Claudia Stoian
claudiastoian.bsky.social
Claudia Stoian
@claudiastoian.bsky.social
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The Homeland Security statement on canceling CURRENT Harvard international students’ status:

“This means […] existing foreign students must transfer or lose their legal status”

Madness! Utter madness.

www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05...
Harvard University Loses Student and Exchange Visitor Program Certification for Pro-Terrorist Conduct | Homeland Security
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ordered DHS to terminate the Harvard University’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) certification.
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May 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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I look forward to working with you for a better Europe and a better Romania.

Sincere felicitări!
May 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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My warmest congratulations to Nicușor Dan on his victory tonight!

The Romanian people have turned out massively to the polls.

They have chosen the promise of an open, prosperous Romania in a strong Europe.

Together, let’s deliver on that promise.

Looking forward to working with you.
May 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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🚨 BREAKING: Romania elected a moderate centrist as president in a major surprise, after weeks when voters looked likely to propel another hard-right populist to lead a large European country. ​

Full story: www.politico.eu/article/roma...
May 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Romania still standing 🇷🇴🇪🇺
Romania’s Central Electoral Bureau blocked Russia-aligned, far-right candidate Călin Georgescu from running in May’s presidential election.
Far-right frontrunner Călin Georgescu blocked from Romanian presidential race
Trump’s administration has been pressing Romanian officials to allow him to stand in May’s vote.
www.politico.eu
March 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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We are living in dangerous times.

Europe‘s security is threatened in a very real way.

Today I present ReArm Europe.

A plan for a safer and more resilient Europe ↓

europa.eu/!MFPVMC
March 4, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Hard but necessary watch. The discussion that followed the screening offered some insights into the current state of play since Trump took office. With uncertainty ahead and U.S. support in question, EU must step up—a defining moment for its leadership and commitment to Ukraine.
#Ukraine #Trump #EU
🎬 𝑽𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊 𝒅’𝑬𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒂 presents '20 Days in Mariupol'

🇺🇦 The 2024 Oscar-winning documentary captures the devastating siege of #Mariupol, offering an unfiltered look at war’s human cost.

📅 26 February
📍 Via Cavour 65, Florence
🎟 Free admission
Register: 🔗 www.eui.eu/events?id=57...
@eui-eu.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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The Romanian ultranationalist politician was picked up by police for questioning earlier on Wednesday regarding false funding sources and false information in his last campaign.
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/2yf

#EuropeNews
February 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist who was locked up in Iran last month, has been freed and is on a plane that departed from Tehran today.
Iran releases jailed Italian journalist Cecilia Sala
PM Giorgia Meloni has informed the reporter’s family.
www.politico.eu
January 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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The European University Institute, one of Europe’s leading academic institutions has landed here. Our X now frozen. Please help us rebuild our community
@simonhix.bsky.social @filipkostelka.bsky.social @maartenpvink.bsky.social @tomaashby.bsky.social @valentimvicente.bsky.social #Academicsky #Polsky
Hi there 👋, this is the blue sky over Florence, seen from the European University Institute!

We’ve just landed here 🚀 and can’t wait to connect with all of you. Follow us to get the latest on research, events, and EUI campus life!

📲 @eui-eu.bsky.social
December 11, 2024 at 10:46 AM
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This week we've had the collapse of the French government, martial law imposed and rescinded within 6 hours in Korea, and the annulment of Romania's Presidential election due to Russian interference.

December's already putting in a strong late entry for the most eventful month of this year...
December 6, 2024 at 1:55 PM
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Four major Romanian political parties formed a coalition, vowing to keep Romania on a pro-EU and pro-NATO path.
Romanian pro-EU parties unite to crowd out far-right candidate Georgescu
Social Democrat Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu threw his support behind reformist Elena Lasconi for president.
www.politico.eu
December 4, 2024 at 8:23 PM
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🇬🇧🇪🇺 Published Today in EJPR 🇬🇧🇪🇺

