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Bucharest residents spent over seven days a week stuck in traffic in last year, making the city the second worst European capital for traffic jams,  according to the TomTom Traffic Index ranking for 2025. Motorists spent 171 hours in traffic jams due to congestion during peak hours. The city's congestion index is 62.5%, an increase of 0.3 points compared to 2024,...

The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization (WHO).  The executive order signed by Donald Trump one year ago is now completed.  A senior official from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) justified the decision by stating that the WHO "strayed from its core mission and has acted contrary to the U.S. interests in protecting the...

Romanian opposition leader, George Simion, has been accused of trying to ‘sabotage’ his country by peddling conspiracy theories during a private visit to the United States. Alexandru Muraru, the deputy chairman of the ruling Liberal Party, said that Mr. Simion, who lost the May 2025 presidential runoff is trying to convince members of Congress that the canceling of Romania’s 2024...

Russian security services said on Thursday that they have arrested a Russian national for allegedly spying for Moldova, as relations between the two countries take a turn for the worse. Moldova's Information and Security Service said it "rejects the accusations made by the authorities of the Russian Federation." The two countries have expelled each other's diplomats in recent years and Russia's...

Two 15-year-old teenagers have been detained over the savage killing of a 15-year-old boy who was killed with an axe before his body was set on fire and buried. The third participant is 13 years old and not criminally responsible, prosecutors said. A 21-year-old man is also being questioned as a witness. The body of the 15-year-old boy who went missing...

The British family of a teenager who went missing last year while hiking in the Romanian mountains said they now had to accept he was lost to them. University of Bristol student George Smyth, from Shropshire, west England, has been missing in the Bucegi Mountains since 23 November, according to Brașov mountain rescue. Smyth's family have now issued a statement via...

Romania's Euro-skeptic opposition party AUR leads four parties in the pro-European coalition government, an opinion poll has showed. The Alliance for Uniting Romanians AUR, the second-largest party in Parliament, topped polls last year even though leader George Simion was trounced in a presidential election re-run last May despite easily winning the first round. Parliamentary elections are almost three years away. AUR...

A year into the repeat Trump absurdity, with the world freaking out, it is time we understood that there must be a real alternative to Republican and Democratic parties Exactly a year ago Trump returned to the White House, disturbingly and incredibly enough. Presently he’s at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he will be at bitter loggerheads with...

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he was seeking “immediate negotiations” to acquire Greenland and “won’t use force” to obtain it. Trump repeated his view that control of Greenland was necessary for national and international security, and said he would be “appreciative” if the world acquiesced. He added, “Or you can say no and we will remember it," in...

Polish officers of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau in Łódź have arrested another suspect in connection with an investigation into members of a religious group suspected of fraudulently selling food destined for refugees and most deprived persons, funded by the EU. They were acting on a request from the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Katowice (Poland). As previously reported, the religious...