Romania’s current-account hole widens as foreign direct investment collapses
BNR data lift the current-account deficit to 16.29 billion euro while FDI collapses to 1.127 billion — external financing cost with a thinner reserve buffer.
EPA scraps carbon limits on coal and gas plants: what Monday’s rollback states
On 14 September 2026 the EPA said it will no longer regulate planet-warming pollution from coal and gas plants under Biden-era carbon standards. Officials frame affordability; critics cite cumulative CO₂ and omitted health damages. Both frames are in the…
The 2026 National School for Democracy, seen from within
The tenth National School for Democracy, held in Bucharest from August 26 to 29, 2026, brought together experts and participants to explore democracy as something shaped not only by institutions, but by everyday choices.
Extraterrestrials and the human discipline needed before first contact
A reflection on how the first possible sign of extraterrestrial intelligence would test not only science, but humanity’s ability to verify evidence, resist manipulation, manage uncertainty, and remain disciplined before contact.
Exclusive Interview with Dr. Michael Pravica: Matter, consciousness, and the hidden dimensions of reality
In this exclusive interview, Andrei Eugen Drăguț speaks with Dr. Michael Pravica, Professor of Physics and member of HiPSEC, about matter under extreme conditions, useful hard X-ray chemistry, consciousness, higher dimensions, Orthodox faith, artificial…
The future is in knowledge and technology. Why do we keep missing It?
Romania spends €55 per capita on business R&D — last in the EU, next to an average of €597. This piece traces the gap beyond the usual "mentality" narrative into corruption, bureaucracy, brain drain, and multinational-driven organizational culture,…
Exclusive interview with Constantin Pintilie: BlueSpace Technology, technological autonomy, and Romania’s strategic future
True sovereignty is not declared — it is built, layer by layer, in laboratories, factories, and decision rooms. In this exclusive interview for Andrei Eugen Drăguț, Constantin Pintilie, founder of BlueSpace Technology — the only Eastern European company…
The body is a distributed mind
The body is not a passive instrument controlled by the brain. It is a distributed system of sensing, processing, prediction, regulation, defense, memory, and identity. The self is not located in one place. It emerges from the integration of body, brain,…
Why we spend billions on Mars while ignoring Earth’s crises and the thirst for collective hope
The question is usually asked as an accusation: why are we spending billions on Mars while poverty, climate instability, war, collapsing health systems, housing crises and ecological damage remain unresolved on Earth? The standard answers are familiar.…