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The International Center for Settlement of Foreign Investment Disputes (ICSID), the so-called ICSID tribunal in Washington, attached to the World Bank, has in recent years become the preferred tool of fossil energy giants through which they block...

US authorities imposed corporate fines worth more than $ 250 billion between 2020 and 2024, an amount greater than the current GDP of New Zealand, shows an analysis by visualcapitalist.com, which made a ranking of the top 30 companies affected by...

The middle of the calendar summer represented a turning point for our country, marked by a tense economic, financial and political climate, which led to the first firm decisions of the Bolojan Government towards stabilizing public finances and...

The climate crisis is one of the greatest and most complex challenges facing humanity in the 21st century. Although warning signs have been emerging for some time, the pace and scale of change have become alarming in recent years, affecting all...

The first green bond issue of energy supplier and distributor Electrica will debut on July 30 on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), according to information from our capital market operator.

Despite the numerous alarm signals raised in recent years regarding the funding received by some non-governmental organizations from large global corporations in technology, industry or energy, the European Commission does not consider that the...

The number of bear attacks on households and people in Romania has increased alarmingly in recent years, and the authorities must act directly to protect communities - this is the firm message sent by Ovidiu Ionescu, president of the General...

Political negotiations to shape a governing coalition were the constant of the first 22 days of June, a period in which the leaders of the PSD, PNL, USR, UDMR and those of the National Minorities Group discussed intensively at the Cotroceni...

The most important conclusion of the team of Hungarian experts who assessed the situation of the Praid Salt Mine within the framework of the European Civil Protection Mechanism is unequivocal: the 4 to 7 million cubic meters of salt water that...

The European Commission has announced that it is maintaining the ambitious target of a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, compared to 1990 levels, but is introducing a series of "flexibilities' to accommodate opposition...

The European Commission has announced that it is maintaining the ambitious target of a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, compared to 1990 levels, but is introducing a series of "flexibilities' to accommodate opposition...

The world is approaching a turning point in protecting the oceans: the international treaty on the high seas, adopted in 2023, is about to become a legal reality. The announcement was made by French President Emmanuel Macron at the opening of the...

The Great Barrier Reef may survive rising sea levels, but not in the presence of climate stress and pollution, suggests a new study published by the University of Sydney. A look into the geological past offers worrying prospects for the future of...

Although Nicuşor Dan obtained 6,186,642 votes in the second round of the presidential elections, we believe that very few of those who voted for him read the vision of "Honest Romania" - the electoral program of the future president of...

The intensive and often illegal exploitation of tin - a metal essential for the electronics industry, used in particular in solders, batteries and solar equipment - is causing major problems in Indonesia, where the state-owned company PT Timah...

The situation in our country, before the elections of May 18, is creating tension in society. Promises are being made, scenarios are being floated that are meant to create panic, and the impression is that we are on the edge of an abyss. In this...

The European Commission is expected to adopt tomorrow the third legislative package dedicated to the Common Agricultural Policy, the so-called Omnibus Agricultural Directive, through which it proposes increasing flexibility in accessing...

The Administration of the Environmental Fund (AFM) has recently registered several judicial failures, after magistrates invalidated regulations considered incompatible with European legislation, regulations with an impact on the implementation of...

Investments considered ethical or socially responsible, promoted by many European pension funds, could indirectly support serious human rights abuses in Gaza and the West Bank, according to an investigation by the journalistic platform Follow the...

The "Babeş-Bolyai" University (UBB) in Cluj-Napoca, through the Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, is launching for the first time in Romania the European initiative "Plastic Pirates", a participatory research...

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 quarter of 2025 ended with a March full of strategic decisions, with a mix of social support, economic investments, programs for industry and entrepreneurship, but also budgetary prudence measures. The decisions taken by the Government...

Innovative cases have led the competition authority to rethink and adapt its intervention methods to new economic realities, which has required innovative solutions in the regulatory framework, said Bogdan Chiriţoiu, president of the Competition...

The global environmental community is issuing an urgent appeal to protect the marine environment ahead of the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3). More than 100 environmental groups are calling for an immediate ban on ocean oil and gas exploration,...

A broad coalition of civil society is calling on governments around the world to take urgent action to protect forests as deforestation continues at an alarming rate. The initiative comes months before COP30, which will take place in Brazil in...

Eleven candidates will be on the ballots on May 4, in the first round of the presidential elections, after the Constitutional Court ruled on all the appeals received and after Anamaria Gavrilă, the president of the Young People's Party,...

The French government has launched its third national climate change adaptation plan, a long-awaited project that has already been considered insufficient by certain experts and environmental organizations. The document aims to prepare France for...

Domeniile Ostrov registered a significant sales increase of ovear 10% in 2024 compared to the previous year, according to a press release. This performance was supported by continuous investments in wine quality, state-of-the-art technology, and...

The "Apocalypse Vault', the global seed bank located on the island of Spitsbergen in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, has received another 14,000 seed samples to protect the planet's agricultural biodiversity. The facility,...

The parliamentary elections in Germany, which will take place on Sunday, February 23, are of paramount importance not only for the future of the respective state, but also for that of the European Union and, implicitly, Romania, because the...

A recent study published in the prestigious journal Environmental Pollution provides significant evidence of the impact of human activities on wildlife since the medieval period. The research, carried out by a Franco-Romanian team, highlights...

În sezonul rece, incidenţa virozelor respiratorii creşte considerabil, afectând un număr mare de persoane, în special copiii şi vârstnicii, iar potrivit unui raport al Organizaţiei Mondiale a Sănătăţii (OMS) din 2022, infecţiile respiratorii sunt...

President Donald Trump's executive is the richest in US history, with the assets of its members worth a total of almost $500 billion, a staggering amount that far exceeds the GDP of countries such as Greece ($238 billion) or Hungary ($212...

Mircea Fechet - Minister of Environment, Water and Forests - and Sebastian Burduja - Minister of Energy have notified the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) against individuals who intentionally...