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Băsescu and power. The Petrov case
- 25 Mar 2022
- 6
For a purebred political animal like Traian Băsescu, used his entire life to exercising power in various forms, the High Court’s verdict is tantamount to...
Romania’s major stakes at the extraordinary NATO summit: the creation of a security hub in the Black Sea and a massive increase of NATO’s permanent presence
- 23 Mar 2022
- 0
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has turned the Black Sea into the planet’s hottest spot in 2022. Ever since the…
Final court ruling: Traian Băsescu informant of secret state police Securitate. The Supreme Court rejected the former president’s appeal.
- 23 Mar 2022
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) upheld the decision of the trial court and ruled that Traian Băsescu was a collaborator of the...
Reduction of fuel excise duty is no longer on the agenda of the governing coalition Florin Cîțu announces
- 22 Mar 2022
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PNL President Florin Cîțu said on Tuesday that reducing fuel excise duty is no longer on the agenda of the governing coalition. „This measure –...
BREAKING Venice Commission recommends that the DNA and the DIICOT investigate crimes committed by magistrates; it regrets that the draft law on the abolition of the the special Section for the investigation of criminal offences in the judiciary was hastily adopted before the Commission’s opinion
- 21 Mar 2022
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Viktor Orban emerged from diplomatic isolation to meet with Serbian President Aleksandr Vucic. The two are Russia’s only allies in Europe
- 21 Mar 2022
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Viktor Orban, Hungary’s prime minister, on Saturday had one of the few breaks out of the diplomatic isolation he has been subjected to by Western...
„Momentum”, the first electric supercar concept developed entirely in Romania. Interview with Ovidiu Toma, CEO of CryptoDATA
- 18 Mar 2022
- 2
The first electric supercar concept developed entirely in Romania by the company CryptoDATA Tech, will be presented during an event organized on Saturday in Bucharest,...
Rural tourism in Maramures affected by the war in Ukraine / Hardly any guesthouses booked for Easter
- 17 Mar 2022
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Agritourism in Maramureș county is affected by the state of war in Ukraine, with Romanian tourists avoiding booking their Easter holidays, the owner of a...
Blitzkrieg against the justice system. President Iohannis’ defiant gesture
- 14 Mar 2022
- 4
On Friday, shortly after US Vice President Kamala Harris’ departure after an eight hours-long state visit, President Klaus Iohannis promulgated the law that abolishes the...
NGOs and think-tanks to create an IT platform to identify pro-Russian propaganda narratives on social media in the context of the war in Ukraine
- 11 Mar 2022
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Oana Popescu, director of the NGO Global Focus, told G4Media.ro on Friday that she has launched an initiative, together with several representatives of other NGOs...
How and why Putin can return „victorious” as head of post-war Russia (Op-ed)
- 9 Mar 2022
- 1
The time for conclusions has not yet come, for their time – like that of lasting peace in Ukraine – is still far away, and...
Extremist party AUR loses 3.5 points in one month after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. INSCOP poll shows the PSD and the USR stagnating and the PNL rising
- 9 Mar 2022
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The extremist party AUR lost 3.5 points in one month after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to an INSCOP poll…
The images of the war
- 8 Mar 2022
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For 13 days now we have been writing about the war in Ukraine. Since the morning of February 24, when a colleague rang the alarm...
Government: More than 12,000 Romanians have donated blood in the past five days. A significant portion is made available for the rescue of Ukrainian citizens
- 4 Mar 2022
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The government announced on Friday that more than 12,000 Romanian citizens have donated blood in the last five days, a…
Government to approve on Saturday the costs for housing Ukrainian refugees: 50,000 spaces provided free of charge and 22 temporary camps
- 4 Mar 2022
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The government is expected to approve a decision on Saturday on the maximum amount of accommodation costs for Ukrainian citizens entering Romania following the armed...
Year 1 after Putin’s war: political domino effect in Eastern Europe
- 2 Mar 2022
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„I am angry about our historic failure,” said Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, former German defense minister, five days ago. She was referring to the West’s failure to...
Putin’s war with the future
- 1 Mar 2022
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My generation and that of our parents was until yesterday spared the threat of war. Since last Thursday, the world as we know it, the...
No increase in radioactivity in Romania as a result of the war in Ukraine – Government
- 27 Feb 2022
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The Romanian government has announced that „there is no increase in radioactivity in Romania” according to measurements carried out by the National Commission for the...
The day a KGB-bred lunatic blew up Europe
- 24 Feb 2022
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Dead children, teenage prisoners, torn families, blood, and pain. This is what Europe woke up to on Thursday when the madman in Kremlin gave the...
POLL commissioned by G4Media: In which parties do you think Russia has the most agents? 48% think in all parties, but most in at AUR 12%, PSD 8%, PNL 6%, USR 2%
- 22 Feb 2022
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45% of Romanians believe that Russia has agents of influence in the Romanian political establishment, only 10% say they don’t…
Deep tensions in the AUR party. George Simion, great ruler over an army of orcs.
