Romania passed a law to shoot down drones violating airspace and other countries may follow suit as the Russia-Ukraine war continues to escalate.

Members of the Ukrainian community stage an event to mark three years since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Romania detained six people on charges of trying to overthrow the state with Russia’s help, prosecutors said on Thursday, and a 101-year-old former army major general said his home had been raided as part of the investigation.

Romanian prosecutors detain six people on charges of treason for allegedly seeking Russian help for coup plot.

Retired general aged 101 among those detained for plotting to overthrow Bucharest government with help of Moscow

Romania has charged six men with treason for plotting a coup with links to Russia, prosecutors in the NATO ally said, accusing them of conspiring "to undermine the sovereignty and independence of the Romanian state".

More than 90 percent of churchgoers in Moldova, which lies between Ukraine and Romania, adhere to the Orthodox Church. The invasion, backed enthusiastically by Russia's Orthodox Church, has accelerated a move by parishes from Moldova's majority Moscow-linked Moldova Metropolis to the smaller Romania-linked church,

Romanian prosecutors detained six people on charges of forming an organised criminal group and treason, they said on Thursday, adding that members of the group repeatedly contacted agents of a foreign power both in Romania and in Russia.

Romania said on Wednesday it had expelled two military diplomats from the Russian embassy in Bucharest as tensions sour between Moscow and the European Union and NATO-member country. Romania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the decision related to Russia's military,

Romania declared the Russian embassy's military attache and his deputy personae non grata on Wednesday for what it said were acts contravening diplomatic rules, a move Russia said it would respond to.

Romanian far-right populist Calin Georgescu has filed his candidacy in a rerun of last year's presidential election that was annulled by a top court after his surprise first-round win.