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1 week ago | universul.net | Alison Mutler |De Alison Mutler

Bucharest is known as a vibrant and eclectic city, but it also ranks highly on a different index: it’s one of the sweetest smelling cities in Europe. As summer rapidly approaches, many residents dream of escaping the harsh, polluted winter air, whether it’s a stroll through a park or the fresh scents of spring flowers. So what makes Bucharest smell so good? It might be the popcorn its residents munch on as they watch the latest political scandal, or the sweet lilacs that come out in spring.

1 week ago | universul.net | Alison Mutler

Romanian officials have condemned Russia’s deadly missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy, which killed at least 34 people, including two children, and injured more than 110. Russian ballistic missiles ripped through the busy center of Ukraine’s northeastern city of Sumy on Sunday, officials said, killing at least 34 people and striking terror in  the city where residents were out enjoying Palm Sunday and attending morning church services.

2 weeks ago | universul.net | Alison Mutler |De Alison Mutler

Romania officially has the largest brown bear population in Europe roaming over its Carpathian mountains and forests, a figure that could be as high as almost 13,000, according to the first scientific study ever carried out. “There are between 10,419 and 12,770, according to analyzes carried out on more than  24,000 samples collected from 25 counties. The study has a confidence level of 95%,” said Environment Minister Mircea Fechet on Thursday presenting the survey.

2 weeks ago | universul.net | Alison Mutler

Dezinformare, democrație subminată și un diplomat spilcuit: momentul de răscruce al României devine un punct fierbinte pe scena globală. Purtând un ceas strălucitor, blugi strâmți până deasupra gleznelor și arborând un zâmbet fosforescent, Dragoș Sprînceană arată mai degrabă ca un gigolo de club de noapte decât ca un diplomat cu experiență.

2 weeks ago | universul.net | Alison Mutler

Sporting a flashy watch, above-the-ankle tight jeans, and a neon smile, Dragoș Sprînceană looks more like a nightclub gigolo than a seasoned diplomat. But the businessman has suddenly emerged as Romania’s point man in the era’s most surreal of foreign policy endeavors: the need by supplicant countries to curry favor with Donald Trump. Sprînceană, whose name means “eyebrow” in Romanian and who turned 46 today, is PM Marcel Ciolacu’s newly appointed envoy to the Trump camp. His job?