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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.
The new Trump, just like the old Trump, begins his second term by attacking NATO and Europe. Who does this help?
Donald Trump has never criticized the Russian dictator. Many American Republicans, during the electoral campaign and after the November elections, claimed that he would continue to support Ukraine and not…
Conflict between SRI and STS regarding the cybersecurity of elections
Călin Georgescu appears on the Romanian political scene on the evening of November 24. The former system man, with connections to the Foreign Intelligence Directorate, the espionage service of the…
PSD is doing the same thing and hopes to achieve different results. The irresponsible postponement of the elections.
Immediately after the elections on November 24, in a state of shock seeing itself for the first time in its history without a candidate in the final, but also after…
Movies featuring fools who thought they were very clever. Self-denunciation for electoral fraud. Cîrstoiu 2.0?
In a video intended to be humorous, from the „listen and don’t judge” repertoire of a social network otherwise demonized after November 24, Alfred Simonis, current president of CJ Timiș…
Crin Antonescu's Offensive and the Irresponsibility of the PSD
The initiative of the coalition’s common candidate started under the sign of the failure of the experiment from the local elections. The episode of Cătălin Cîrstoiu, the last-minute designated common…
The failed mandate of Iohannis weakened Romania. From victory against the PSD to defeat against Russia
Eduard Hellvig, the former director of the SRI, answered questions from the parliamentary committee on intelligence services control for nearly nine hours. It was a record hearing in the post-December…
The year of anti-populist vaccination
As in any crisis, there is an opportunity, I propose that we see in the year 2025 not just a mountain like a Golgotha that we will have to climb,…
How does the government start? With defiance, lies, and shamelessness
Only the most naive of the naive could imagine that after the multi-election year of 2024 and reaching a budget deficit of 9%, significant corrections would not follow, despite electoral…
What could be Romania's stroke of luck. The wars of extremists
Much of Romania’s misfortune, largely self-inflicted, in having probably the weakest lineup of political leaders in its history is somewhat compensated by the luck that things are not better in…
What is Marcel Ciolacu looking for on TikTok and why can't he find it?
The year 2025 started with a public tattoo. Marcel Ciolacu escaped again on TikTok and turned a statement given to reporters, in the position of prime minister, into a clip…
Mysterious CCR decision to recount votes also influenced by the surprise from secret services
On November 24, when the first round of the presidential elections took place, starting at 8:00 PM, I was invited to the TVR Info studio to comment, alongside other analysts…
Analysis of declassified reports. What Romanian espionage reveals about hybrid attack and why no one acted
At the beginning of the summer of the turbulent year 1990, villagers from a mountain commune, located 60 kilometers north of Pitești, began to gather, organize, and read reports from…
Stone-throwing contest in Ilie Bolojan. Disappointed messianism
As the messianics we adore, those who are supposed to save us even by breaking some principles for which we would otherwise tear our clothes, it was Ilie Bolojan’s turn…
Without lamentations, about Crin Antonescu's candidacy. A very risky bet.
The shock caused by the joint proposal of PSD- PNL – UDMR for the presidency of Romania in the person of Crin Antonescu, along with the accompanying lamentations, stems, I…
The Russians from within. How was Romania destabilized?
In these days, the revelations about the attempts to manipulate the electoral process by PSD and PNL, the lack of accountability regarding the conduct of the elections, the fact that…
Nicușor Dan and the Sale of Illusions. The Messiah of Anti-Extremists.
I have closely followed the first public appearances of Mr. Nicușor Dan in his new role as a candidate for the presidency of Romania to understand his vision regarding the…
Government Ciolacu 2.0 - What's good, what's bad, what are the expectations
The political composition of the majority coalition and implicitly of the future government should not come as a surprise. It is, whether we like it or not, in line with…
Have political leaders used secret information in the electoral campaign? Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, the only important figure who has not made statements about the crisis of election cancellations
On October 5th, The Constitutional Court of Romania publishes the reasoning according to which extremist leader Diana Șoșoacă has no right to run for the presidency of Romania. „Public statements,…
Anti-Semitic and fascist candidates have violated the law, but have not been removed from the race. Why was only Șoșoacă blocked? What did Ciolacu know?
The incumbent president claims that some candidates who violated the law by making antisemitic statements and legionary propaganda have not been sanctioned, being allowed to enter the race. 12 days…