Andreea Pavel

Andreea Pavel/Constanța, Romania

She started in journalism at 16 and decided this was something she would pursue long-term. Became a media tycoon at 23, when she founded Info Sud-Est. Since 2018, she’s been an editor at G4Media. She mentors journalism students to make sure someone will still write news items when’s she’s old. To save on heating, she took in three stray tomcats.  

33 articles of type "Fake News, Disinformation & Propaganda" - Andreea Pavel:
FAKE NEWS: Romania has fallen into Russia's sphere of influence and will join BRICS
FAKE NEWS: Romania has fallen into Russia's sphere of influence and will join BRICS

According to a false narrative promoted by openly pro-Russian Member of the European Parliament Diana Șoșoacă, the global balance of power has shifted, and Romania has fallen into Russia's sphere of influence. She also claims that Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have decided that Romania will become a member of BRICS, an organization that presents itself as an alternative to Western-dominated international institutions.

Andreea Pavel
14 Oct 2026
FAKE NEWS: The gendarmes violently repressed the peaceful demonstration of shepherds and Bucharest residents
FAKE NEWS: The gendarmes violently repressed the peaceful demonstration of shepherds and Bucharest residents

Shepherds and citizens who joined them to protest peacefully in Bucharest were gassed and beaten by gendarmes attempting to suppress the demonstration, according to a false narrative promoted in Romania across diaspora groups, as well as (via MEP Diana Șoșoacă) at the European Parliament and on a Russian propaganda channel.

Andreea Pavel
17 Sep 2026
FAKE NEWS: Romania’s solidarity with its allies shows it is an annex of the West
FAKE NEWS: Romania’s solidarity with its allies shows it is an annex of the West

Romania is an annex of Germany because, following an attempted act of sabotage in Leipzig, it summoned Moscow’s ambassador in Bucharest for explanations, according to a false narrative promoted by a Romanian online publication and the Russian Embassy in Bucharest. The narrative is part of the “Western colony” thesis and is accompanied by a series of other recurring themes of Russian propaganda.

Andreea Pavel
10 Sep 2026
FAKE NEWS: Georgescu’s “Food, Water, Energy” program anticipated the current crisis. Famine is next
FAKE NEWS: Georgescu’s “Food, Water, Energy” program anticipated the current crisis. Famine is next

Călin Georgescu's “Food, Water, Energy” platform supposedly foresaw the crisis triggered by the drop in Danube’s water levels and the shutdown of the Cernavodă nuclear plant, and now famine is right around the corner. That, at least, is the false narrative currently making the rounds in sovereignist and conspiracy circles.

Andreea Pavel
18 Aug 2026
FAKE NEWS: The Cernavodă NPP will be “Chernobyl 2.0” following the reactor shutdowns
FAKE NEWS: The Cernavodă NPP will be “Chernobyl 2.0” following the reactor shutdowns

The closure of Unit 2 of the Cernavodă power plant will lead to a nuclear disaster like Chernobyl or Fukushima, according to a false narrative viralized in Romania by sovereignists and conspiracy theorists.

Andreea Pavel
14 Aug 2026
FAKE NEWS: Ukraine is attacking Romania with Russian drones
FAKE NEWS: Ukraine is attacking Romania with Russian drones

Ukraine is launching false-flag attacks on Romania using drones designed to look like Russian ones. This false narrative is being pushed with aggressive and abusive language by former AUR MP Dumitru Focșa, who expressed deep outrage over Bucharest’s response to Russian infringements into Romanian airspace.

Andreea Pavel
29 Jul 2026
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