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• Romania dispatch: protests erupt over new anti-extremism law’s impact on free expression

  In January 2026, Romania passed controversial amendments to its anti-extremism legislation, sparking protests over free speech that continues to resonate today.  In January 2026, protests took place in Bucharest and several other Romanian cities after lawmakers proposed amendments to the country’s anti-extremism legislation. Demonstrators gathered in central Bucharest raising concerns that the amendments could restrict...

• Judicial De-Simplification

  In early December, the Court of Justice (CJEU) handed down a controversial ruling in Russmedia (Case C-492/23) – indicating that online platforms can no longer confidently rely on EU intermediary liability law for protection against legal responsibility for user content in cases which involve data protection violations. The Grand Chamber held that the defendant company...

• With the Romanian presidential election finally over, Hungarians breathe sigh of relief

  Despite ultra-nationalist George Simion, of the AUR party, claiming victory earlier on, Nicusor Dan, the progressive mayor of Bucharest who ran as an independent, looks set to be Romania s next president, taking 53.82 percent of the second-round vote. Simion came in at 46.18 percent.  Russia, don t forget that Romania is not yours! shouted...

• DHS Announces the Rescission of Romania’s Designation into the Visa Waiver Program

  The Visa Waiver Program (VWP) permits citizens of designated countries to travel to the United States for business or tourism for stays of up to 90 days without a visa. In return, those countries must permit U.S. citizens and nationals to travel to their countries for a similar length of time without a visa for...

• Article: The Unworthy and the Ungrateful: On the Mirroring Legal Patterns of France, Québec, and Romania

  Mircea Dan Bob (Law School, “Babes-Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca) and Anthony Murphy (Ovidius University of Constanţa) recently published, The Unworthy and the Ungrateful: On the Mirroring Legal Patterns of France, Québec, and Romania, 2024. After initially borrowing the unworthiness-ingratitude pairing…

• New Horizons: Romania Joins Visa Waiver Program

  Romania will be the 43rd country to become a member of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). The new designation made by Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas in conjunction with Secretary of State Antony Blinken will go into effect on or around March 31, 2025. The VWP allows citizens or nationals of participating countries to...

• Complete Guide to moving to the UK from Romania

  Relocating from Romania to the UK According to the UK’s last census, over half a million Romanian nationals live in England and Wales, representing the fourth largest group of immigrants behind nationals of Pakistan, Poland, and India. The UK saw a substantial increase in arrivals from Romania after 1st January 2007, when Romania joined the...

• European Court: Romania Violated European Convention When It Reversed Conviction of 2 Nazi War Criminals

  In Zăicescu and Fălticineanu v. Romania, (ECHR, April 23, 2024), the European Court of Human Rights in a Chamber Judgment held that Romania had violated the European Convention on Human Rights when, in the late 1990’s, it reopened the conviction of two Nazi war criminals and acquitted them of war crimes.  As summarized in a press...

• 2023 Guide to Enforce Romanian Judgments in China-CTD 101 Series

  Can I sue Chinese companies in Romania and then enforce a Romanian judgment in China? This post was first published in CJO GLOBAL, which is committed to providing consulting services in China-related cross-border trade risk management and debt collection. We will explain how debt collection works in China below. Most likely, you don’t want to travel so far away as to...

• EU escalates enforcement action against Romania

  The European Commission has stepped up legal action against Romania for failing to follow rules on the hygiene of foodstuffs. Romanian authorities have established national laws that are not in line with food hygiene requirements across the European Union, which aim to ensure food safety to protect consumers, said the Commission. These rules don’t comply...

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• Immigrant of the Day: Edward G. Robinson (Romania)

  Edward G. Robinson (born Emanuel Goldenberg;1893–1973) is a Hollywood legend who was born in Romania. Although he has played a wide range of characters, he is best remembered for his roles as a gangster, most notably in the film Little Caesar (1931). Robinson’s family immigrated&nbsp...

• Romania Passes Legislation Protecting Kosher Slaughter

  Israel National News reports that on Tuesday the Parliament in Romania gave final passage to a law that explicitly allows kosher slaughter of animals. As explained by Jewish News Syndicate: The move comes after some other European Union members have banned shechita in recent years, including Sweden,...

• EU Law, Romanian Law, and Privacy

  Cristian Ganj has published The Lives of Other Judges: Effects of the Romanian Data Retention Judgment. Here is the abstract.   The Constitutional Court of Romania has recently published a decision that found the implementing law of Directive 2006/24/CE unconstitutional. The conclusions of the ...

• In Romania, Roma Threaten International Litigation Against Romanian Orthodox Church

  In Romania, a Roma leader is threatening to file a lawsuit in an international tribunal against the country’s main religious denomination over enslavement of Roma that ended 167 years ago.  Balkan Insight reports: Dorin Cioaba, the self-proclaimed king of the Roma in Romania, told the Conference of ...

• Romanian Crew Member Seriously Injured on Carnival Dream

  A newspaper in Romania reports on injuries suffered by a crew member from Romania who was seriously burned while working on the Carnival Dream cruise ship.     The accident occurred on June 20th after the Dream departed from Port Canaveral in a 7 day cruise. The Romanian crew member is 35 years old....

• EU escalates enforcement action against Romania

  The European Commission has stepped up legal action against Romania for failing to follow rules on the hygiene of foodstuffs. Romanian authorities have established national laws that are not in line with food hygiene requirements across the European Union, which aim to ensure food safety to protect ...

• Chuck Versus Ceaușescu

  A NYT op-ed contributor reflects on the influence of Western movies that were mysteriously available, dubbed, on VHS tapes, during her childhood in Romania. ...

• 2023 Guide to Enforce Romanian Judgments in China-CTD 101 Series

  Can I sue Chinese companies in Romania and then enforce a Romanian judgment in China? This post was first published in CJO GLOBAL, which is committed to providing consulting services in China-related cross-border trade risk management and debt collection. We will explain how debt collection works...

• Immigrant of the Day: Andrei Codrescu From Romania | Author

  Andrei Codrescu From Romania | Author Author and poet Andrei Codrescu won the 1970 Big Table Poetry award for his first poetry book, License to Carry a Gun, and in 1983 founded Exquisite Corpse, a surrealist literary journal. Since then, he has won many awards and honors for his books of poetry and ...

• European Court: Romania Violated European Convention When It Reversed Conviction of 2 Nazi War Criminals

  In Zăicescu and Fălticineanu v. Romania, (ECHR, April 23, 2024), the European Court of Human Rights in a Chamber Judgment held that Romania had violated the European Convention on Human Rights when, in the late 1990’s, it reopened the conviction of two Nazi war criminals and acquitted them of war...