- 18 Feb 2022
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Tensions at the top of AUR, between the two co-presidents George Simion and Claudiu Târziu, have flared up again in the public space. The two...
Where are the Liberals in the National Liberal Party?
- 16 Feb 2022
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Only 16% of the National Liberal Party (PNL) voters (the party has reached a 16% share in the electorate’s choice) declare themselves to be entrepreneurs,...
Outdoor mask mandate unconstitutional rules Constitutional Court of Romania
- 15 Feb 2022
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Authorities can no longer impose the wearing of masks outdoors, and employers can no longer decide on remote work without the employee’s consent during a...
EXCLUSIVE How George Simion was kicked out of the sovereigntists’ meeting in Madrid / The AUR leader accused of lying when he claimed to represent Romania at the summit together with the PNTCD / Far-right Spanish party VOX: This is the first time this has happened in our political history
- 3 Feb 2022
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The restoration of epaulettes. Romanian President Iohannis serves the system a gift of reconnection to funds
- 15 Sep 2021
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Flying under the radar, with a numbed press, many major state companies under the ministries left behind by the ministers of the USR-PLUS party, as...
The anti-democratic blitzkrieg of the USL 2 / The similarities with the USL coup of 2012
- 7 Sep 2021
- 6
The Cîțu faction in the PNL, and President Klaus Iohannis in perfect sync with Marcel Ciolacu’s PSD are orchestrating a chaotic attack on the rule...
A new face of the hybrid warfare? How the conservative, anti-LGBT movement is artificially amplified in Romania
- 6 Iul 2021
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Perhaps it is not quite a coincidence that homophobic discourse is growing dangerously in Eurosceptic countries, with severe democratic deficits, led by ultra-populist leaders such...
Deadly Party or the criminalization of Venezuelan writers
- 5 Apr 2021
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”Change of sign: The suicidal stupidity, Without even noticing, Grasp of power.” Patrea Mea A4, Ana Blandiana The people of Venezuela are suffering the oppression...
Far-right, populist movement rises out of nowhere to become fourth largest party amid unprecedented voter apathy in Romania parliamentary elections
- 7 Dec 2020
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The general elections in Romania on Sunday caused a shockwave across the political spectrum with the rise of a new, populist, far-right movement to parliamentary...
How does Europe stimulate consumption as household expenditure dropped sharply due to COVID-19
- 14 Aug 2020
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It will take years for the European economy to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, and it will depend, among other things, on the return of...
What should Romania learn from the French case: How the local elections could be organized?
- 10 Aug 2020
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While the government has yet to take a formal decision on whether to postpone or hold them on September 27, France has begun analyzing its...
“Child Trafficking in Paris”: a documentary about the Romanian theft rings operating in Paris / Almost 1 million euros has been transferred to Romania by 38 families
- 5 Aug 2020
- 0
Being culprits and victims at the same time, this is the paradoxical duality of these children –mostly from the Roma…
Is it safe to travel to France despite the Covid-19 pandemic? / What are the current travel restrictions and safe places to go
- 29 Iul 2020
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While Europe has been through some difficult times since the pandemic started, many people have experienced emotional, physical and mental fatigue, a KFF study says. ...
Radical shift in strategy: the US wants to get Russia on its side in the open confrontation with China. Such change could have major consequences even for Romania
- 28 Iul 2020
- 0
Moscow responded to Secretary of State Pompeo’s statement in which he suggested that Russia and the US could work together…
Elvire, 22-year-old: I thought the Covid-19 only happened to other people, until it happened to us. Doctors said that my father would probably not survive
- 15 Iul 2020
- 5
Elvire is a political sciences student living in Paris. After her father attended a work session without physical distancing, she…
The New French Government Unveiled: Roxana Mărăcineanu, a Romanian-born French former swimmer, remains but loses significant powers
- 6 Iul 2020
- 3
The newly-appointed French PM – Jean Castex – unveiled tonight the composition of the much awaited government. Roxana Mărăcineanu switched from minister to deputy minister...
France’s new Prime Minister: Will something really change?
- 3 Iul 2020
- 0
Following the resignation of the French Prime Minister, President Emmanuel Macron appointed Jean Castex to this position. The new Prime Minister is expected to form...
Romania becomes a corruption-free state under President Klaus Iohannis / How the topic was removed from National Defence Strategy – a first in 15 years
- 5 Iun 2020
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The fight against high level corruption in Romania, which was declared a strategic objective in 2005 and a threat as…
What’s in a Word ? Trianon
- 3 Iun 2020
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Editor’s note: June 4th has a different significance now as compared to previous years. On May 13th, the Romanian Parliament adopted a Social Democratic Party...
