Romanian nationalism

President Klaus Iohannis said on Thursday, on the occasion of the National Anthem Day in Romania, that it is our duty to cherish and honor the Anthem and to remain united around national symbols.

MPs from Romania's ruling Social Democratic Party on Tuesday prevented questions being asked at a parliamentary hearing that was intended to quiz the public broadcaster's director-general over accusations of political censorship and insulting the station's reporters.

Corneliu Vadim Tudor, a politician known for his strongly nationalist and xenophobic views, died of cardiovascular disease in Bucharest on Monday. He was 65.

Tudor began his public career as a writer and poet and penned verses flattering Romania's former communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.

Chairman of the Greater Romania Party (PRM) Corneliu Vadim Tudor said that for the first time he is certain that elections are completely pointless and that the way towards vote rigging is paved by fake opinion polls.

Presidential candidate of the Greater Romania Party (PRM) Corneliu Vadim Tudor says Romania's chief of state should be a strong character, a moral standard. As for what recommends him to the highest office of the land, he says the high popularity he enjoys with the public and the fact that PRM has never been at rule.