This year’s presidential election has a series of particularities that can overturn traditional political calculations. To consider that today’s Romania, connected to the Euro-Atlantic space more than ever in its…
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Opinions and analyses by the editorial team at SpotMedia.ro, as well as comments from distinguished guests regarding the events of the day.
Can the soldier Ciucă be saved again?
The only one among those who, theoretically, have a chance to win the presidency of Romania, whose candidacy is not yet definitively officialized, is Nicolae Ciucă. The final aspect should…
Mircea Geoană - symbolism, chances, risks
The symbolism that Mircea Geoană has chosen to transition from the second position in NATO to the candidacy for the top position in Romania could have significant electoral effects. The…
Useful Idiots of Putin
It is very difficult for a non-specialist to affirm whether the Russian drones entering Romanian airspace should or should not be shot down by the Romanian Army. Because beyond the…
The solution for traffic starts at school
Every beginning of the school year marks in major cities, especially in Bucharest, the resumption of the ordeal in traffic. And this autumn, for the people of Bucharest, it will…
School is starting. Pay attention to signs of bullying! What can parents and teachers do
School is starting again, and the problems will resurface where they were left off. Bullying is one of the biggest issues faced by children and teenagers in schools, having a…
They left with their votes. What remains?
Romania is rapidly losing its citizens, as shown by the latest data published by the National Institute of Statistics. Last year, Romania recorded the highest migration in the last 30…
USR's List - "where are my principles, which I had?". The unlearned lesson
The electoral shock of USR on June 9 should have been a moment of awakening and a turning point in the relationship between the party and its potential electorate. It…
How we prepare for disasters
What happened in Dobrogea in recent days is, although shocking, the future we increasingly need to expect. Climate change is a reality that only conservative fanatics can deny, ignoring the…
The presidential election scene is becoming clearer, but the calculations are getting more complicated.
Marcel Ciolacu’s hopes, whatever he had left, of having a presidential final with George Simion suffered another blow with the launch of Cristian Terheș’ candidacy for the presidency and his…
Romania emptied
Romania’s biggest crisis, already chronic and with effects of immeasurable gravity in absolutely all domains, is the least discussed and least present in the public interest – Romania’s depopulation. According…
Who and why wants Ilie Bolojan as prime minister. Lasconi's chess move and Ciucă's hypocrisy
Why did Ms. Lasconi launch the name of the liberal Ilie Bolojan for the future prime minister position is not hard to understand and largely relates to the profiling of…
Pensions Law - the principle tangled in loopholes
Despite the tensions created by the poor management of the initiative and communication, the pension reform is, at least based on the current data, fundamentally correct. The principle is truly…
French prosecutors accuse Durov of espionage. Putin has lost control of the Kremlin's main communication network.
The launch, development, and spread of the application follow the path of several digital businesses created by Russia in parallel with those in the USA, starting from 2006, controlled by…
The question of the year: how to get PSD to throw Nicolae Ciucă into the presidential final?
All the hysteria in the PNL directed at Marcel Ciolacu, issued, to be fair, by some party fringe figures, such as Cosma and Sighiartău, instead of harming him, actually helps…
Elena Lasconi - assets and dangers
At this moment, the only locomotive-type candidate, above the party’s score, is Elena Lasconi. Considering her lower notoriety compared to the other candidates, she has room for growth, and since…
Why the arrest of the Telegram chief sends shivers down Elon Musk's spine
Elon Musk has left the iconic building of Twitter in San Francisco, moving his offices to Texas. The digital platform created in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone,…
In fact, what is Marcel Ciolacu running for? The discourse of hypocrisy.
Beyond the profiling of the candidacy of the normal man, about which Magda Grădinaru has already written, beyond the inevitable and rather moderate attacks (compared to the rest of the…
Kamala Harris is not yet a winner. Trump, hard to beat
Kamala Harris was officially nominated as a candidate for the US presidency by delegates attending the Democratic Convention. She did not participate in the internal elections, easily won by Joe…
The Trap of Pension Recalculation
The recalculation of pensions was supposed to be a strong electoral argument, intensely supported by both ruling parties. Especially for the PSD, which has always held the Ministry of Labor…