The Romanian prime minister avoids the word “economic crisis”. I see why. Officially, two consecutive quarters of GDP decline mean a technical recession. And the crisis was often caused by external shocks, as it was in the period 2008-2009, while now, the problems come from within.
2026 February
13 Feb: Romania at a Crossroads: Recession, Political Exhaustion, and the Search for a New Direction
Today marks a grim milestone for Romania. Official figures confirm what millions of Romanians have felt in their daily lives for months: the country has officially entered an economic recession.
In what observers are calling the most consequential election in Bangladesh’s recent history, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) swept to a commanding parliamentary victory on Friday, ending nearly two decades in the political wilderness and setting the stage for a dramatic new chapter in the South Asian nation’s turbulent democratic journey.
This is how Saif al-Islam Gaddafi’s political team announced his assassination in his home in Zintan. The statement did not describe any ordinary death: it spoke of martyrdom, betrayal, and an attack on the homeland.
In the whirlwind of the Epstein case over the past week, few journalists have noticed a detail that highlights one of the most well-defined geopolitical rivalries of our time.
About three weeks ago, when the Davos Forum was held, I announced, from this microphone, that Kirill Dimitriev had become Putin’s negotiator in relations with the leaders of Europe.
A recent TV appearance may have given us the most important piece of the puzzle in a political scene that is still reeling after the huge Romanian events of December 2024.
In an age where information is power and the digital landscape shapes political narratives, the recent report by the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has cast a harrowing light on the state of democracy in Romania. Titled “The Foreign Censorship Threat, Part II