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A HelloJets airplane. (HelloJets)
September 15, 2025, 1:23 pm
Brawl breaks out on flight between Tel Aviv, Bucharest; several detained
Romanian border police identify Israelis involved in fight after meeting plane at airport, fine them $930 each
By ToI Staff
A bust of Mircea Vulcanescu in Bucharest Romania, seen in 2022. (screen capture: Google Street View)
January 4, 2023, 5:44 am
Bucharest city council rejects plan to remove bust of pro-Nazi minister
Elie Wiesel Center accuses officials in Romanian capital of breaking law by leaving monument to Mircea Vulcanescu, who served in government of Hitler ally Ion Antonescu
By MARCEL GASCÓN BARBERÁ
Passengers bound for Bucharest, Romania, volunteer to take boxes of humanitarian aid on board for Jews fleeing from Ukraine to Romania, March 14, 2022. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
March 15, 2022, 5:01 pm
Passengers on El Al flight to Bucharest carry boxes of aid for influx of refugees
Many on their way from Israel to rescue family members in Ukraine take part in initiative to transport humanitarian support to refugees who have arrived in Romania
By Sue Surkes
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis adjusts his tie when arriving at the informal EU summit in Salzburg, Austria, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. (AP/Kerstin Joensson)
November 22, 2018, 5:40 am
Romanian president rejects anti-Semitism charge after ministerial veto
Jewish groups also defend Klaus Iohannis from accusation leveled by would-be development minister Ilan Laufer
By AFP
A municipal worker carries flowers next to the bust of Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel in Bucharest, Romania, October 9, 2018. (Vadim Ghirda/AP)
October 10, 2018, 8:11 am
Elie Wiesel bust unveiled in Romania to mark Holocaust day
Statue of renowned writer and Nobel Peace laureate located in Bucharest square named in his honor
By AP
An Israeli beaten by Romanian police in Bucharest on August 10, 2018. (Screenshot: Twitter)
August 13, 2018, 11:16 pm
Israel protests to Romania after tourists beaten by police
Embassy in Bucharest calls incident ‘unacceptable and extremely serious’; detainee says ‘they shot in the air like we were criminals, even terrorists’
By AP and ToI Staff
Bucharest, Romania. (CC-BY-SA Mihai Petre/Wikimedia Commons)
August 11, 2018, 12:38 am
Romania police arrest 3 Israelis following brawl at Bucharest hotel
Witnesses say individuals from Jewish and Arab groups assaulted each other at the Radisson Blu following concert
By ToI Staff
Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila, left, stands next to Romania's President Klaus Iohannis, after the swearing in of her cabinet, in Bucharest, Romania, on January 29, 2018. (AP/Vadim Ghirda)
May 13, 2018, 6:54 am
Romania president clashes with government over Jerusalem stance
Klaus Iohannis says Foreign Ministry refusal to back EU in condemning US embassy move ‘has gone badly, very badly’
By AFP
Nicolae Botezatu (seated), with the cast of Romania's Jewish State Theater, October 2017. (Courtesy of Jewish State Theater/via JTA)
October 27, 2017, 6:54 am
To save Yiddish theater, a troupe of Romanian actors abandon their home
When a storm severely damaged one of Europe’s oldest Jewish playhouses, the company performed in freezing temperatures in the lot across the street
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative: Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations at Yad Vashem. (Courtesy)
October 22, 2017, 8:17 pm
Chilean diplomat who saved over 1,200 Jews honored as Righteous Gentile
Samuel del Campo, chargé d’affaires at Chilean embassy in Bucharest, issued passports against regulations to save Polish Jews
By JTA
A screenshot from the destruction in March 2017 at a Jewish cemetery in Waldwisse, France, where 40 of 50 headstone were found smashed or toppled. (Twitter via JTA)
April 25, 2017, 9:24 pm
Ten Jewish tombstones smashed in Romanian capital
Anti-Semitism watchdog says Holocaust Remembrance Day vandalism was ‘premeditated’
By AP and ToI Staff
Romanian chief anti-corruption prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi. (Screenshot from YouTube)
September 15, 2016, 10:43 am
Romanian ex-secret service agent held over plot against anti-graft chief
Daniel Dragomir is alleged to have used Israeli firm Black Cube to hack the email of Laura Kovesi, head of the National Anti-corruption Directorate
By AFP and Raoul Wootliff
Shimon Sheves, former head of the Prime Minister's Office under prime minister Yitzhak Rabin (YouTube screenshot)
May 24, 2016, 2:36 pm
Shimon Sheves won’t be charged in Romania corruption case
Ex-Rabin aide, who denied any wrongdoing, wasn’t questioned, will have case against him closed, Romanian reports say
By ToI Staff
David Geclowitz and Ron Weiner, employees of the Israeli private intelligence firm Black Cube, being brought to the appeals court in Bucharest, after their arrest on suspicion of spying on the country's chief anti-corruption persecutor, April 12, 2016. (Screenshot: Channel 2)
April 18, 2016, 10:58 pm
Israelis accused of spying in Romania ordered to stay in jail
Two employees of private intelligence firm Black Cube arrested 2 weeks ago on suspicion of cyber-attacks against state prosecutor
By Raoul Wootliff
David Geclowitz and Ron Weiner, employees of the Israeli private intelligence firm Black Cube, being brought to the appeals court in Bucharest, after their arrest on suspicion of spying on the country's chief anti-corruption persecutor, April 12, 2016. (Screenshot: Channel 2)
April 12, 2016, 8:04 pm
Remand reduced for Israelis accused of spying in Romania
2 employees of private intelligence firm Black Cube arrested on suspicion of cyber-attacks against state prosecutor
By Raoul Wootliff
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