How Romania dealt with the corona crisis so far, as the country drops state of emergency for a state of alert
- 15 Mai 2020
- 1
Romania is leaving the two-month state of emergency imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic with no distinctly good or bad results, with a reasonable low number...
Romania exceeds threshold of 1,000 confirmed coronavirus cases as it enters second month of epidemic
- 26 Mar 2020
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Romania on Thursday marks a month since the first case of coronavirus infection was identified on its territory. Also today, it marks an accelerated growth...
EU Commissioner Adina Valean urges member states to ease rules on truck drivers, open more border points for transport of goods
- 24 Mar 2020
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Transport Commissioner Adina Valean has submitted a series of requests to member states to ease the flow of transport of goods within the European Union...
Romanian President Iohannis announces almost total quarantine starting Wednesday
- 24 Mar 2020
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Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday announced an almost total quarantine would come into effect across the country starting Wednesday as a means to combat...
Romania’s Covid-19 cases climb faster as country reports first six cases within 24 hours
- 23 Mar 2020
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Six people have died due to the Romania by Monday afternoon, a day since the first death was announced. The evolution comes as the number...
Foreigners no longer allowed to enter Romania, with few exceptions, as tougher coronavirus measures are announced
- 21 Mar 2020
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Foreigners willing to travel to Romania will no longer be able to do so, with few exceptions, according to new, tougher measures announced by authorities...
From NATO to Romanian Parliament: Senator confirmed Covid-19 positive after visiting Parliament, dismissing suspicions / Procedures to form a new government hit hard
- 13 Mar 2020
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An influential Romanian senator and several people in his proximity have been confirmed positive for the new coronavirus on Friday.…
Liberal leaders, president throw Romania to the brink of deep political crisis fueled by the coronavirus epidemic and an imminent economic crisis
- 12 Mar 2020
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Romania’s designated PM Florin Citu withdrew from the position to lead a new Liberal government on Thursday, just hours before a final vote of approval...
As perfect storm is building, Romania needs historical deal between major parties to prevent impending crisis
- 10 Mar 2020
- 1
Financial markets fear a global recession caused by the new coronavirus epidemic, doubled up by the oil war sparked by Saudi Arabia. Romania would enter...
Coronavirus: Despite still low infection figures, Romania pushes hard measures as medical, social and electoral pressures grow / Flights to and from Italy suspended
- 9 Mar 2020
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Romanian authorities over the weekend announced a wave of hard measures in attempts to deal with prospects of an expanding…
Russian researcher claiming Dacians were of Slavic descent banned from Romania / He prepared to hold conference denying link between Romanian, Latin languages
- 4 Mar 2020
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Romanian authorities have denied Russian researcher A.I. Umnov-Denisov’s entrance in Romania when he came to the country to hold a…
Military prosecutor’s office facing checks following inquiry into Mafia-style intelligence op against journalists and magistrates
- 25 Feb 2020
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A criminal inquiry into the tailing and tapping of Romanian journalists and magistrates last week has led to official checks on how that inquiry was...
My Government / My Justice – Considerations on the naming of new top prosecutors
- 20 Feb 2020
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Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday signed the decrees naming three new chief prosecutors. He did so by ignoring the fact that the main body...
Who are the prosecutors eyeing top jobs in key judiciary bodies
- 19 Feb 2020
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Romania is expecting to see who are the people due to take over the helm of its key prosecutorial bodies. As official terms in office...
How we lost faith and why we must recover it
- 11 Sep 2019
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When asked why young people want to leave Romania, citizens list three reasons: lack of trust in the authorities, corruption – which is also a...
Sifting through the ashes of the state
- 7 Aug 2019
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The Caracal murder, the radiography of the local mafia in Olt, the case of public indifference towards a distressed minor recently occurred on the streets...
Ciorapel the Baron and Dancila the Unsuspecting. How the PSD government and its barons are making a mockery of crucial Romanian infrastructure projects
- 23 Iul 2019
- 0
More than seven years, or better yet, 2,634 days (as calculated by Hotnews) have gone by since the first PSD…
Exclusive: Court of Auditors’ checks of PSD’s use of public subsidies halted by Dragnea acolyte. A step by step account
- 4 Iul 2019
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Sources from within the Romanian Court of Auditors have informed G4media.ro that in 2018 a Court of Auditors’ department notified the PSD that it would...
Why did they choose Dancila as the head of the PSD
- 2 Iul 2019
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Many saw in Iliescu the supreme evil, then Adrian Năstase came along, and evil became relative. He may have been evil, but at least he...
Who governs Romania: Dancila and the PSD or the opposition? Who is responsible for the horrors of the Dragnea era?
- 20 Iun 2019
- 4
Dancila’s government has weathered the motion of no confidence, but it acts as if they were in the opposition. The pension law didn’t get enough...
Liviu Dragnea, sentenced to three and a half years in prison / He will soon be imprisoned
- 27 Mai 2019
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On Monday, May 27th, Liviu Dragnea was sentenced by the High Court to three years and six months imprisonment in the Teleorman Child Directorate fictitious...
