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Social media star Andrew Tate charged with rape and human trafficking in Romania

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Andrew Tate, a social media personality known for expressing misogynistic views online, was charged in Romania with rape, human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to exploit women, prosecutors said Tuesday.

https://apnews.com/article/romania-andrew-tate-rape-trafficking-charge-fb22c837027bf44ddf0316d46dfaf2b1?

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Andrew Tate's Romania house arrest lifted

Andrew and his brother Tristan were arrested in March and charged in June. They deny the charges.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66405285?

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Court says social media influencer Andrew Tate can leave Romania but remain in EU as he awaits trial

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A court in Romania’s capital ruled Friday that social media influencer Andrew Tate can leave Romania but must remain within the European Union as he awaits trial on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.

https://apnews.com/article/andrew-tate-romania-human-trafficking-8fac1b98bbe012d2633cd6654950a51b?

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Police raid Andrew Tate’s home in Romania as new allegations emerge involving minors

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Masked police officers in Romania carried out fresh raids early Wednesday at the home of divisive internet influencer Andrew Tate, who is awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.

https://apnews.com/article/andrew-tate-human-trafficking-child-de5e9a2de2f112f141513b2b1e4641d3?

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Romania’s top court annuls first round of presidential vote won by far-right candidate

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A top Romanian court on Friday annulled the first round of the country’s presidential election, days after allegations emerged that Russia ran a coordinated online campaign to promote the far-right outsider who won the first round.

https://apnews.com/article/romania-election-president-georgescu-court-585e8f8f3ce7013951f5c7cf4054179b?

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A Romanian court says the Andrew Tate case can’t go to trial because of missteps by the prosecutors

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — An appeals court in Romania ruled Thursday that the human trafficking case against influencer Andrew Tate, his brother and two Romanian women cannot go to trial because of multiple legal and procedural irregularities on the part of the prosecutors.

https://apnews.com/article/andrew-tate-romania-court-human-trafficking-8a967f6f8aa4615d16cea3a5546e715d?

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Tens of thousands protest in Romania’s capital against annulled presidential race

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Tens of thousands protested in Romania’s capital on Sunday against a top court’s decision last month to annul the presidential election after an outsider candidate unexpectedly emerged as the frontrunner.

https://apnews.com/article/romania-protest-presidential-election-bucharest-calin-georgescu-9a2b2efac1a614e16b077bd2a1bc500c?

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Romanian President Klaus Iohannis announces resignation after pressure by populists

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian President Klaus Iohannis announced his resignation on Monday following mounting pressure from populist opposition groups, two months after a top court annulled a presidential election in the European Union country.

https://apnews.com/article/romania-resignation-iohannis-571bfab52498ea4cec49274d32d47cad?

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Influencer Tate brothers, who face human trafficking charges in Romania, arrive in the US

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are charged with human trafficking in Romania, arrived Thursday in the U.S. after authorities lifted travel restrictions on the siblings, who have millions of online followers.

https://apnews.com/article/romania-andrew-tate-us-04749679b90fad821c2b945955f5b145?

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‘We had jobs': Rural Romania turns to faith and nationalism ahead of presidential election rerun

SASCHIZ, Romania (AP) — In a picturesque village in central Romania, 83-year-old Zoica Roth bemoans the lack of opportunities for young people and says she’s not convinced that an upcoming presidential election can help stem the desertion of the countryside.

https://apnews.com/article/romania-election-rerun-president-d2519fb215d3df6deffe465759514d74?

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Romania’s hard-right election front-runner Simion seeks to capitalize on voters’ discontent

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Sitting at a desk inside Romania’s sprawling Parliament building in the capital, presidential front-runner George Simion accuses the current government of attacking democracy and says he is the only candidate who hasn’t been tainted by holding power.

https://apnews.com/article/george-simion-romania-presidency-election-hard-right-5b9024e8f17546e21a30fdb4ffea0b36?

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Pro-EU centrist wins Romania’s tense presidential race over hard-right nationalist

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Pro-European Union candidate Nicusor Dan on Sunday won Romania’s closely watched presidential runoff against a hard-right nationalist who modeled his campaign after U.S. President Donald Trump. The victory marked a major turnaround in a tense election that many viewed as a geopolitical choice for the former Eastern Bloc country between East or West.

https://apnews.com/article/romania-election-presidential-europe-runoff-democracy-6408339a1a9d310bcc540c75b1d110f9?

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Romanian court sentences US rapper Wiz Khalifa to 9 months for drug possession

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — American rapper Wiz Khalifa was sentenced by a court in Romania on Thursday to nine months in jail for drug possession, more than a year after he took part in a music festival in the Eastern European country.

https://apnews.com/article/romania-rapper-wiz-khalifa-drug-charges-jail-c1b9ce20aaff0baea09e80a82df48f13?

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‘It’s a powder keg’: Romania leads EU measles cases as vaccination rates collapse

Bottlenecks in the system and parents’ suspicions mean doctors expect another serious outbreak soon

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/18/romania-eu-measles-cases-vaccination-rates-collapse?