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Far-right European leaders Marine Le Pen and Matteo Salvini publicly congratulated Romania’s ultranationalist presidential candidate George Simion for placing first in the first round of the presidential elections held on Sunday, May 4. French opposition leader Marine Le Pen argued that the vote represented a defeat for European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, often…

The pro-Russian hacker group NoName057 claimed responsibility for the DDoS attack on several official websites belonging to Romanian institutions on Sunday, May 4, the day of the first round of the presidential elections. The official website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the official website of the Ministry of Justice, as well as the official…

Elena Lasconi, the president of the Save Romania Union (USR), has resigned from the party’s helm after the weak score she received in the first round of the presidential elections. Lasconi, who lost her own party’s support for her presidential bid a month before the elections, gathered some 2.68% of the votes. In the November…

George Simion, leader of the far-right party Alliance for the Union of Romanians, easily dominated the first round of the presidential elections, both in the diaspora and nationally. Around 53% of the nearly 18 million voters in Romania cast a vote on Sunday, May 4. Simion, who allied himself with former pro-Russian, nationalist candidate Calin…

Rivus Investments, of which Romanian real estate developer Iulius and its foreign partner Atterbury each own 50%, attracted financing of EUR 190.3 million, part of a club loan of EUR 400.6 million, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced on April 29. The money is intended for the development of the real estate…

Romania’s energy group Electrica (BVB: EL), active in electricity supply and distribution and currently investing in green generation capacities, announced it signed a syndicated loan agreement in the amount of RON 3.1 billion (EUR 620 million) to refinance existing loans and finance capital expenditures.  Electrica unveiled on April 29 a RON 1.54  billion (EUR 300…

James E. Trainor, the head of the United States delegation observing Romania’s May 4 presidential elections, confirmed on May 3 that the canceled 2024 ballot was affected by foreign interference, G4Media reported. His remarks mark a clear departure from earlier statements made by the US administration, which had previously criticized Romania’s Constitutional Court for annulling…

Russia Today (RT) editor-in-chief Margarita Simonian complained on her X account that Romania had detained and subsequently expelled journalist Chay Bowes, who works for RT, according to Digi24 TV station in Bucharest. Romanian authorities explained that Bowes is subject to a ban on entering the national territory on grounds that, under existing regulations, are communicated…

Romanian authorities have obtained concrete evidence that Russia orchestrated cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns aimed at manipulating the country’s November 2024 presidential elections, Mediapart quoted by G4Media reported on May 3, citing sources within the French administration and intelligence services. According to the French investigative portal, the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) traced a wave of more…

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on May 2 that it rescinded Romania’s Visa Waiver Program designation “in order to protect the integrity of the  Visa Waiver Program (VWP) and to ensure border and immigration security.” The US Administration’s position on Romania’s VWP participation is indirectly supporting the isolationists’ rhetoric in Romania,…