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Moldova’s president Maia Sandu has named new ambassadors to Romania, Ukraine, France and China. Diplomat Mihail Mîţu will be the new ambassador to Romania following a decree signed by Sandu and published on Thursday in the Official Gazette. Victor Chirila, Moldova’s current ambassador to Bucharest, will move to Kyiv where he will serve as Moldova’s ambassador to Ukraine. Chirilă has been...

New details have emerged about the financier's ties to Russia In 2011, when filling out an application for a Russian visa, American financier Jeffrey Epstein listed the Moscow-based Vympel NGO as the ooganization inviiting him. Only the International Public Organization "Vympel" existed with this name in Russia at that time, Nova Gazeta Europe reports. Vympel" - is the name of a special...

We can be certain of one thing: Romanian nationalist leader George Simion sweats like a horse and toils like a dog to get a place at the top table. He has multiple responsibilities on his shoulders: he’s a waiter at Putin's table, a waiter at Trump's table, and a waiter at the tables of those who would sabotage the rules-based...

A French hospital was forced to evacuate after medical staff discovered an unexploded artillery shell from WWI lodged inside a man’s backside. Bomb disposal experts rushed for Toulouse’s Rangueil Accident and Emergency unit after medics unveiled the eight-inch-long ordnance while performing surgery.  The 24-year-old patient had come to the hospital the night before in throes of pain, though he didn’t let...

Two shipyard employees have been detained on suspicion of deliberately damaging several German naval vessels at the harbour of Hamburg.  A 37-year-old Romanian national and a 54-year-old Greek national are accused of interfering with the ships’ mechanical and onboard systems. Investigators say they allegedly poured steel pellets into an engine, pierced fresh-water pipes, removed fuel tank caps, and tampered with electrical...

Romania’s President Nicusor Dan has defended the cancellation of 2024 presidential elections over alleged Russian interference saying the annulment was based on a threat to the country’s ‘constitutional order.’ His comments on Wednesday come after the U.S. House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee, claimed in a preliminary report that the European Union had interfered in the national elections of EU member...

Romanian police have detained a man and his 14-year-old son on suspicion of beating up driver in traffic in Bucharest almost two months ago. The road rage incident took place in December, in Sector 5 of the Capital, when a 39-year-old man, his teenage son and another man got out of the car and beat up a driver for not...

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libya's former dictator, Muammar al-Gaddafi, has been shot dead. The death of the 53-year-old has been confirmed by the head of his political team on Tuesday.  His lawyer reported to the AFP that a "four-man commando" unit carried out an assassination at the younger Gaddafi’s Zintan home. However, Gaddafi’s sister told Libyan TV that he...

Incredible as it may seem, the beleaguered Islamic Republic regime has more to worry about from Israel than from Trump As Team Trump weighs ordering military action against Iran — with officials from both sides scheduled to meet Friday to pursue a diplomatic resolution —Tehran has issued a familiar warning: Attack us, and we will strike Israel. Although this makes little...

The Court of Appeal of Lithuania has upheld the convictions of two former Lithuanian customs officers, as well as two Belarusian citizens, for the smuggling of large quantities of cigarettes from Belarus, confirming the lower court’s judgement and dismissing the defendants’ appeals. The customs officers’ conviction for abuse of office was also upheld. The case stemmed from an investigation led by the...