Romania's government is taking a bold stand, expelling Russian diplomats over what it sees as a threat to its sovereignty and democratic stability.

Calin Georgescu, the far-right pro-Russian frontrunner in Romania's cancelled presidential election, submitted his candidacy for the May ballot re-run on Friday amid doubts that he will be allowed to run.

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In Romania, employees of the Directorate for the Investigation of Crimes related to Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT), today, March 6, detained six people on suspicion of treason.

Romania has expelled two military diplomats from the Russian embassy in Bucharest as tensions sour between Moscow and the European Union and NATO-member country

A court in Moscow has sentenced Romanian citizen Mihail Nicolaev to 19 years in prison for participation in an international criminal group engaged in drug trafficking, TASS reported. The case under which the convict was detained was initiated back in 2015.

BUCHAREST - Romania declared the Russian embassy's military attache and his deputy personae non grata on March 5 for what it said were acts contravening diplomatic rules, a move Russia said it would respond to. The step is the latest sign of tension between Bucharest and Moscow over Russia’s war on Ukraine and allegations of electoral interference.

Hours before President Zelensky arrived at the summit, a Russian missile killed four at a hotel in his home town of Kryvyi Rih.