Romania
4 Apr
Authorities arrested 22 people across four European countries on Thursday as part of a probe into a suspected 600-million-euro ($650 million) fraud of Covid recovery money, the bloc's prosecutor's office said.
12 Mar
Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been arrested in Romania over UK sex offence charges, police said on Tuesday. Romanian authorities said in a statement that they executed "two European arrest warrants issued by the UK judicial authorities for the committing of sexual offences, of exploitation of persons on the territory of…
26 Dec
A fire ravaged a building housing a bed and breakfast establishment early Tuesday north of Romania's capital, killing a child and four others and injuring two, emergency services said. Three more were missing after the blaze broke out at Tohani, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) east of Bucharest, the services said on Facebook. The fire…
27 Aug 2023
Two people died and 56 people were injured after two explosions rocked an unlicensed liquefied petroleum gas filling station just north of Romania's capital Bucharest late on Saturday, officials said.
20 Jun 2023
Online influencer Andrew Tate, his brother and two Romanian women were indicted in Romania on human trafficking and rape charges, prosecutors said Tuesday, six months after they were detained.
7 Jun 2023
German police said they smashed a human trafficking network Wednesday accused of smuggling hundreds of people in "inhumane" conditions, with six suspects arrested in raids across Germany, Romania and Bulgaria.