Why did Dancila get a swollen head? The third emancipation in Dragnea’s era
- 23 Mai 2019
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Dragnea’s favorite expression when it comes to PSD members who end up flexing their muscles once they get to power is that they get „a...
Candidate for a day?
- 23 Mai 2019
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Mircea Geoana will remain in the party’s history, and in the collective memory, as the first leader of the PSD who became president for a...
EU elections in Romania : local politics on trial
- 21 Mai 2019
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More than ever, Liviu Dragnea’s political fate depends on the EU elections’s outcome and on the PSD-ALDE, which its numbers will convey to the system....
Radu Mazare’s bad luck: the new president of Madagascar just unleashed „the war on corruption”
- 16 Mai 2019
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Radu Mazare was arrested and will be extradited to Romania after a quick decision by the authorities in Madagascar, although the former mayor of Constanta...
The Knight of Tomatoes and the return of the four assassins
- 14 Mai 2019
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Dragnea has hit a rough patch : his weapons – total victimization and extreme populism – had to be activated. On Sunday, he swung them...
Europe Day in Romania – same time, different place: a historic achievement and and a resounding crash
- 11 Mai 2019
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Thursday, May 9th, was a day of great contrasts. On Europe Day, at the EU Sibiu summit, President Klaus Iohannis succeeded in projecting the bright...
Dragnea’s „fixer” in the judiciary system and at the Constitutional Court
- 8 Mai 2019
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The appointment of an opportunist judge and of an obedient prosecutor at the Constitutional Court secures a PSD controlled majority in one of the most...
The feast with the public sector salaries, a time-bomb set by the PSD. Who will defuse it?
- 6 Mai 2019
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The expenditure on public sector salaries has exploded. It is apparent even from the statistics put out by the PSD government. The question now is...
A party that is toxic for press freedom. Dragnea has pushed censorship and self-censorship in the media to new heights
- 3 Mai 2019
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On World Press Freedom Day we must be able to say loudly and clearly that PSD was and is toxic for the Romanian press. Whenever...
Et tu, Viorica?
- 25 Apr 2019
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On Wednesday, following proof of a working PSD-ALDE majority in Parliament, PSD leader Liviu Dragnea gave Prime Minister Dăncilă an ultimatum: either a government restructuration...
The EU Commission’s preventive strike: Article 7 veiled threat if the government releases the emergency decree meant to save Dragnea
- 3 Apr 2019
- 1
On Tuesday evening, the European Commission made an unusual gesture, on the far outskirts of diplomatic practice. Faced with Liviu Dragnea’s pressures for the release...
The „greed tax” – PSD’s great failure. Dragnea’s conqueror aura is dimming and Vâlcov is one step closer to being ousted
- 31 Mar 2019
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Emergency decree 114, branded by PSD’s false Robin Hoods as the „greed tax”, was neutralized today by its very same…
How the PSD became beholden to Dan Voiculescu. The virulent anti-EU discourse exported from Antena 3 studios directly to Brussels
- 28 Mar 2019
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Of the nine eligible positions allotted to the PSD for the EU elections, three are taken by Dan Voiculescu’s people: Carmen Avram, Chris Terhes and...
Major change in tactics. The emergency decree meant to save Dragnea – announced, owned, and negotiated in Brussels
- 27 Mar 2019
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This time it’s different : the attempts at amending criminal law and saving Liviu Dragnea &co from the long arm of the law are performed...
The Aprozar revival vs Artificial Intelligence. Why Dragnea tries to get us back into the arms of the daddy state
- 11 Mar 2019
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Don’t be fooled: Dragnea hates the proverbial communist Aprozar (grocery store) full of Vietnamese shrimp and homegrown tomatoes. For a merchant who literally put water...
A Unique moment: How Kovesi found out that she won and why the MEPs preferred her
- 27 Feb 2019
- 5
I stumbled upon her at the airport in Brussels as she was heading to the boarding gate, accompanied only by an aide. The flight has...
The miscalculations of Mr. Dragnea
- 26 Feb 2019
- 35
Why did the PSD’s leader attend the Congress of the European Socialists in Madrid, anyway, where he was basically „slaughtered” and publicly humiliated by his...
The link between Toader’s Decree and Dragnea
- 20 Feb 2019
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With the newly adopted emergency decree, Liviu Dragnea takes one of the last steps towards the takeover of the Prosecutor’s Office, setting a specific deadline...
Kovesi’s investigation: another step towards the Republic of Thugs
- 14 Feb 2019
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Laura Codruţa Kovesi’s investigation confirms all the fears expressed last year by the Venice Commission, the GRECO report and the CVM warnings, and the alarm...
What Tudorel Toader knows
- 8 Feb 2019
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The former prosecutor in Panciu knows, since the time he was investigating petty crimes, that with time, evidence becomes obsolete, that witnesses start forgetting things,...
