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Syria’s new government vows to investigate mass killings | World News– news.sky.com
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Syria’s new government has formed a committee to investigate reported mass revenge killings of a minority group – after the United Nations human rights chief called for “swift actions”.

Violent clashes, which a war monitoring group said had already killed 1,311 people, have continued for a fourth day in deposed president Bashar al Assad‘s coastal heartland.

Volker Turk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, said in a statement: “The caretaker authorities’ announcements of their intention to respect the law must be followed by swift actions to protect Syrians, including by taking all necessary measures to prevent any violations and abuses and achieve accountability when these occur.”

Alawite Genocide in Syria as Local Journalist Says ‘Only Israel Stands by Us’ – The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com
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The conflict in Syria took a gruesome turn as reports emerged on Sunday of a large-scale massacre of Alawites in northern Syria. Witnesses and analysts describe an ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing, with the Alawite minority being targeted in what some are calling a genocide.

Islamists aligned with Syria’s interim government massacred hundreds of ethnic Alawites after members of that minority attacked security forces loyal to the interim government in the Latakia province. The Assad family, which ruled Syria from 1971-2024 are Alawites, an ethnic minority who make up 12% of Syria’s population. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that at least 745 unarmed Alawite civilians have been killed, along with 150 armed Alawites and 125 members of the newly established Syrian regime.

Syria announces the end of a military operation against Assad-linked gunmen in a coastal region – WTOP
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Syria’s interim government signed a deal Monday with the Kurdish-led authority that controls the country’s northeast, including a ceasefire and the merging of the main U.S.-backed force there into the Syrian army.

The deal is a major breakthrough that would bring most of Syria under the control of the government, which is led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham that led the ouster of President Bashar Assad in December.

The deal was signed by interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa and Mazloum Abdi, the commander of the U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.

The deal to be implemented by the end of the year would bring all border crossings with Iraq and Turkey, airports and oil fields in the northeast under the central government’s control. Prisons where about

Kremlin Says It Seeks Unity for Syria Amid Rising Violence and Unrest– www.themoscowtimes.com
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Russia is in contact with other countries regarding the recent wave of violence in Syria and wants the war-torn country to remain “united,” the Kremlin said Tuesday.

Days of unrest in Syria’s Alawite heartland have posed the most serious threat to the country’s stability since President Bashar al-Assad’s fall in December.

“We are ready and in contact with other countries on the Syrian issue,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, adding that Moscow “wants to see Syria united, prosperous and friendly.”

Assad fled to Russia after being ousted by rebel groups following more than 13 years of civil war. Moscow had been his key military and political backer, helping to turn the tide of the conflict in his favor when it first intervened.

Syria’s president calls for ‘peace, calm’ amid brutal clashes | Conflict News– www.aljazeera.com
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Violence in Latakia, Tartous leaves hundreds dead as Syria faces deepening divides amid escalating conflict.

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa has urged for peace amid escalating communal violence that has killed hundreds of civilians in the coastal areas.

On Sunday morning, al-Sharaa stated the need to “preserve national unity and domestic peace; we can live together” as newly appointed forces clash with fighters from removed President Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite sect.

The fighting began after pro-Assad fighters coordinated attacks on security forces on Thursday. The attacks spiralled into revenge killings as thousands of armed supporters of Syria’s new leadership went to the coastal areas to support the security forces.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based war monitor, at least 745 Alawite civilians have been killed in Latakia and Tartous since Thursday, as well as about 125 members of the government’s security forces.

The White Helmets Are Back Disposing of the Bodies, Concealing the Crimes of Jihad Army in Syria– gellerreport.com
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The White Helmets are al Qaeda. That the White Helmets are held up as some sort of humanitarian group while true humanitarian organizations like ours are labeled as hate groups speaks to the vicious hypocrisy and the evil of the left.

