Romania ile ilgili hikayeler

• Schengen expansion: Seventeen years after Romania and Bulgaria joined the European Union, they have been given the green light to become members of its border-free Schengen travel zone. A step back: Although border checks were lifted on travel by air and sea for the two countries last March, it was only last month that Austria lifted its resistance to ending border checks by land.

16 Ara 2024

• Romania's new government: Romania’s pro-European parties agreed to form a majority government made up of groupings that were traditionally on opposite sides and shutting out far-right nationalists who made significant gains in the election on Dec. 1. In other news: The parliamentary election came hard on the heels of a presidential vote in which the far-right outsider Calin Georgescu won the first round. Days before the Dec. 8 presidential runoff, the Constitution...Devamını Oku

16 Ara 2024

• Romania election chaos: Romania's constitutional court has annulled the result of the first round of voting in the presidential election just days before the second round was due to take place. What happened: The first round was won by Calin Georgescu, an almost unknown far-right Nato-sceptic who has previously praised Vladimir Putin. The court's decision comes after intelligence documents were declassified, suggesting Georgescu benefitted from a mass influence op...Devamını Oku

09 Ara 2024

• Romania elections: Romania’s ruling Social Democratic party (PSD) is on track to finish first in parliamentary elections, according to preliminary results, seemingly beating an advancing far right boosted by the shock victory of an ultranationalist in last week’s presidential first-round ballot. Important note: Romania’s top court ordered a recount and is due to rule on a request by a defeated candidate to annul the vote altogether over allegations of illegal ele...Devamını Oku

02 Ara 2024

• Human trafficking ring: A human trafficking ring who convinced vulnerable people, many just out of social care, to work in slave-like conditions in Budapest, has been broken up by police operations in Romania and Hungary. Statement: Romanian prosecutors said that "The victims were forced, including through acts of violence, to work hours that were physically and psychologically unbearable…and to live in inhumane conditions, under permanent surveillance."

18 Kas 2024

• Kosovo formally applied to join the EU , which caused Serbia —Kosovo's long-lasting contentious neighbor— to react with anger and call on the bloc to cancel the process. Serbia said they will ask five EU states that do not recognize Kosovo to block the initiative. On a related note: Chancellor Olaf Scholz said it is in Germany's interest for the remaining Balkan countries to join the EU. Scholz welcomed the decisions to grant Bosnia candidate status and to accept ...Devamını Oku

15 Ara 2022

• EU countries agreed to allow Croatia to join the Schengen Area as of Jan. 2023, finally accepting the country after years of await. However, Romania and Bulgaria’s accession into Schengen was blocked —despite both having joined the EU six years before Croatia— by Austria, citing concerns about migration.

09 Ara 2022

⚡ Lightning Round Hungary's PM Victor Orban angered their eastern neighbors Romania and Ukraine by wearing a football scarf that had an image of a "Greater Hungary" map, the old imperial territory that existed before Austria-Hungary's defeat in WWI. Israeli police said a 15-year-old boy was killed and 14 people were wounded after two bombing attacks took place at Jerusalem bus stops. No group has taken the responsibility for the attacks, while the Islamic milita...Devamını Oku

24 Kas 2022

• The European Commission said Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania are ready to join the visa-free travel Schengen Area, after proving that they all meet the criteria. Croatia completed its evaluation process in 2020 and received a positive assessment in 2021. For Bulgaria and Romania, the wait has stretched over a decade, with some EU countries opposing their accession over corruption, organized crime, and judicial reform concerns.

17 Kas 2022

• The central bank of Romania raised its benchmark interest rate by 100 basis points —a full percentage point— to 4.75%, in the largest one-time move since the financial crisis in 2008.

07 Tem 2022