The Council of Europe’s Cybercrime Programme Office (C-PROC) in Bucharest marked its 12th anniversary on April 21 with a high-level meeting hosted by Romania’s National Institute of Magistracy (INM). Over 110 participants from Romanian authorities, EU bodies, and international organizations discussed cybercrime challenges, electronic evidence, disinformation, and online violence, while advancing cooperation. C-PROC has supported [...]

While the war in Ukraine has reignited the threat of violent border shifts along Europe’s eastern frontier, Romania and Moldova are doubling down on a different kind of transformation: European integration. A recent joint meeting of the legal committees of Romania and Moldova in Chișinău serves as a powerful signal of this trajectory. Focused on [...]

In January, Romania passed controversial amendments to its anti-extremism legislation, sparking protests over free speech concerns that remain unresolved today.  In January, 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 freedom of [...]