BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A Romanian citizen who was abducted in northeast Burkina Faso in 2015 where he was working at a mine, was released Wednesday, Romania’s foreign ministry said.

Source: https://www.mymotherlode.com/news/africa/3206465/romanian-hostage-freed-from-burkina-faso-after-8-years-in-captivity-romanias-foreign-ministry-says.html

It is not too late for Romania’s turning point to be a positive one.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/10/27/romania-is-at-a-dangerous-tipping-point/

Romanian, Austrian and Bulgarian authorities ultimately reached a political agreement on partial entry into the Schengen zone on December 23, Romania’s interior ministry said in a Wednesday.

Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/romania-bulgaria-eu-schengen-zone-march-2024/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

Romania’s defence minister has said that pieces apparently of a drone from Russia‘s recent attacks on Ukraine’s port on the Danube river have been found in Romania.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-british-challenger-2-b2405581.html

Romania’s defense ministry said that the goal of the drills — held Feb. 2-10 — is to test NATO’s “interoperability of artillery systems” in a fictitious collective defense scenario on the alliance’s southeastern territory.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/ap-national-news/2023/02/09/us-french-troops-in-romania-hold-nato-military-drills/

Slovakia’s share of the Carpathians — second in size to Romania’s — has also come in for environmental concern.

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/news/news-world/the-fight-to-save-sacred-carpathian-forests-from-loggers/

Tate, 36, a British-US citizen who has 4.7 million followers on Twitter, was initially detained on December 29, in Bucharest, Romania’s capital, on charges of being part of an organized crime group, human trafficking and rape.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1724032/andrew-tate-police-custody-romania-arrest-sex-assault-claims