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President Nicuşor Dan on Thursday attended a Board of Peace meeting in Washington where President Donald Trump called him "the prime minister." Romania has observer status, and the the president said he decided to accept the invitation after speaking with American partners about the implications and considering Romania's other international commitments.  In his opening speech, Trump referred to the Romanian head...

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested Thursday and is in custody on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Police say King Charles's brother is in custody and officers are carrying out searches at addresses in Berkshire and Norfolk. Photos show vehicles that are believed to be police cars, arriving at the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk earlier Thursday. It comes after Thames Valley Police said...

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy) has taken down a criminal organization involved in agricultural funding fraud in Sicily, alleged to have caused an estimated damage of more than €1.4 million. One suspect was arrested this week and five others were put under coercive measures, while assets were also seized. According to the investigation, between 2018 and 2022,...

The European Commission has added 'Sturgeon ham’  or ‘Batog de sturion’ to its register of protected geographical indications (PGI), making it the 16th Romanian product recognized at the EU level. The announcement made Wednesday by the Romanian Agriculture Ministry  confirms that the Dobrogea region in eastern Romania deserves its title of European Gastronomic Region. Made from farmed sturgeon dorsal fillet, it...

Convictions, algorithm regulation, titanic fines, and teen bans are needed to focus the minds of the arrogant tech oligarchs   Mark Zuckerberg on was finally forced on Tuesday to sit in a courtroom, under oath, facing not senators angling for sound bites but jurors empowered to weigh responsibility. In Los Angeles, amid grieving families and anxious parents, Meta’s chief executive offered...

The Constitutional Court finally removed obstacles standing in the way of cutting magistrates' special pensions, after a delay of two months, which was seemed like the theater of the absurd at times. During this period, key institutions in the justice system managed to compromise themselves irreversibly – the Magistrates Council, the High Court and the courts of appeal. Senior judges led...

Thai elites have long feared majoritarian politics — and, unlike their opponents, don’t foolishly splinter We contain multitudes of contradictions: For example, we celebrate majority rule yet also tend to fear majorities. And not for nothing! History offers no shortage of examples where electorates empowered reckless leaders, weakened institutions, or eroded minority protections – as well as of minority elites...

Romanian authorities sent out a Ro-Alert siren on people’s phones before dawn on Wednesday with a weather warning jolting many out of their sleep. Even though it was the heaviest snow in over a decade, many people took to social media to complain less about the snow and more about the 4.20 am alert which woke them up, with some...

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia filed an indictment today against four suspects, accused of fraudulently obtaining employment benefits for people with disabilities. According to the investigation, two companies were registered for the sole purpose of participating in an EU program, funded by the European Social Fund (ESF), aimed at integrating persons with permanent disabilities in the labor...

  Law will cap magistrates' pensions at 70% Magistrates will retire at 65 over a phased out period Romania's PM vows to recover 231 million euros of EU money Romania’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday approved a law that will curb magistrates super pensions and right to early retirement ending months of tension with the government and protesters. The positive ruling came...