“The White Helmets organization is concealing the crimes committed by elements affiliated with the Syrian Ministry of Defense of the government of Ahmed al-Sharaa “al-Julani”

They collect the bodies and hide them, then clean the blood from the streets and then bring civilians and dress them in security uniforms to accuse them of being remnants of the Bashar al-Assad regime..”

SYRIA GENOCIDE: Killings Continue as Leader of Al-Julani Islamic Army Openly Tells His Jihadis to Kill and Slaughter– gellerreport.com
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Killing is still ongoing.

Watch this video. According to my sources in the Alawites in Syria, he is one of the leaders of the Al-Julani army, from ISIS, he is openly telling his mercenaries to kill and slaughter the Alawites today, the tenth of March. The massacres continue.


“I apologize for writing to you from a fake email, but I fear for myself if my identity is known, I am a Syrian Alawite citizen, I beg you with all forms of begging and request, help us stop the rivers of blood in Syria, the blood of the Alawites fills the streets, the New Syrian Army led by al-Julani is a terrorist army of mercenaries, more than 4 thousand have been killed so far and the media does not follow and film more than hundreds, at every moment columns of extremist Islamic jihadist mercenaries are killing innocents, burning homes, stealing and looting, we no longer have any hope of life on this earth, please help in any way, we ask for protection from any country in the world to enter Syria instead of al-Julani and his mercenaries, America, France, Israel, Russia.. any country, the important thing is to get rid of these mercenaries and save what remains of humanity. I am looking forward to sending you hundreds of documented videos and photos…. Please help us… The Arabs have failed us and are supporting this extremist Islam… We have little hope from the foreign community to save us from this genocide.”

At least 6 killed in a militant attack on a hotel in Somalia– abcnews.go.com
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MOGADISHU, Somalia — A car bomb exploded Tuesday at a hotel in the central Somali city of Beledweyne in a militant attack that killed at least six people, including two prominent traditional elders, according to witnesses.

The explosion targeted the Cairo Hotel, which houses traditional elders and military officers currently involved in coordinating the government’s offensive against the militant group al-Shabab.

The blast triggered intense gunfire as attackers stormed the hotel, engaging security forces.

“Six people, including two well-known traditional elders, were killed in the attack,” said Muhsin Abdullahi, a resident who spoke to The Associated Press by phone. He added that several wounded were hospitalized.

A coalition government is forming in Germany that saw the alliance of the far left Green Party with the center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to prevent the rising Alliance for Deutschland party (AfD) from gaining any power despite finishing a close second to the CDU. That coalition is in peril already, thanks to a new budget proposal.

The German government on its way out, in a lame duck session, is preparing to pass a budget, one that the presumed next Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, is not only approving, but introducing. It includes billions of euros more in increases targeting infrastructure improvement and military expansion, all under the guise of responding to the Donald Trump threat. The stumbling block for the bill passing is the same leftist party expected to work in partnership with the CDU in the next party, the Green Party, who is threatening to vote the proposed Merz amendments down.

Germany’s Green Party rejects Merz’s spending proposals | Politics News– www.aljazeera.com
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Germany’s Green Party has threatened to torpedo plans put forward by likely incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz to invest hundreds of billions of euros in defence and infrastructure.

Merz, whose conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) emerged the biggest in February’s legislative elections, wants in particular to relax the strict limits imposed by the “debt brake” in Germany to invest more in defence and security. His proposal comes as the country’s economy experiences prolonged stagnation and United States President Donald Trump’s direct overtures to Russian President Vladimir Putin have left Europe feeling vulnerable on security.

The proposed constitutional changes to ease strict borrowing limits in the area of defence and establish a 500-billion euro ($542bn) fund for infrastructure had been described as historic when they were presented last week.

Zelenskyy sees post-Trump polling bump. What about other world leaders? – National– globalnews.ca
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on world leaders have given many of them a boost in their approval ratings, as allies contend with what experts say is an “external threat” posed by the Trump administration.

