Ionut Benea is managing editor of RFE/RL's Romanian Service.
The United States and Britain say China has been carrying out a sweeping cyberespionage campaign targeting politicians, journalists, and critics of Beijing. RFE/RL spoke to lawmakers from Romania, Albania, and North Macedonia that were targeted.
An investigation by RFE/RL's Romanian Service has uncovered extensive use of Hikvision and Dahua surveillance equipment in various branches of the Romanian military and other critical institutions, including at a NATO base and by the country's intelligence services.
The toxic-masculinity king's arrest last month spotlights a persistent human-trafficking problem in Romania. Here's how past victims there describe the trafficker archetypes, based on court testimony.
Ukrainian families express fear and loss as they flee Russia's full-scale offensive aimed at subduing their country, trickling into Poland, Romania, and Moldova.
With Kyiv warning that a Russian escalation could create millions of refugees, activists and local officials in neighboring Romania warn that they could only accommodate about 2,500 people.