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In the military operations in Afghanistan carried out under the umbrella of NATO, 2,461 US soldiers lost their lives, and 125,000 people were evacuated when the troops withdrew. According to Sharon Yang, one of the spokespersons of the US Presidential Administration, during the 20 years in which US troops were present in Afghanistan (2001-2021), the US spent over 2 trillion dollars on operations there.

John Kirby: "The US did not abandon any weapons to the Taliban during the withdrawal from Afghanistan"

The US has not abandoned any military equipment in the hands of the Taliban during the withdrawal of US military forces from Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, said Reserve Admiral John Kirby, national security and communications adviser to...

The minister's hearing in the plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies would take place on October 8, 2024, during the Government Hour program, according to a press release issued by USR. (Photo source: facebook / Angel Tîlvăr. Foto credit: MApN, Laurenţiu Turoi)

The Minister of National Defense, summoned to Parliament in the Russian drone scandal

Angel Tîlvăr, the Minister of National Defense, was summoned to the Parliament by USR deputies to provide explanations regarding the fact that the Russian drones that illegally entered Romania's airspace were not shot down by the Romanian Air...

The Court of Justice of the European Union decided yesterday, definitively, that Google must pay a fine of 2.4 billion euros - a penalty applied by the European Commission in 2017 - for the abuse of its dominant position on the search engine market, because it favored its own shopping comparison service, according to the Euractiv.com website.

Google and Apple, severely sanctioned by the Court of Justice of the European Union

The giants in the field of IT and communications, Google and Apple, are forced to pay financial sanctions totaling 15.4 billion euros, for violating European legislation on data storage and for abusing a dominant position in the market.

Corina Vasile: "It must be taken into account that the teams and companies from Romania are in competition with any other companies in the global market, and the cost is a critical element".

Corina Vasile, ANIS: "The IT workforce is one of the most mobile"

The labor market specialized in IT has moderated in the last 12 months, even if there is still a shortage for certain specializations, Corina Vasile, executive director of the Software and Services Industry Employers' Association (ANIS), told...

Marcel Ciolacu specified: "We picked up the planes, we monitored and if they had a target on Romanian territory we acted. (...) I spoke with the Minister of Defense. There were no particular problems on the ground, the attacks will continue, because grain exports are coming again. That's it, we have a war near the border with Romania".

Marcel Ciolacu: "If the Russian drones had a target on Romanian territory, we would act"

If the Russian drones that flew over Romania's airspace on the night of Saturday to Sunday had targets on the territory of our country, they would have been shot down by F-16 planes, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said yesterday, before the...

Gheorghe Piperea: "The Sovereign Investment Fund is absolutely necessary because any independent nation that wants to preserve its strategic resources and be on its own feet from a financial point of view creates such a fund."

Gheorghe Piperea: "The Sovereign Investment Fund should be subordinate to the Parliament"

The future Sovereign Investment Fund, provided for by the Simion Plan and the AUR program, should be subordinated to the Parliament, lawyer Gheorghe Piperea, MEP from our country, told us.

Mircea Coşea told us: "I do not accept that this fund is established on political grounds or that it is subordinated to the Government. I see the Sovereign Investment Fund only under the authority of the NBR, because in the central bank there is the possibility of eliminating political actions and political pressures".

Mircea Coşea: "I see the Sovereign Investment Fund only under the authority of the BNR"

The establishment of a sovereign investment fund is extremely welcome, but such a financial instrument should be established only under the authority of the National Bank of Romania, the only institution capable of eliminating political interests...

The vice-president of CFA Romania does not believe that such a fund should be under the NBR, although Norway's Sovereign Investment Fund is under the tutelage of the Scandinavian country's central bank.

Adrian Codirlaşu: "Ideal for the establishment of the SIF would be the Proprietatea Fund model"

The Sovereign Investment Fund proposed by the Simion Plan should be established according to the Proprietatea Fund model, claims Adrian Codirlaşu, the vice-president of CFA Romania.

The Sovereign Investment Fund proposed by the Simion Plan, difficult to implement in the current economic conditions

The creation of a Sovereign Investment Fund in Romania (SIFIR), which would be capitalized from the collection of royalties and taxes for the exploitation of mineral and energy resources, as well as from the dividends of state-owned energy...

Marcel Boloş, the Minister of Finance, declared, in the press briefing that took place after yesterday's meeting: "It is an extremely complex package of measures that concerns the business environment and public spending of the state". (Photo source: facebook / Marcel Bolos)

Tax amnesty - what measures did the Government approve yesterday for bad payers and how will correct taxpayers be rewarded

Companies and natural persons who pay their outstanding main debts to the state budget by August 31, 2024, will benefit from the cancellation of the ancillary debts calculated for the payment obligations, according to the emergency ordinance...

