What did the Soros Foundation do in Romania? He introduced the internet into schools, the first school textbooks after communism, financed scholarships and launched debate programs. Former coordinator Alina Tacu explains the impact in education https://www.byteseu.com/875243/ #Romania
It never rains but it pours 
The National Audiovisual Council (CNA), which governs TV and media in Romania, has recently come under fire after it issued an order for the removal of a video in which a journalist states that the decision of the Central Electoral Bureau to eliminate pro-Russian Călin Georgescu from the presidential race is a coup d'état.
Autocracy is flourishing in Israel (not to mention the #USA, #Georgia, #Romania, + others as well as the UK under Starmer who is having a bloody good go. Gone or going is judicial and media independence.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/20/benjamin-netanyahu-gaza-israel-palestinians
Trump fails to get Putin to stop the shooting #Ukraine #USA #UK #EU #Europe #Czechia #Poland #Trump #Lithuania #Latvia #Estonia #Germany #France #Austria #Hungary #Romania #Slovakia #Japan #Taiwan #Australia #Switzerland #Canada #Italy #Ireland #Netherlands #Finland #Sweden #Denmark #Iceland #Norway #Spain #NATO #RussiaIsATerroristState
Vulturul Negru - Black Eagle Palace in Oradea at Sunset
Smaller industries were also shut down in Canada's #BritishColumbia, #Ireland, #Hungary and #France, while bans will come into effect in #Romania, #Latvia and #Lithuania in 2027 and 2028. The three latter countries are minor producers of #mink. A ban on #MinkFarming has come into effect in #Bulgaria.
An EU-wide ban could be decided on next year, which has the potential to change the industry profoundly once more.
https://www.statista.com/chart/33876/supply-volumes-of-mink-fox-pelts-on-the-world-market/
BIRN investigations have uncovered how journalists conducting public-interest investigations in Romania were put under surveillance by their targets with the help of law enforcement.
Thousands of Romanians took to the streets of Bucharest on Saturday to show their support for the European Union, amid political disputes over a presidential election rerun scheduled for May.
Pro-democracy protests in #Serbia and #Hungary.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS mobilizing to make their voices heard.
When governments prove hostile to civil society, when powers of arrest, detention, and deportation are weaponized and abused, when graft and nepotism are the norm, when elected opposition bows to pressure, people sometimes have to represent themselves.
Edit to add: #Romania #Bucharest too.
Romanian constitutional court unanimously rejects Călin Georgescu's candidacy.
Romania's constitutional court unanimously voted to uphold the decision rejecting "TikTok Messiah" ultranationalist politician Călin Georgescu's candidacy in the upcoming presidential elections in May, sparking a fresh round of protests by his supporters in Bucharest on Tuesday.
@MeanwhileinCanada
#europeans are also deeply concerned regarding the deals and help of #Trump to #poutine .
#europe is more than ever FIGHTING together with aggressed #Ukraine
Fighting together to save #democracy .
#Putin will not get #Kiev ,
he will not get #Baltic Countries, #moldavia or #Romania
#Russia is rapidly sinking like #titanic
#Trump will not get #greenland
#Trump will not get #canada
#Trump will not get #panama
#China will not get #Taiwan
#dictatorships will be destroyed.
#Romania: The far-right candidate Calin Georgescu barred from May presidential vote https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3301714/romanian-far-right-candidate-calin-georgescu-barred-may-presidential-vote?utm_source=rss_feed
I wish we could have. (with all due respect to democracy, something that could have been saved)
“#Romania has banned the far-right frontrunner in the country’s presidential vote from taking part in the election, in a move that comes despite warnings from the US to respect voters’ wishes” -Financial Times
Panoramic View of the City of Brasov, Romania at Sunset Watercolor Painting
A curious cat beneath spring blossoms.
