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An EFOR-ARP opinion poll provides new data on social media consumption and Romanians’ trust in social networks. Here are a few conclusions: Television remains the dominant source of information in terms of trust Among platforms, Facebook remains dominant, while TikTok is popular among nationalists and young people in rural areas There is a major difference ···
Wednesday, 11 March 2026, 10:00 AM – Aula Magna, BCU. Democracy and Civil Society in Eastern Europe: Where We Come From and What Will Become of Us in These Turbulent Times. As at the beginning of every year, EFOR released its report on the most significant recent developments. This year’s edition focused on the fate ···
A new EFOR booklet showing how Russia and China seek to discredit Eastern Europe’s democratic transformation after 1990. By reframing transition as failure and fueling “nostalgia propaganda,” these narratives aim to undermine institutions, sow distrust, and weaken the liberal order in our region. The booklet explores how politics, the economy, NATO, and memory itself became ···
EFOR warns that during Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s visit to Bucharest today, he is likely to strike a dubious gas and electricity deal with Marcel Ciolacu. Meanwhile, this week the Romanian government is promoting a “project of strategic importance” to unsustainably increase gas consumption. The two would make Romania highly dependent on Russian gas, with ···
After the first round of the presidential elections, held on November 24, we spent many days dissecting the online antics of Călin Georgescu, the surprise winner, as well as the malfunctions of TikTok and social media platforms in general. This reaction is understandable to a point, given the shock of the results and the astonishment ···
We re-launched for the broader public the annual report Romania in 2035: Seven Challenges for the Next Ten Years at the biggest book fair in Bucharest. Now in printed format, in Romanian and English. You can get here the PDF version EFOR’s activities in the region, including efforts to address disinformation and threats to democracy, are ···
Sorin Ioniţă speaks in the international conference The Impact of Foreign Informational Interferences on democratic processes/elections, organized by the Ministry of Internal Affairs for their own staff in the main hall of the Government. The topic of his presentation, based on EFOR’s monitoring and research of the last years, was How effective are the Kremlin ···
On Prima TV News, a long discussion about Xi Jinping’s visit in Europe and Beijing’s (PRC’s) influence in our region in general. And what is to understand from the elusive BRI projects. Full video in link here. In the project Raising Awareness of Foreign Malign Influence.
There will soon be two years since the first wave of Ukrainian refugees started to arrive in Romania and many of their problems are still to be solved. Their integration on the labor market is supposed to be a priority, but this proves to be hard, while the authorities know surprisingly little about these people. ···
On 9 Oct at 7pm don’t make other plans but come to Cărturești-Verona bookstore to discuss the Peter Pomerantsev’s volume. He is a British journalist of Russian-Ukrainian origin, probably the most profound and brilliant contemporary analyst of the mechanisms of Kremlinist-Trumpist propaganda. Translated by Cartier publishing house from Chisinau, the book should not be missing ···
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