Self-described "misogynist" social media influencer and former kickboxer Andrew Tate will be spending the beginning of 2023 behind bars after police in Romania detained him and his brother as part of an investigation into rape and human trafficking. According to prosecutors, the siblings and two others "appear to have created an organized crime group with the purpose of recruiting, housing, and exploiting women by forcing them to create pornographic content."

The last 48 hours have not been kind to Andrew Tate.

Liviu Pop died last week, the second forest ranger killed in the past month.

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An entrepreneur builds a one-metre-long stretch of motorway to protest about poor road infrastructure.

Romania’s improved crypto profit tax is imposed on the earning or gains rather than revenue earned from cryptocurrency investments. From now on the Bitcoin earning (instead of revenue) are needed to be declared in the annual income statement at the time of tax filing. Reports say the crypto earning that are less than 200 Romanian ron are exept from taxing. The reported 10% Bitcoin and crypto profit tax will be imposed only when the profit earned from cryptocurrency investments exceed a cumulative 600 Romanian ron in a specific tax year.

In a nearly unprecedented move, Romania changed course on a bid to protect a site containing rare archeological artifacts.

Specialists from the Buzău County Museums have identified nine tombs dating back to the Bronze Age in Cârlomăneşti, in Eastern Romania’s Buzău county. According to the report published by the Romania Insider, the tombs alongside several other objects will be restored and put on display in the museum. The newly-discovered tombs are believed to belong to people who lived in the area between 2000 – 1600 B.C.

Berlin is using a bland name to obscure a dramatic shift in its approach to defense: integrating brigades from smaller countries into the Bundeswehr. By Elisabeth Braw. (May 22, 2017)

Enes Kanter received an abrupt interruption to his worldwide tour Saturday. The Thunder center posted a video on Twitter saying his travel in Romania was delayed because of his passport. Along with the video, Kanter, who’s 25th birthday is Saturday, posted a caption which reads “I’m being held at Romanian airport by Police!!”

There are an increasing number of murals to be found in the Bucharest public spaces. 

Romania is looking to increase the size of its fighter fleet after the government decided to apportion 2% of GDP for defence in 2017. The Parliament and Supreme Defence Council (CSAT) have approved the decision. "My intention is to finalise this year the decision to have another 20 F-16 fighters. The Romanian Air Force has nine now and there will be 12 by the end of the year, but we need more to strengthen our air force capability. As a matter of principle Romania intends to buy these 20 F-16 fighters from the United States.

A measles outbreak in Romania has killed 17 children and infected thousands more since September due to poverty and an anti-vaccination movement.

At 9 PM sharp, on Sunday evening, more than 50,000 people that had were attending a protest in Victoriei Square, in front on the Government building, opened the flashlights of their phones and placed on top of their devices a sheet of paper that was coloured in blue, yellow or red, depending on their location in the square.

Russia sees Romania as a Nato outpost and "a clear threat" due to it hosting elements of a US anti-missile shield, a senior foreign ministry official has said. "Romania's stance and the stance of its leadership, who have turned the country into an outpost, is a clear threat for us," Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko told the Interfax news agency in an interview. The US military says the shield is needed to protect from Iran, not threaten Russia.

More than 250,000 Romanians demonstrated on Wednesday against a government decree decriminalizing some graft offences, seen as the biggest retreat on reforms since the country joined the European Union in 2007. Romania's top judicial watchdog, the Superior Magistrates' Council (CSM), earlier in the day filed a constitutional court challenge to the decree unveiled by the new Social Democrat government of Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu.

Romania’s president has rejected a proposal by the leftist party that won elections this month to appoint the country’s first female and first Muslim prime minister. Klaus Iohannis gave no reasons for rejecting the nomination of Sevil Shhaideh, put forward by the Social Democrats (PSD), but there was speculation that it may have been due to her Syrian husband’s background.

Dimitri Payet scored a wonderful late goal to give France a win on the opening day.

Romanian traffic officer Marian Godina chronicles corruption and absurdities on the job for thousands of loyal followers fed-up with status quo; ‘I am Godina.’