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Darryl Nirenberg has been confirmed as the United States Ambassador to Romania, almost a year after the departure of the former head of mission, at a crucial  moment in the Russia-Ukraine war which is being viewed with concern and uncertainty in Romania. Mr. Nirenberg was confirmed in a 53-43 vote by the Senate on Thursday, six months after he was ...

https://youtu.be/RsX9woglhQA   After two gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach last weekend, killing 15 people and wounding dozens more, the world is asking urgent questions: Could this be the first of many such attacks? Who might be behind it? And how can we prevent the next tragedy? Iran, with its long history of using proxies and terrorism,...

Vladimir Putin's annual press conference, held on Friday, was, as always, a superb factory of fake news spread by the "general director" himself: Russia is doing well economically, the Russian people are living in a fairytale thanks to the remarkable efforts of the government, the army is flourishing, Russia has not started any war in Ukraine, the Europeans want...

This was published in The Armenian Mirror-Spectator TBILISI, Georgia—High on a hill, in the Avlabari district of Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, a quiet memorial invites visitors to recall an earlier era when ethnic Armenians dominated this city. The Khojavank Pantheon of Prominent Armenian Public Figures sits next to Tbilisi’s Holy Trinity Cathedral, which at 87 meters ranks among the world’s tallest Eastern...

Many have admired the Romanian rug: the intricately woven floorpiece that lies at the center of the home and is also sewn into the nation's identity and heritage. The Oltenian carpet from the south is the most famous and probably most admired rug with its rich colors and stylized motifs such as flowers, trees (Tree of Life), birds (hens, cuckoos),...

The rapper allegedly had more than 18 grams of cannabis in his possession and consumed some on stage while headlining a festival in the Black Sea resort of Costinesti in July 2024. Wiz Khalifa was sentenced to nine months in a Romanian jail on December 18, according to Agerpres The rapper allegedly had more than 18 grams of cannabis...

European Union leaders have made a deal to give Ukraine a €90bn loan after they failed to agree on using frozen Russian assets. The agreement, which leaders said would meet Ukraine's military and economic needs for the next two years, came after more than a full day of talks at a summit in Brussels. "We committed, we delivered," EU chief Antonio...

Rolls-Royce on Thursday reflected on a year of global celebrations marking Phantom's centenary Famous historical Phantom owners from the worlds of art and music honored the debut of Phantom Centenary Private Collection: the most complex and technologically ambitious Collection yet. Throughout 2025, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has celebrated the centenary of its pinnacle product and the most famous nameplate in luxury history:...

Plans to demand years of social media from visitors are accelerating America’s self-inflicted collapse as an open, admired society America has every right to police its borders, and notions that it’s racist is dangerous nonsense. No country is obliged to accept unlimited numbers of people who arrive illegally, alter the social fabric, or strain public systems, whether they ultimately cause...

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Iași (Romania) has filed an indictment against five individuals, including a public official, and three companies for fraud involving a €850 000    The indictment concerns an agricultural cooperative that obtained approximately €850 000 (RON 4.3 million) in EU funding for a project to modernize irrigation systems. The main defendant, the cooperative’s de facto president,...