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Pavel Popescu, vice president of the National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communications of Romania (ANCOM), said Wednesday he would launch the “official process” to block TikTok in Romania. “I request, starting … 28.11.2024, the suspension of the TikTok platform on the territory of Romania, until the completion of the investigation by the state institutions regarding the manipulation of the electoral process,” Pavel Popescu wrote on Facebook, a remark widely reported by local media. Popescu’s Facebook account was deactivated later on Wednesday. The country’s President Klaus Iohannis is holding a meeting Thursday with top national security officials to discuss…

The agreement makes it easier for EPPO to access the Parliament’s premises, to request to relinquish the immunity of lawmakers and staff, and to access documents related to investigations. The agreement, which was signed on Wednesday, comes weeks after EPPO revealed it is conducting an investigation into one of the Parliament’s political groups, the European People’s Party (EPP). For investigations related to members of the European Parliament, EPPO will have to contact Metsola. For investigations into Parliament staff, it will contact the secretary-general. Victor Negrescu, the Parliament vice-president for the fight against corruption and transparency policies, argued that the agreement, which…

“Memorabile. Ipermoda” at Rome’s MAXXI Museum Rome showcases iconic fashion designs and explores their evolution and impact on culture. What makes fashion “memorable”, such that it is an engine of change in society? And how does fashion itself reflect that society, responding to social, political, economic and cultural evolution?These are some of the themes at the heart of “Memorabile. Ipermoda” at Rome’s MAXXI Museum, organised in collaboration with the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana. The show, which opened Wednesday (27 November), takes visitors on a journey through the evolution of design from 2015 to the present, examining key shifts in style,…

👉Listen to Politics At Jack And Sam’s on your podcast app👈 Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Jack Blanchard share their daily guide to the day ahead in politics in under 20 minutes. Net migration figures published this morning are expected to fall in part due to restrictions that were introduced by the Tories. Jack and Sam discuss what the reaction will be to the figures and how it could shape future migration policy. Plus, they explain what to look for tomorrow for the landmark vote on assisted dying. You can send a WhatsApp to Jack and…

“Defenders of the Romanian nation” — the candidates of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) embarked on the race for the 2024 European Parliament elections with this creed. At the end of a mandate marked by numerous controversies and major crises — and we mention here the Covid-19 pandemic, with a long period in which citizens’ rights and freedoms were put on hold — Romanians felt the need, more than ever, to send to the European Parliament a political group dedicated to their national interests. Today, from Brussels, we can say that we want to be the defenders…

By contrast, the KP’s decentralized solution is overwhelmingly supported by industry members, KP observers, including the World Diamond Council, civil society and numerous Belgian stakeholders, many of whom are afraid to speak out in fear of reprisal. As the KP chair, I have consistently voiced my concern about this centralized approach. Not only does it disrupt the established KP framework, a decentralized network of 59 nodes (60 if you include recently onboarded Uzbekistan), that has functioned effectively for over two decades, but worse, it undermines the trust and collaboration that has upheld the equitable participation and sovereignty of all member…

The far-right, Moscow-friendly candidate rose dramatically in the polls to lead the first round of presidential elections, which now risk annulment. Romania’s Constitutional Court will debate on Thursday annulling the first round of presidential elections, in which relatively unknown, TikTok-famous candidate Călin Georgescu beat several well-established candidates with 23% of the vote. Two candidates who lost in the first round, Christian Terheș and Sebastian Popescu, have filed complaints, with Popescus alleging Georgescu misled the electorate and received support from outside the country to bolster his campaign. Terheș said that the withdrawal of another candidate just before the election confused voters…

As Donald Trump puts the finishing touches to his new administration in Washington, the talk of the town continues to revolve around Elon Musk. The world’s richest man has the ear of the president-elect. How long will it last? Host Anne McElvoy talks to Democratic `Representative Ro Khanna, who represents a large swath of Silicon Valley. Even in prosperous parts of the Golden State, the Democrats lost ground to Donald Trump’s resurgent Republican Party, just as they did across the rest of the country. Can Khanna — part of the progressive wing of his party — help rebuild it after…

A video is being shared on social media which allegedly shows Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, calling for the abolition of cash in order to reduce our carbon footprint. Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, is hoping to stop climate change by overhauling the entire economy, including eliminating cash completely, according to claims made in a social media post.Similar posts suggest that the European Central Bank (ECB) is planning to replace cash entirely with a digital euro, which is currently under consideration.One post on X (formerly Twitter) describes this as the biggest…

Die Ein-Themen-Partei war gestern. Jetzt, wo Deutschland in der Wirtschaftskrise steckt, hat auch die AfD erkannt, dass Wirtschaft und Finanzen die Themen sind, mit denen man bei den Wählern wohl am besten verfängt. Wie sich Tonalität und Themenschwerpunkt weg von der Migration hin zu weiteren Feldern entwickeln, bespricht Gordon Repinski mit POLITICO-Reporterin Pauline von Pezold. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview ist der AfD-Fraktionsgeschäftsführer Bernd Baumann zu Gast. Mit ihm geht es darum, welche Ideen die AfD für die deutsche Wirtschaft hat und warum er an eine künftige Zusammenarbeit mit der Union glaubt. Außerdem hat Johanna Sahlberg von POLITICO mit der scheidenden EU-Kommissarin für…