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The United States remains committed to Romania – as a reliable ally of NATO, a vital strategic partner and engine of security in Europe, the US ambassador to NATO, Matthew Whitaker said Wednesday after the US War Department confirmed it was reducing its presence in Europe. "For over 20 years, Romania, as a NATO ally, has been constantly collaborating with...

Some 89 physical attacks have been reported on journalists in Serbia, nearly a year after protests were sparked by he deadly collapse of the canopy of a railway station in northern Serbia. Journalists continue to be targets as Serbia marks one year since the incident, with a record 89 attacks since then, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Wednesday. It...

Romania and NATO allies have been notified of U.S. plans to cut the number of troops stationed on Europe's eastern flank including a reported 800 soldiers who were to be based at a Romanian Black Sea military base, Romania's defense ministry said on Wednesday. Sources said the announcement was made on Monday within the official NATO framework and that the...

When examining long-term investment themes, several stand out as sparking the interest of investors worldwide. But once niche sectors like digitalization, Artificial Intelligence, cryptoassets, digital payments, and robotics rise to the top of investors' long-term focus. Interlocked investment themes that show how “Digital” seems to be the keyword for the global future, writes  eToro analyst for Romania, Bogdan Maioreanu. According to...

Retired Colonel Rus Iosif was born on October 28, 1915 in the commune of Ţaga, Cluj County. Today, the municipality of Gherla hosted a ceremony for his 110th birthday, WWII veteran Colonel (retg.) Iosif Rus, and elevated him to the rank of second lieutenant.  He graduated from the pedagogical academy during the interwar period, and in 1940, he was assigned...

A touching gesture has been made by the International Lepidoptera Survey: the organization has named a new butterfly species after Iryna Zarutska, the 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee fatally stabbed on the Charlotte light rail.  "This will outlast most other tributes because it's a living organism. Her name will be immortalized as a butterfly," Harry Pavulaan, the president and director of the...

Investors looking ahead to Wednesday’s Fed interest rate decision. Crypto markets have edged higher over the weekend following comments from US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that the US and China have agreed on a positive framework over Chinese export controls on rare earth minerals and averting the threatened 100% tariffs from the US on Chinese imports, Bitcoin is up over 3%...

This is the third part in a series that Universul.net is running about food waste in Romania and the world and ways to combat it. In a world where more than 700 million people suffer from hunger and natural resources are becoming increasingly limited, the huge amounts of food that are thrown away every day raise an increasingly pressing question:...

LARRY DERFNER WRITES: Some men look great in them, like Sean Connery. But if a guy's beard is weedy, he looks like one of those acidheads grooving in the mud at Woodstock. Time for a reassessment. By Larry Derfner IT’S HARD TO to find a man without hair on his face these days. Beards have become so mainstream, so standard, that...

"Putin's intelligence services are being purged of people who are not of Russian ethnicity, a policy completely contrary to the multi-ethnic history of these agencies. It is a risky move that, one day, could have serious consequences for the regime," wrote two Russian journalists well connected to sources in Putin's special services.  In another recent article, the same...