration. Need we remind you […]
Ciorapel the Baron and Dancila the Unsuspecting. How the PSD government and its barons are making a mockery of crucial Romanian infrastructure projects

Ciorapel the Baron and Dancila the Unsuspecting. How the PSD government and its barons are making a mockery of crucial Romanian infrastructure projects

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23 iul.
Exclusive: Court of Auditors' checks of PSD's use of public subsidies halted by Dragnea acolyte. A step by step account

Exclusive: Court of Auditors’ checks of PSD’s use of public subsidies halted by Dragnea acolyte. A step by step account

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04 iul. • 3
Sources from within the Romanian Court of Auditors have informed G4media.ro that in 2018 a Court of Auditors’ department notified the PSD that it would start an audit on the party’s use of state subsidies. However, the Court’s President, Mihai Busuioc, considered to be close to Liviu Dragnea – the former PSD leader – made […]
Why did they choose Dancila as the head of the PSD

Why did they choose Dancila as the head of the PSD

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02 iul. • 120
Many saw in Iliescu the supreme evil, then Adrian Năstase came along, and evil became relative. He may have been evil, but at least he was poor and honest. Geoana became a leader because there was no better choice at the time, again in a moment of crisis, just like with Dancila today. But the […]
Who governs Romania: Dancila and the PSD or the opposition? Who is responsible for the horrors of the Dragnea era?

Who governs Romania: Dancila and the PSD or the opposition? Who is responsible for the horrors of the Dragnea era?

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20 iun. • 4
Dancila’s government has weathered the motion of no confidence, but it acts as if they were in the opposition. The pension law didn’t get enough votes in the Senate due to the absence of the PSD MP’s, but that didn’t prevent the leaders of the PSD from throwing the blame on the opposition. The PSD-ALDE […]
Liviu Dragnea, sentenced to three and a half years in prison / He will soon be imprisoned

Liviu Dragnea, sentenced to three and a half years in prison / He will soon be imprisoned

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27 mai • 1
On Monday, May 27th, Liviu Dragnea was sentenced by the High Court to three years and six months imprisonment in the Teleorman Child Directorate fictitious employment files case. The decision is final and enforceable. The panel of five judges upheld the lower courts’ sentence. Liviu Dragnea will have to surrender to the police today so […]
Why did Dancila get a swollen head? The third emancipation in Dragnea's era

Why did Dancila get a swollen head? The third emancipation in Dragnea’s era

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23 mai • 3
Dragnea’s favorite expression when it comes to PSD members who end up flexing their muscles once they get to power is that they get „a swollen head”. Dragnea is right, Dăncilă did indeed get a « swollen head ». The shy lady from Videle is strongly backed by Paul Stanescu, the dissenting baron who narrowly […]
Candidate for a day?

Candidate for a day?

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23 mai • 2
Mircea Geoana will remain in the party’s history, and in the collective memory, as the first leader of the PSD who became president for a night. With „Mihaela, my love!” at his side, the unfortunate Geoana claimed victory against Traian Basescu on the night of the 2009 presidential election. It’s also since then the joke […]
EU elections in Romania : local politics on trial

EU elections in Romania : local politics on trial

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21 mai • 33
More than ever, Liviu Dragnea’s political fate depends on the EU elections’s outcome and on the PSD-ALDE, which its numbers will convey to the system. 30 percent is a psychological threshold. Anything extra PSD wins means a good or a very good result, depending on the margin. In this scenario, Dragnea not only survives as […]
Radu Mazare's bad luck: the new president of Madagascar just unleashed "the war on corruption"

Radu Mazare’s bad luck: the new president of Madagascar just unleashed „the war on corruption”

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16 mai • 38
Radu Mazare was arrested and will be extradited to Romania after a quick decision by the authorities in Madagascar, although the former mayor of Constanta has lived without problems for two years in the African country where he has invested in tourism. Why have the Malagasy authorities suddenly mobilized? The explanation is the change of […]