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The Russian ghost fleet: 6 oil tankers under European Union sanctions and one under US sanctions have docked at the port of Constanța, according to monitoring by the Ukrainian government - Exclusive
On the morning of December 10, 2025, just six months ago, in the Black Sea, a Ukrainian military operation is underway against Russia’s phantom oil tanker fleet. A Sea Baby…
Exclusive Why did the Ukrainian drone explode in the port of Constanța? How a military operation against a Russian oil tanker departing from a Romanian port ended badly
Friday morning, at 10.30, an explosion shook Port Constanța. A Ukrainian drone Sea Baby, more of a spy drone, being full of radars and monitoring systems, self-destructed. Minutes before, Romanian…
'Just a show for Putin' - Inside the 2026 St. Petersburg Economic Forum
While Russia is holding its annual international economic forum in St. Petersburg, Ukraine has launched dozens of drones over the city, targeting a major oil terminal and military objectives. Participants…
Why Lebanon is a Threat to US-Iran Peace Talks
Monday was a day that showed why the longstanding problems in the Middle East are so deceptive for American presidents. Donald Trump learned another important lesson. The fragile diplomatic effort…
Trump calls Netanyahu "crazy" and urges him to call off attack on Beirut: "You'd be in jail if it weren't for me"
American President Donald Trump had a highly tense phone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday amid Israel’s escalating military operations in Lebanon. Following the discussion, Israel backed…
What does the silence of Donald Trump, our strategic partner, mean?
Over 48 hours have passed since a Russian drone struck a residential building in Galați, a city in Romania with almost 300,000 inhabitants, and neither the US president nor any…
What Did Nicușor Dan Gain From His Flattery
There are moments in international relations when silence speaks louder than a thousand statements. For Romania, the crash of a Russian drone into a residential building in Galați is one…
People will die if we keep shooting at flies with a slingshot for much longer
Eleven days ago, in an interview conducted with Iulian Fota, an expert in national security and former Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he told me that…
ISW Analysis: Moscow Uses Romanian Incident to Probe NATO Response as Putin Accepts Civilian Risk
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) appreciates that the reactions of Russian officials following the incident in which a drone crashed on Romanian territory, on a building in…
Drone Falls in Romania: Could NATO Invoke Article 4?
What can NATO do after the crash of a drone attributed to Russia on a residential building in Romania, a member country of the military alliance? The organization is working…
An investment of 700 million euros would have secured the border on the Danube with Ukraine from Moscow's attacks. What needed to be done and has been repeatedly postponed so as not to upset the Russians?
Confusion regarding the repeated violations by Russian drones of Romanian airspace, political leadership crisis, and chaos in national defense and security institutions have generated a blockage on the command decision…
A photo model of Epstein shows the strong connections between Trump and Putin, as well as the trap Romania falls into, cultivating Paolo Zampolli
In the spring of 2022, shortly after Vladimir Putin ordered his army to invade Ukraine, tens of thousands of young people from Russia emigrated to the West out of fear…
WSJ: European officials fear that Russia could be preparing an attack on NATO in the next 12 months
Senior European officials fear that Russia may be preparing an attack on NATO in the next 12 months to cover the unfavorable developments in the war in Ukraine. There are…
Underground war: How Ukraine defends from Russian troops crawling through pipes (Video)
In the new era of a battlefield dominated by drones, the Russian army takes advantage of an extensive system of underground infrastructure from the Soviet era, using it as a…
Corruption has once again become Romania’s main problem. Almost half of Romanians want higher salaries and pensions, according to the latest INSCOP barometer
Romanians enter the summer of 2026 with two major themes dominating the public agenda: corruption and economic pressure. Almost 28% of respondents in a survey say that the country’s main…
RISE Project: The political altar - how Călin Georgescu’s supporters are mobilized through prayer
Religion, conspiracy theories, and political activism blend in an online network built around Călin Georgescu, where hundreds of people are called to collective prayers, fasting, and mobilization for support rallies…
Nicușor Dan Plays the “Free Electrons” Card Against Bolojan
Thursday’s consultations with „free electrons” from Parliament are a cat shown by Nicușor Dan to Ilie Bolojan. It’s no surprise that the president didn’t truly want Ilie Bolojan as prime…
After George Simion, another creation of the SRI was recruited by the Kremlin. Sebastian Ghiță was also given the mission to compromise Maia Sandu
An email containing files full of documents about the propaganda operations carried out by the Kremlin in European countries arrived a few weeks ago at the FIP (Fact Investigation Platform)…
Sorin Grindeanu, prime minister by force?
At the beginning of 2024, when the numbers from sociological studies already showed that Marcel Ciolacu, the prime minister and leader of the social democrats at the time, did not…