Call of the Romanian Judges and Prosecutors to the European Union Members States’ Justice Ministers
- 7 Feb 2019
- 2
Call of the Romanian Judges and Prosecutors to the European Union Members States’ Justice Ministers Your Excellencies, In the context of your 6th to 8th...
The danger facing the anti-PSD movement: A war of attrition between Klaus Iohannis and Dacian Ciolos, PNL, USR, and PLUS
- 29 Ian 2019
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One of the greatest dangers threatening the right’s chances of reporting victories in the upcoming electoral battles against the PSD, and to banding together eventually,...
The real parallel state. How Darius Vîlcov takes over one institution after another, building an army of orcs
- 29 Ian 2019
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Darius Vîlcov is turning out to be a serious threat to Romania’s financial stability. Sentenced to 8 years in the lower courts for corruption, an...
Who destabilizes the Balkans: Putin or the Americans?
- 19 Ian 2019
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Ahead of his visit to Serbia on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview for „Politika” and „Novosti” accused the United States and other...
The missing piece in the judiciary puzzle. Next step: the colonization of the system
- 17 Ian 2019
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The latest decision of the Constitutional Court, which paves the way for the voiding of evidence gathered on the basis of protocols signed with the...
G4Media.ro condemns the sanctioning of Realitatea TV on political grounds
- 16 Ian 2019
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G4Media.ro condemns the double standards, the manifestly disproportionate sanction in relation to alleged violations, and the behavior of National Audiovisual Council towards a TV station...
Rheinmetall denounces opaque bidding in a large military contract. The big weapon endowment scandals provoked by PSD
- 14 Ian 2019
- 16
Over the past two years, the PSD-led government has provoked several major scandals related to the endowment of the army, involving billions of euros. The...
The budget of state bankruptcy. Miners Dragnea and Teodorovici are giving the private sector the pick hammer treatment
- 19 Dec 2018
- 2
Promises made to captive voters and projects earmarked for political clients brought PSD face to face with reality: the government has no money for the...
The National Anticorruption Directorate: Coroner’s Report
- 18 Dec 2018
- 0
The time of death of the famous National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) was officially called on October 29, 2018 by a DNA prosecutor talking with the...
Mission Impossible: where will Dancila’s government find the money for all the pension and salary increases, plus billions for barons
- 13 Dec 2018
- 0
With the budget for 2019 left hanging in the air, the debacle created by the PSD in the central administration has reached new heights. Populism...
The emergency decree is coming! Why we cannot wait and see what will appear in the Official Gazette
- 11 Dec 2018
- 2
This time around, Liviu Dragnea has decided to play with his cards on the table. He summoned, overnight, another National Executive Committee (CEX) to push...
They broke one of his fingers
- 6 Dec 2018
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By the action in Parliament on Wednesday, the opposition seems to have aimed for an artistic effect when burning the supreme leader’s effigy. After ramming...
The PSD government is hanging by 11 MPs. This notwithstanding, a dismissal is unlikely
- 5 Dec 2018
- 0
The PSD-ALDE coalition lost its majority in the Chamber of Deputies, keeping a total of 244 MPs, only 11 more than the number needed for...
SOURCES Amnesty and pardon. Tudorel Toader would be willing to put his approval on the decree, on the condition that it be initiated by another ministry.
- 4 Dec 2018
- 1
Sources within the government have told G4Media.ro. that Tudorel Toader would be willing to put his seal of legal approval…
The four dunces in charge of Romania’s economic policy
- 4 Dec 2018
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As far as fiscal policy and the economy are concerned, the PSD relies on four individuals : Darius Vâlcov, Eugen Teodorovici, Ion Ghizdeanu (head of...
Decree 13 reloaded? PSD announces massive giveaways, same as in January 2017
- 29 Noi 2018
- 0
Talk of a new emergency decree on amnesty and pardon is growing by the day. And the PSD’s conduct is a carbon copy of that...
A Centenary-worthy gift for thugs: amnesty and land bondage
- 28 Noi 2018
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Teodorovici, the eternal public sector official, the friend of club owners, and the enemy of private enterprise, has inadvertently leaked PSD’s true thinking regarding members...
The effects of Stanescu’s resignation. How does Dragnea manage to always be two steps ahead?
- 27 Noi 2018
- 0
Paul Stanescu’s resignation from the Ministry of Development, a week after the party’s decision to replace him, has determined the winner in this new Iohannis-...
EXCLUSIVE The real stakes of the government reshuffle: the adoption of the emergency decree on amnesty and pardon. A two-step plan
- 22 Noi 2018
- 1
Liviu Dragnea wants to remove Paul Stănescu from the Government in order to eliminate the last opponents to an emergency decree on amnesty and pardon....
