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Firefighters secure parts of a damaged UAV shot down by Polish authorities at a site in Czosnowka near Biala Podlaska, Poland, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Piotr Pyrkosz)

Russia’s violation of Poland’s airspace is the most serious in a string of cross-border incidents

By Stephen McGrath and Andreea Alexandru - Associated Press

Honor guard soldiers carry a picture of the late Ion Iliescu, Romania's first freely elected president after the fall of communism in 1989, ahead of his coffin at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace, in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Casket of Romania’s divisive first post-communist president, Ion Iliescu, lies in state for funeral

By Stephen McGrath and Vadim Ghirda - Associated Press

Tudor Lakatos, who goes by the stage name Elvis Rromano, strikes a pose while getting ready for his performance with the Taraful Frunzelor band at the Terasa Florilor restaurant, in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Teacher fights discrimination against the Roma people, one Elvis song at a time

By Vadim Ghirda and Andreea Alexandru - Associated Press

FILE - Romanian President Ion Iliescu speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Bucharest Romania in this Nov. 9, 2004.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Ion Iliescu, Romania’s first freely elected president after 1989 revolution, has died at 95

By Stephen McGrath - Associated Press

Firefighters work to extinguish a wildfire in Bursa, Turkey, Sunday, July 27, 2025. (Sercan Ozkurnazli/DIA Images via AP)

Torrential rainstorms batter Romania as Turkey and Albania battle wildfires

By Andrew Wilks - Associated Press

Moldova's Prime Minister Dorin Recean waits for the start of the EU-Moldova Association Council at the European Council building in Brussels, on May 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

EU leaders reaffirm support for Moldova’s bid to join bloc at landmark summit

By Stephen McGrath and Nicolae Dumitrache - Associated Press

Romanian Prime Minister designate Ilie Bolojan arrives for a joint parliament session ahead of a vote of confidence for the new government team in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Romanian lawmakers vote in favor of pro-EU coalition, aiming to end protracted political crisis

By Stephen McGrath - Associated Press

Romanian President Nicusor Dan, left, shakes hands with Ilie Bolojan, the President of the country's senate, after nominating him as the new Prime Minister at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, June 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Romania’s new president nominates center-right former mayor as prime minister

By Stephen McGrath - Associated Press

Calin Georgescu, the winner of the first round of last year's annulled election, arrives at a prosecutor's office in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Calin Georgescu, front-runner in Romania’s canceled election, announces his withdrawal from politics

By Stephen McGrath - Associated Press

Romania's newly elected president Nicusor Dan reviews the honour guard during a welcoming ceremony at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace, after being sworn in at the parliament, in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, May 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Romania’s new president is sworn in as a political crisis eases, but challenges loom

By Stephen McGrath - Associated Press

Presidential candidate George Simion waits to address members of the business community at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania, days ahead of the second round of the presidential election redo in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Romanian court validates presidential election, rejecting defeated candidate’s challenge to results

By Stephen McGrath - Associated Press

Presidential candidate Nicusor Dan speaks after polls closed for the second round of the country's presidential election redo in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Romania’s new pro-European president puts it back on a Western course, but fault lines remain

By Justin Spike and Stephen McGrath - Associated Press

Presidential candidate George Simion casts his vote next to his wife Ilinca in the second round of the country's presidential election redo in Mogosoaia, Romania, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Romanians vote in a tense presidential runoff that pits nationalist against pro-EU centrist

By Stephen McGrath and Justin Spike - Associated Press

A man exits a voting booth before casting his vote in the first round of the presidential election redo in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Romanians cast votes in presidential rerun after voided election sparked deep political crisis

By Stephen McGrath - Associated Press

FILE - A man records video of Calin Georgescu, an independent candidate for president who won the first round of presidential elections, speaking to media outside a closed voting station after Romania's Constitutional Court annulled the first round of presidential elections, in Mogosoaia, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Romanians confront a deluge of online disinformation ahead of a presidential election rerun

By Stephen McGrath and Nicolae Dumitrache - Associated Press