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To his left, Prime Minister Dăncilă and Minister Teodorovici. To his right, “consigliere” Darius Vâlcov. In front, over the narrow table, the governor and the first deputy governor of NBR. The silent images broadcasted by the Chamber of Deputies show Liviu Dragnea, host and power broker of a strange meeting that had only one political […]

Starting today solutions need to be found. Now we know precisely the diagnosis: Dragnea and Tariceanu pass laws for themselves, destroy institutions in their personal interest and jeopardize Romania’s strategic partnerships, the relationship with EU and the United States. Pragmatically speaking, it is of no use asking ourselves how we got here, who is to […]

Viktor Orban scored the most important victory in the parliamentary elections, marking a first not only in Hungary but also in the post-communist states integrated into NATO and the EU: he is the first leader to link three consecutive government mandates with his party. After the 1998-2002 governing, Viktor Orban returns in 2010 and wins […]

Legal representatives of the Circinus company, owned by Elliott Broidy, have announced publicly, by means of a press release sent to several Romanian newsrooms, that they initiated legal procedures against me and against HotNews.ro. In their statement, Circinus representatives say I have published „a series of defamatory articles about Mr. Elliott Broidy”. „These recent articles […]

With 156 journalists behind bars as of 26 February 2018 and the closing down of more than 150 media outlets by virtue of the state of emergency decrees, Turkey is the global leader in suppressing the media. Under the long-lasting state of emergency, the Turkish government has been running a severe crackdown on dissidents from […]

The theory of the day is that the „deep state” has controlled them all. Traian Basescu, Elena Udrea, Victor Ponta, Crin Antonescu, the entire elite of politics followed orders clicking their heels. Is not very clear how heads of state and prime ministers have been manned by the people they themselves have appointed, how it […]

When we made the new website, we named it after one of the values we believe in strongly: the freedom of the press, a vital part of democracy. Without courage, curiosity and honesty, the public debate dies and the society goes with it. G4Media is short for the Association Group 4 Media Freedom and Democracy. […]