PSD’s dangerous game: anti-Semitism as political weapon
- 21 Noi 2018
- 1
On Tuesday evening, PSD clocked one of the most dangerous transgressions in its recent history, when Ilan Laufer publicly accused President Klaus Johannis of anti-Semitism....
Why Klaus Iohannis rejected Laufer and Vasilescu, and kept Stanescu
- 21 Noi 2018
- 0
The President rejected two nominations for the Dancila Government’s team, and refused two revocation requests from the same. Most likely, he did this in order...
The PSD’s „hushed” government style: Three cabinets and over 70 ministers changed in less than two years
- 20 Noi 2018
- 0
The PSD won the 2016 parliamentary election with the biggest score the party has ever recorded, and yet, it generated the biggest government-instability in the...
This is what cowardice and baseness look like in politics
- 16 Noi 2018
- 0
Put cowardice for president Iohannis, and baseness for the others. The latest cowardice: the appointment of Ecaterina Andronescu, Romania’s education grave-digger, and champion at stepping...
How the government countered Brussels’ harshest criticism and political sanctions since joining the EU. The main avenues of misinformation
- 14 Noi 2018
- 1
Dancila’s government, Dragnea, Tariceanu, the PSD and Antena 3, quite the last remaining combatants in the anti-EU trenches, began circulating, on Tuesday, a series of...
EXCLUSIVE Dragnea met „system man” Gabriel Oprea in a restaurant to discuss a possible PSD – UNPR alliance
- 13 Noi 2018
- 1
Liviu Dragnea and Gabriel Oprea met in a restaurant in Bucharest to discuss a possible alliance between PSD and UNPR, sources told G4Media.ro. The meeting...
The harshest Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) report on the state of the judiciary in Romania: eight additional recommendations by the European Commission, including the immediate suspension of the implementation of the Justice laws, of the changes to the Criminal Codes, and of the ongoing procedures of appointment and dismissal of the chief-prosecutors
- 13 Noi 2018
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The European Parliament has adopted the resolution on the rule of law in Romania: an indictment in 12 points
- 13 Noi 2018
- 3
The European Parliament voted with 473 votes in favor, 151 against, and 40 abstentions, a resolution that severely criticizes the Romanian Government’s and Parliament’s conduct...
EXCLUSIVE: The PSD wants to reimburse from the EU funds the projects of the local barons. A solution to reduce the budget deficit
- 12 Noi 2018
- 2
The PSD wants to reimburse from the European funds the unfinished projects awarded to the local barons via the National Local Development Program (PNDL), a...
New pieces of evidence show that Emergency Decree 13 was written outside the premises of the Government, in Dragnea’s office at the Chamber of Deputies. „Initiativa Romania” is in possession of hitherto unknown details from behind the scenes of the episode that sent the country into a downward spiral
- 12 Noi 2018
- 1
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Voices strongly promoted by Russian propaganda make the prime time agenda on Antena 3 and Romania TV
- 12 Noi 2018
- 2
PSD political figure Liviu Pleşoianu, Daniel Dragomir, former Romanian Information Service (RIS) convicted for corruption in a first instance, journalist Bogdan Duca, and lawyer Dan...
Draft resolution of the European Parliament on the rule of law in Romania: „deep concern” about undermining the independence of the judiciary, condemns the violent intervention of gendarmes, condemns the political restrictions on media freedom and calls for the restoration of legislation on NGOs
- 7 Noi 2018
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An exemplary execution
- 6 Noi 2018
- 2
In mafia movies, traitors always end-up dying a painful death at the boss’s order, as a way of making a point to other would-be traitors....
The „Reptile”. The brute force behind the struggle for the amnesty and pardon of thugs
- 2 Noi 2018
- 257
The SDP’s “restitutio ad integrum” operation in the judiciary, aiming to bring the latter to a state of submission and obedience to politics, as it...
Survey: Romania, among the countries least influent and relevant in the EU, two months before taking over the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union
- 1 Noi 2018
- 0
A survey by the influential think-tank European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) that measures the level of influence Member States…
The Monster
- 31 Oct 2018
- 6
Yesterday, Liviu Dragnea was the only political figure who dared to use politically the commemoration of the “Colectiv” tragedy. The main political benefactor of that...
The protocols’ untold truth
- 30 Oct 2018
- 3
All those who today denounce the collaboration protocols between various institutions of the judiciary and intelligence services are the ones to have laid the foundations...
The decade of the Barons. How did Romania sacrifice its development under SDP rule
- 30 Oct 2018
- 0
2019 looks likely to be another year lost for Romania’s development, just like the Centenary Year, just like the past six years with the SDP...
Dragnea’s plan to get rid of Tudorel Toader
- 29 Oct 2018
- 0
The time has come for Tudorel Toader to be evaluated. After evaluating others, which essentially meant inventing a simple pretext to oust them from a...
