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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...

Two ATI doctors, employed at the Pantelimon Hospital in the capital, are accused by the prosecutors of the Prosecutor's Office attached to the Bucharest Court (PTB) of the premeditated murder of a patient by drastically reducing the dose of...

In today's world, factors such as polarization, misinformation, scandals, economic instability and inequality have led to the deterioration of people's trust in institutions such as government and the media. But in some countries, trust...

Dissatisfied with the protection granted to journalists by the European Press Freedom Act (EMFA), the Hungarian government, led by Viktor Orban, asked the Court of Justice of the European Union to find that the European Parliament and the Council...

Good news also comes from the "front" where the fight against pollution is taking place. The amount of dust in the atmosphere decreased slightly in 2023, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced, warning that poor...

The first month of summer was more hectic than usual due to the fact that, in addition to the budgetary problems faced by the Government, on June 9 we had European parliamentary and local elections, new amendments to normative acts in the field...

The international community must create conditions for a "direct dialogue" between Russia and Ukraine, and "provide assistance" in this regard, said yesterday the President of China, Xi Jinping, during a meeting in Beijing with...

The Board of Directors of the National Bank of Romania decided on Friday July 5, 2024 decrease in the monetary policy interest rate to 6.75% per annum, from 7% per annum, starting from July 8, 2024, decrease in the interest rate for the credit...

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...

More than one in four children in the world under the age of 5 lives in "severe food poverty", which means that more than 180 million children are at risk of suffering serious consequences if they do not have a nutritious and diversified...

Asian countries, such as India and China, have steadily increased their defense spending over the past 15 years, and a comparison with the respective countries' economies shows that this spending increased roughly in line with GDP from 2013...

The Erdogan regime appears to be reeling after Sunday's local elections saw the Republican People's Party (CHP) win the vote in 36 of Turkey's 81 municipalities, which means it has reached 44.4% of the total voter choice, although...

Despite some improvements, our country still faces the vulnerability of fiscal revenues, and large budget deficits and high inflation rates, which are all above pre-pandemic levels, make the economy potentially vulnerable to shocks, the European...

The S&P 500 index closed above the 5,000-point mark for the first time in history last Friday, after fourteen weeks of growth in the last fifteen, during which the main basket of shares in the United States marked an advance of 22%....

The real estate developer Qualis Properties from Braşov postpones the payment of the last coupon and the return of the principal of a bond issue worth almost 2.1 million euros, listed on the Multilateral Trading System of the Bucharest Stock...

The world map is filled with red dots, marking places where armed conflicts of various sizes are taking place. In addition to these, there are also "orange' zones where tensions are escalating, and direct confrontation seems imminent....

High energy prices, which will become even higher after the inevitable removal of subsidies, represent the death sentence of the petrochemical industry in Europe.

US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have scheduled a meeting tomorrow in San Francisco seen as a new effort to stabilize relations between the world's top two economies.

Romania's economy is showing weaker growth than previously anticipated, say OTP Bank analysts, who attribute the slowdown to challenges in the services and industry sectors, fiscal consolidation and weakening activity in the eurozone. In...

The US stock market is in a pronounced corrective phase after a sustained appreciation in the early months of the year, but the US economy is shaping up impressively after a brief slowdown in 2022. US GDP estimates for the quarter the third are...

The celebration of the Day of the Romanian Army took place yesterday, almost in anonymity, if we take into account the few events organized to mark the day of October 25 and the simple setting in which they took place. For example, in the...

The indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) had the biggest increases of this year, in September, a month in which the international stock markets faced significant declines, which shows that the factors underlying our market's...

Brussels wants to establish a financial mechanism for Ukraine, although the budget deficit of the European Union for 2022 was 107.6 billion euros higher than in 2021 (344.3 billion euros in 2022 and 236.7 billion euros in 2021) according to the...

Calls from major international organizations regarding environmental protection and pollution control are becoming more frequent. Every fraction of a degree and every ton of carbon dioxide (CO2) counts in limiting global warming, says the UN. The...

The arms race is reaching new levels in this period and confirms the data and forecasts presented in mid-spring by the report of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), information which showed that the states of the world...

History only covers a little over 5000 years in the evolution of the world. Slow at first, it has picked up pace to a dizzying speed, and the major changes are no longer taking place over a man's lifetime, but in just a few decades, and...

Cryptocurrencies can no longer be ignored by banks and categorized as a fringe movement, something which has become increasingly evident lately as investment in the cryptocurrency market has grown considerably, and high-profile names such as Elon...

Reporter: What are the marks that 2020 has left on the entrepreneurial sector?

"The pandemic is threatening the existence of many companies in the Eurozone", an analysis in the latest financial stability report by the ECB states.

In the last quarter of 2019, the global Gross Domestic Product increased by 3 trillion dollars compared to the same period of the previous year, amid a 12.1 trillion increase in global debt.

Romania doesn't meet any of the four criteria for joining the Eurozone and switching to the Euro, the European Commission said, in its convergence report published yesterday.

"We no longer have the limit of 3% budget deficit, but there is a natural limit to the loans that Romania can access - financing the deficit won't be easy", Popa says

(• Interview with Radu Graţian Gheţea, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Libra Internet Bank and Honorary President of the Romanian Banking Association) 

Economic growth of 4.1%, budget deficit of 3.59%, average inflation rate of 3.1% - these are the main macro-economic indicators that the budget for next year was built around, according to the Report on the macroeconomic situation for the year...

In the first meeting with journalists this year, after last week's monetary policy meeting, Mario Draghi said that risks have increased for the economy of the Eurozone.

The leu has seen a constant and steep drop against the major currencies this month. This phenomenon has sparked diverse opinions, with part of the public opinion pointing the finger at the National Bank of Romania (NBR).

• American president criticized the central bank for raising the interest rates 

Now we know why prime-minister Dăncilă was in a hurry to announce the activity report for the first six months at the helm of the Romanian government: the nice tale of the hike of pensions and salaries wasn't supposed to be overshadowed by...

The world is intensely preparing for a water crisis, the most important resource for human life. The signs, on a continental and global level, that there is a water problem are increasingly clear.

The hope of an accession as quick as possible by Romania to the Eurozone was dealt a heavy blow precisely on the National Day.