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Representatives of ING Groe NV, the largest banking group in the Netherlands, have met in recent weeks with those of Italy's Banca Popolare di Sondrio, amid plans to expand its presence in Europe through takeovers, sources quoted by Reuters...

From media and entertainment to fashion, thousands of business people have joined the billionaire club in the past decade, but some industries have been much wealthier than others, according to an analysis by visualcapitalist.com. It highlights...

There were over 2,700 billionaires worldwide as of April 2024, with a combined net worth of $14.2 trillion, according to Forbes estimates. But even among the ultra-rich, wealth is far from evenly distributed, with significant concentration in...

The sports betting industry dominates European football, with almost 300 top-flight clubs having signed partnerships with betting firms for the 2024/25 season. Despite stricter regulations and warnings about the risk of gambling addiction, teams...

The isolationism promoted by the Trump Administration - America, first and foremost -, the idea that democracies lead to too slow development and that society should be run like a company with a single shareholder give way to voluntarism and...

Europe is in an accelerated rearmament race, but the direction of this massive investment raises uncomfortable questions. Instead of strengthening the European Union's defense industry, the European Commission's ambitious plan seems to...

Reporter: We are going through a turbulent period in terms of geopolitics and macroeconomics globally. What impact could this situation have on the crypto space?

The program to support the development of private companies in our country through stock market listing, launched by the Romanian Government through the Ministry of Investments and European Projects, is of almost no interest to entrepreneurs....

According to the activity report for 2024 published yesterday by the European Public Prosecutor's Office, our country is in third place, in the Top 4 of European states that have defrauded the EU budget. The first place is occupied by Italy,...

The European defense financing gap amounts to 850 billion euros, according to two analyses published on the Zerohedge website and using statistical data provided by NATO, the Kiel Institute for the Global Economy and Exante Data. This deficit is...

Warner Bros Discovery said it expects to double its streaming revenue this year, setting an ambitious goal of 150 million subscribers by 2026. The expansion of its Max platform and tight cost control are the main strategies through which the...

Astronomers have identified an unusual elliptical galaxy that is systematically devouring smaller galaxies around it and preparing for another collision. Observations with the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT)...

The great powers are currently negotiating the fate of the conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, negotiations to which officials from Bucharest were not invited to participate, although Foreign Minister Emil Hurezeanu claims that...

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), nicknamed "forever pollutants," are a growing concern due to their toxic effects on human health, including the risk of cancer. These nearly indestructible chemicals accumulate in air,...

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, and Francois Villeroy de Galhau, Governor of the National Bank of France, recently declared in Davos and Paris that a general mobilization of private savings is needed to support the...

The strategy of political decision-makers in Brussels regarding the financing of the measures in the Draghi plan, although it also refers to public sources, is based exclusively on private sources, civil society representatives say according to...

Bonds of Mikro Kapital IFN, a non-bank lending institution that provides loans to microenterprises and small businesses in our country, worth two million euros, are listed today on the Multilateral Trading System of the Bucharest Stock Exchange...

Steel group ArcelorMittal, also present on the Romanian market, announced yesterday that it intends to move certain support services activities from Europe to India, according to AFP.

In an unprecedented concerted effort, Romania and 18 other European Union member states have signed and sent a letter to the European Investment Bank (EIB), calling for a more active role for it in financing the security and defense sector,...

Local football is increasingly well represented in Italy, both through players and investors, more recently. After Dan Ţucu bought the majority stake in Genoa, another businessman with Romanian roots is investing in a traditional Serie A team....

Gold has gained about 26% so far this year, on track for its best annual performance since 2010, largely driven by the U.S. central bank's interest rate cut and heightened geopolitical tensions that have driven investors to the traditional...

The draw for the groups in the World Cup preliminaries took place in Zurich. The same story, with complicated rules for establishing groups, often difficult to understand, in the already classic style of those from FIFA. Our national team cannot...

What was expected, according to forecasts, will be officially recorded. 2024 will be the warmest year on record, and extraordinarily high temperatures are expected to persist at least into the first months of 2025, European Union scientists said...

About half of the world's service exports are now conducted on digital platforms.

The Romania Pavilion at the International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia 2024, the 60th edition, was visited by 730,000 people. Prestigious publications such as The Guardian, Forbes, Apollo Magazine, Le Journal des Arts, The Art...

Romanian citizens in the diaspora with the right to vote also mobilized in the parliamentary elections, for which they could express their option on two days: Saturday, November 30, and Sunday, December 1. By last night at 8 p.m., over 700,000...

A record 3.7 million people became residents for the first time in the EU in 2023, this is the highest level since data collection began in 2013, according to an analysis by visualcapitalist.com.

Increasing subsidies, developing the irrigation system, access to financing and amending the lease law are the main demands of farmers in our country, according to the White Paper on Agriculture 2024 document launched yesterday by the National...

Călin Georgescu is the big winner of the first round of the presidential elections, as he recorded an unprecedented progress for a relatively obscure candidate who was credited with 2% at the beginning of the electoral campaign and was in first...

Although the Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) organized an extended three-day voting process for the diaspora, the participation of Romanians abroad at the polls in the first round of the presidential...

As protectionism continues to rise around the world, global trade flows are adjusting, according to an analysis by visualcapitalist.com, which notes that last year, global goods exports totaled $23.8 trillion, down 5% from 2022.

German group Thyssenkrupp AG plans to launch an initial public offering (IPO) of its shipbuilding division within a year, after plans to sell a majority stake in it to private equity firm Carlyle Group Inc. fell through, according to the...

Ambasada Italiei în România, împreună cu ICE-Agenţia Italiană pentru Comerţ Exterior şi Institutul Italian de Cultură din Bucureşti, organizează cea de-a 9-a ediţie a Săptămânii Bucătăriei Italiene în Lume, desfăşurată între 16 şi 24 noiembrie...

Just as there are several major economic players globally, the US economy, at $29 trillion, is an economic powerhouse to be reckoned with, and official figures for 2023 and 2024 show that the state of California has the largest economy in the US,...

Political leaders around the world reacted quickly to Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, with reactions varying significantly according to political orientations and national interests specific to each country. These...

Spain has been hit by a terrible tragedy, hundreds of people have died as a result of catastrophic floods, and the whole world has reacted. Including the world of sports. Football teams involved in European cup matches this week will observe a...

The indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) had slight declines in October, ahead of the financial reporting season related to the third quarter, i.e. the first nine months of the year and in anticipation of the elections that are more than...

The national football teams are enjoying a beautiful autumn. The youth obtained the fourth qualification for the final tournament of the European Championship, and the team coached by Mircea Lucescu only won (Cyprus, Kosovo, Lithuania 2) in the...

Mercedes-Benz Bucharest Fashion Week are loc la Bucureşti în perioada 15-18 octombrie, poziţionând capitala României pe harta geografică a modei, alături de alte capitale ale modei precum Milano, Paris, Londra sau New York. Evenimentul se...