For about two weeks starting around Christmas in 2023 the American political establishment was harassed by a wave of crisis calls. A fire at the White House. A shooting at a prominent politician’s home. Bombs placed at churches and capitol buildings. None of them were real. Thomasz Szabdo, a Romanian man, was sentenced on Wednesday…
Shorouk Express On Sept. 16, Romanian prosecutors charged Georgescu, Potra, his son and other mercenaries with orchestrating a violent coup. According to Romanian prosecutors, Potra, Georgescu and their associates had allegedly planned to hijack a protest in support of the former presidential candidate and generate violence amid the cancellation of the first round of the…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 9. During her visit to Chernivtsi, Ukraine, Foreign Minister of Romania Oana Toiu met with representatives of the Romanian community, Trend reports citing the country’s Foreign Ministry. Oana Toiu reiterated the Romanian authorities’ support for protecting their rights, including in areas such as education and religious freedom. In turn, members…
Shorouk Express In the first round of the 2024 election, Georgescu surged from obscurity to snatch 22.9 percent of the vote. However, Romania’s Constitutional Court canceled the election, citing credible evidence of foreign interference in his favor. Georgescu, an ultranationalist, anti-EU and anti-NATO candidate, was reportedly boosted by Russian interference and a hybrid influence campaign…
Shorouk Express Simion is banned from entering Moldova until 2028 for national security reasons, given his years’ long campaign to reunite Moldova with Romania. A Moldovan court is set to consider Simion’s request to lift the ban on Monday. A Moldovan government spokesperson responded to Simion’s allegations by calling on politicians to refrain from accusations…
Shorouk Express But more recent polls have shown the gap narrowing significantly as decision day gets closer. On Wednesday, a poll of 4,000 people by AtlasIntel put the two candidates level on 48 percent each. Crucially, AtlasIntel included a sample of the large Romanian diaspora population, among whom Simion is hugely popular. Then, on Thursday,…
Shorouk Express The election results are being closely watched in Brussels and Washington, as Romania has become the latest battleground between the hard right and political establishment. Simion has unapologetically badged himself as a supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement. Sunday’s vote was part of the election do-over that Romania’s top court…
Shorouk Express In theory, his political pedigree gives him a broad voter base, as well as party machinery and regional bastions that could prove a formidable force. “Together, [the PNL and PSD] have more than 75 percent of the mayors in Romania,” said Remus Ștefureac, a political analyst and director of polling company Inscop Research….
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 13. On April 13, Acting Chairman of the Senate of the Romanian Parliament Mircea Abrudea arrived on an official visit to the Republic of Azerbaijan, Trend reports. At the Heydar Aliyev International Airport, where the national flags of both countries were flying, the Romanian parliamentary delegation was welcomed by the…
Shorouk Express Scores of Georgescu supporters who had gathered in front of the bureau briefly tried to enter the building on learning of the decision, but were held back by riot police, Digi24 reported. Protesters later broke off pieces of pavement and threw them at the officers, Bucharest police said. Georgescu came out of nowhere…