Leaders who were suffering polling slumps in recent months and years — including outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his incumbent Liberal Party, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — have seen their popularity rebound since Trump returned to the White House in January, according to recent polls.

“Donald Trump is making other countries rally around their leaders in opposition,” said Matthew Lebo, a political science professor at Western University.

EU chief calls for defence ‘surge’, says ‘time of illusions’ over– www.channelnewsasia.com
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Stating that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot be trusted” but only “deterred”, von der Leyen noted that the Kremlin was spending more on its military “than all of Europe combined”.

“We all wish we could live in more peaceful times. But I am confident that, if we unleash our industrial power, we can restore deterrence against those who seek to do us harm,” she said.

“It is time to build a European Defence Union that ensures peace on our continent through unity and strength.”

The commission plan also allows member states to repurpose so-called “cohesion” funds intended for the development of poorer European countries and lifts curbs on defence investments by the bloc’s lending arm, the European Investment Bank.

How Elon Musk weaponised X against Ukraine’s president Zelensky – The Independent
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When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Elon Musk was hailed as one of Kyiv’s staunchest allies. A Russian malware attack crippled satellite communications across Ukraine, and officials frantically pleaded with the SpaceX founder to help.

Three years later, Musk has warned that Ukraine’s “entire front line would collapse” without SpaceX’s satellite terminals, highlighting their critical role in the country’s defence against Russia. He has also used his platform X to repeatedly attack Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky, sharing false claims and calling for elections to replace him.

It’s a sharp turnaround for the tech billionaire, who has joined the recent pile-on against the wartime leader, led by Donald Trump. This week, after X was targeted by a cyber attack, Musk blamed Ukraine. He then accused a US Democrat senator who visited Kyiv in a show of support of being “a traitor”.

Arrest of Columbia pro-Palestinian student leader marks ‘new era’ of campus politics– www.france24.com
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PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, March 11: Reactions in the press after a US oil tanker and cargo ship collided in the North Sea. The Italian daily La Repubblica looks at the nefarious Greek port where the tanker was refuelling, a port know to have distributed Russian oil. The Columbia University pro-Palestinian student leader Mahmoud Khalil is arrested amid fears he could be deported. And, a pizza shop in Australia outrages all by putting orange slices on its latest creation!

‘Nothing like this in American history’: the crisis of Trump’s assault on the rule of law – The Guardian US
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When the chief justice of the US supreme court, John Roberts, delivered his bombshell ruling last July granting Donald Trump absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts, he laid out his vision of an expansive presidency. The executive, he wrote, should be “vigorous and energetic”, and free to carry out duties “boldly and fearlessly”.

If that sums up Roberts’ ideal occupant of the Oval Office, then he has certainly got what he wants in the 47th president. In his first month back, Trump has vigorously fired tens of thousands of federal workers; energetically ignored congressional statutes; boldly run roughshod over the constitution; and fearlessly unleashed Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, in a slash-and-burn campaign against the US government.

Trump has done more than that – he has opened a Pandora’s box that might, in time, give the chief justice pause. The president has indicated that he has another target in his sights: the very judiciary over which Roberts presides.

“He who saves his Country does not violate any law,” Trump posted on Musk’s X earlier this month, channeling Napoleon Bonaparte. The comment, combined with overt threats that Trump and his people have made against judges who dare stand in their way, have prompted a question that previously would have been unthinkable: is the president willing to defy the rule of law itself?

The US Is Undergoing a Corporate Coup. Sudan Shows How Dangerous It Can Become. – Truthout
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Now, in the U.S., another corporate coup is unfolding. In recent months, Elon Musk has increasingly acted as an unelected power broker, using his economic and political might — including his influence in the spheres of telecommunications, militarism and artificial intelligence — to undermine democratic institutions and reshape the government in his own image.

