Opinions and analyses

A strong shock was needed to clearly see the toxic reality in which we have immersed ourselves: discredited party leaders, an omni-absent president, powerless intelligence services, paralyzed polling institutions, hysterical…

On July 28, 2024, at the funeral of KGB spy Mihai Caraman, a wreath of flowers was photographed with the inscription: „Mihaela and Mircea Geoană, condolences.” At that time, the…

There are many suspicions, undoubtedly justified, regarding the logistics, funds, and machinations behind Călin Georgescu’s campaign. I also have such suspicions that mainly point towards late Ceaușescuism and its structures…

There is no time for lamentations and settling scores; in just 6 days, Romanians will vote for something even more important than the president, namely the Parliament, which will determine…

At the time of writing, the presidential final has one certainty: Călin Georgescu, a little-known figure, neo-Legionary, pro-Russian, and deliriously mystical, has won the first round within the country’s borders.…

Călin Georgescu, a nationalist, anti-European, and pro-Russian candidate, is leading after the first round of the presidential elections, while Elena Lasconi and Marcel Ciolacu are competing for the second place.…

I confess that for quite some time now, I feel exactly like the character of the great writer and playwright Ion Luca Caragiale. As I write these lines, my hangover…

The unofficial announcement and then the official statement about the in rem criminal case regarding the financing of billboards for Nicolae Ciucă’s book represent, implicitly, a declaration of the anticorruption…

The first condition for voting intelligently and efficiently, in order to have a real chance of being satisfied with the outcome of the choice made, is a correct calibration of…

„All roads lead to Iohannis,” declared Nicolae Ciucă in the electoral show organized at Antena3, four days before the elections. The former general navigated through the campaign from the failure…

In recent days, Marcel Ciolacu shows signs that he is beginning to reconcile with the idea that he has fewer and fewer chances of becoming the President of Romania. A…

This is the week of the final tactical moves and last blows before the first round of the presidential election, whose outcome will not only determine the finalists but will…

President Joe Biden’s decision to authorize Ukraine to carry out long-range strikes in Russia with American weapons has sparked intense debates. Experts are analyzing the potential implications of this change…

Romania is heading towards a presidential final between Ciolacu and Simion, if there is no major change in strategy by the candidates of the right-wing political parties. Elena Lasconi, from…

We are entering the last week of a presidential campaign not only with the weakest candidates in the last 35 years, but also with the most inept strategies. Their bill,…

Marcel Ciolacu has entered a zone of maximum turbulence due to the way he acted in relation to his rival George Simion. The latter has concrete chances of reaching the…

The discussion about the withdrawal of one of the non-PSD candidates is in itself nonsense, but which, in subtext, confirms, at least in the case of PNL, exactly what the…

„Simion is not a spy and did not have meetings with Russian intelligence agents,” is the unequivocal statement of Marcel Ciolacu, following a long series of summonses from his opponents…

Eduard Hellvig left the position of SRI director at the beginning of July 2023. Since then, Klaus Iohannis has refused to appoint a new chief for this institution.  It is…

In March 2024, the PSD president announced that he has seen the files prepared by the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine following which the governments of the two states decided…