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Police officers escort Andrew Tate handcuffed to his brother Tristan Tate, to the Court of Appeal in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Andrew Tate, the divisive influencer and former professional kickboxer who is detained in Romania on suspicion of organized crime and human trafficking, appeared at the court in Bucharest on Wednesday to appeal against a second 30-day extension of his detention. His brother Tristan is held in the same case. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Andrew Tate loses appeal against 30-day detention in Romania

By Vadim Ghirda and Stephen McGrath - Associated Press

Andrew Tate leaves the Court of Appeal, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexandru Dobre, File)

Romanian judge grants 30-day extension of Tate detention

By Nicolae Dumitrache and Stephen McGrath - Associated Press

A NATO AWACS aircraft lands at the Baza 90 Romanian air force base in Otopeni, Romania, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. Two of three NATO surveillance planes arrived at an air base near Romania's capital Tuesday where they are set to undertake regional reconnaissance missions to "monitor Russian military activity" within the 30-nation military alliance's territory. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

NATO surveillance planes temporarily deployed to Romania to monitor Russian military near borders

By Stephen McGrath and Andreea Alexandru - Associated Press

Police car. Photo credit: zef art via Shutterstock. ** FILE **

Suspected leader of Hell’s Angels in Romania extradited to U.S. on drug, murder charges

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Andrew Tate, divisive social media personality, appeals detention in Romanian court

Associated Press

In this grab taken from video released by Observator Antena 1, Social Media personality Andrew Tate is led away by police, in the Ilfov area, north of Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. Romanian news outlets are reporting that divisive social media personality Andrew Tate has been arrested on charges of human trafficking and rape. The reports say Tate and his brother Tristan were detained late Thursday. Romania’s anti-organized crime agency said two British citizens and two Romanians are accused of being part of an organized crime group, human trafficking and rape. (Observator Antena 1 via AP)

Divisive social media star Andrew Tate arrested in Romania

Associated Press

Jacek, 37, a local resident, closes a door to a shelter in the basement of a residential building in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. Fighting around Ukraine's nuclear power plants and Russia's threats to use nuclear weapons have reawakened nuclear fears in Europe. This is especially felt in countries near Ukraine, like Poland, where the government this month ordered an inventory of the country's shelters as a precaution. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

Russian threats revive old nuclear fears in central Europe

By Vanessa Gera - Associated Press

An employee of the Romanian grain handling operator Comvex oversees the unloading of Ukrainian cereals from a barge in the Black Sea port of Constanta, Romania, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. While Romania has vocally embraced the ambitious goal of turning into a main hub for the export of agricultural products from Ukraine, economic experts and port operators in the country warn that it was much easier objective to set than to actually achieve. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Romanian port struggles to handle flow of Ukrainian grain

By Vadim Ghirda - Associated Press

First lady Jill Biden and first lady of Romania Carmen Iohannis talk with students during their visit to the coala Gimnaziala Uruguay, or Uruguay School, in Bucharest Romania, Saturday, May 7, 2022. They visited several classrooms to meet students and the educators who are helping teach displaced Ukrainian children. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

First lady meets with Ukrainian refugees in Romania

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Irpin Territorial Defence and Ukrainian Army soldiers hold flowers to be placed on the graves of comrades fallen during the Russian occupation, at the cemetery of Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv, on Sunday, May 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Live updates l TASS: more than 1M Ukrainians taken to Russia

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Portuguese Air Force F-16 fighter jets fly by during celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic, by the Tagus river in Lisbon, Sunday, April 3, 2022. Portuguese Navy airmen Carlos Gago Coutinho and Artur de Sacadura Cabral flew from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro in a Fairey III-D seaplane in 1922. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Romania suspending MiG-21 fleet in favor of F-16 buy

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A refugee that fled the conflict from neighboring Ukraine sticks out her hand from a waiting area tent at the Romanian-Ukrainian border, in Siret, Romania, Thursday, March 3, 2022. As millions of women and children flee across Ukraine's borders in the face of Russian aggression, concerns are growing over how to protect the most vulnerable refugees from being targeted by human traffickers or becoming victims of other forms of exploitation. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Concern grows over sex traffickers targeting Ukrainian refugees

By Stephen McGrath - Associated Press

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, right, speaks with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris as she arrives at Cotroceni Palace in Otopeni, Romania, Friday, March 11, 2022. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

VP Harris heads to Romania as Ukraine refugee crisis grows

By Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

Margot, 15 years-old, refugee fleeing the conflict from neighbouring Ukraine holds her dog inside a tent at the Romanian-Ukrainian border, in Siret, Romania, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Refugees fleeing Ukraine grab documents, pets, some photos

By Eldar Emric - Associated Press

This photo provided Wednesday, March 2, 2022, by the French Army shows tanks going into a cargo plane to Romania, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at the Istres military base, southern France. France announced last week it will deploy 500 troops with armored vehicles as part of NATO forces to Romania after Russia's invasion of neighboring Ukraine. (Etat Major des Armees via AP)

First troops from NATO response force arrive in Eastern Europe

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A convoy of Russian armored vehicles moves along a highway in Crimea, Jan. 18, 2022. Russia has concentrated an estimated 100,000 troops with tanks and other heavy weapons near Ukraine in what the West fears could be a prelude to an invasion. (AP Photo, File)

Biden OKs more troops to Eastern Europe as replies to Russia leak

By Mike Glenn and David R. Sands - The Washington Times

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz after their talks at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 18, 2022. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

NATO sends ships, jets east as Ireland rejects Russia drills

By Lorne Cook - Associated Press

U.S. condemns suspension of Romanian judge over TikTok posts

By Stephen McGrath - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011 file picture, the Gothic Bran Castle, better known as Dracula Castle, is seen on a rainy day in Bran, in Romania's central Transylvania region. Romanian authorities have set up a COVID-19 vaccination center in a medieval building in Bran, not far from the castle, as a means to encourage people to vaccinate and also to boost tourism which has decreased in the area as a result of the pandemic. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Dracula’s castle proves an ideal setting for COVID-19 jabs

By STEPHEN MCGRATH - Associated Press

Clergymen carry a structure symbolizing the tomb of Jesus Christ during a Good Friday religious service, at the Armenian Church in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, April 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

AP PHOTOS: Dwindling Armenians show Easter faith in Romania

By ANDREEA ALEXANDRU and VADIM GHIRDA - Associated Press