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With the return of the electricity market in our country to free market status, with the termination of the cap-compensation scheme on July 1, consumers will directly feel the market variations, and for many of them, the energy bill could become...

Thousands of locals took to the streets in the capital of the island of Mallorca to protest the negative impact of mass tourism on daily life, in a demonstration organized under the slogan "Less Tourism, More Life,” reports DPA....

For the sustainability of public debt, given that the budget deficit reached 9.3% of Gross Domestic Product last year, a massive fiscal adjustment is necessary, i.e. a drastic reduction in public spending and better collection of revenues to the...

Our country is facing an acute crisis of credibility, reflected in the low country rating and the high costs of financing loans, the major problems being the excessive budget deficit and the lack of credible fiscal measures, according to the...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni recently called for the completion of the Capital Markets Union (CMU) in the European Union, to prevent capital flight from the community bloc, Reuters reports, according to Agerpres.

• One in four accounts holds only Fidelis government bonds 

Romania's entry with land borders into the Schengen area, one of the most important diplomatic achievements of the beginning of the year, was quickly overshadowed by a series of events that strained the country's political, social and...

The first month of spring was a dense one in government decisions, with a wide range of interventions, from support for agriculture and industry to strategic investments in energy, defense, infrastructure and national security. The government led...

The United States risks running out of cash to pay its obligations by mid-July unless Congress adopts a resolution to raise or suspend the maximum national debt ceiling, according to an analysis published by the Bipartisan Policy Center think...

The progressive tax is not on the agenda of the current government, as long as one of the coalition partners considers the approach to the subject as a red line regarding its participation in the Executive, said Marius Alin Andries, Secretary of...

The disappearance of the Dacian treasure, following a burglary on the last day it was still on display at the Drents Museum in the Netherlands, represents the main event of the first month of 2025, despite the Government's attempts to keep...

Over 9.4 million citizens who went to the polls on November 24 had their options canceled by the Constitutional Court of Romania, which, after validating the first round of the presidential elections on December 2, reversed its decision on...

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...

In a context of economic uncertainty and growing political tensions, the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz, made an unexpected move: the dismissal of the Minister of Finance, Christian Lindner, a decision that means the rupture of the governing...

In the context of the current economic and political tensions in Israel, generated in particular by the war with Hamas that began on October 7, 2023, the impact on Romania's economy is considerable, considering the close economic relations...

The European Commission asked the Ciolacu government to reduce the turnover ceiling for the taxation of micro-enterprises from 500,000 euros to 88,500 euros, in accordance with the recommendations of the World Bank, according to sources from the...

President Klaus Iohannis promulgated the law approving the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 87/2023, which establishes that the teaching career bonus and the professional career bonus for teaching and administrative staff, respectively, are...

The national economy was characterized in the first semester of 2024 by a moderate growth in the food and industrial sector, a decrease in activity in the HoReCa sector and a growing trade deficit, according to the Half-Yearly Report prepared by...

The publication by Transelectrica of the prices regarding the energy balancing market displeased the electricity suppliers, who found that, although they sell a megawatt (MW) for 400 lei, they have to pay a balancing price of 1890 lei/MW. Among...

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...

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

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...

Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu does not have a plan, not even one copied from the Simion Plan or inspired by the Kamala Harris Plan, for the development of our country in the coming years, but only now is he trying to bury it by appealing to...

The escalation of the budget deficit indicates structural problems, which can only be remedied through urgent fiscal reforms that lead to budgetary consolidation, the Fiscal Council states in the report for the year 2023, published yesterday, a...

After the American vice president Kamala Harris presented at the end of last week her economic program as a candidate for the position of the president of the USA, we wonder if what is called the Simion Plan still looks like a utopia - as...

The law capping interest on loans granted by non-banking financial institutions (IFNs) and debt collectors has, unfortunately, big, essential differences compared to the original draft, lawyer Gheorghe Piperea, current MEP, who wrote the draft...

The social and political convulsions of the first three months of the current year left their mark on the entire semester, because the PSD-PNL coalition turned to the state piggy bank to calm them down. Thus, the Ciolacu government decided to...

• Sorin Mititelu: "Creşterea tarifelor este obiectivă şi s-a realizat în conformitate cu reglementările în vigoare, cel puţin până la proba contrarie" 

The heatwave during this month showed the limits of the national energy system, limits that the Government seeks to solve with firefighting measures, which energy experts claim are only valid in the short term and do not solve the systemic...

This month, suppliers face huge prices on the balancing market, prices that have even reached a level of 16,000 lei per Megawatt, Laurentiu Urluescu, president of the Romanian Energy Suppliers Association (AFEER), told us.

• Sorin Mititelu: "The tariff increase is objective and was carried out in accordance with the regulations in force, at least until proven otherwise" 

The budget deficit continued its decline in the second financial quarter as well, its growth being a little smoother compared to the first three months of 2024. Thus, if at the end of March the budget deficit recorded for the first quarter stood...

Due to the existence of an oligopoly in the energy balancing market, which imposes ever higher prices, a significant part of the energy suppliers could close their doors in the next three months, if the Government, the Ministry of Energy or the...

Russia has eased restrictions on capital movements, introduced to stop the significant depreciation of the ruble, Reuters reports.

Stuttgart 21 este cel mai modern proiect feroviar derulat în prezent în Germania. Practic, prin intermediul proiectului fosta clădire a Gării din Stuttgart trece printr-un proces amplu de modernizare interioară şi va deveni un shopping center, se...

Stuttgart 21 is the most modern railway project currently underway in Germany. Basically, through the project, the former Stuttgart Train Station building is undergoing an extensive interior modernization process and will become a shopping...

Reporter: Based on the legislation in force, the portfolios of mandatory private pension funds in our country are composed of approximately 65% government securities and 25% shares. Given that the investments are long-term, how do you...

In 2023, Romania's economy recorded a moderation in the growth rate, to 2.1%, which however remained relatively solid from a European and regional perspective. The twin deficits remained at high levels, while the annual inflation rate evolved...

Reporter: How does the private equity market in our country compare to that of comparable countries in Eastern and Western Europe? What are the challenges but also the opportunities?

The government decided yesterday to increase the minimum gross salary per country from the current 3300 lei to 3700 lei from July 1, 2024, which represents an increase of 12.12% compared to June. Thus, if in June the hourly rate is 19.96 lei/hour...