Experts: Harmful changes in the Penal Code, operated by SDP-ALDE and passed by the Constitutional Court. Criminal legislation is relaxed, defendants are favored
- 29 Oct 2018
- 0
Even if they are considered to have a negative impact on criminal investigations, some of the legislative changes introduced by…
Why President Iohannis and the PPE want to bury the European Parliament’s resolution on un-democratic excesses in Romania
- 23 Oct 2018
- 5
On Tuesday, President Klaus Iohannis said in Strasbourg that it would be „extremely unusual” for the European Parliament to vote on a resolution on a...
How the Anticorruption Directorate got into a coma
- 18 Oct 2018
- 2
The new conditions for a prosecutor to be appointed at the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) are merely the last blows that de facto paralyze the...
A dramatic drop in euro-optimism in Romania: only 49% of the citizens support EU membership, ten points less than in April
- 17 Oct 2018
- 2
The latest Eurobarometer survey commissioned by the European Parliament shows that only 49% of Romanians (representing10 points fewer on the previous Eurobarometer in April 2018)...
Experts: What are the harmful changes to the Code of Criminal Procedure that have passed the Constitutional Court filter, or have not been challenged before the Court
- 16 Oct 2018
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Expert practitioners consulted by G4Media.ro have drawn attention to the fact that the Constitutional Court decision on the amendments to…
Everything for Dragnea, short of amnesty and pardon
- 15 Oct 2018
- 0
The good news is that Tudorel Toader did not provide the much dreamt of amnesty and pardon ardently fantasized by Liviu Dragnea. Did he force...
Who is Florin Păsătoiu, the man who used Russian propaganda to launch the fake-news about a bilateral co-operation agreement between Russia and Romania
- 15 Oct 2018
- 0
The recasting of Russian-Romanian relations at the scientific, cultural and diplomatic level through an agreement between the University of Craiova…
Defrauding the state budget in 5 steps: Dragnea and Vâlcov’s strategy to get rid of the EU verification nightmare
- 10 Oct 2018
- 5
Liviu Dragnea’s big problem with Tel Drum stems from the alleged fraud of European funds. Since he took over SDP from Victor Ponta, and started...
Sources: Liviu Dragnea’s plan if the referendum were valid
- 9 Oct 2018
- 3
Several sources from within the SDP told G4Media.ro that, had the referendum been valid, as some opinion poll announced it would, the SDP leader Liviu...
The big winners of the referendum
- 8 Oct 2018
- 0
Politically, the winners of the failed referendum on the redefinition of the family as exclusively the marriage between a man and a woman have been...
The Romanian Orthodox Church’s failure on the referendum: more humility would not go amiss
- 8 Oct 2018
- 2
It is hard to imagine a more difficult context for the inauguration of the Cathedral of the Salvation of the Nation than the one given...
The referendum’s big losers and who is gaining from a major failure
- 7 Oct 2018
- 4
The failure of the referendum for the family represents a striking defeat for several political leaders, with Liviu Dragnea featuring at the top of the...
How to steal a referendum: three methods
- 5 Oct 2018
- 2
First, by amending the law. Specifically, by Government Emergency Decree 86/2018 amending the law on the organization and conduct of the referendum. The Decree entered...
„Save Dragnea from Prison” series, season 3. In which Dragnea needs two emergency decrees for his ambitious plan
- 4 Oct 2018
- 5
The new season in the „Save Dragnea from Prison” series has started, the most dramatic and thrilling to date. The previous seasons, those of January...
How fair are the key messages on the judiciary and on the 10th of August protests transmitted by Viorica Dăncilă and SDP-ALDE in the European Parliament
- 3 Oct 2018
- 6
In the past few days, Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă, the SDP, and ALDE leaders, served and supported by some TV…
Romanian Judges’ Forum Association – White Paper – Cooperation protocols between the Romanian Information Service and various judicial authorities
- 3 Oct 2018
- 0
Romanian Judges’ Forum Association – White Paper – Cooperation protocols between the Romanian Information Service and various judicial authorities with…
Romania takes a shortcut to the exit
- 2 Oct 2018
- 5
When some drivers break all traffic rules in order to move faster than others, traffic gets worse. Due to a small number of rule-breakers intersections...
Operation ROEXIT: Former Secret Service agent Daniel Dragomir, convicted in a first instance and investigated in the Black Cube case, wants Romania to leave the EU
- 2 Oct 2018
- 5
A violent anti-EU speech was deployed for the first time in Romania on Monday night, introducing the idea that Romania…
Protest: Romanian mass-media under Attack
- 1 Oct 2018
- 2
The endorsers of this petition ask for the intervention of democratic forces in Romania by taking a public stance regarding the statements made yesterday by...
Another step toward autocracy: Dragnea wants to control independent media. G4Media.ro’s position
- 1 Oct 2018
- 3
Liviu Dragnea has announced that he is requesting the Dăncilă government to elaborate a bill on „the transparency of funding and the modalities of spending...
