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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...

At a time when our planet is undergoing irreversible transformations, experts warn that it is vital that humanity takes concrete measures to protect biodiversity. Reports from the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services...

Greenpeace warned Norway, in a report, about the "irreversible" consequences of mining projects on the bottom of the sea, an activity that, according to the organization, will affect the entire marine ecosystem.

The Sovereign Investment Fund proposed by the Simion Plan should be established according to the Proprietatea Fund model, claims Adrian Codirlaşu, the vice-president of CFA Romania.

The projects to complete the Răstoliţa and Bumbeşti-Jiu hydropower plants will continue despite the opposition of the non-governmental organizations that are sabotaging the efforts of the Romanian state, declared yesterday the Minister of Energy,...

The public's interest in the Olympic Games in Paris is obvious and now it is proven with concrete data. The organizers of the Paris Olympic Games sold more than 9.4 million tickets four days before the closing ceremony, and this is already a...

Demand for critical minerals such as copper, cobalt, lithium and nickel has been increasing in recent years, with these raw materials being used in a range of new technologies, from electric cars to wind turbines, which are becoming increasingly...

• "The company's position in the energy sector is very well consolidated, operating in every segment of this field", say the brokerage house's analysts 

China was the largest extractor of domestic raw materials in the world in 2023, according to data from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), taken by Statista. The Asian country extracted a total of 34.2 billion tons of raw materials,...

German companies in our country are ready to contribute to changing the Romanian economic model in the current regional geopolitical context, to the digital transformation and to the opportunity offered by the green transition for our country to...

The Roşia Montană scandal originates in 1997, when the authorities granted the concession license for the exploitation of gold and silver ores in the area to the state company Minvest Deva, for a period of 20 years. After four months, the license...

Water and energy consumption is becoming a problem as technologies develop explosively. Artificial intelligence (AI) not only raises concerns about jobs and human rights, but also risks having a huge impact on the environment. Experts in this...

Reporter: Confind's main clients are OMV, Petrom, Romgaz, ExpertPetroleum. Will the list of collaborations expand in 2024?

In general, any institution can be attacked, with both internal and external vulnerabilities, but in the case of the cyber attack on the Chamber of Deputies, an analysis must be done to see exactly what was the cause, claims Călin Rangu, vice...

The main concern of the Government in the last month of autumn was to correct the errors crept into law 296/2023 through which fiscal changes were made, a normative act that passed the Parliament through the assumption of responsibility by the...

Our country has not yet approved a National Energy Strategy (SEN), which defines the objectives of the natural gas sector in the medium and long term and the ways to achieve them, in the conditions of ensuring a sustainable development of the...

A recent study by an American professor deals a heavy blow to plans to replace coal with liquefied natural gas (LNG) in power and thermal power plants.

Putting on the clothes of a laborer can offer a different perspective for a politician. It happens rarely, but it still does. Romania's Minister of Energy, Sebastian Burduja, descended into the Livezeni Mine, stating that he wanted to...

Human aggression against nature is increasingly extensive and dangerous. Approximately six billion tons of marine sand and other sediments are extracted from oceans each year, according to the United Nations, warning of the serious consequences...

The specialized publication "Climatic Change" recently published a study whose title states that "the degree of knowledge of the environment is inversely proportional to the anxiety related to climate change".

This essay builds the concept of the "Kingdom of God" in an intellectual endeavor that has nothing to do with archaeology and very little to do with history, yet proceeds similarly to reconstructing an ancient jar, starting from the...

From the biblical proverb "The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender" (1), through Hillel's Prosbul (which abolished hope for debt forgiveness and perpetuated enslavement as the inevitability of...

Numărul de abonaţi Netflix şi-a revenit după pierderea de 200.000 de abonaţi de la începutul anului 2022, adăugând 7,6 milioane de abonaţi noi în al patrulea trimestru, conform unui comunicat remis redacţiei.

Romania has an extraordinary energy potential in the Black Sea, whether it's wind energy, or natural gas, potential that has so far been very little exploited. Specialists that met on April 7, 2021 in a debate in the Parliament's Palace,...

Reporter: What impact will the coronavirus pandemic have on the economies?

The lack of legislative predictability and instability have caused investors not to make investment decisions concerning the extraction of natural gas in the Black Sea, says Virgil Popescu, vice-president of the Commission for Industries and...

The Romanian government has lost over 8 billion lei, between 2006-2018, following the failure to update the royalties paid by the oil and gas companies, says Gigi Dragomir, the president of the National Mineral Resources Agency (ANRM), in a...

Reporter: What are your expectations from the new elect president of Romania?

This week, American company Chevron wanted to begin the installation of the rigs for the exploration of the shale gas in the Vaslui area, even though the authorities have not presented to the citizens so far, a study concerning the effects of...

After recently securing the agreement of the authorities to install the first well in Bârlad, in order to exploit shale gas, American company Chevron has continued its steps for exploration in the county of Constanţa as well.

"Romaltyn" isn't yielding to the decision of the Local Council of Baia Mare and has announced that it rules out the relocation of the plant for continuing its activity, as this would involve far too high economic costs, making the...

Reporter: This year, Petrom and its partners will interpret the data, after the making of the seismic studies in the perimeters of the Black Sea. What does that mean? Will we find certain data about the deposits of the Black Sea?

• Act I: The privatization conducted by the National Peasants' Party 

An application in the field of nanotechnology and the 100% recovery of metals from electronic waste are the new inventions of Latvian Voldemars Belakovs, who two years ago patented a revolutionary, environment-friendly technology for extracting...

The first draft bill requires companies exploiting natural resources and markets, other than natural gas, to pay a special tax of 0.5%, which will be applied to the income taken into account for calculating turnover. If approved, this fee will be...

• Interview with Dr. Mark Mobius, CEO of Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Group 

• Băsescu: "At the present time, we won't sell the 10% stake in Petrom; we were lucky that we didn't sell in 2011"  

• Interview with engineer Mihai Macsim, the general manager of the Romanian-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry 

Interview with Tom Holst, the head of Chevron for Romania