Opinions and analyses

The week that started with a day off should bring important decisions for the continuation of the electoral year, with its climax, the presidential elections. The coalition is set to…

Romania’s largest airport is completely dysfunctional. Entry into the Schengen airspace was a blow from which it has not yet recovered, with authorities being unprepared, despite political leaders trying to…

The calculation that drives the liberals to break their word and fall into the ridiculousness of puerile arguments to once again move the presidential elections to winter is not at…

Klaus Iohannis exits the race for the NATO leadership through the back door, with his tail between his legs and, since he did not secure any future top job within…

Just on the day when the European Commission sounded a strong alarm regarding Romania’s financial situation, coalition leaders gathered for a meeting without a conclusion, discussing the date for organizing…

Elena Lasconi could be a true „game changer” in the upcoming presidential elections, as she will bring an element that has been missing in the equation so far. This doesn’t…

Football is just a game. It’s not war. Thousands of Ukrainian soldiers watched the match from the front line, in shelters, where they turned on the televisions, but Romania won…

The Romania – Ukraine match at Euro 2024 was much more than just an important sporting victory. It was a moment that I would compare to the moment when a…

If Gabriela Firea had lost the election by a hair’s breadth, the defeat would not have been a major political issue for her. She could have invoked her late entry…

The June 9 election is heavily contested, not only by those who lost the elections. Social Democrats and Liberals were also affected by disorganization and fraud in certain political competitions,…

What happened in the elections on June 9 does not, according to explanations provided by independent observers, exhibit the symptoms of systemic fraud, but rather of a Medieval organization, outdated…

The great dilemma of the presidential elections revolves, first and foremost, around Marcel Ciolacu’s dilemma: ‘king’ or ‘king maker’? It’s not the only one, and the long string of mysteries…

I’m not a music specialist. I went to the concert because I listen to Coldplay in the car and when I exercise or move in the park. I like how…

Did the reaction of a significant part of the audience at the Coldplay concert have anything to do with ethnicity? When posed this way, the question is far too simplistic,…

Starting Monday, in Bucharest, in Sectors 1 and 2, problems, statements, and evidence of irregularities in the voting process and possible fraud have emerged. This is the third consecutive round…

The result of USR in the elections on June 9 is a disaster through which the party pays the price, briefly, for betraying the electorate and transforming into what it…

When comparing to the disaster in France or Belgium, the outcome of Romanian sovereignist populism is modest. Eight seats and a combined 20 percent for AUR + SOS are not…

Until the final results, there are a few certainties regarding the euro-locals from June 9. The most surprising, relative to expectations, is not so much the victory, but the overwhelming…

Decisions are not easy to make, positive options are few in number, and the lesser evil prevails. However, truly the worst thing is not to go out and vote. It…

My daughter is 19 years old and will vote for the first time. She will travel a long way from abroad to go to the polls, caught between exams at…