PNL and USR-PLUS candidate for Bucharest City Hall, Nicușor Dan, came under heavy fire this week over an old audio recording in which he offers to assist an alleged underworld figure abused by the authorities. The PSD continues sabotaging the government’s drive to keep debt at bay, while thousands of Romanians signed a petition to demand swift action against high-level graft. And Romania became the first country in the Black Sea region to install US Patriot missiles to deter Putin from further westwards adventures. All this and more in this week’s Romanian Dispatch.

Romanian Dispatch #6 (September 12-18, 2020)