Constitutional Court decision or Emergency Decree: Dragnea’s options for changing the High Court 5 judge panel supposed to try him in the fictitious employment case
- 28 Sep 2018
- 3
Sources from SDP told G4Media.ro that Liviu Dragnea is currently considering two ways which could serve his intention of changing…
Ska Keller, after discussions with Viorica Dăncilă: She said that the protesters supposedly were sent by abroad and were on drugs
- 27 Sep 2018
- 3
”She said that the protesters supposedly were sent by abroad and were on drugs. Ms Kövesi was fired by the president, according to her. We...
Tensions between ALDE and SDP. Dragnea’s veiled threats and Tariceanu’s billion Romanian Lei reply
- 26 Sep 2018
- 1
Over the last week, Liviu Dragnea has had a couple of extremely hostile political gestures towards ALDE, and Calin Popescu Tariceanu’s party started to fight...
Sources: The SDP deferred discussions on the law of the Black Sea gas because it is much worse for Romania as compared to the promises made publicly by Liviu Dragnea
- 26 Sep 2018
- 0
On Tuesday, deputy Iulian Iancu (SDP) – head of the Commission for Industries, postponed by a week the debates on…
Hungary, Russia’s Trojan horse at the heart of Europe. Budapest’s cynicism in boycotting a very important summit in Bucharest
- 20 Sep 2018
- 3
Prime Minister Viktor Orban was in Moscow, and President Janos Ader was blocked on the airport in Budapest after the presidential plane was hit by...
How Dragnea will try to undermine Justice again, in Parliament
- 16 Sep 2018
- 7
All public declarations made lately by the SDP leader Liviu Dragnea indicate that, if the Government refuses to help him, he will seek to act...
Romania’s Erdoganisation
- 15 Sep 2018
- 2
The Romanian Gendarmerie, in charge of guarding specific objectives and hierarchically placed in the command structure of the Ministry of Interior, has become a political...
Who ordered the violence during the protests of August 10th?
- 14 Aug 2018
- 0
It would be a mistake and a trap to start hunting for scapegoats, low ranked enforcers such as the white-dressed man or other secondary characters....
The true rat status. A small appeal to Mr Dragnea’s intelligence
- 13 Iun 2018
- 8
You only have to feel with your mustache around you, Mr. Dragnea, for the stench scattered by dozens of PSD branches relieving themselves on Simona...
The President’s mistake. Populism has no place at Cotroceni
- 24 Mai 2018
- 0
„We perceive Iohannis as Romania’s stability anchor, safeguarding the country against ideological and macroeconomic slippages.” That I was told by the representative of one of...
The position of G4Media.ro on Liviu Dragnea’s threats
- 15 Mai 2018
- 0
On Sunday night, live on a TV channel, the leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and House speaker Liviu Dragnea, described by the Associated...
Dragnea, Isărescu and Dăncilă. The significance of a strange meeting in the Chamber of Deputies office
- 4 Mai 2018
- 1
To his left, Prime Minister Dăncilă and Minister Teodorovici. To his right, “consigliere” Darius Vâlcov. In front, over the narrow table, the governor and the...
Romania, again at a critical juncture. What can be done?
- 20 Apr 2018
- 3
Starting today solutions need to be found. Now we know precisely the diagnosis: Dragnea and Tariceanu pass laws for themselves, destroy institutions in their personal...
The Group of State against Corruption of the Council of Europe expresses serious concern about certain aspects of the laws on the status of judges and prosecutors
- 11 Apr 2018
- 0
In a report on Romania published today, the Group of State against Corruption of the Council of Europe (GRECO) expresses…
Hungary under the sign of Viktor Orban. Interpretation of Hungarian election results
- 10 Apr 2018
- 0
Viktor Orban scored the most important victory in the parliamentary elections, marking a first not only in Hungary but also in the post-communist states integrated...
All about the Broidy case. How one of President Trump’s fundraisers initiated legal action against me
- 3 Apr 2018
- 0
Legal representatives of the Circinus company, owned by Elliott Broidy, have announced publicly, by means of a press release sent to several Romanian newsrooms, that...
Top European Court’s life kiss to Turkey’s ill judiciary
- 22 Mar 2018
- 250
With 156 journalists behind bars as of 26 February 2018 and the closing down of more than 150 media outlets by virtue of the state...
EXCLUSIVE Romania risks losing billions of euros if breaching the independence of the judiciary. The European Commission has found the way to cut European funds
- 22 Mar 2018
- 0
Slippages against the judiciary in Romania and other Eastern European countries triggered a strong reaction of the main donor states…
What’s behind the campaign against the „deep state”
- 20 Mar 2018
- 1
The theory of the day is that the „deep state” has controlled them all. Traian Basescu, Elena Udrea, Victor Ponta, Crin Antonescu, the entire elite...
Who we are and how G4Media works
- 19 Mar 2018
- 1
When we made the new website, we named it after one of the values we believe in strongly: the freedom of the press, a vital...
