Mega NATO base construction underway in Romania
Romania has begun construction of what will eventually become NATO's largest European military base, as the military alliance seeks to beef up its capabilities in the Black Sea region with an eye on Russian activity there.
The $2.7 billion project will expand the Romanian Air Force 57th Air Base Mihail Kogălniceanu, located close to the Black Sea port of Constanța....
Potemkin Suffrage: The Media Should Call Out Fake Elections
All over Russia this past weekend, subjects of Forever-President Vladimir Putin travelled to places called polling stations where they went through motions that looked a lot like voting. There were ballots with names on them, one of whom was Putin—but an election it was not. As a longtime journalist, I'd like to propose that language be respected.
The media dislikes...
Palestinian Film Festival held in Romania in April
The fifth edition of the Palestinian Film Festival, organized by the Mahmoud Darwish Cultural Center under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture in Palestine and the Embassy of the State of Palestine in Romania, will take place in Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca next month.
The edition in Bucharest is scheduled for April 18-21, while the Cluj-Napoca event will be held...
Russia: Romanians are not a nation, but they sure are insolent idiots
Dmitri Medvedev, the Vice-President of Russia’s Security Council and former president of the Russian Federation, reacted virulently on Friday to the EU’s decision to ask Russia to return Romania’s Treasury, stating that "Romanians are not a nation" and that the request is "insolence", reports TASS.
"Romanians, as it is known, are not a nation, but a way of life. It...
Russia and the stolen treasure: Romania can go straight to heck
Russia's Ambassador in Romania, Valery Kuzmin, was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) after the spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, responded to Romania’s claims over its national treasure which Russia confiscated following World War I.
Kuzmin was specifically called in to discuss "important themes of bilateral relevance, which originate from a historic past".
In WWI, between 1916...
The US says Israel should dump Bibi. That’s kind of amazing
Political interference is inappropriate. But so is much of what goes on these days
https://youtu.be/GMi8GKoK0Vo
In a more genteel era, it would have been inconceivable for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to accuse Benjamin Netanyahu of losing his way and call for new elections in Israel, and for President Biden to praise the “good speech” and declare that Netanyahu is “hurting...
Putin wins huge victory in orchestrated election without credible opponents
President Vladimir Putin is set to tighten his grip on Russia with early results from the country's stage-managed election indicating a predictable landslide victory for the Kremlin leader who faced no credible opponents.
As polls closed, The head of the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) said Putin was in the lead with 87.9% of the vote, with 24.4% of the...
Say what you will, but it’s hard to forget “Poor Creatures”
I felt this way about every one of Yorgos Lanthimos’ films. I started seeing them as an undergrad in London, going to London’s picture houses, all of which seemed like sets of his films - theatrical, humorous, but also regal, imperious, yet never hammy. I saw The Lobster in the Piccadilly Picturehouse, a gorgeous old place where something terrible...
World Hungarians’ Day celebrated in Cluj-Napoca
World Hungarians' Day was celebrated officially in Cluj-Napoca for the first time on the 15th of march.
The big city's main boulevard, Bulevard Eroilor, was decorated with the colors of the Hungarian flag: red, white, and green.
This is the first time this happens in postcommunist Romania - though in all likelihood events were probably celebrated in similar ways before Transylvania...
Klaus Iohannis’ NATO bid is not a game. It should be seen as a Romanian priority
A few weeks ago, hardly anyone dared take seriously a bid by President Klaus Iohannis to run for NATO leadership.
Admittedly, the first news came anonymously, though the source was credible: Bloomberg news agency. The story was immediately picked up and dissected by other equally reliable European media entities. Iohannis can be accused of many things, but recklessness and a...