PSD leader Marcel Ciolacu gambled and lost. He did not manage to bring down the Orban government due to a low turn out of his own PSD deputies and subsequently blamed pretty much everyone for his failure and the high COVID-19 infection rates. Fortunately, there is lots of EU money coming to Romania to absorb the negative impact of the corona pandemic. And investigators determined the cause of death of the fugitive Iranian judge who was found dead in a Bucharest hotel in June. You will find out about these developments and more in this week’s Romanian Dispatch.

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Romanian Dispatch #4 (August 29-September 4, 2020)