This electoral year has the sole merit of not being conducive to pre-prepared populisms. In other words, the home calculations don’t quite match those in the market. The most recent…
Opinions and analyses
Opinions and analyses by the editorial team at SpotMedia.ro, as well as comments from distinguished guests regarding the events of the day.
About the presidential candidates from the tail of their own parties
Looking at the polls in the perspective of the elections, anyone would notice how helpless, lacking vigor, insipid, and even clueless are those eager to climb as high as possible,…
"If you can't help, at least don't hinder us." How the Ciolacu government humiliates Romania's exceptional children.
Thirteen Romanian students have won 13 gold medals at the Applied Chemistry Olympiad in Indonesia (IAChO 2024). A result that did not even receive breaking news coverage on television, and…
No means no or "beg me hot!"?
Just a few hours before BEC gave the green light to be included on the PNL list without being a PNL member, President Iohannis communicated that he does not wish…
What Zelenski wanted to achieve in the US and why he failed
Zelenski was right. The military incursion into the Kursk region of Russia has caused significant instability in the political regime at the Kremlin. Unfortunately, not enough to stop the war.…
The lethal weakness of Klaus Iohannis
Klaus Iohannis did not lose any house on Wednesday through the decision of the High Court of Cassation and Justice. What happened is the conclusion of a lengthy delay in…
Despescu, you're pretending to work again! The police, the mockery of the criminals
Last week, the Capital Police took 10 hours to track down an unarmed, untrained pensioner who had passed under the noses of the gendarmes after setting fire to the store…
The day is coming! Iohannis' power is like an onion
What is happening to Klaus Iohannis now is the end of power, as it happened to all former presidents. In his specific case, it is the end of the luck…
A law for a man. Invertebrates and the heavy scent of a bribe.
Regardless of how we look at it, the legislative change that will allow Mr. Iohannis to run independently on the PNL list is an absurdity. One that serves the megalomania…
The clarifications of a "traitor" to the nation and the EU
I have noticed with sincere surprise how much emotion, even with hysterical strokes, the announcement that, if nothing changes in the performance of the presidential candidates, my intention is the…
The great deal of stability - the division between Ciolacu, Ciucă, and Iohannis
Marcel Ciolacu periodically utters a phrase that he seems determined to firmly implant in the minds of the Social Democrats: power must be shared, if PSD gets the president, it…
Putin must choose between Iran and Israel. The West warns of a possible transfer of nuclear technology from Moscow to Tehran
An operation likely carried out by the Israeli military killed and injured over 1,000 Hezbollah terrorists, supported by Iran, by blowing up the pagers they used to communicate, most likely…
Country in ruins - the politicians from the Water department and the embarrassing ones from the Police and Gendarmerie
Cyclone Boris didn’t just hit Romania. It swept through and flooded Austria, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Republic of Moldova, causing damages and casualties. Out of the 19 deaths counted…
Iohannis understands that it's over?
At the National Convention of the PNL, Valeriu Stoica, probably the most enlightened strategic mind the liberals have had since 1989, uttered the only words that the theatrical gathering would…
The devastating floods - complicity in one's own misfortune and the electoral vampirism of suffering
People affected by the tragedy of the floods are certainly in a terrible situation and need immediate help – water, food, temporary housing, schools, and kindergartens. But I fear even…
The atypical year
This year’s presidential election has a series of particularities that can overturn traditional political calculations. To consider that today’s Romania, connected to the Euro-Atlantic space more than ever in its…
Can the soldier Ciucă be saved again?
The only one among those who, theoretically, have a chance to win the presidency of Romania, whose candidacy is not yet definitively officialized, is Nicolae Ciucă. The final aspect should…
Mircea Geoană - symbolism, chances, risks
The symbolism that Mircea Geoană has chosen to transition from the second position in NATO to the candidacy for the top position in Romania could have significant electoral effects. The…
Useful Idiots of Putin
It is very difficult for a non-specialist to affirm whether the Russian drones entering Romanian airspace should or should not be shot down by the Romanian Army. Because beyond the…
The solution for traffic starts at school
Every beginning of the school year marks in major cities, especially in Bucharest, the resumption of the ordeal in traffic. And this autumn, for the people of Bucharest, it will…