Romania
Did Ukraine Just Quietly Attack Two European Countries?
Questions remain regarding explosions at refineries in Romania and Hungary.
By Ted Snider
Nov 2, 2025
A key plank in the Western strategy to avoid negotiations...
Refinery Fires Help EU Topple Pro-Peace Governments to Wage War on...
Oct 23, 2025
While it is too early to tell who exactly is responsible for the recent fires at the refineries in Hungary and Romania...
Moldova: another EU-managed election
Sunday's election in Moldova followed a script similar to what occurred in Romania, with the spectre of “Russian interference” invoked to justify sweeping EU-NATO...
The West pressures Moldova’s president to launch a blitzkrieg against Transnistria
Sonja van den Ende*
May 24, 2025
The critical question is whether Sandu will take such a suicidal gamble – for both her country and herself.
As...
Manufacturing democracy: Romania’s managed election
Even assuming the voting process itself were flawless, the election was “rigged” from the moment the November results were annulled and leading candidate Georgescu...
How the Establishment Is Domesticating Populism
Thomas Fazi*
May 08, 2025
“Simion represents a new and increasingly common type of political actor.”
The victory of the right-wing candidate George Simion in the first...
Where NATO members rank on defense spending
by Filip Timotija
Feb 26, 2025
President Trump has returned to the White House with a renewed push to make Europe spend more on its collective defense,...
Romania, a Captured State: How democracy was stolen before our eyes
by Cimpoi Adrian
Mar 10, 2025
The decision of the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) to invalidate Călin Georgescu’s candidacy marks a turning point for Romanian democracy....
One of the largest protests in Bucharest: What’s behind it?
In the absence of a genuine center-left, these discontented masses are turning to far-right figures and parties as a solution.
By Erkin Oncan
January 16, 2025
Last...
A NATO coup just took place in Romania
The Romanian Constitutional Court’s decision to nullify the election results based on unfounded allegations of Russian interference sets a terrifying precedent
By Thomas Fazi
Dec 11,...