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Donald Trump's possible return to the White House has helped spur a wave of investment in defense technology startups across Europe, eight top industry investors and executives say, according to a Reuters story last week.

The United States topped the list of countries with the highest military spending in 2023, dedicating $916 billion to the military, according to statista.com.

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...

In the context of the increase in defense spending at the European level and the need to quickly equip the Romanian armed forces with the latest equipment and technology, compatible with those of NATO allies, in order to ensure the stability of...

NATO member states in Europe must supplement their troops with up to 50 combat brigades to be ready to respond at any time to an aggression by the Russian Federation, Reuters said in an analysis published yesterday in which it spoke to 12...

The NATO summit, an event taking place these days in Washington and marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Alliance, will not give Ukraine an answer regarding its request to join that organization, but it would strengthen the...

Donald Trump's program for NATO reform, should he become US president again in the fall, is based on two elements: a minimal American presence in Europe and support given only to allied states that allocate at least 2% of their GDP to...

The lack of fiscal predictability is an acute problem for American investors in our country, the representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce in Romania (AmCham) stated yesterday, during the press conference in which they presented the...

Klaus Iohannis convenes CSAT

NATO and the European Union cannot keep up with the Russian Federation regarding the delivery of weapons and military equipment to the front in Ukraine, according to an analysis prepared for the publication France Soir by Oleg Nesterenko,...

During May, the government continued to make chaotic decisions regarding budget expenditures, although the deficit after the first four months of the current year stood at 3.24% of the Gross Domestic Product, i.e. a minus of 57.29 billion lei...

Despite the fact that it is considered the largest military force in the world, the United States of America does not have the largest military by the number of personnel, according to GlobalFirepower.com estimates, taken by visualcapitalist.com....

Military expert Aurel Cazacu believes that President Klaus Iohannis' statement regarding a possible donation of a Patriot system to Ukraine should be seen as an operation launched by the American side and not by our country.

Ţările asiatice, precum India şi China, şi-au crescut constant cheltuielile de apărare în ultimii 15 ani, iar o comparaţie cu economiile ţărilor respective arată că aceste cheltuieli au sporit aproximativ în concordanţă cu PIB-ul din 2013 până în...

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...

Through the National Recovery and Resilience Program (PNRR), Romania has committed to carrying out tax reform in 2025. Until the elections for the Romanian Parliament in December 2024, citizens would have the opportunity to participate in an...

Social convulsions have been a constant in the first three months of the current year, with a peak in January, when almost half of the country's major cities were blocked by farmers' and transporters' protests, which lasted for three...

A large-scale conflict in Europe "is no longer a fantasy", and Europeans must find new ways to prepare financially for war, Josep Borrell warned yesterday at an economic forum held in Brussels. High Representative of the European Union...

The Romanian government spent less money on defense in 2023, only 1.6% of GDP (and not 2% or 2.5% as President Klaus Iohannis wants), according to the data contained in the official NATO report on last year (presented last Thursday by Secretary...

Traditionally, the second month of the year should be marked by the beginning of the first parliamentary session and less by the visibility of the work carried out by the government, but the electoral year 2024 seems out of the ordinary, in view...

This week is under the sign of former presidents, who after long silences come out in public with broad statements. After Ion Iliescu, Traian Băsescu came out on the ramp. The former president of Romania, Traian Băsescu, believes that there is...

Two years after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia still faces an unprecedented number of economic sanctions, has been shut out of major global financial services and has had around 260 billion euros of central bank assets frozen.

The European Union should constitute a nuclear arsenal following the statements of the former American President Donald Trump, said two days ago, Katarina Barley, vice-president of the European Parliament and head of the list of the German Social...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warns that the Russian economy continues to face significant obstacles, even if the institution has changed its estimates for the growth of the country's economy in a positive way, informs CNBC.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday improved its growth forecast for the world economy, anticipating a better evolution of the American economy and several important emerging economies, such as China and India, AFP and Reuters report....

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....

Russia's GDP grew by 3.2% in the first ten months of 2023, already higher than before the country's economy was sanctioned by the West, according to the leader of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, quoted by the TASS agency, announcing...

Artificial Intelligence is increasingly used by the industry of services offered to businesses, because the use of this technology brings added value to the activity of companies and increases their competitiveness, said yesterday, the...

The terrorist attacks that took place on October 7 in Israel, followed by the bombing of Gaza by the armed forces led from Tel Aviv, the attack in Brussels and the return of terrorist threats in the states of Western Europe made October the...

Employees of state companies in the defense industry are preparing to protest because the provisions of law 296/2023 regarding the sustainability of public spending lead to their loss of rights regarding vacation vouchers, meal vouchers and...

The European deputies are to adopt today the Regulation on the consolidation of the European defense industry through joint procurement, a document that was debated yesterday in the European Parliament, the new financial instrument benefiting...

Despite the pressures generated by the war with Ukraine, Russia's economy has not collapsed, and has even given President Vladimir Putin some reasons to be happy, according to an analysis by the independent Russian news site The Bell, which...

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...

Prior to the pandemic, one of the main concerns of the entire world was the military. According to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), last year, the biggest amount ever was spent globally, respectively 1.9...

The Bretton Woods moment has left a mark in politics. The conference which was held in New Hampshire, United States, 75 years ago, has represented a first globalization exercise, in which 44 states have participated, the effort of structuring the...

After many years of the army getting ignored and budget allocations that seemed more like jokes, it took the White House demanding the splitting of the military bill, for the Romanian political decision makers to accept that the army needs...

Like any member of the UN, Romania has an annual membership fee to pay. The amount can be reduced or fully offset by providing some services. One way for Romania to meet these obligations would be to make available 10-12 military helicopters to...

Reporter: In February 2015, you sent a petition to the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse, Fighting Corruption and Petitions of the Romanian Senate and Chamber of Deputies in which you reported "the superficial and disinterested...

Reporter: The economy has entered a recession, after two consecutive quarters of economic contraction. How do you think the economy will evolve in the coming months, given a weaker harvest, the drop in investments, the drop in exports and the...

Reporter: What do you view Romania like, from a political and economic point of view, when you come back?