Nicu Fălcoi told us: "BRICS is not a military alliance, but an economic one. It is not exactly right that Turkey - as a NATO member state - has applied to become a BRICS member, but at the same time it is not an end of the country. I am sure that there will be discussions on this topic with all major NATO partners and that at the moment the allies are reserved in commenting on the request that the Ankara regime has made regarding the BRICS membership".

Nicu Fălcoi: "It is not right that Turkey - NATO member state - requested to become a member of BRICS"

It is not right that Turkey, which is a member state of NATO, requested to become a member of BRICS, even though the last organization is not a military one, but only an economic one, said deputy Nicu Fălcoi (USR), vice-president of the...

The BVB indices entered a corrective phase, triggered by the turbulence in foreign markets

The long-term upward trend of the indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) entered a corrective phase in August, primarily due to the contagion with foreign markets that suffered a severe fall at the beginning of the month. The BET index, of...

Ciolacu asks the European Commission for permission for a larger deficit

The last month of summer was marked by a series of government decisions that continued to deepen the budget deficit, which - according to the budget execution for the first seven months published by the Ministry of Finance at the end of August -...

ECA report: Money from PNRRs has a very hard time reaching the real economy

The European Commission paid to the EU member states, in the first three years, of the total amount of 724 billion euros foreseen in the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (RMR), only 213 billion euros, which represents only a third of the funding...

The defense industry - on the radar of some venture capital funds in our country

The managers of some venture capital funds in our country follow the defense industry to identify investment opportunities in start-ups in the sector or have made investments in technologies that, although not developed for military security...

Mr. Aurel Cazacu pointed out: "In my opinion, even if we are under the umbrella of NATO, we must equip ourselves militarily, because that endowment has three purposes: deterring the enemy, increasing the confidence of the population and economic development".

Aurel Cazacu: "If the Russians attack us, we only have ammunition for two or three days"

The defense industry in our country does not produce as much as it is needed, and this fact leaves us exposed to an armed attack from Russia, military expert Aurel Cazacu, former director general of Romarm, told us.

Although manufacturing more weapons and increasing ammunition stockpiles are expensive, NATO member states have the financial resources to do so according to a recent report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies which states that "overall, total NATO spending increased by 11% in 2024 , compared to 3 percent in 2023," and that the increase was larger among NATO's European members, "which increased their combined military spending by 19 percent in real terms in 2024."

The war in Ukraine - financial boom for European defense companies

Longer-term concerns about how Russia is acting not only on the front in Ukraine, but also in the Middle East and the Far East have led European NATO member states to embark on an extensive program to increase their own weapons stockpiles, fact...

At the end of July, the net assets of private pension funds in our country were 152.3 billion lei, the average value of the account being almost 17,000 lei. Of the more than 152 billion, only 5.4 billion represented the assets of optional pension funds (Pillar III), while the average value of the account was around 7,000 lei, according to the data available on the website desprepensiiprivate.ro.

What returns did Pillar II funds have in the first seven months of the year?

The nominal returns of the seven Pillar II private pension funds were around 8%, in the first seven months of this year, respectively 14-16% in the period July 2023 - July 2024, performances above those achieved in normal. They are really...

ASF Vice President Dan Armeanu says that an important factor in stimulating the development of voluntary private pension funds is represented by the level of tax deductibility of contributions.

"The demographic evolution increased the pressure on the public pension system"

Reporter: How adequate do you think the current pension system architecture is for our country's current and future needs?

Marcel Ciolacu: "Payment request number 3 will be approved only partially, due to the non-fulfillment of some benchmarks set out in the PNRR"

The non-fulfillment of the milestones in the PNRR regarding the reduction of the threshold regarding the taxation of micro-enterprises (milestone 206), corporate governance (milestone 207) and the non-completion of the metro in Cluj Napoca will...

Negotiations in Brussels regarding the reduction of the budget deficit and the fulfillment of the PNRR reforms

The situation of the excessive budget deficit that our country registers, the fulfillment of the conditions for the approval of payment request number 3 from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, the nomination of the future Romanian...

We are borrowing from the Americans for the purchase of F-35 jets

The government has given the green light to the purchase of US arms and military equipment worth 12 billion dollars, on the basis of a loan through the Foreign Military Financing mechanism, offered by the US, an amount of which more than half...

Forest fires an ongoing global crisis

Fires have ravaged vast territories across the globe this year. These fires, fueled by extreme weather conditions and climate change, have caused massive damage and triggered national and international emergency responses. This summer Canada is...

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Sebastian Burduja: "We cannot surrender to some NGOs that sabotage the completion of the Răstoliţa and Bumbeşti-Jiu hydropower plants"

The projects to complete the Răstoliţa and Bumbeşti-Jiu hydropower plants will continue despite the opposition of the non-governmental organizations that are sabotaging the efforts of the Romanian state, declared yesterday the Minister of Energy,...