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News about Romania, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Dec. 1, 2014

Protests have arisen in Romania and other Eastern European countries in response to attempts by American oil companies to lease plots of land for shale gas drilling; some suspect that Russian company Gazprom is actually behind protests, as it seeks to prevent countries dependent on Russian natural gas from developing their own alternative supplies of energy, MORE
Nov. 19, 2014

Romanian Foreign Min Teodor Melescanu resigns after having served only one week, after thousands of citizens living outside the country were unable to vote in presidential runoff elections; issue is seen as key part of Klaus Iohannis's victory over Prime Min Victor Ponta. MORE
Nov. 17, 2014

Romania's Prime Min Victor Ponta concedes country's presidential runoff election to center-right candidate Klaus Iohannis, mayor of the Transylvanian city Sibiu. MORE
Nov. 15, 2014

Saturday Profile of Laura Codruta Kovesi, who heads Romania’s National Anticorruption Directorate, agency leading an aggressive drive against graft. MORE
Nov. 15, 2014

Presidential election battle in Romania between Victor Ponta and Klaus Johannis appears to be a contest between two political veterans who agree on most important issues; analysts believe, however, that real battle is over which man voters can trust to keep Romania on path of social democracy that keeps ties with West. MORE

Highlights From the Archives

Incumbent Re-elected as Romanian President

By NICHOLAS KULISH

President Traian Basescu narrowly won reelection Monday, with it the chance to try to lead Romania out of its economic woes.

December 8, 2009 worldNews

Medical Care in Romania Comes at an Extra Cost

By DAN BILEFSKY

The nation’s Communist legacy makes it nearly impossible to see a doctor without paying bribe after bribe.

March 9, 2009 worldNews

Abroad

Romania Shrugs Off Reminder of Its Past

By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN

The son of Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu has won a lawsuit to get back artworks that belonged to the family before Romania’s revolution in 1989.

February 26, 2009 artsNews

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Russian Money Suspected Behind Fracking Protests

By ANDREW HIGGINS

Circumstantial evidence, plus large dollops of Cold War-style suspicion, have added to mounting alarm over covert Russian meddling to block threats to its energy stranglehold on Europe.

December 1, 2014, Monday

MORE ON ROMANIA AND: Romania , Hydraulic Fracturing , Gazprom , Russia , Natural Gas , Eastern Europe , Demonstrations, Protests and Riots , Chevron Corporation

The Man Behind the Hacking: Talking to Guccifer

By ANDREW HIGGINS

The Times reporter Andrew Higgins described what it was like to meet the hacker known as Guccifer, famous for accessing the personal email accounts of many public figures, in a Romanian prison.

November 21, 2014, Friday

MORE ON ROMANIA AND: Bush, George W , Higgins, Andrew , Lehel, Marcel Lazar , Snowden, Edward J , Romania , WikiLeaks , Computer Security , Cyberwarfare , E-Mail , Sentences (Criminal)

Uprooted Syrian Youths Express Themselves

By ANIA BARTKOWIAK

Brendan Bannon worked with refugee children in Jordan to help them use photography to document their environment and express themselves.

November 20, 2014, Thursday

MORE ON ROMANIA AND: Eggleston, William , Jordan , Lebanon , Namibia , Romania , Syria , Yemen , Zaatari Refugee Camp (Jordan) , United Nations High Commission for Refugees , Children and Childhood , Immigration and Emigration , International Relations , Photography , Refugees and Displaced Persons

Romania: Foreign Minister Resigns

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Romania’s foreign minister, Teodor Melescanu, resigned Tuesday, barely a week after taking office, after thousands of citizens living outside the country were unable to vote in last weekend’s presidential runoff election.

November 19, 2014, Wednesday

MORE ON ROMANIA AND: Melescanu, Teodor V , Romania

Favorite Concedes Presidency in Romania

By KIT GILLET

Prime Minister Victor Ponta conceded Romania’s presidential runoff election late Sunday night to the center-right candidate, Klaus Iohannis, the mayor of the Transylvanian city of Sibiu.

November 17, 2014, Monday

MORE ON ROMANIA AND: Romania , Ponta, Victor , Iohannis, Klaus W , Elections

In a Soft-Spoken Romanian Prosecutor, Some See an ‘Earthquake’

By ANDREW HIGGINS

Those caught in the sights of Laura Codruta Kovesi, who, as head of Romania’s anticorruption agency, is leading a vigorous drive against graft, denounce her as a Stalinist.

November 15, 2014, Saturday

MORE ON ROMANIA AND: Romania , Corruption (Institutional) , Kovesi, Laura Codruta , National Anticorruption Directorate (Romania)

With the Candidates in Accord, Voters in Romania Wonder Whom to Trust

By RICK LYMAN and KIT GILLET

Voters must decide which of the two candidates can best be trusted to continue an open and strong democracy in Romania and avoid the strongman tactics used by the president of neighboring Hungary.

November 15, 2014, Saturday

MORE ON ROMANIA AND: Romania , Ponta, Victor , Iohannis, Klaus W , Elections

Romania Hunger Strike Prompts Inquiry Into Dissident’s Death

By RICK LYMAN and KIT GILLET

A Romanian-born American ended his 17-day hunger strike when the government, after years of inaction, agreed to open an inquiry into the beating death of his father in a prison 30 years ago.