Chay Bowes, a journalist at Russia Today, was expelled from Romania immediately after landing in Bucharest. What do the Romanian authorities say?
Irish journalist Chay Bowes, contributor to Russia Today, was not allowed to enter Romania and was exposed shortly after landing at Henri Coandă Airport in Bucharest.
it is not the first time that Chay Bowes has been turned away from the road in Romania. PHOTO: video capture
The Border Police confirmed that the Irish journalist Chay Bowes, a contributor to Russia Today, was not allowed to enter Romania after arriving at Henri Coandă International Airport in Bucharest, explaining that he is prohibited from entering our country.
According to a statement sent by the Information and Public Relations Center of the General Inspectorate of the Border Police, he was spotted at the airport shortly after he landed in Bucharest, during the border control carried out upon entering the country.
“On May 1, at around 19:00, the border police officers from the Henri Coandă International Airport in Bucharest checked, during the border control carried out on the way of entering the country, an Irish citizen who was traveling from the direction of Dublin.
As a result of the checks, it turned out that the man had a ban on entering the national territory, meaning that the border police did not allow him to enter Romania. The Irish citizen was informed of the situation and given a form regarding the measure ordered and the reason for it, as well as the legal way to challenge it.
The person stayed in the transit area and purchased a ticket for a flight to Turkey, departing a few hours later.” the Border Police sent.
Regarding the ban on entering the country established in the case of the journalist Chay Bowes from Russia Today, the institution specified that the reasons underlying such a measure cannot be made public and are communicated only to the person concerned.
“The reason underlying the establishment of a restrictive measure of entry into the country against a foreign citizen is communicated, under the conditions stipulated by Article 8 paragraph 4 of GEO No. 194/2002 regarding the regime of foreigners in Romania and in compliance with the legislation on the protection of personal data, only to the person concerned (exceeding the normative framework regarding information of public interest). According to the attributions established by the national legislation on the organization and functioning of the institution, The Romanian Border Police implements the measures to prohibit entry into the territory of Romania, implemented both with regard to citizens of third countries and with regard to citizens of EU member states, based on their own findings or at the request of competent institutions in the sense of GEO no. 102/2005, with subsequent amendments and additions or GEO no. 194/2002, republished. the institution also sent.
Chay Bowes is known for his pro-Russia positions and critical messages of Western states published on social networks. Over time, he signed numerous articles and commentaries related to the war in Ukraine and the involvement of Western countries in the conflict.
The journalist tried to enter Romania in 2025 as well, in the context of the presidential elections, but even then he was forced to leave the country. At that time, he reported his own version of this incident on social networks, accusing the Romanian authorities that “They got on the plane, asked who Chay Bowes was, and six of them took me out of there“.
