Sources: Mediafax
Mohamed Amra, a French criminal and suspected drug lord known as "The Fly", is recaptured in Romania, nine months after escaping during an ambush that killed two French prison officers. 2025-02-22
At least four people are killed and thousands of homes are damaged in floods in Romania and the Czech Republic. 2024-09-14
Romania, Poland, and the Baltic states agree to trigger article 4 of NATO's North Atlantic Treaty in response to Russian aggression. 2022-02-24
France announces that it will deploy "several hundred" troops to Romania in order to support NATO's eastern flank amid tensions with Russia. 2022-01-29
Romania lifts its nighttime curfew and mandatory outdoor face mask policy, allows shops and restaurants to close at 10 p.m. and allows entry to non-essential venues for those with a negative COVID-19 test as the number of cases declines. 2021-12-8
A Romanian medical helicopter crashes near Cahul, Moldova, killing four people. 2016-06-2
Romanian investigators find the remains of paint, canvas and nails in the oven of a woman whose son is charged with stealing seven paintings by Picasso, Monet and Matisse from the Kunsthal gallery in October 2012. 2013-07-18
A priest is stabbed to death in a church in the city of Focșani, Romania. 2012-06-16
Romania expresses dismay at Russia after it arrests and expels one of its diplomats; it is now to do the same in return. 2010-08-17
The Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland rules that Romanian footballer Adrian Mutu has lost his final appeal in a five-year legal battle meaning he has to pay a record €17 million in damages for breaching his contract. 2010-06-14