Social media in Romania has been abuzz with disinformation that Romania has evacuated thousands of Ukrainian nationals from Israel amid the current conflict with Hamas. But RFE/RL’s Romanian Service has refuted the claim, mostly spread by a far-right party.
Immigration from Asia is making Romania’s capital increasingly multicultural and might offer a solution to the country’s demographic crisis. So far, immigration has not been a political issue, but this could change with four elections scheduled for 2024.
After years of rarely being used, "Roexit," the catchword for Romania quitting the European Union over cultural and other nationalist grievances, has exploded on social and other media in recent months.