ANDREEA ALEXANDRU

Andrew Tate gestures, next to his brother, Tristan, outside the Bucharest Tribunal in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate arrive in Romania after weeks in the United States
After weeks in the U.S., influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate have arrived back in Romania, where they face charges of human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.
 
Controversial politician Diana Sosoaca, who was barred by a top court from entering last year's presidential election, raises her hands wearing boxing gloves and speaking outside the country's electoral authority after she registered an unlikely bid to enter the May rerun in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Romania’s election body rejects far-right Diana Sosoaca’s presidential bid, approves George Simion
Romania’s electoral body has rejected the candidacy of controversial far-right politician Diana Sosoaca in the presidential election rerun in May, but approved George Simion, the leader of the country’s most popular far-right party.
 
Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate arrive, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The brothers were charged with human trafficking in Romania and arrived in the U.S. after authorities lifted travel restrictions. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Influencer Tate brothers, who face human trafficking charges in Romania, arrive in the US
Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate have arrived in the U.S. from Romania after authorities lifted travel restrictions on the siblings, who have millions of online followers.
 
Calin Georgescu, the winner of Romania's first round of presidential election, annulled by the Constitutional Court, waves to supporters gathered for a protest outside the Romanian parliament in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexandru Dobre, File)
Romanian prosecutors launch investigation into far-right populist who led canceled presidential vote
Romanian prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation against a far-right populist who won the first round in a canceled presidential election last year.
 
Romania's President Klaus Iohannis speaks during a joint media conference with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda at the President's palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis announces resignation after pressure by populists
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has announced his resignation following mounting pressure from populist opposition groups. It comes two months after a top court annulled a presidential election in the European Union country.
 
Protesters walk holding Romanian flags during a rally organized by the right wing Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR), calling for free elections after Romania' s Constitutional Court annulled the first round of presidential elections last December, in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Tens of thousands protest in Romania’s capital against annulled presidential race
Tens of thousands protested in Romania’s capital against a top court’s decision last month to annul the presidential election after an outsider candidate unexpectedly emerged as the frontrunner.
 
Andrew Tate, right, stands next to his brother Tristan, left, at the Court of Appeals building in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
A Romanian court says the Andrew Tate case can’t go to trial because of missteps by the prosecutors
An appeals court in Romania has ruled that the case against influencer Andrew Tate, accused of human trafficking, rape and sexual exploitation of women, cannot go to trial because of multiple legal and procedural irregularities on the part of the prosecutors.
 
In this image provided by Salvamont Maramures, a Romanian mountain rescue service, Peach the cat peers from the jacket of its owner, 28 year-old Vladislav Duda from Ukraine, in the Carpathian Mountains , northern Romania, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024 after they were rescued from a deep mountain ravine in a state of severe hypothermia. (Salvamont Maramures via AP)
Ukrainian man fleeing war rescued with his kitten on a perilous journey through Romanian mountains
A Ukrainian man who embarked on a perilous journey fleeing his war-torn country into Romania has been rescued from a deep mountain ravine in subzero temperatures with an unlikely companion: his months-old kitten named Peach.
 
In this photo released by the Romanian Emergency Services Galati (ISU Galati), a rescuer carries an old man in Pechea, Romania, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024 after torrential rainstorms left scores of people stranded in flooded areas. (Romanian Emergency Services - ISU Galati via AP)
4 people found dead in eastern Romania as rainstorms leave hundreds stranded
Emergency authorities say four people in eastern Romania have been found dead after torrential storms dumped unprecedented rain, leaving hundreds stranded in flooded areas.
 
Armed gendarmes wearing balaclavas walk outside the residence of Andrew Tate during a police search raid, on the outskirts of Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Police raid Andrew Tate’s home in Romania as new allegations emerge involving minors
Masked police officers in Romania have carried out fresh raids at the home of internet influencer Andrew Tate, who is awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.
 
FILE - Andrew Tate, left, and his brother Tristan, right, wait inside the Court of Appeals building in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. A court in Romania's capital on Friday, April 26, 2024, ruled that a trial can start in the case of influencer Andrew Tate, who is charged with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
Andrew Tate’s trial on charges of rape and human trafficking can start, a Romanian court rules
A court in Romania’s capital has ruled that a trial can start in the case of influencer Andrew Tate, who is charged with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.The Bucharest Tribunal ruled that prosecutors’ case file against Tate met the legal criteria but did
 
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis speaks at the EPP Congress in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Romania's President Klaus Iohannis announced Tuesday that he will officially enter the race to become the next leader of the NATO military alliance. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Romania’s president announces his bid to become the NATO military alliance’s next leader
Romania’s president says he will enter the race to become the next leader of the 32-nation NATO military alliance, emphasizing his country’s proximity to Ukraine and the threat from Russia.
 
A police officer escorts Andrew Tate, center, handcuffed, from the Court of Appeal in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. Online influencer Andrew Tate was detained in Romania and handed an arrest warrant issued by British authorities, his spokesperson said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Romanian court grants UK’s request to extradite Andrew Tate, once local legal cases are concluded
A court in Romania’s capital has granted a request by British authorities to extradite the divisive online influencer Andrew Tate bt only after legal proceedings against him in Romania have been concluded.
 
Moldova warns against Russian meddling as it gears up for EU referendum and presidential election - test
Moldova’s national intelligence agency warns against “unprecedented” Russian interference as the country gears up for a referendum on joining the European Union and a presidential election.
 
