It remains to be seen whether Cătălin Cîrstoiu’s press conference, requested by coalition leaders, will bind the cut mayonnaise of the joint candidacy in Bucharest. The ball is in the…
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Undermining the independents. We are still better!
Ca pentru a compromite total ideea, PSD și PNL au oferit două soluții de independenți, aparent cererea electorală a momentului, pe care și-au dat silința să le caricaturizeze. Doamna indepenentă…
Minister Gorghiu and Prosecutor General Florența, samba on public money in Brazil. The secret delegation and the exposure with fibrillations.
Monday morning, the press office of the PÎCCJ, followed by that of the Ministry of Justice, went into a frenzy. One of the delicate secrets had been exposed, which they…
PSD and PNL, informal divorce in Bucharest?
In politics, almost no crisis is lethal solely due to its subject. Few are those that cannot be overcome with skillful communication and strong nerves. Therefore, the major issue for…
Marcel Ciolacu's Calculation
When you throw into the battle for Bucharest at the last moment a candidate without notoriety and without minimal political communication training, but you really want to win the fight…
How rich is Cătălin Cîrstoiu, the PNL-PSD candidate for the Mayor of Bucharest?
According to an estimated calculation based on the doctor’s wealth statement, he has at his disposal 2 million euros, money held in bank accounts or borrowed, equivalent to the value…
The Apocalypse at St. Pantelimon Hospital
Regardless of the conclusions of the four investigations into St. Pantelimon Hospital, what happened in this case is of extreme seriousness, and the consequences, one way or another, should be…
Safety and trust with criminals roaming the country
For over half a day, precisely 14 hours, a convict sentenced to 18 years in prison for murder, classified as maximum security, not some petty thief, roamed freely through Romania,…
The oil stain
We are at the starting line of a campaign that is probably the most devoid of real hope, a campaign that marks the quasi-general abdication from principles and values intensively…
Behind the Șoșoacă scandal. Mocking the real victims
Endless and disgusting, the scandal of the Șoșoacă spouses is not only a smokescreen in front of Romania’s serious subjects, but also, especially I would say, a cynical mockery of…
Surveillance cameras in schools: are we protecting the victim or the aggressor?
Probably for the first time during her term as Minister of Education, Mrs. Deca came up with a proposal that, in my opinion, is correct and, in a way, courageous…
The clash of waves
We pretend to eagerly await the electoral projects of the candidates, at least in Bucharest, where the campaign has already started quite intensively. As if then, miraculously, we will put…
The captives of the crumbly and the captives of lesser evil
Although PSD and PNL do not openly acknowledge it yet, it is within the realm of political logic that PSD and PNL will continue together towards the parliamentary and presidential…
Can Piedone still be stopped?
The idea that Cristian Popescu Piedone, with garlic hanging around his neck, with striking red shoes, with a crowd of icons and accordions, with his ungrammatical and at times incoherent…
Schengen, between triumphalism and realism. What is essential
The moment of Romania’s partial entry, with its air and maritime borders, into the Schengen Area is neither a matter of ridicule nor one of triumphalism. Unfortunately, these two aspects…
The danger of a nuclear attack persists, but Putin has fewer options to launch it
Vladimir Putin’s Great Asset in Relations with the US and Europe, Over Two Years After the Invasion of Ukraine, Remains the Threat of Launching a Nuclear Attack. The greatest responsibility…
For whom does Piedone play?
The Avangarde poll, commissioned and presented by Digi24, conducted face-to-face (which makes it more relevant than the Sociopol research conducted by phone) regarding the start of the battle for the…
Have the problems ended?
From time to time, suddenly, Romania heats up in a discussion about nothing and, obviously, doesn’t reach any result because it cannot exist. It just consumes energy, apparently, excessively. A…
The loneliness of the common candidate
Gabriela Firea, the head of the PSD campaign for Bucharest, could hardly even utter the name of Cătălin Cîrstoiu. With tight lips and a disdain that she didn’t even bother…
The Cîrstoiu experiment
It seems that the director’s office of the University Hospital is a stepping stone at least towards the candidacy for the position of mayor of the Capital, if not for…