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East-West Divide Over Plan To Replace U.S. in NATO March 24, 2025

Poland, Romania and Baltic States prefer to remain under US security umbrella regardless of what happens to NATO ...

Who’s Running for President of Romania March 24, 2025

Authorities have cleared a dozen candidates for the May election — and rejected a dozen others. Meet the runners and riders here. ...

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Romania Disqualifies Another Candidate in Election March 18, 2025

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To Reform NATO, Reset With Romania March 18, 2025

Romania’s shocking election cancellation is an opportunity to push for greater European strategic autonomy. ...

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Romania Far-Right Leader Simion Cleared for Presidential Race March 15, 2025

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The EU Killed Romania’s Democracy March 15, 2025

Romania has fallen to the status of a 'hybrid regime,' the only one in the European Union, and we have EU politicians and corrupt bureaucrats to thank for it.On March 11th, the Romanian Constitutional Court banned the most popular candidate from runn...

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Romania Targets ‘Illegal Online Content’ Ahead of Re-Run Elections March 14, 2025

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It’s Time to Cut Romania Off March 14, 2025

Walking away from an expensive peripheral air base fits neatly with several of the Trump administration’s priorities. ...

Romania’s Electoral Coup Is a Blow to Europe March 13, 2025

This past weekend, Romania’s electoral commission disqualified the frontrunner nationalist candidate, Calin Georgescu, from participating in May’s upcoming presidential contest, the latest development in an electoral saga started with the controversi...

Romania Blocks Frontrunner From Postponed Presidential Race March 10, 2025

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A Coup Against Romanian Democracy March 10, 2025

So this is what passes for democracy in Europe nowadays. The frontrunner in Romania’s presidential elections has been banned from participating. On Sunday, Romania’s election bureau decreed that favourite Calin Georgescu should be excluded from the b...

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Slovak PM: ‘Eu’s Democratic System Is Broken and Romania Proves It’ March 03, 2025

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Georgescu’s Detention Is a Fatal Mistake for Romania February 26, 2025

The most shocking political events took place on February 26 in Bucharest, where the front-runner in Romania’s presidential elections, Calin Georgescu, was seized by the police on the street in broad daylight and brought in for “questioning”. In true...

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Romania’s Judicial Coup February 25, 2025

Lawfare and “Disinformation” Were Again Weaponized Against Democratic Populism...

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Romania Pres. Resigns After Pressure Over Cancelled Vote February 11, 2025

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Romania's Election and Elite Failures January 22, 2025

Bucharest’s presidential election has given us yet another exhibit of elite panic and overreach. ...

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The Bogus Claims for Romania’s Cancelled Election January 09, 2025

On 6 December 2024 Romania’s Constitutional Court (CCR) cancelled the country’s presidential election while runoff voting was already underway in the diaspora. Domestically and internationally, this was justified on the basis of “Russian interference...

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The Weakest Link: Britain January 06, 2025

British politicians and generals love talking about their country’s leadership in Europe. Take this press release from last week on the British contribution to the Steadfast Dart exercise in Romania and Bulgaria, which starts on January 13. ...

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How Putin Won the Romanian Election December 23, 2024

It would be hard to find a town more central to the West’s efforts to resist the malign intent of Russia than Mihail Kogălniceanu, on Romania’s Black Sea coast. ...

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Romania, Bulgaria Become Full Members of Schengen Zone December 12, 2024

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