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The first meeting of the Board  of Peace, invented by US President Donald Trump, will take place next week, on February 19. Romania, like many other countries, has to decide on two things: whether it will join and whether it will participate the inauguration. Membership also involves weighing two other decisions: you join as a full member, in which case you...

After a year of lickspittle "handling" of Trump, the Europeans are realizing that a new approach is needed if the free world is to be saved   By Robert Hamilton and Dan Perry The Munich Security Conference has always been the West’s annual audit of threats. But at this year’s meeting — from Feb. 13 to 15 — the most urgent conversations...

French retailer Carrefour announced Thursday it was in exclusive talks to sell its Romanian operation for 823 million euros, pulling out of Romania to focus on more profitable markets.  One-quarter of a century since it entered the Romanian market, the company said it was in exclusive negotiations with Paval Holding for the sale of all its activities in Romania, part...

British and Greek officials recently joined Romanian partners for technical discussions  focused on asset recovery and the fight against serious and organized crime. The meetings held in Bucharest on February 4-5 were organized jointly by the British Embassy Bucharest and the British Embassy Athens, in close cooperation with Romanian authorities responsible for tackling illicit finance and organised criminal activity. Over the...

You may or may not be aware of the fact that every time  (with certain, specific exceptions) someone in Europe pays with a card or their phone, the payment is processed by foreign companies like Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, or Alipay.  Even though the customer and the shop are in Europe, the system running the payment usually isn’t European. The first...

EU leaders on Thursday headed to a 16th century Belgian castle for high-stakes talks on Europe's competitiveness. Romanian President Nicusor Dan is one of the EU leaders gathering for an informal retreat at the Alden Biesen castle in Belgium, to conduct a "strategic brainstorming session" on enhancing European competitiveness, single market strengthening, and reducing economic dependencies. Led by European Council President...

The Constitutional Court deeply disappointed (again) by postponing a decision to reform magistrates super inflated pensions for a fifth time. But even now, it was no surprise at all. And even when it is scheduled to meet again to make a decision on February 18 there do not seem to be any real chances of delivering a decision, given the...

€60 billion to strengthen Ukraine’s defense, €30 billion for macro-financial assistance and budget support  Ukraine must commit to continue democratic reforms and fight corruption  Loan to be financed through common EU borrowing, Ukraine to pay it back once it receives war reparations from Russia. The European Parliament on Wednesday voted in favor of greenlighting a €90 billion EU loan...

Romanian athletes will compete on Day 5 in the biathlon and luge events at the Milan-Cortina Olympic Games. Anastasia Tolmacheva will compete in the women's individual 15 km biathlon, an event scheduled for 15.15 Wednesday, at the Tesero Cross Country Skiing Stadium. In the men's doubles luge, Marius Gîtlan and Darius Şerban will perform, starting at 18.00, at the Cortina...

Romania’s national forestry department has published rare photos of wild animals in their natural habitat, an area in the southwest of the country where the general public has no access to preserve wildlife stocks. Taking advantage of the recent snow, an engineer from the Gorj Forestry Department in southwest Romania snapped some photogenic pictures of the creatures in hidden areas...