Clara Volintiru
Transatlantic Trusts Regional Director, Black SeaEnglish
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Clara Volintiru is Transatlantic Trusts Regional Director, Black Sea
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June 13, 2024
Clara Volintiru looks at Romania, where the year’s election cycle is only just beginning....
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March 28, 2024
The European Parliament elections in 2024 will shape the political direction of the EU over the next five years and, therefore, constitute a defining...
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![Flags of European Union and Ukraine in a row on the street of the city of Kiev EU and Ukrainian Flags](/sites/default/files/styles/card_image/public/2023-12/shutterstock_616296476.jpg.webp?itok=mLnZADrJ)
December 12, 2023
Several plans have been designed to offer financial assistance to Ukraine, and they overlap in their demands for political and anti-corruption reforms...
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November 27, 2023
Moldova held local elections on 5 and 19 November. Clara Volintiru and Laurențiu Pleșca assess what the results of the elections told us about the...
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August 24, 2023
In our latest Quick Reads series, GMF experts comment on the ramifications of Yevgeny Prigozhin's presumed death....
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August 9, 2023
This piece was originally published on the London School of Economics' European Politics and Policy Program blog and is reproduced here with the...
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![President of Moldova Maia Sandu speaks at joint media briefing with President of Greece, Katerina Sakellaropoulou](/sites/default/files/styles/card_image/public/2023-07/shutterstock_2269119845.jpg.webp?itok=KIB6k38y)
The Russia-Ukraine war has had a significant impact on the stability of states bordering the Black Sea. Bogdan Cozma and Clara Volintiru examine how...
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February 16, 2023
Anniversaries should be celebratory, but some are painful remembrances of events that elicited profound change. ...
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The European Union is stepping up to the economic challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic with a €750 billion recovery plan called Next Genera...
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Cities in Central and Eastern Europe are becoming promoters of democratic values, even when central governments are acting otherwise....