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…
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.
Whistles and boos at Coldplay. Who was at fault?
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…
Why we boo the manele at Coldplay. Racism is not the same as intolerance
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,…
Radu Mihaiu and Clotilde Armand request a recount of the votes. The two present evidence of possible fraud and accuse the authorities of not reacting
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 disaster of USR and the 5 boys. Romania without opposition
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…
With AUR and SOS in Europe. The complex picture of a worrying outcome
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…
First conclusions after the vote. Explanation of the PSD-PNL victory and its effects. The capital, a cold analysis
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…
How to vote
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…
Message to those who are voting for the first time: Don't give up, change the country, the world, make them better
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…
10 digits for decoding the June 9 elections. What do they say about parties, coalitions, and presidential candidates
The numbers below are milestones to help us understand who is losing and who is winning after Sunday’s elections. Political leaders will try to present the results in their favor,…
The great national survey and the big strategy testing on Sunday. What is being tested
An electoral campaign for elections that largely seem to be a national survey and a major testing ground for strategies for the upcoming fall-winter electoral season is coming to an…
What the candidates forgot to say during the electoral campaign
Gabriel Liiceanu has recently brought up the serious issue of corruption in his public interventions, which still deeply affects Romania. „…for the past 30 years, corruption and theft have reached…
The case of Simion - Silvestru Șoșoacă, justice or electoral fuel?
It is a great chance for Romania that everything that gives real chills to the rest of Europe, all the authentic dangers threatening the evolution of other countries, end up…
Mimicking democracy
The campaign that is nearing its end as if it had not even existed missed the essential, namely the debate of the main topics by the candidates. A spectacle of…
Have the "red lines" in the war in Ukraine been crossed?
Over two years into a large-scale war in Ukraine, the concept of „red lines” has become the key term in the rhetoric of Russian officials. These „red lines” represent warnings…
Attack with false documents against Nicușor Dan. What impact does it have and what does it say about the campaign?
A few days before the elections, a mysterious document appears in the public space, undated, attributed to the Bucharest Municipality Security and describing the relationships between International Math Olympians from…
The war of opinion polls. Where do the huge differences between them come from?
If there is one certain victim after this electoral campaign, it is definitely the credibility of opinion polls, regardless of the outcome. Throughout the campaign, at least in Bucharest, it…
Who is the prosecutor who defeated Trump and how did he succeed, even though no one gave him any chance
49% of independent voters and 15% of registered Republican voters believe Donald Trump should withdraw from the race for the White House after the guilty verdict issued by the New…
The government's fight with the apple falling from top to bottom. The ghosts of communism
As the government succumbs to the electoral pressure of this year, the post-electoral bill increases, turning 2025 into a comparable challenge, according to some analysts, to 2010, another year that…
The reality of children in Romania, on June 1st and every other day
Once again, on June 1st, messages from politicians for children flowed, syrupy memories from their own childhood, grand and empty words. Beyond them, the fate of children is truly the…