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The establishment by the European Parliament, last week, of the new standing committee on public health (SANT) - which in the previous European Parliament was only a subcommittee - could become a platform for lobbyists from the pharmaceutical...

Klaus Iohannis was president of Romania between 2014 and 2024, serving two consecutive terms, which were marked by important political, social and economic events, but also by controversies and criticism. During his two terms, Klaus Iohannis...

The Parliament established following the 2020 elections ends its four-year mandate today, a period that can be characterized as one marked by major crises such as the Covid-19 pandemic, the energy crisis following the war in Ukraine, political...

Tech giant Meta has been fined euro251 million by the European Union over a security breach that hit its Facebook platform in 2018. According to the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), the flaw allowed hackers to access sensitive information...

The European Commission yesterday opened formal proceedings against TikTok for an alleged breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA) in relation to TikTok's obligation to adequately assess and mitigate systemic risks to the integrity of...

The interior ministers of the EU countries, meeting yesterday in the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council, decided to lift controls on persons at internal land borders with and between Bulgaria and Romania, starting with 1 January 2025, the...

The Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova, Dorin Recean, yesterday asked the Parliament in Chisinau to declare a state of emergency in the energy sector for a period of 60 days. The decision comes against the background of the risk of ceasing...

The revitalization of the national defense industry is achieved with employees who are at or past the retirement age, Constantin Bucuroiu, president of the Alliance of Trade Unions in the Defense and Aeronautics Industry, told the BURSA...

European entrepreneurs in agriculture, forestry and fisheries will benefit from a total of euro3 billion in financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB), according to a press release published yesterday on the financial and banking...

Pope Francis' public positions still manage to surprise with the themes addressed. Pope Francis criticized a macho culture that treats women ""as a second-class human being'' and assured that "those who take the world...

Laura Codruţa Kovesi, the head of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), is accused of "establishing a group of officials for the purpose of committing an arbitrary act that attacks the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the...

The violation of electoral law and the illegal financing that Călin Georgescu benefited from in the electoral campaign are the reasons why the Constitutional Court of Romania decided by Decision no. 32 of December 6 to annul the presidential...

If there is one word that sums up 2024, it is "change": change in politics, with over 2 billion people across the world going to the polls, and a profound shift in the global order that has shaped the world over the last 80 years and that...

According to a recent report by the European Commission on the application of competition rules, the pharmaceutical industry is under intense scrutiny, aimed at ensuring access to innovative and affordable medicines, the websites mondaq.com and...

Electoral incidents were not absent from this election, despite the measures taken by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which mobilized 45,500 police officers, gendarmes, firefighters, border guards and workers from other structures nationwide,...

The Erasmus programme, which facilitates exchanges in higher education, has helped around 15.1 million people gain experience abroad since the initiative was launched in 1987, the European Commission has announced. The programme was created to...

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Yesterday, in the plenary session in Strasbourg, the European Parliament approved the new European Commission for the 2024-2029 term, led by Ursula von der Leyen. The vote marks a landmark moment for Romania, as Roxana Mînzatu officially becomes...

Bitcoin has surged more than 30% since the U.S. election earlier this month, but has yet to break the psychological $100,000 mark. The world's most popular cryptocurrency hit an all-time high of around $99,617 last week, but has since started...

Financial markets may be losing patience with Romania's high fiscal deficit, Daniel Dăianu, president of the Fiscal Council, warned, noting that the seven-year deficit reduction plan risks being too slow for some investors, Reuters reports....

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...

The European deputy, Diana Iovanovici-Şoşoacă and her party colleague, deputy Ciprian Ciubuc, have demonstrated once again that they do not intend to respect the Romanian legislation, regardless of the field. Diana Şoşoacă filmed herself live in...

Transparency International strongly condemns the report prepared by the Office for the Protection of Sovereignty (SPO) of Hungary, considering it a document full of factual errors and serious distortions, aimed at discrediting the Budapest branch...

The presidential elections in Romania, which will take place on Sunday, November 24, 2024, represent a crucial moment in defining the political direction of the country for the next five years, given the fact that, out of the 14 candidates for...

Fires have devastated large parts of the world over the past decade. Last year, Europe, the Middle East and Africa suffered some of the worst forest fires since 2000, according to the Forest Fires 2023 report, published by the Commission's...

Last Friday's hearing that took place at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the case of Pfizergate regarding the exchange of messages between Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, and Albert Bourla...

The Minister of Education, Ligia Deca, announced the creation of a single national reporting platform in higher education, which will reduce the workload related to data reporting by universities. According to the minister:"A step towards...

The development of online commerce is closely related to artificial intelligence, better said to its use on new platforms and for the modeling of new applications characteristic of each type of consumer/client, stated the participants at the...

In 2024, two reports were published, prepared at the request of the European Commission. The first report, coordinated by Enrico Letta, is entitled "More than a Market" and refers to the transformation of the single market into a true...

Roxana Mînzatu, our country's proposal for the position of European Commissioner, successfully passed her hearing yesterday by the members of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Internal Affairs (LIBE), Labor Force and Social Affairs (EMPL),...

Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, will be in the public eye again on Friday, November 15, through the hearing scheduled at 9:30 local time - Luxembourg time - by the Court of the European Union in a case regarding...

Sorin Grindeanu, the Minister of Transport, declared yesterday, in a press conference held at PSD headquarters, that at the end of his mandate, i.e. by the end of this year, he will account for approximately 400 kilometers of highways and express...

Europe faces a significant shortage of military personnel and an insufficiency of defense capabilities, despite increased spending on this sector since the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, according to a report prepared by the British...

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...

The preparation of the campaigns for the presidential and parliamentary elections that will take place on November 24, respectively December 1, led the Government to increase the amount of budget expenditures in the second month of autumn in...

Our country is in the middle of the European ranking in terms of burnout, but it is registering an increasing trend, especially among young people, claims Professor Dragoş Iliescu, a lecturer at the University of Bucharest. He noted that...

In recent years, ecological trends and the fight against climate change have become a central topic on the global agenda, and some financial-banking institutions have decided to play an active role in influencing the lifestyle of their customers,...

The national company CFR Marfă would be liquidated and stop its activity immediately after the operationalization and capitalization of the new company, Carpatica Feroviar, established by the Ciolacu government, operationalization that would take...

The Minister of Education, Ligia Deca, announces that she has approved the new order regarding student scholarships. According to the minister: "Bigger scholarships for students! I have approved the new ministerial order regarding student...

Relations between the EU and Israel have been marked by increased complexity in recent years, being influenced by several geopolitical and economic factors, which has led to some tension between some decision-makers in Brussels and the government...