Musk’s influence extends far beyond the private sector. His power manifests through private ventures that dictate public policy — from X’s (formerly Twitter) control over the public conversation to Starlink’s role in global conflicts. His satellites control critical military and civilian communications. His companies, including Tesla, StarLink, SpaceX and StarShield, SpaceX’s military subsidiary, are deeply embedded in national security infrastructure, while his growing AI and data collection through X gives him unprecedented political sway. Now, Musk is openly using his wealth and influence to stage what can only be described as a corporate coup.

Do Reporters Love Leakers Who Ruin ICE Raids?– www.newsbusters.org
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It’s not often that we associate leakers within the government with criminals — often, they’re just frustrated liberals. But leaking the location of potential ICE raids or leaking American troop locations endangers the safety of Americans. Are reporters going to defend these kinds of leaks?

One way Trump could seek retribution in a second term is by going after leakers who seek to undermine the White House agenda. Anonymous Trump-trashing sources were all the rage in the first term, and that’s what puts the emphasis on the phrase Deep State. Whenever anyone uses that term, think of government actors (or — government actors from the other party who are temporarily out of government) trying to run the government from behind a wall, cooperating with unelected media outlets.

There’s Kash Patel news on this front. Just The News reported the FBI has launched an investigation into “dishonest leakers” inside the bureau who have recently pushed “false information” to the media – leaks that FBI officials say has undermined the mission of the nation’s premiere law enforcement institution.

Tom Jones at Poynter.org led with this today: “The Department of Homeland Security, led by Secretary Kristi Noem, has begun performing polygraph tests on employees to determine if they are leaking information about immigration operations to the media.”

MSNBC Guest Claims ‘Strong Mainstream Nonpartisan’ Media Is Gone. She’s Right… for the WRONG Reason. – RedState– redstate.com
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One of the most bizarre and laughable claims the left can make was made by an MSNBC guest over the weekend. On Saturday’s “The Weekend” on MSNBC — which is peak Trump Derangement Syndrome on steroids — “journalist” Molly Jong-Fast dropped the following gem (emphasis, mine):

There is not the same strong mainstream non-partisan media there was in 2016. It is much, much, much smaller. So it has fallen on a lot of these Democrats — Democratic senators — to narrate what’s happening, to explain what they’ve seen in the last 7 weeks. And I’ve seen some Democrats do that. … If they don’t do it, no one else will.

Oh, Molly, bless your delusional heart.

While Jong-Fast is right— that a strong mainstream non-partisan media has vanished from America — she, like most Democrats, was right for the wrong reason. The “strong mainstream non-partisan media” ship sailed years ago, giving way to a hopelessly biased left-wing media — that now lives and breathes to trash President Donald Trump and all things conservative.

Jong-Fast also paid homage to self-declared “Democrat Socialist” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and TDS-riddled Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) as examples of “narrating what’s happening.”

You’ve seen Bernie Sanders go in and give town halls where Republicans won’t. Or you’ve seen Chris Murphy narrate — he did a speech on the floor of the Senate where he talked about what had happened in the last six weeks. That kind of stuff — there are some really popular things that Republicans are trying to take away.

 

CBS Gushes Over ‘Trans Influencer’ Dylan Mulvaney Book, Laments ‘Painful’ ‘Hate’– www.newsbusters.org
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Monday’s CBS Mornings had a syrupy puff piece by contributor Natalie Morales on “trans influencer” Dylan Mulvaney ahead of a memoir’s release, lamenting all the “painful” “trans hate” Mulvaney faced due to the Bud Light debacle and claiming Mulvaney thought of dying by suicide because people opposed it.

No opposing viewpoint. All fluffy-yet-pointed demands everyone embrace transgenderism or the threats of suicides loom. It makes sense once you consider this was the show Bud Light parent company Anheuser Busch chose to appear on in June 2023 to defend their actions.

The idiocy began with first of two teases by co-host Vlad Duthiers: “And Natalie Morales talks with transgender trailblazer Dylan Mulvaney, who’s out with a new book about her transition and facing down hate by finding joy in her life.”

