The world has turned completely around in three days — or as they say, the weathercock atop the church tower is creaking, and for Dan Tanasă, in Romanian: erțcocoșul face cârț-cârț. Three days ago, after all, Botond Csoma stood before his wider (Digi24) and narrower (Transtelex) audience and said that the RMDSZ would not be part of the next government, arguing that it simply wouldn't do for them t

Vladimir Putin may have put General Sergei Surovikin in charge of directing the attacks on Kyiv's bridges, British military expert Hamish de Bretton-Gordon claimed in an article published in the Telegraph, which several Ukrainian- and Russian-language outlets reported on on October 8. Surovikin, known as “General Armageddon”, previously directed Russian operations in Ukraine, including attacks on

A Ukrainian negotiating delegation will arrive in the United States on October 9 to discuss the continuation of diplomatic consultations and the preparation of a possible Ukrainian-American-Russian meeting – Interfax-Ukraine reported, citing a source close to the negotiating team and confirmation from the presidential office. According to RBC-Ukraine, the delegation will include David Arakhamia, R

According to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, there is currently no visible chance of a negotiated end to the war launched by Russia against Ukraine, because Moscow is making territorial demands that Kyiv considers unacceptable. In an interview with the Greek newspaper Kathimerini, published on October 8, Rubio said the war has reached a strategic stalemate that could be resolved either throug

At the initiative of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office, a Russian court declared several Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian historical figures and organizations to be accomplices in Nazi Germany's war crimes and crimes against humanity – reported the Russian State Archive on October 6. The decision concerns acts committed during World War II, and lists those named in it by name.

In early 2026 Turkey delivered a small quantity of Korkut air defense systems to Ukraine, where they were used against Russian attack drones and cruise missiles, Middle East Eye reported, citing several sources familiar with the matter. Those who spoke to the publication did not reveal the exact size of the shipment; the report was also covered by the Ukrainian outlet Babel and the Czech Britské l

German-Ukrainian company Quantum WIY Industries has unveiled the concept of a carrier platform capable of launching eight SPYS interceptor drones from the air, with the smaller drones intended to be mounted in groups of four under the carrier's two wings. According to a report by the Ukrainian news agency UNN, the design of the aircraft presented resembles the Ukrainian FP-1/FP-2 drones, although

The Dutch F-16 fighter jets handed over to Ukraine play a significant role in shooting down Russian jet-powered Shahed drones, and additional equipment could boost the effectiveness of their missions – Volodymyr Zelensky said after speaking by phone on October 5 with Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten. According to the Ukrainian president, the aircraft received from the Netherlands already play a con

Ukrainian pilots will soon begin training on French Rafale fighter jets in France, Volodymyr Zelensky announced after speaking by phone with French President Emmanuel Macron on October 5 about military support for Ukraine and the development of the Ukrainian air force. The Ukrainian president called the launch of the training a significant step forward, though a statement from the presidential off

Kimberly Guilfoyle, the United States' ambassador to Greece, asked a Donald Trump-supporting businessman to settle her $100,000 American Express debt, while promising to help him gain access to senior officials of the U.S. government – the Wall Street Journal reported. According to messages reviewed by the newspaper, the request was made a few days before Guilfoyle's Senate hearing in July 2025, b

On October 8, South Korea successfully carried out a flight test of its first domestically developed hypersonic glide vehicle, which President Lee Jae-myung personally monitored. According to the presidential office, the system, which is still under development, completed its planned flight path and precisely struck the designated target. After the test, the president asked researchers to speed up

Turkey has ruled out sending troops to Yemen for offensive operations against Houthi forces, while remaining ready to provide assistance for the defense of Saudi Arabia, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on October 8. The announcement marks out the practical limits of the Turkish–Saudi–Pakistani cooperation often referred to as the “Muslim NATO”: Ankara is willing to provide defensive support, but

Moldova has officially been invited to present its negotiating position on two more chapter clusters of the EU accession process — the internal market, and competitiveness and inclusive growth — announced Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Cristina Gherasimov. The development, unveiled on October 7, is preparing the official opening expected at the next intergovernmental conference, wh

We're joking, but it's actually serious.

Today is Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin's 74th birthday. What a pity for us, the civilized part of humanity — we would really have been satisfied with, say, 64 as his last blown-out candle, but the good Lord decided to put the sluggish Europeans to the test. I report that the test has taken place, and the result falls short even of the PISA scores.

Donald Trump offered his help, the mainstream media reported, and the dim-witted American probably really did offer Moscow assistance in combating or preventing a plague outbreak — though for now it's unclear, since the whole affair is shrouded in exactly as much fog as things usually are in Russia. We know something is going on, and we know it's connected to the plague, but the Russian authoritie

Do you still remember, dear old children, dear eternal children, when the portrait of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu and the list of their titles greeted us on the first page of every textbook, and at the start of every school year we thanked the Party for our textbooks — even when Romania had grown so poor that all we could thank the Party for were the textbooks that didn't exist?

Three times is the Hungarian charm, but we're in Romania, so today Nicușor Dan comes up with an extra one: he names the prime ministerial candidate, the fourth since May 5th. There isn't a single analyst in this country who could take the newly named candidate any more seriously than any of the previous three, but we're going to act as if we're on the edge of our seats anyway — here come the haggl

On October 5, Romanian President Nicușor Dan promulgated the law that allows for the preventive culling of 859 brown bears in 2026, while also providing a framework for the removal of a further 110 animals due to immediate danger or damage, with the provisions also applying to 2027. Both quotas are roughly double those approved in 2024, when the preventive quota stood at 426 and the intervention q

The DREPT party, led by Vlad Gheorghe, has asked Romanian President Nicușor Dan not to receive MEP Diana Șoșoacă at the government-formation consultations on October 5. According to the party, inviting the leader of SOS Romania grants political legitimacy to a figure who holds pro-Russian and anti-European positions.