FILE - Moldova's Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu addresses the media at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11, 2023. Moldova's foreign minister Nicu Popescu announced on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, that he's resigning from his post, saying that he "needs a break" after what he described as a difficult period for Moldova but also one of "remarkable achievements for our country" punctuated by its progress toward one day joining the European Union. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)
With Moldova now on the path to EU membership, the foreign minister resigns
Moldova’s foreign minister Nicu Popescu is resigning from his post, saying he needs a break from what he describes as a period of difficulty, but also of achievement in the country’s progress toward one day joining the European Union.
 
Amalia, 16 years-old, a member of the Sipoteni bear pack, poses for a portrait in Comanesti, northern Romania, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023. Amalia first wore the bear fur costume when she was 4 years-old, loves the team atmosphere in the bear pack and feels it's important for the centuries old tradition to live on. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
AP PHOTOS: Dancing with the bears lives on as a unique custom in Romania
The Dancing Bears Festival, as the custom has become known, starts in the days before Christmas and ends with a spectacular finale in Comanesti on Dec. 30. Some of the “bears” jokingly growl or mock an attack on spectators.
 
Sofia, 6 years-old, center, a members of a traditional bear pack takes part in a parade before performing in a festival in Moinesti, northern Romania, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023. Centuries ago, people in what is now northeastern Romania would don bear fur and dance to fend off evil spirits. Nowadays, the unique custom thrives, with popular festivals drawing large crowds of locals and tourists. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
AP PHOTOS: In Romania, hundreds dance in bear skins for festive ‘dancing bear festival’
COMANESTI, Romania (AP) — Centuries ago, people in what is now northeastern Romania donned bear skins and danced to fend off evil spirits.
 
An entertainer on stilts walks among participants at the West Side Hallo Fest, a Halloween festival in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. Tens of thousands streamed last weekend to Bucharest's Angels' Island peninsula for what was the biggest Halloween festival in the Eastern European nation since the fall of Communism. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
By an eerie lake in Romania, Draculas and skeletons welcome crowds to Halloween fest
The venue was carefully chosen. Both the Angels’ Island and the surrounding Lacul Morii lake have been shrouded in mystery stories ever since the lake was artificially created in the late 1980s.
 
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, attends a welcoming ceremony at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace together with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy visits neighboring Romania to discuss security and boost ties
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with his counterpart in Romania for talks on regional security and to strengthen bilateral ties against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of his country.
 
Andrew Tate turns away to look at media as he leaves the Bucharest Tribunal, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan, who both face human trafficking charges in Romania, appeared on Tuesday at a court in Romania's capital, Bucharest, to ask that the current judicial measures imposed on them be lifted as well as measures that saw a number of their assets seized during investigations. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Romanian court eases geographical restrictions on divisive influencer Andrew Tate
A court in Romania’s capital on Thursday has eased geographical restrictions on Andrew Tate, the divisive social media influencer who is charged with rape, human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.
 
A person enjoys a ride at a fair in Hagioaica, Romania, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. For many families in poorer areas of the country, Romania's autumn fairs, like the Titu Fair, are one of the very few still affordable entertainment events of the year. (AP Photo/Alexandru Dobre)
AP PHOTOS: Traditional autumn fair brings color and joy into everyday lives of Romania’s poor
Overwhelmed, a baby boy fell asleep in his mother’s arms. Older children, however, wouldn’t miss a thing, from Spider-Man balloons to huge inflated playgrounds.
 
This image released by the Romanian Ministry of Defense (MAPN), shows a concrete shelter built by the army's engineering units in the village of Plauru, on the Danube river border between Romania and Ukraine on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. In the Danube village of Plauru, which is situated opposite Ukraine's Danube port of Izmail, Romania's defense ministry has erected prefabricated concrete shelters for residents, measuring 9.6 meters long, 2 meters wide inside, and 1.5 meter high (about 31 feet long, 6.5 feet wide and 5 feet high). (Romanian Defense Ministry MAPN via AP)
NATO member Romania finds fragments of drones near its border with Ukraine for the third time
Defense officials in NATO member Romania say they have found new fragments of drones similar to those used by the Russian army near its border with war-torn Ukraine, in the third such finding in the past week.
 
FILE - Andrew Tate gives a thumbs up upon exiting the Court of Appeal in Bucharest, Romania, on July 6, 2023. Andrew Tate, the divisive internet influencer who is charged in Romania with rape, human trafficking, and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women, won an appeal on Friday Aug. 4, 2023 to be released from house arrest and will instead be put under judicial control measures, his spokesperson said. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File)
Influencer Andrew Tate released from house arrest while he awaits human trafficking and rape trial
Andrew Tate, the divisive internet influencer who is charged in Romania with rape, human trafficking, and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women, has won his appeal to be released from house arrest.
 
Andrew Tate leaves the Bucharest Tribunal where judges will decide if he and his brother Tristan will remain under house arrest for another 30 day period, in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, July 17, 2023. On June 20, 2023, Romanian prosecutors charged the Tate brothers and two other suspects with human trafficking, rape and organizing a criminal group for the sexual exploitation of women. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Romanian court rules to keep Andrew Tate under house arrest as human trafficking case continues
A court in Romania’s capital has ruled to extend by another 30 days the house arrest of Andrew Tate, the divisive social media influencer who is charged with rape, human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.
 
AP PHOTOS: Cream of tattoos on show at Romanian palace
In the slightly incongruous settings of an ornate late 19th century palace, a man with hundreds of metal piercings hangs in the air by hooks dug into his skin, next to a bearded giant tattooed from tip to toe.
 
AP PHOTOS: Romania hosts carving of over 30,000 pumpkins
AP PHOTOS: Romania hosts carving of over 30,000 pumpkins