His Royal Highness, Prince Paul of Romania, is the son of HRH Carol Mircea of Romania and of Helene Henriette Nagavitzine, the paternal grandson of King Carol II of Romania. He is married to Princess Lia and they have a son, Carol Ferdinand, the first royal descendant born in Romania in the past 90 years.  Read More »

After four successive years of financial, economic and, more recently, political crisis, (neo)liberalism has proved its shortcomings. Since the fall of the communist regimes in Eastern Europe in 1990, we have been witnessing an unremitting offensive of liberalism, and in recent years, of neoliberalism. Liberal politi­cians the world over keep telling us that the government is a “poor administrator”... 

As I wrote two months ago on my blog, the Russian parliamentary elections (December 4 2011) and presidential election (next year) are certainly the place where the struggle for influence will become increasingly fierce. In main, the territorial influence. A battle fought, in general, within the walls of the Kremlin, away from the inquiring eyes of the press. Of course, its things are known, even... 

Although the possibility of a spectacular turn up in next year’s presidential elections in the Russian Federation is as likely as the transformation of Siberia in the tropical forest, however the media’s curiosity about the person who will be the next candidate remains at its highest. Or is it more like a PR game that the press seems to have been joined by drum-rolled and trumpets. Any... 

This speech has been delivered by Roberto D. Peccei – Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of California Los Angeles and son of Aurelio Peccei, founder of the Club of Rome – at the conference “The Global Crisis as seen by Aurelio Peccei” organized by the Romanian Association for the Club of Rome on 15th March 2011 at the National Bank of Romania in Bucharest.  Read More »

Sorin Blejnar, president of the National Tax Administration Agency – ANAF – appointed to office under the Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) “algorithm” has often been pointed at, in the media, as the “queen“ in the customs corruption scandal, and several PDL leaders have asked for his resignation.  Read More »

Traian Băsescu is heading for his last battle, and there are growing chances that this should not be just a metaphor. In an older feature in Cadran Politic, back in 2007 I think, I was saying that decoupling the parliamentary elections from the presidential one would completely change the paradigm, turning the presidential candidate from a party locomotive into a simple car. Relations between the... 

Usually (especially after the success of „Putin’s Labyrinth“ book) people tend to associate your name to Russia. However, your experience as correspondent in the Central Asia and Middle East, makes me to focus the discussion on the events in Egypt and Arab world. For Egyptians still is a moment of euphoria. But political analysts are reticent. What would be the major concerns and challenges for... 

About Vladimir Putin it said that he started out as open to the West, then he felt disappointed and in last instance he became hostile, or at least distant. The statements of President Medvedev (at meeting with you at the end of January) would suggest that he is almost at stage number two. I‘m wrong ? I can‘t to comment about the feelings of the President – it is generally unacceptable.... 

Doctor Honoris Causa acceptance speech at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, March 10, 2011, of Mr. Emil Constantinescu, former President of Romania 1996-2000  Read More »