A personal essay for International Children's Day about years spent at a Romanian Children's Palace — the unspoken alternative to kindergarten and classroom routine.
The author spent at least 6-7 years at the Children's Palace, alongside formal schooling.
Circles attended included English, French, literature, chemistry, astronomy, painting and games.
Children's Palaces remain a landmark of informal post-communist education for many Romanians.
More than 48 hours after a Russian drone hit a residential building in Galați, not a single voice from the White House has been heard. The absence matters.
The Galați drone wounded two civilians on NATO soil, an unprecedented incident.
The White House issued no reaction more than 48 hours after the attack.
American silence weakens political deterrence even as military presence remains intact.
A Russian Geran-2 drone hitting a residential block in Galați is no longer a border incident — it is a direct question to Europe about what collective defence actually means.
A Geran-2 drone struck a Galați apartment block, injuring two civilians and evacuating 70 residents.
It is the first known case of a Russian military drone hitting an inhabited building on NATO territory.
Low-altitude anti-drone systems remain largely absent from NATO's eastern flank inventories.
After a Russian drone crashed onto an apartment building in Galați, a deceptively simple question grows harder to avoid: why aren't they being shot down?
A Russian drone crashed onto a Galați apartment block on the night of May 29, 2026.
Public question: why aren't drones flying at low altitude and low speed being intercepted?
Romania's political crisis leaves no decision-maker with full authority to address air defence.