Maria Gerth-Niculescu

1/ Dutch outlet RTL Nieuws reports that the January theft of the Dacian helmet from the Drents Museum was ordered by figures from Romania’s criminal underworld.

Roumanie 🧵🇷🇴 Coup de théâtre de George Simion. Après que le bureau électoral central a validé le second tour des élections, George Simion le conteste et incite ses sympathisants à faire de même, imputant la faute à une ingérence française et moldave.

Banned candidate Călin Georgescu made a tv appearance with George Simion in the last hours of the campaign as Simion’s proposed PM. He said Europe was “checkmate” and that Romania would focus on foreign relations with the US and the “great powers”: China, Russia, Brazil

#Elections #Romania: Over 460,000 Romanians voted in the diaspora in the second round of the 2025 presidential election. Turnout in #Moldova more than doubled compared to round one.

🔴#Moldova will have a fully operational air defense system by 2026 — capable not only of surveillance but also intercepting targets. Talks on acquiring the equipment are ongoing with the EU and individual countries through bilateral agreements -- Maia Sandu afirms.

Last night, @BBCNews had a one-on-one with George Simion just minutes before the exit polls tipped him as the frontrunner in the presidential race. He spoke about Trump, the EU and Romania’s pivotal role in helping Ukraine. #onassingment #romanianelections

🧵🇷🇴 Empire médiatique "souverainiste" en Roumanie . Propagande, fake news et complotisme.

Big, biodiverse and beautiful: can Romania’s centuries-old giant haystacks survive modern farming? | Biodiversity | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/20…

The self-proclaimed authorities of the de facto Russian occupied region of Transnistria propose bill to fine foreign journalists without official accreditation granted by them, including Moldovan journalists promolex.md/apel-public-pr…

🇲🇩 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms the expulsion of three Russian diplomats. The note by which three employees of the Russian Embassy were declared undesirable persons was sent to Ambassador Oleg Ozerov, summoned to the MFA, IPN reports.

🔴 Irina Lozovan, a deputy close to fugitive Ilan Shor, was sentenced today to 6 years in prison for knowingly accepting funding for her political party from an organized criminal group.

🔴BREAKING: The Russian Embassy in #Moldova helped a pro-Russian MP escape after he was sentenced to 12 years in prison. They smuggled him out as "trash" into Transnistria — a region not controlled by Chișinău.

The Bashkan of Gagauzia Evgenia Guțul was placed in pre-trial detention for 30 days. The decision was taken on Friday by the Ciocana Court of Chisinau City, IPN reports.

❗️ The Bashkan of Gagauzia Evhenia Guțul was arrested for 72 hours in the case of fraudulent management of electoral funds, illegal financing and false statements. Prosecutors are to charge her during the next few hours.

Two of Ilan Shor’s MP’s flee ahead of their sentencing for crimes related to electoral corruption. Also Vladimir Plahotniuc… Gonzalez? The fugitive oligarch is reported to have a Mexican passport. All this and more from the Weekly Roundup. open.substack.com/pub/moldovamat…

🔴Breaking: Mexico is allegedly sheltering fugitive Moldovan oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc. Thanks to Interpol, it was revealed that Mexican authorities granted the criminal citizenship under the name González.

More than 30 Moldovan mercenaries associated with Horațiu Potra were banned entry to Romania as they were heading to celebrate Călin Georgescu’s bday antena3.ro/actualitate/pe…

🇪🇹L'Ethiopie va-t-elle replonger dans la guerre civile ? Les dirigeants de la région du Tigré se déchirent pour savoir s'il faut coopérer avec le gouvernement d'Addis-Abeba. Une nouvelle crise humanitaire toucherait la Corne de l'Afrique et l'Europe #RDPI radiofrance.fr/franceculture/…

Breaking: internationally sanctioned Moldovan oligarch Veaceslav Platon was arrested in the UK, at the request of Moldovan prosecutors, who are investigating him for money laundering, fraud zdg.md/stiri/politic/…

A military takeover in Tigray is underway. By its own army, this time. @gisa_tunbridge theafricareport.com/378789/tigray-…