Romania

  • Nov 20, 2015
  • 7 min read

Prospects for Central-Eastern Europe in 2016

Calls for tighter border controls across the Schengen zone will affect non-Schengen members

Eastern Europe
  • Nov 16, 2015
  • 2 min read

Old parties may veto new Romanian cabinet's policy

Ciolos has cross-party support now, but that could change and his lack of a democratic mandate is a weakness

Romania
  • Nov 4, 2015
  • 2 min read

Romania's elites will survive night-club fire fury

Elites are engaged in damage limitation, lest anger at standards in public life forms an anti-systemic political party

Romania
  • Oct 14, 2015
  • 2 min read

Dragnea has patchy past but may reform Romanian party

The PSD's new leader promises to be more energetic than his predecessor

Romania
  • Sep 29, 2015
  • 2 min read

Allies' support will keep Romanian premier in power

Ponta will be safe so long as he can rely on his political allies

Romania
  • Sep 18, 2015
  • 2 min read

Trial takes Romania's political clean-up to new level

Several senior political figures have been prosecuted before but indicting a prime minister is a notable first

Romania
  • Aug 4, 2015
  • 2 min read

Romania's Russian-owned refinery must now make profit

State's anger at reported losses is probably better explanation of Lukoil case than Ukraine or pressure to sell up

Romania
  • Jul 23, 2015
  • 7 min read

Balkan banks will raise Greek contagion fears

Bulgarian, Romanian and Serbian subsidiaries would be most at risk if Greece's banks collapse under its debt crisis

Greece