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Don't be too surprised to see moves in this direction in 2026. In the background, leading the polls, looms far-right firebrand (and Putin sympathizer) Nigel Farage Could Britain come crawling back to the European Union? Just a few years after the traumatic divorce known as Brexit most Brits regret the move, which has made their green and pleasant land a...

Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian nationals have been illegally obtaining Romanian passports through corruption schemes and forged documents to bypass Western sanctions and legalize their status in the European Union, according to French publication Le Monde. The large-scale scheme is centers on falsifying claims of "Romanian ancestry". Russians have taken advantage of the Romania's repatriation...

For Moscow, 2025 was the fourth year to end its failure, given that Russia remains mired on the front in Ukraine. For the Russian army, the road to Kyiv remains, at the end of December, as long and arduous as it was at the start of the  invasion, with somber difference that the number of dead repatriated by the Russians...

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Katowice (Poland), officers from the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau have arrested four suspects, including a senior public official, as part of an investigation into suspected procurement fraud and corruption linked to the modernization of tram infrastructure, funded by the EU. It is alleged that the senior public official provided confidential...

Russia, meanwhile, continued its strikes on Ukraine, firing scores of drones at Ukrainian energy infrastructure overnight and attacking targets in Ukraine's Donbas in the east. Ukraine has carried out multiple strikes against Russian targets Monday, damaging an oil terminal, pipeline, two fighter jets and two vessels, Ukrainian officials said. Ukraine's General Staff said that forces struck the Tamanneftegaz oil terminal, an...

Some judges and prosecutors in the top judicial body, the Supreme Body of Magistrates, have rejected according to their press releases, the idea of a referendum initiated by President Nicsuor Dan in which magistrates would have been asked how the justice system functions_ whether it serves the public interest or is subservient to an interest group. Although in essence their...

In today’s episode of Critical Conditions, Claire asked me a provocative question: Is it time for European leaders to meddle openly in American politics? What a delicious proposition! After Trump just idiotically accused them of “civilizational decline,” it would be justice served lukewarm. But it would go against type, I said. Certainly this would be a much better policy than...

Romania’s education minister has resigned one day short of a year in the post after refusing to make spending cuts in education and research. Daniel David, the former rector of the University of Cluj and a respected psychology professor confirmed that Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan had accepted his resignation. He is likely to be replaced by the rector of the West...

Romania’s President Nicusor Dan has announced a referendum among magistrates about corruption in the system following a damning documentary, days of protests and a letter signed by hundreds of disgruntled judges and prosecutors. Mr. Dan said the referendum which will be organized in January will ask magistrates: "Does the Superior Council of Magistrates (SCM) act in the public interest or...

European states have failed to agree on using frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine's war effort. For Moscow, which had previously deployed a whole arsenal of pressures on both sides of the Atlantic – diplomatic, rhetorical, threats, intimidation – it was undoubtedly excellent news. Only, at the same time, it was also a stinging defeat, given that what the EU...