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The United States was designed to resist kings; it now behaves as if it has one. Is the Iran war paused or ended and what terms can America live with? Well, it’s basically up to Trump, as the Republicans who control Congress have handed him their war powers. Will the US attack Cuba? Trump decides. Back down on tariffs? Trump....

Although Donald Trump is notorious in voicing his personal misgivings across the board, the trifecta of tension between himself, Giorgia Meloni, and Pope Leo XIV is not just a passing disagreement but a conflict about how religion is involved in war.  At its core lies a sharp ideological clash between Trump and the Pope, with Meloni pulled in as a...

Europe is aging and shrinking with populations decreasing in 18 countries by 2100, including Romania, according to population estimates published Thursday by Eurostat. By the start of the new century, the continent will have 134 million people over the age of 65, up from 68 million now. In the same period, the EU population is expected to go down by 11.7%,...

"Romania urgently needs a reset," said Sorin Grindeanu, the leader of the PSD, campaigning to destroy the coalition government he’s part of and thus destabilize the country's political, economic and social destabilization. Grindeanu, the arsonist is insensible  to internal Romanian politics between the autumn of 2024 and the spring of 2025 (the artificial rise of a Russian asset in the...

In the latest edition of the Financial Education Magazine of the National Bank of Romania, I write about savings, describing tried and tested principles in a period where consumerism is a mantra, just "a click away", through instant credit – as it often appears- and marketing campaigns. The good thing is that, in the digital world, savings, investments or...

Yes, the rumors are true—Estonia has successfully cloned a horse. Quite recently, in fact. In April 2026, researchers at the Estonian University of Life Sciences announced the birth of a cloned foal, marking the country’s first achievement of this kind—also making Estonia the first European country to achieve this.  The foal, named Wodan M Alpha, is a genetic copy of...

Trading and investing platform eToro has entered into an agreement to acquire Zengo, a leading self-custodial crypto wallet provider, in a move that deepens eToro’s digital asset capabilities and accelerates its strategy of connecting traditional finance with on-chain infrastructure and the crypto native economy. The acquisition brings together eToro’s global multi-asset platform and distribution with Zengo’s non-custodial wallet technology, supporting...

Energy Minister, Bogdan Ivan, currently on an official visit to the U.S, announced Tuesday that the American government has given Romania a waiver to its sanctions regime to restart the Petrotel Lukoil refinery. "We have received official confirmation from the U.S. government…. for Romania to restart the refinery, a waiver from the U.S. government to restart the Petrotel Lukoil refinery....

Romania scrambled two F-16 jets after an attack by Russian drones in Ukraine near the Romanian border. Two air-raid warnings were sent overnight warning residents near the Ukrainian border of an attack by groups of drones in Ukraine near the Romanian airspace. The Defense Ministry said Romania's airspace wasn't breached but air defense systems were switched to firing positions.  UPDATE –...

Former Romanian president Traian Băsescu has mused in a phone interview with Digi24 that from an ideological point of view Péter Magyar is “almost a mirror image” of Viktor Orbán, also describing him as “a sovereignist at heart”. Băsescu does not believe that Magyar will bring major changed to Hungary.  The only likely shift, he argued, would be the implementation...