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Damage caused by extreme weather events is increasing. The 2024 tropical cyclone season was exceptional, with violent storms causing record losses well above the average of the last ten years, according to estimates by the German reinsurance...

Ford Motor Co. will cut about 14 percent of its workforce in Europe, Reuters reported, citing a lack of government support for the switch to electric vehicles and increased competition from Chinese rivals.

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 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...

The rising cost of living is making the "American dream" increasingly difficult to achieve today, according to an Investopedia analysis, picked up by visualcapitalist.com, which highlights that while pandemic-driven wage growth has...

The current stock market in the United States appears to be the most expensive in decades, according to billionaire David Einhorn, president of hedge fund Greenlight Capital, writes Business Insider.

The US dollar fell against most major currencies in 2024 as markets anticipated the first post-pandemic interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve.

The cost of charging an electric vehicle at a public charging station varies between 0 and 5 euros/100 km for most of Europe, with the lowest prices being charged in Iceland (2.9 euros), Portugal (3, 2 euros) and Finland (4.6 euros), according to...

Our country is "very close to meeting all the technical criteria for the elimination of visas", announced Andrei Muraru, Romania's ambassador to Washington. Visa waiver means our country's inclusion in the Visa Waiver program,...

European states living under the threat of the Russian Federation must invest massively in the production capacities of the national defense industry, says an analysis by the think-tank Mars (formerly the 2 March Foundation - 2-Mars) published in...

The war in Israel has forced some local IT companies to move part of their operations abroad to ensure business continuity. Among the IT specialists targeted by Israeli firms are those from Romania. Below are the opinions of some representatives...

Romania, Bulgaria, and Poland have become the main destinations for hiring IT specialists in Israeli start-up companies, as the war in Israel has forced them to move part of their operations abroad to ensure business continuity, according to an...

Longer-term concerns about how Russia is acting not only on the front in Ukraine, but also in the Middle East and the Far East have led European NATO member states to embark on an extensive program to increase their own weapons stockpiles, fact...

The severe drought affecting the Italian island of Sicily has reached critical heights, leaving many residents of the town of Caltanissetta without running water for over two months. In a situation more reminiscent of the difficulties of...

Un tricou purtat de legendarul jucător de baseball Babe Ruth a stabilit un nou record pentru cel mai scump obiect din sport vândut vreodată la licitaţie, atingând preţul impresionant de 21,3 milioane de euro (24,12 milioane de dolari). Acest...

A jersey worn by legendary baseball player Babe Ruth has set a new record for the most expensive sports item ever sold at auction, fetching an impressive 21.3 million euros ($24.12 million). This record far surpassed the previous one, set just a...

The percentage of installment purchases will continue to grow in the next year to around 20%, from over 15% currently, this evolution reflecting a major change in consumer behavior, according to data from a company in the e-commerce industry....

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 share of new full-electric passenger cars among registrations reached 14.6% in 2023, marking a continuation of the rapid increase in the adoption of electric vehicles in the EU, Eurostat said in a press release issued at the end of last week....

The current situation we are facing is based on several major systemic causes, claims Dumitru Chisăliţă, president of the Intelligent Energy Association.

Currency transactions in Russia have come to be done almost entirely in yuan, after sanctions imposed by the United States forced the country's main stock exchange to cut ties with the dollar and the euro, Business Insider writes, citing a...

Summer schools are increasingly popular with young people. The Cotroceni National Museum organizes, between July 23 and August 14, the fifth edition of the Cotroceni Summer School, a non-formal education project aimed at children between the ages...

The sale of full-electric cars will continue to decrease compared to last year, due to subsidies cut in half, said yesterday Dan Vardie, the president of the Association of Manufacturers and Importers of Automobiles (APIA), during a press...

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...

The indexes of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) had strong increases in the first half of the year, in a continuation of the upward trend that the main baskets of shares of our capital market have subscribed to since the summer of last year....

Reporter: According to the European Federation of Stock Exchanges (FESE), the Bucharest Stock Exchange is the second largest in Eastern Europe, above the stock exchanges in Hungary and the Czech Republic, but the value of transactions is...

Chinese fast fashion retailer Shein, known for its $5 tops and $10 dresses made in China, has raised prices by more than a third on some staples in a move that could boost its earnings ahead of the offering planned initial public offering (IPO),...

Achiziţiile de aur ale Băncii Populare a Chinei au reprezentat unul dintre factorii majori ce au propulsat preţul metalului galben la noi recorduri istorice, dar se pare că aurul a devenit atât de scump încât banca s-a oprit din cumpărat, scrie...

Gold purchases by the People's Bank of China were one of the major factors driving the price of the yellow metal to new all-time highs, but it appears that gold has become so expensive that the bank has stopped buying, writes Business...

Artificial Intelligence and innovative technologies are the means by which energy efficiency targets can be reached and by which the ESG concept can be implemented in real estate, both in the area of residential buildings and in the area of...

Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announced yesterday to his colleagues from the PSD-PNL governing coalition that he negotiated with representatives of the business environment the increase of the minimum wage from 3,300 gross lei to 3,700 lei gross,...

The continuation of investments for the implementation of the Green Deal, the acceleration of allocations to support citizens and raise the standard of living, finding common sources of financing for the development of the defense industry, but...

Even though reforestation is a difficult operation, being expensive, difficult to plan and difficult to execute, without taking into account the associated environmental obstacles - weather, pests and natural calamities - some countries have...

Cleanliness in the workplace is very important. For climbers this goal is more difficult to achieve, the special working conditions make most activities difficult. The Nepalese army has begun a campaign to collect tons of garbage and at least...

According to the crime index for last year published by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, a non-governmental organization based in Switzerland, with a score of 4.58 our country ranks 27th out of 44 European states,...

Romanian agri-food products in stores will have a capped addition of a maximum of 20%, according to a bill initiated by Florin Barbu, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The futures price of cocoa beans has risen more than 150% on the New York market in the past three months, and from March 2023 to date, it has gained 255%, as a result of the decrease in global supply. Profile crops are affected by unfavorable...

Although our country is a net exporter of electricity, this export is done at low prices and that business does not represent an advantage either for the state or for the final consumers paying for green certificates, Silvia Vlăsceanu, executive...

Dumitru Chisăliţă, president of the Intelligent Energy Association, says that it is a good thing that our country has become a net exporter of electricity, but unfortunately we export at low prices and import at high prices, a fact that is...

The energy system in Romania showed high dynamics during the past year, with an increase in net national energy production of 3%, mainly due to increased hydraulics. This increase, along with the decrease in energy consumption by 4.9%, as a...