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In what marked a first for UK armed forces, British Royal Marines and officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA) boarded a Russian-linked oil tanker believed to be part of Moscow's so-called "shadow fleet" during a major operation in the English Channel early on Sunday. The vessel, the Smyrtos, has since been detained off England's southern coast while investigators continue...

Ever since the quietly spoken and patient mayor of Bucharest was elected president in May 2025, Nicusor Dan has retained an aura around him as a great mathematician. Romanians revere mathematics: it was something pushed by late dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, and even today, Romanians ace and win global maths’ competitions  Dictatorships love the exact sciences (mathematics, physics, engineering) and loath...

Sometimes when he was running for president Nicusorr Dan was like Donald Trump: he gave some clues about how he sees the world and how he thinks what he will be like when elected president. For example, when asked who’d he Or example when asked wo he’d pick for an advisor in Cotroceni,he mentioned Klaus Iohannis, and said he’d prefer...

omania's political crisis deepened after President Nicusor Dan on Sunday designated Adrian Vestea, a member of the ​Liberal party, as prime minister, after independent candidate ‌Eugen Tomac withdrew. Vestea, 52, is the county council president of the central Romanian county of Brasov and is relatively unknown to the public. It was unclear whether he could secure a parliamentary majority and...

Is there about to be a US-Iran deal ending the war - for real? And what would be the myriad implications? We explore. As of Saturday night, the strange US–Iran dance appears to be approaching some kind of climax — though nobody can yet agree on whether a real agreement exists, what it contains, or who exactly is conceding what...

At least 30,000 people took part Saturday in the Bucharest Pride march, one of the largest LGBTQ+ rights demonstrations in the city's history. The march started in the the heart of the city in Piața Victoriei and participants then walked down Calea Victoriei, finishing with a massive outdoor concert and festival at Izvor Park. The massive turnout emphasizes the push...

Romania’s political crisis is evolving into a democratic one After the Liberal Party (PNL) and the Save Romania Party (USR) decided that they will not endorse the Tomac Government, and the ethnic Hungarian (UDMR)’s party leader Kelemen Hunor hinted Toma won’t be able to be count on their votes either, the PSD either goes along with them or approves a...

Brussels is preparing to open the first cluster of accession negotiations with Moldova and Ukraine. Moldova was previously dependent on Russian energy, mired in corruption and under Kremlin influence. Following approval by all 27 EU member states of preparations to open the first cluster of accession negotiations with Moldova and Ukraine on June 3, the European Commission is expected to formally...

Romanian magistrates have come under fire from journalists and civic groups after they compiled a ‘black list’ of people and groups they accused of making “an unprecedented attack on the justice system.” Dozens of NGOs, professional associations, civic groups, journalists, activists, and ordinary people signed a protest against an official document drawn up by the country’s top magistrates’ board on...

The Green Party is considering a proposal that could restrict or effectively ban circumcision, according to information obtained by The Spectator.  As part of a policy review, the party’s Health Policy Working Group (HPWG) has opened a consultation asking whether parents should be permitted to authorize irreversible surgical procedures on children only when there is a clear medical need.  It is...