Romania’s justice minister resigned Thursday following mass protests over a law that eases criminal penalties for government officials engaged in corruption. His departure did not appear to have much effect on thousands who protested in Victory Square for the tenth consecutive day, lighting up high-rise buildings in the square with…
Since the days of Ronald Reagan’s Star Wars, the Kremlin has been worried about Western missile defense. In fact, one could make the case that the development of this technology is what brought down the Soviet Union, as they could not keep up with the arms race. Gorbachev became aware…
With a half-million protesters in the streets of Bucharest on the sixth day of public anger, the largest demonstrations since the end of communism, the left of center government of Romania vowed today to stay in power. However, there were signs of weakened support for the revision of the anti-corruption…
Romania’s government scrapped a contentious corruption decree Sunday in a climbdown after the biggest mass demonstrations since the fall of communism, but protests still raged on for a sixth straight day Read more: Romanian Protests Rage On Romanian Government Scraps Anti-Graft Decree Amid Protests
Romania’s government scrapped a contentious corruption decree Sunday in a climbdown after the biggest mass demonstrations since the fall of communism, but protests still raged on for a sixth straight day… To Read More Visit Yahoo News
Romania’s one-month-old cabinet meets Sunday to scrap disputed changes to criminal legislation that sparked concerns they would roll back anti-corruption efforts, bowing to pressure from the largest protests since the collapse of Communism… To Read More Visit Bloomberg News
The Romanian government spends much less than NATO’s 2% target on defense, a point U.S. President Donald Trump has brought up on numerous occasions as he pushes the alliance to do its fair share of shouldering the security burden. President Klaus Iohannis said Thursday in a letter to Premier Sorin…
Russia has been very active over the last several years attempting to return former Soviet republics to Moscow’s fold. Moldova is center stage in this effort. The newly elected, pro-Russian president of Moldova has stripped the recently granted Moldovan citizenship from ex-Romanian president Basescu. Moldova was formerly part of Romania…