Controversial social media personality Andrew Tate has been detained by Romanian police on suspicion of rape and human trafficking following a raid of his luxury home and other properties in the capital city of Bucharest. Tate, 36, a former professional kickboxer, was arrested alongside his brother Tristan and detained for 23 hours, Romanian prosecutors said. The brothers have been under investigation…

BUCHAREST, Romania—A bus carrying 47 Greek passengers crashed into a height restriction barrier in Romania’s capital on Friday leaving one person dead and more than 20 injured, authorities said. The incident occurred in central Bucharest at around 1:30 p.m., authorities said. Raed Arafat, the head of Romania’s Department for Emergency Situations, told reporters that 22…

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has named a Romanian man who was shot dead by police in the English city of Derby last week and has given more details about the incident. Marius Ciolac, who was 35, was only shot by police after a Taser and a stun grenade had failed to subdue…

BUCHAREST—Romania has confirmed an outbreak of African Swine Fever at a large pig farm in the western county of Timis and that 39,000 animals will be culled, the county prefect said on Wednesday. The fever affecting pigs and wild boar has spread across Eastern Europe in recent years. It does not affect humans. “It is…

Relax and let your worries be replaced by stunning nature views from some of Romania’s most beautiful and iconic landscape locations. This scenic relaxation film is paired with a brand new relaxing musical masterpiece. You can use this drone footage video for stress relief, meditation, relaxation, or any other activity that you need to calm…

ROME—Seventeen-year-old David Popovici of Romania became the youngest swimmer to break the world swimming record in the men’s 100-meter freestyle Saturday, beating the mark set more than 13 years ago in the same pool. Popovici touched in 46.86 seconds at the European championships to top the time of 46.91 set by Brazil’s César Cielo at…

In the early 1950s, more than 100,000 children were orphaned by the Korean War, but neither of the two sides, North and South, had the resources to care for them. Orphans of South Korea were sent to the United States and Western Europe for adoption. Meanwhile, North Korea distributed its orphans across Eastern Europe to…

One person was killed and eight others were injured on Tuesday in a bus crash in the northern Romanian town of Moisei, according to the country’s General Inspectorate of Emergency Situations. On board the bus were 51 Polish nationals—a tourist group and their driver, who was killed. Footage of the crash site showed a damaged…

I recently read the newly republished French translation of Nicolae Steinhardt’s “The Diary of Happiness“—which, as I just discovered, also exists in an English translation. This is very good news for English-speaking readers, since it’s a masterpiece on various counts. Translations of this work are to be desired, since there are not many readers who…

PARIS—Romania has reported a new outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, on a farm in the south of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday. The outbreak in the town of Oinacu near the Bulgarian border killed 6,770 birds and led to the slaughter of…