Cezar Amariei is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Romanian Service.
Villagers in eastern Romania are angry about a massive dam and irrigation project abandoned under communism and left to crumble that could have saved their property and thousands of other homes.
The Transfagarasan road was officially opened 50 years ago after a mammoth construction project cut through some of Europe’s most inhospitable mountains.
Two days after heavy rain flooded two counties in eastern Romania, many areas remain inundated and people are struggling to take stock of the damage.
Romanian farmers and truck drivers continued protests across the country on January 15, as negotiations with the government failed to reach agreement.
Locals of Crevedia, north of Bucharest, were promised help after a deadly LPG gas station explosion. Two months on, they remain in temporary shelters and the gas company linked to the disaster no longer takes their calls.
Social media in Romania has been abuzz with disinformation that Romania has evacuated thousands of Ukrainian nationals from Israel amid the current conflict with Hamas. But RFE/RL’s Romanian Service has refuted the claim, mostly spread by a far-right party.
This quiet corner of Romania has seen activity diminish further recently due to repeated Russian kamikaze drone strikes targeting Ukrainian ports across the river, and apparently sometimes slamming into Romanian territory.
The Romanian Defense Ministry has installed air-raid shelters in Plauru after repeated Russian attacks on Ukrainian sites across the river and multiple discoveries this month of drone fragments on the Romanian side.
