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Currently he is a news editor with Radio Romania News and Current Affairs. In the past he was in charge of jokes and civics for the Kamikaze magazine and wrote for the local press in his hometown. He doesn't have a PhD, although he would plagiarize one.
The resizing of the US military contingent deployed to Romania has triggered a wave of indignation and patriotic panic attacks among local pro-Russian propaganda outlets, generously peppered with disinformation and outlandish allegations.
Romanians in the Republic of Moldova overwhelmingly voted for Nicușor Dan, even though the ruling party, PAS, supported Crin Antonescu. Directly threatened by Moscow, the Moldovans rejected George Simion who, although he declared himself a unionist, is perceived as pro-Russian across the Prut. On the other hand, George Simion got most of the votes of the Romanian diaspora in Europe, which until recently preferred candidates and parties defined as pro-European and reformist.
Networks of Facebook accounts, followed by millions of Romanians, simultaneously promote messages containing sovereignist and anti-EU themes. The messages are also featured on “apolitical” pages publishing mundane or religious content. Networks that promote the same messages were identified in a comprehensive online study.
The so-called “blacklists” have recently remerged in Romania – they are particularly circulated by Călin Georgescu’s supporters. In Romania, blacklists have a rather dark history, as they were used by extremists to take out their opponents.
Romanian extremists seem to believe that the return of Donald Trump is bound to bring them more voters and legitimize a type of discourse marked by populism and false narratives. They also hope that Trump will help them get the power. It is a kind of oxymoronic reasoning that shows that, in fact, Romanian extremists do not even understand the meaning of the word they adopted to define themselves - "sovereignism".
A fake account attributed to Julian Assange expresses its admiration for Călin Georgescu. The fake didn't bother the Romanian extremist, who instead set about debunking made-up fakes.
Pro-Russian MEP Diana Şoşoacă claims that a Jewish secret cabal plans to establish a “New Israel” in Eastern Europe, specifically on Romanian and Ukrainian territory, arguing that Israel’s independence was declared for only 76 years.
The knife attack at a school in Bistrița, in which a teacher and a student were injured, was allegedly a staged operation orchestrated by the intelligence services in order to justify restricting minors’ access to social media, according to conspiracy-driven propaganda circulating in Romania.
Former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu is being persecuted by the regime in Bucharest, on orders from the European Commission, for calling for peace and a return to faith, his wife Cristela claims in a bizarre conversation with American conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
The seizure order against Călin Georgescu’s house, issued by DIICOT, violates his right to be presumed innocent, according to supporters of the former presidential candidate.
Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, ordered Nicușor Dan to arrest Călin Georgescu because the latter poses a real threat to the Zionist influence in Romania, according to nationalist Orthodox propaganda.
Vladimir Putin has allegedly demanded that the US extradite Bill Gates and Anthony Fauci, who are accused in Russia of “bioterrorism” and “crimes against humanity”, with their handover purportedly representing a “non-negotiable” condition for ending the war in Ukraine, according to anti-vaccine/pro-Russian propaganda in Romania.
Narratives identical or similar to those fostered by Russian propaganda have also been circulated in the current election campaign in Romania. They transpired not only in the rhetoric of far-right parties, which for years have internalized such theses, but also in the statements of certain politicians aligned to Romania's pro-Western course.