Ionut Benea is a senior correspondent with RFE/RL's Romanian Service.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made a recent visit to a munitions factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The trip turned out to be a divisive one, as U.S. Republican leaders accused Zelenskiy of siding with the Democratic Party in the upcoming presidential election.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has called Chinese traditional medicine a “national treasure” as Beijing has pushed for its widespread adoption abroad. In Romania’s top medical schools, Chinese officials have successfully lobbied through diplomatic outreach and paid study trips for its promotion.
The United States and Britain say China has been carrying out a sweeping cyberespionage campaign targeting politicians, journalists, and critics of Beijing. RFE/RL spoke to lawmakers from Romania, Albania, and North Macedonia that were targeted.
An investigation by RFE/RL's Romanian Service has uncovered extensive use of Hikvision and Dahua surveillance equipment in various branches of the Romanian military and other critical institutions, including at a NATO base and by the country's intelligence services.
The toxic-masculinity king's arrest last month spotlights a persistent human-trafficking problem in Romania. Here's how past victims there describe the trafficker archetypes, based on court testimony.
Ukrainian families express fear and loss as they flee Russia's full-scale offensive aimed at subduing their country, trickling into Poland, Romania, and Moldova.
With Kyiv warning that a Russian escalation could create millions of refugees, activists and local officials in neighboring Romania warn that they could only accommodate about 2,500 people.
