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The author of the post wrote that on the 20th in Bucharest, the support in front of the detention center continued uninterrupted and that several flags were waving. He said that people were chanting "Călin Georgescu is President" and stated that if the images were not shown by the cameras, they would make them public, adding that they had become "the media." https://t.co/l6yI5hRVrz #București #Protest #România (translated)

"A much stronger dialogue is necessary. These meetings allow us to show that this is a very hot topic on the European agenda, but it has also been on NATO's agenda, including in Ankara on this subject." Ștefan-Radu Oprea stated that the security situation in the Black Sea must remain on the agenda of NATO and European partners, and Romania must work closely with Turkey and other allies. #securitate #MareaNeagră #Rusia (translated)

A very good working meeting. We were all present who are to be part of the cabinet, if it receives the vote of investiture on Tuesday, because we needed to discuss together with the designated prime minister, to see all the priorities we have in a very short time frame, to prepare for hearings, to have a coordinated message, a realistic message, a message of responsibility about the period we are in," said Ștefan-Radu Oprea. #Politic #Guvern #România (translated)

Ștefan-Radu Oprea discussed with Luca Niculescu at Vila Lac about the future Cabinet's collaboration with PNL, emphasizing that the relationship must be based on responsibility, not goodwill, and expressed confidence that the government will secure the necessary votes for its investiture. #Politic #Guvern #România (translated)

Romania condemned the violence against Palestinian communities in the West Bank and emphasized that Israeli settlements are illegal under international law, in the context of a recent incident that also affected European diplomats. #Cisiordania #ColoniileIsraeliene #DreptInternational (translated)

This support agreement is conditional. Tomorrow afternoon (editor's note: Sunday), I will sign this agreement with the designated Prime Minister in which he commits to maintaining the agreed deficit targets, so that we can continue to access European funds and remain a secure country for investors," Bolojan stated on Saturday after the PNL leadership meeting. #LucaNiculescu #Guvern #România (translated)

Zelensky stated that grain transports through the Black Sea are currently impossible due to Russian attacks and urged Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Hungary to allow the transit of Ukrainian grains through their territory to Western countries, as they did at the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. #Ucraina #Cereale #Tranzit (translated)

Two Geran-4 drones of Russian origin were shot down for the first time by the Romanian Army in the airspace of Romania, according to the interim Minister of Defense, Radu Miruță, who highlighted the challenges these new drones pose for air defense systems. #Drone #România #Apărare (translated)

Marco Setaccioli challenged Marco Travaglio's calculations on European and Russian military spending, stating that Travaglio had indicated 450 billion euros for Europe and 150 for Russia and had argued that Russia had reason to fear Europe, which had invaded it four times in the last 200 years. According to Setaccioli, in the current year Russia would have spent around 17 trillion rubles on defense, equivalent to 181 billion euros, a figure indicated, according to him, by most analysts. He noted that the nominal comparison did not take purchasing power into account: applying indices developed by specialized research centers, Russian spending would rise to 574 billion international dollars, compared to about 700 billion for the entire EU. He added that the EU would have three and a half times the population of Russia and a GDP nine times greater. Setaccioli argued that the Russian federal budget did not show all military costs. He cited studies by economist Craig Kennedy, according to which part of the spending would be financed through subsidized loans and would thus remain on the banks' balance sheets. He also recalled an investigation by Dozhd', which, according to him, had documented pressures on private companies to hire people before signing contracts with the military and to supplement salaries with corporate funds. He added that at least three militias would be linked to Gazprom, which would cover part of the costs. For these reasons, he dismissed as false the claim that Russia spent less than the EU. Historically, Setaccioli criticized Travaglio's reconstruction, according to which the Napoleonic and Nazi invasions, along with interventions in Crimea and support for the Bolsheviks, would justify Russian fears toward Europe. Setaccioli listed Russian troop interventions in Poland in 1939, Finland in 1939-1940, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Romania in 1940, Bulgaria in 1944, Hungary in 1956, Czechoslovakia in 1968, Moldova in 1992, Georgia in 2008, and Ukraine in 2014 and 2022. He stated that there were no Russian regions occupied by European countries, while eight regions—one in Moldova, two in Georgia, and five in Ukraine—would be under Russian control. Finally, Setaccioli accused Travaglio of presenting a selective and misleading reconstruction to make Russia appear not dangerous, portray Europe as a threat, and argue that rearmament was unnecessary and risky. In his view, that reasoning could legitimize a potential Russian attack on Europe and constituted a form of collaborationism. #Russia #Europa #Difesa (translated)