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• July 1 

The technology industry is increasing its power of influence to record levels, investing huge amounts in lobbying activities to rewrite the rules of the European digital game, according to a study by Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl....

Sixteen months ago, over 400 million Europeans took part in the largest transnational democratic exercise in the world. Their messages were loud and clear: Europe must simplify. It must work better, move faster and deliver results. Those messages...

• September 1 

September brought to the forefront of the political scene one of the toughest confrontations between the Government, the opposition and society in recent years. The cabinet led by Ilie Bolojan entered at full speed into a succession of decisions...

American actor, politician and activist Arnold Schwarzenegger delivered a strong message at a press conference held at the Vatican: "pollution kills" children and adults alike. The former governor of California called for individual and...

European Environment Commissioner Jessika Roswall has revealed the results of a blood test she took over the summer to raise awareness of the dangers posed by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as "forever pollutants'....

The state budget no longer allows for the support of an oversized administration, and to ensure budgetary stability, at least 13,000 employees from the central, county and local public administration must be laid off, declared Prime Minister Ilie...

The increase in taxation of gains from stock market transactions, the increase in the tax on gains resulting from cryptocurrency transactions, the increase in the housing tax, the reform of the retirement system for magistrates, the increase in...

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 government approved yesterday the draft law on the payment of private pensions, with some changes compared to the initially circulated version, namely increasing the amount of money that a beneficiary can withdraw upon reaching retirement age...

The vast and mysterious universe seems eternal to human perception. However, a new theoretical study recently published proposes a shorter timeline: just 10 billion years until the current expansion stops, and the universe will begin to contract....

In a world affected by climate change, biodiversity loss and food crises, there is one element that connects all these problems, although it often remains in the shadows: water. Without water, there is no life, no agriculture, no economy. And...

In most U.S. states, the engine that powers the economy is either real estate or manufacturing. A visualcapitalist.com analysis, conducted in partnership with Terzo, highlights the industry that contributes the most to each U.S. state's GDP,...

Only one in three entrepreneurs still believes that the national economy will have a positive direction this year, said Florin Jianu, former president of the National Council of Small and Medium-sized Private Enterprises in Romania (CNIPMMR),...

Bitcoin recently hit a new all-time high, surpassing $123,100 earlier this week, amid a surge in interest from institutional investors, who are accumulating in particular through Bitcoin spot ETFs, amid macroeconomic uncertainty and the prospect...

The National Research Authority, subordinated to the Ministry of Education and Research, has officially launched the Guide on Intellectual Property Rights and Commercialization, a reference document intended for national research and development...

Former Foreign Minister and former director of the National Library of Romania, Adrian Cioroianu, launched a public appeal during an anniversary event dedicated to the National Library, drawing attention to the major risk that VAT increase on...

As sovereignism has made a strong comeback in European chancelleries and on the agenda of ordinary people - whether culturally, economically or fueled by TikTok and historical resentments - I thought I would dismount a little and travel through...

Nicuşor Dan officially began his term as president of Romania yesterday, after taking the oath of office in the reunified plenary session of Parliament. The solemn moment was blessed by His Beatitude Daniel, the patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox...

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...

After the results of the first round of the presidential elections, I was quite convinced that George Simion would win. It seemed to me that most of the votes received by Victor Ponta would go to Simion, to which half of Crin Antonescu's...

Both George Simion and Nicuşor Dan are perceived as two anti-system candidates, both criticizing the current political class and the corruption existing at the government level and in other state institutions.

In a genuine democracy, justice should be the citizen's shield against the abuse of power, but in a world increasingly dominated by money, influence and backstage games, an uncomfortable question arises: "can a judge still be truly...

The global music industry is on the offensive against the proliferation of songs generated by artificial intelligence (AI) without the consent of artists or record labels. However, the fight seems unbalanced, in favor of AI developers and...

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...

At a time when a new technological revolution is taking place at a global level, profoundly rewriting the rules of the economic game, and when supply chains are being reconfigured amid aggressive protectionist trade measures introduced by the US,...

The British environmental group Just Stop Oil, known for its shocking protests against fossil fuel exploitation, has announced that it will cease such actions by the end of April, AFP reports. Just Stop Oil said in a statement to the press that...

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...

Chinese technology giant Huawei is suspected of bribing members of the European Parliament to gain support within the European institutions, according to an article published yesterday by the website Follow the Money, which states that Brussels...