Duthiers’s second tease was even dumber: “Alright, ahead, trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney opens up about her journey and navigating the painful fallout from the controversy over an ad campaign for Bud Light. We’ll be right back.”

Co-host and Democrat donor Gayle King had the lead-in to the interview, swooning “Dylan Mulvaney burst onto the scene as a TikTok star” before fretting “perhaps what made her most famous was controversy” and “was targeted after appearing in…a one-off campaign” for Bud Light.

Hit Piece on Data Republican (Small r) Snares Her Husband – PJ Media– pjmedia.com
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Data Republican (small r), whose mad genius database skills have laid bare the corruption and self-dealing between Washington and an army of NGOs, was the subject of a weekend hit piece in the Salt Lake Tribune — and her husband might have gotten the worst of it.

On Sunday, the Trib’s “emerging news reporter,” Brock Marchant, published an article that was little more than a summary of an earlier Rolling Stone piece that Jennica Pounds (Data r) says contains “multiple factual inaccuracies.”

Rather than interview Pounds directly for his report — she isn’t difficult to reach — Marchant contacted her husband, Brent, through his work email. He did so late on Saturday night, mere hours before the 6 a.m. Sunday publication.

Jennica posted that Brent “responded professionally” and explained that “his business activities are entirely separate” from the Data Republican website but that Jennica would reply later. “As a mother, my family responsibilities naturally took priority on a weekend, and I was unable to immediately respond to your inquiry.”

Also, Jennica’s deafness and autism often require assistance for clear communication.

“Instead of allowing me a fair opportunity to reply, you chose to rush publication,” she continued, proving “you prioritize sensationalism over accuracy, fairness, and responsible journalism.”

‘Straight up illegal’: Conservative groups file complaint against ABA for discrimination in clerkship program– www.thecollegefix.com
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ABA must ‘stop treating people based on DEI’ to comply with law, group leader says

Four conservative public interest groups and law firms have recently lodged a Title VII complaint against the American Bar Association, accusing it of racial and sex-based discrimination.

American Civil Rights Project Executive Director Dan Morenoff told The College Fix via phone interview the ABA’s “judicial clerkship programs” are the clearest breach of the law among all of its programs.

The ABA’s website states the program aims to promote “full and equal participation by all lawyers.”

Further, only women, those with a disability, those who “identify” as LGBTQ+, people of color, or those who have “overcome social or economic disadvantages” will be considered for the program.

Connecticut College replaces DEI office with ‘Retention and Success’ division– www.thecollegefix.com
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‘Colleges and universities are reconfiguring and rebranding DEI efforts in order to avoid scrutiny,’ professor says As diversity, equity, and inclusion programs lose footing due to state and federal pushback, Connecticut College has decided to launch a new division to interweave “equity and inclusion efforts” throughout its institution. Titled the Division of Retention and Success…

Biden’s DEI initiatives cost more than you think– www.louderwithcrowder.com
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A study was released on March 10, 2025 that was able to finally put a dollar amount on former Vice President Joe Biden’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion measures and that amount is $1.1 trillion. This includes 460 programs across 24 federal agencies. Some of these you’ve probably already heard about, but let’s dig in, shall we?

Despite what Leftists say, there actually is no need for DEI programs anywhere in the country. Things like the 14th Amendment, the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, and many, many Supreme Court rulings have made DEI programs redundant.

Report: Democrats Were Handing Out Hundreds of Millions in Federal ‘Loans’ to Children During COVID– lidblog.com
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A new report from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) reveals that Biden and the Democrats had handed out more than $312 million in federal loans to children during the scamdemic. Children!

Per Fox News:

DOGE said it identified that the Small Business Administration (SBA) granted nearly 5,600 loans for $312 million to borrowers whose only listed owner was 11 years old or younger at the time of the loan. The loans were issued in 2020 and 2021 – while the world struggled with the COVID-19 pandemic – and it is unclear what they were used for.

