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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicRomania

Topic: Romania

Telegram founder claims France intel agency head asked for ban on Romanian conservative voices on app

Pavel Durov, currently under judicial supervision in France, said that Nicolas Lerner approached him ahead of Romanian elections.

Centrist Nicusor Dan wins Romanian presidency over hard-right pro-Trump rival

Dan had campaigned on pledge to fight corruption, maintain support for Ukraine, where Romania has played an important logistic role, & to keep the country firmly within European mainstream

UK, Romania strengthen defence ties with New Treaty

Enhanced cooperation includes joint defence committee and information sharing.

‘Donkey flight’ held in Paris not first, Indians are trying to emigrate to US in record numbers

The case of a chartered flight ferrying 303 passengers to Nicaragua is just the latest in a record year for Indians seeking to emigrate to the US via the Mexican and Canadian borders. 

France detains flight from UAE with mostly Indian-origin passengers, probes possible human trafficking

Chartered flight with 303 passengers on board, operated by Romanian company Legend Airlines, was on its way to Nicaragua. Indian embassy has got consular access & is investigating.

Romania fails to uphold rights of same-sex couples, rules European Court of Human Rights

The ruling, which says the government has breached the European convention on human rights, comes after 21 Romanian same-sex couples filed challenged with the court in 2019-2020.

On Camera

Savitribai Phule made space for radical women misfits. She pioneered Satyashodhak modernity

The distinctiveness of her writing is evident in her compositions—women, shudras, and atishudras are at the center. Her poetry challenges the aesthetics of 'modern' Marathi literature.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.