@simonhix.bsky.social @juhoharkonen.bsky.social and I find that 1/3 of the anti-Brexit shift in the UK can be attributed to the impact of cohort replacement (old voters dying, young people becoming eligible to vote)! 1/12
ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 30, 2024 at 8:10 AM
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En #Roumanie, 4 jours avant le second tour, la Saga continue:

Des documents déclassifiés par le Conseil suprême de défense révèlent:

-Un schéma d'action coordonné pour faire la promotion de Georgescu + 1 campagne d'action similaire à l'#Ukraine avant la guerre 1/

www.g4media.ro/breaking-pre...
BREAKING Serviciile secrete au declasificat informațiile despre Călin Georgescu: Susținere de la persoane care au atentat la suveranitatea României / Activitatea pe Tiktok ar fi fost coordonată de un ...
Informațiile transmise în CSAT de serviciile secrete despre Călin Georgescu au fost desecretizate miercuri, după ce președintele Klaus Iohannis a fost de
www.g4media.ro
December 4, 2024 at 6:37 PM
🇷🇴🗳️

Today, Romanians head to the polls to elect their parliament for the next four years, in what many consider the most crucial vote in 35 years of democracy. So far, voter turnout is 10 percentage points higher than in the 2020 elections.

#elections #democracy #EU
Alegeri parlamentare 2024: Noi estimări ale votului, din surse politice. Peste 5 milioane de români au votat
Românii votează duminică, 1 decembrie, la alegerile parlamentare, pentru a-și alege reprezentanții în Camera Deputaților și Senat. Alegerile au loc într-un context complicat pentru România, iar presa ...
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December 1, 2024 at 1:00 PM
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Solidarity with the people of #Tbilisi who raised our #flag again last night, calling for a #European #future for their country. The EU must stand with you and your President Salomé Zourabichvili , demanding fair #elections and sanctioning Putin’s servants aiming to lead #Georgia away from Europe.
November 30, 2024 at 12:39 PM
This is one of the major tests of Romania’s democracy after 1989. Difficult to predict and watch.
#elections
www.politico.eu
November 30, 2024 at 11:57 AM
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Tbilisi now, 🇬🇪 Georgia now.

📷: Ezz Gaber
November 29, 2024 at 7:56 PM
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Drone video of demonstrators in Tbilisi this evening-- one day after riot police violently dispersed protesters. By RFE/RL's Georgian Service
November 29, 2024 at 9:05 PM
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More video of the violent police crackdown on Tbilisi protesters last night. (source: t.me/paperkartuli)
November 29, 2024 at 2:40 PM
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Pour le 2e jour d’affilée, des milliers de Géorgiens sont dans la rue ce soir dans plusieurs villes du pays pour protester contre la décision du gouvernement de suspendre le processus d’adhésion à l’UE. La police réprime avec canons à eau et lacrymo #GeorgiaProtests
November 29, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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❗️Tbilisi, 🇬🇪 Georgia Now.

Spontaneous protests erupt in Tbilisi and across Georgia after the PM declares EU negotiations are "off the table until 2028."
November 28, 2024 at 8:50 PM
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Thread on the role of murkily financed Georgescu campaigning on TikTok and Telegram:

"The Telecoms Regulatory Authority announced that ‘thousands of TikTok accounts worked for Georgescu’ with funding from outside Romania," with influencers vowing they didn't know who they were being paid for.
November 28, 2024 at 5:09 PM
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Since it's highly unlikely the electoral commission (BEC) will manage to do a full recount by tomorrow, experts think they're likely buying time for another postponement or until receive more documents and information from other institutions.
November 28, 2024 at 1:39 PM
🇷🇴According to a press release from the Presidential Administration, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has convened the meeting of the Supreme National Defense Council for tomorrow amid suspicions of presidential election fraud.

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Președintele Klaus Iohannis a convocat CSAT pentru joi. Ce temă este pe ordinea de zi a Consiliului Suprem de Apărare a Țării
Președintele României, Klaus Iohannis, a convocat ședința Consiliului Suprem de Apărare a Țării, care va avea loc joi, 28 noiembrie 2024, începând cu ora 14:00, la Palatul Cotroceni, informează un com...
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November 27, 2024 at 2:16 PM