Romania: Romania's former president Traian B?sescu wins legal battle for (…)

January 29, 2026

Romania's former president Traian B?sescu wins legal battle for state allowance
Jan 29, 2026

Romania's former president Traian B?sescu wins legal battle for state allowance.

Traian B?sescu, who served as Romania’s president between 2004 and 2014, won roughly EUR 150,000 in monthly allowances for former heads of state in court. The money was withheld after B?sescu was declared a collaborator of the communist-era information agency, the Securitate. Among the rights (…)

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