“While it is possible to have business arrangements where this is legal, that is highly unlikely for these 5,593 loans, as they all also used an SSN with the incorrect name,” the agency wrote.

“@DOGE and @SBAgov are working together to solve this problem this week,” they added.

Hawaii kills bill to end vaccine exemptions after massive pushback from public– www.lifesitenews.com
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(Children’s Health Defense) — Hawaii’s religious exemption from vaccine mandates is safe — at least for now. Under pressure from constituents, state lawmakers voted yesterday to table a bill that would have repealed the exemption.

House Bill 1118 was part of the “governor’s package,” a set of proposed bills that make up Gov. Josh Green’s legislative agenda.

The bill, introduced in January in the House and Senate, aimed to curb the growing rates of non-medical exemptions in the state over the last 10 years.

However, the proposed legislation encountered stiff pushback from the public and grassroots organizations in Hawaii, who responded with letters, public statements and rallies opposing the bill.

Trump Vows to ‘Invest Billions’ into Greenland if They Join U.S.– www.breitbart.com
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President Donald Trump vowed to invest billions into Greenland and to “create new jobs” if Greenlanders decide to join the United States, adding that they would be welcomed.

“As I made clear during my Joint Address to Congress, the United States strongly supports the people of Greenland’s right to determine their own future,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “We will continue to KEEP YOU SAFE, as we have since World War II. We are ready to INVEST BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to create new jobs and MAKE YOU RICH — And, if you so choose, we welcome you to be part of the Greatest Nation anywhere in the World, the United States of America!”

As Breitbart News’s Joel Pollak reported, during Trump’s address before a joint session of Congress, Trump expressed that the U.S. respects Greenlanders’ “right to determine” their future, while adding that Greenlanders would be welcomed if they join the U.S. Then he added, in an ad-libbed aside: “One way or the other, we’re going to get it.”

In December 2024, Trump announced that Ken Howery would serve as the U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark and expressed that the U.S. taking ownership over Greenland was an “absolute necessity” for national security and freedom worldwide.

Brussels ‘must take position’ on Romanian presidential election controversy one way or another, warns Slovak PM Fico– rmx.news
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The European Commission is under increasing pressure to address the unfolding political crisis in Romania after Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico called for clarity on the rejection of Calin Georgescu’s presidential candidacy.

Fico’s remarks, shared on social media, warn that the Commission’s silence would further undermine trust in the European Union.

Fico emphasized that the European Commission “must take a position” on the situation one way or another, asserting that either Georgescu, a nationalist and NATO-skeptic, is right, or the Romanian authorities’ decision to bar him from running is justified.

“The European Commission (EC) must take a position on the presidential elections in Romania — and take responsibility for it. If Mr. Georgescu is being wronged simply because he has a different opinion, he must be given European protection. If the EC is convinced that the Romanian authorities are doing the right thing, it must stand up for them. The only thing the EC cannot do is to remain silent,” Fico declared.

The controversy erupted after Romania’s Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) rejected Georgescu’s candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections on Sunday evening. The decision, taken with 10 votes in favor out of the 14-member committee, sparked protests in Bucharest, where demonstrators clashed with police, waving national flags and chanting slogans calling for “revolution.” Riot police used tear gas to disperse the crowd, and multiple arrests were made.

Chaos in Romania’s capital after far-right Calin Georgescu barred from presidential redo – The Washington Post
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Chaos broke out in Romania’s capital Sunday evening as incensed supporters of the far-right populist Calin Georgescu protested the electoral body’s decision to reject his candidacy in a presidential election redo. He won the first round of last year’s race before a top court annulled the election.

US judge says Musk’s DOGE must release records on operations run in ‘secrecy’ – Reuters
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 A federal judge on Monday ordered the government-downsizing team created by U.S. President Donald Trump and spearheaded by billionaire Elon Musk to make public records concerning its operations, which he said had been run in “unusual secrecy.”
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in Washington sided with, opens new tab the government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington in finding that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was likely an agency subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).