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On Thursday night, four people were killed and 25 were injured in Kiev, as a result of Russia’s use of the Oreshnik ballistic missile in a huge strike.  This is the second time Russia has used the weapon.  The first time it was deployed in Dnipro in November of 2025.  Thursday night saw the sky over Kiev and Lviv light up from...

"Humanity needs peace and hope," the Romanian Ambassador to the Holy See, George Bologan said, after meeting Pope Leo XIV for the traditional exchange of greetings at the beginning of the year. “On this occasion, the pope "conveyed to the Romanian people his apostolic or papal blessing and good wishes," Ambassador Bologan said. The Romanian editorial office Vatican News - Vatican...

Romania is one step closer to its goal of joining the OECD, a global organization that groups dozens of countries with solid economies and a commitment to democratic rules sustainable development. A government official said Romania, which began accession reports in 2022, had made progress in protecting the environment and public health, in managing chemical substances, and the responsible use of...

Trump’s threats over Greenland have shattered Europe’s strategy of indulgence — and are forcing an agonized reckoning with an ally that no longer plays by allied rules For years, Europe has responded to Donald Trump with a mixture of eye-rolling, damage control, and hope that the nightmare would somehow pass. The strategy was pacification: smile through clenched teeth, wait out...

Luxury carmaker Rolls-Royce had a successful year across the globe, with 5,664 vehicles created and delivered to customers worldwide in 2025. It reported record sales in the UK, Europe and Central Asia. Success is based on Rolls-Royce's fundamental philosophy that individualization and personalization count the most. “It is not and never will be a volume-oriented business. As a luxury brand, its...

Hungary has traditionally been richer and more economically advanced than Romania, but a recent article in the Hungarian media points out how EU funds to Bucharest have increased dramatically in recent months while Hungary has seen funds from Brussels dry up. "Something has changed: (European Commission president) Ursula von der Leyen and her team are making Romania great, billions of...

Financial markets enter 2026 with a constructive tone, and with new all-time highs in the US but also some European markets, including Romania. However, the year began with an unusually abrupt headline as the US captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, prompting an increase in geopolitical tensions and a decrease in oil prices. Uncertainty may be one of the forces that...

Specifically, Trump is threatening it. The CRITICAL CONDITIONS Podcast, Ep. 33 In today’s episode of Critical Conditions, Claire and I focused on the outrage —real outrage, a word that has been devalued — of the United States now openly messaging that it is not ruling out the use of force against a NATO ally, Denmark, to seize Greenland, which Donald...

Romanian authorities have deported an Israeli settler after stopping him at Iasi International Airport and informing him that he is subject to European Union sanctions, media reports said. The man was not named but the EU sanctioned five people and three entities under the EU's Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime in 2024. The  individuals and entities "are responsible for serious and...

The tragic event in which Renee Nicole Good, an American mother, was shot dead in broad daylight, in the middle of the street by the Trump administration's shock troops, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement known as ICE, after she had just dropped her child off at school, illustrates in the most shocking and eloquent way possible the authoritarian drift...