“This investigation will also assess any causal links between those payments and a particular candidate in the Romanian presidential election,” said Toni Greblă, the head of the electoral office, about the tax probes. One key figure under investigation is Bogdan Peșchir, who allegedly funded the influencers on TikTok with €1 million. Last week, authorities raided … Read more
President Iohannis received evidence from the secret intelligence services indicating that both state and non-state actors had interfered in the election, and naming Russia as responsible for a series of aggressive hybrid attacks. The U.S. endorsed the findings of Russian involvement. Acting on the intelligence, Iohannis declassified secret files that alleged Georgescu had unlawfully benefited from … Read more
The coalition means that the four parties, and the ethnic minority representatives, will together hold a majority in parliament and will be able to push for a prime minister from among their ranks. There will still be further talks about what the parliamentary coalition’s governance aims will be, and who will be prime minister, though … Read more
Saul Martinez/Getty Images Who?Space Karen. Qualifications for the jobOwns a lot of successful companies — and X.Strong social media presence.Thinks workers should be “extremely hardcore.” One good reason not to get the jobCould get into an ego battle with Trump as both have their own fragrance. Musk (who really should have a perfume with a … Read more
But if Biden had simply turned to camera, gave a knowing look, perhaps widened his eyes and arched his eyebrows before the “Curb” music kicked in, we might be talking about his comedy genius rather than wondering how on earth this man is going to stop Donald Trump — because if Trump is the lucid one, … Read more
But that same failure was good news for journalists in need of something to write about and for Charles Michel, the European Council president, who gets another week at least to watch his bête noire, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, squirm. Michel has tried several times to bring about von der Leyen’s downfall but … Read more
La France a besoin d’un hommeDe courage, de résolution,Votons, Jacques Chirac,En avant, toute la Nation. Pour tous, Jacques Chirac,Maintenant, président,Ensemble, maintenant,Jacques Chirac, président. There was also“Chirac pour Paris” by Michel Paje (1977), a jaunty little number from Chirac’s mayoral election campaign that, if it was any more French, would be wearing a beret. You know who does … Read more
The National Conservatism Conference — a gathering of Europe’s hard-right elite — sounded about as much fun as an emergency colonoscopy but it was actually a whole lot of fun. Local authorities fell over themselves to not host the event, and (presumably) catering companies across Brussels were given last-minute orders for a lot of finger food that … Read more
“It is very easy to sit in Berlin and have an opinion about our affairs in Botswana. We are paying the price for preserving these animals for the world,” the president of the southern African country said. “We want our elephants to roam freely. The German weather is bad enough for them,” Masisi said. “If … Read more
The journalists who now work in the palace quickly made a discovery: There’s a secret door hidden behind a bookcase. Just like in all the best spy films, the bookcase swings open to reveal an old wooden door through which lies a staircase that leads to the courtyard to escape if, for example, you were … Read more
