Romania

The websites were restored, said the National Cybersecurity Directorate.

Romania’s foreign ministry said the decision was political.

Romania’s political loyalties are complex. Don’t expect ganging up against Simion in the second round.

The presidential election day is almost upon us. This is what you need to know.

Dreieinhalb Jahre Ampel-Regierung, unzählige Pressekonferenzen, Reisen, Krisen – und jetzt der Abschied: Steffen Hebestreit spricht über seine Zeit als Regierungssprecher von Olaf Scholz. In einem Spaziergang durch …

Germany is the only one of Europe’s big five economies to take up the EU executives offer.

George Simion, the candidate tipped to win the first round of the presidential election, publicly aligns himself with Donald Trump.

European capitals are divided on how to respond to a probable reduction of America’s military presence.

Elena Lasconi wants her rivals to know she’s not quitting, despite having been knifed by her former political allies.

POLITICO analyzes all the data on the most likely presidential runoff races ahead of next month’s existential vote.

When the world changed, here’s how it looked to political insiders.

Former PM Victor Ponta, who is running on a nationalist platform, said he sacrificed local farmland to spare his Serbian neighbors. 

With duty-free access set to expire in June, Kyiv is working with Brussels to revise its wartime trade deal — urging calm tweaks over political drama, and pushing to be treated as a future EU member, not a third country.

Centrist party aims to avoid the “toxic scenario” of far-right and ultranationalist candidates both making the presidential election runoff.

Trump Jr. previously criticized a Romanian court for canceling the 2024 presidential election.

“This is a wake-up call on trade agreements,” French Trade Minister Laurent Saint-Martin tells POLITICO.

French court ruling blocks far-right figurehead from 2027 presidential run, stoking conservative outrage around Europe.

Elon Musk and JD Vance don’t know enough to judge the country’s election crisis, and Trump should be tougher on Putin, says Bucharest Mayor and presidential candidate Nicușor Dan.

Romania, one of the last EU members not included in the Visa Waiver Program, had been due to join in March.

Bucharest is at the center of a heated debate over social media policing.

Authorities have cleared a dozen candidates for the May election — and rejected a dozen others. Meet the runners and riders here. 

The proposal would allow Bratislava to rake in lost gas transit fees — but experts are doubtful it would work without subsidies.