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The first month of spring was a dense one in government decisions, with a wide range of interventions, from support for agriculture and industry to strategic investments in energy, defense, infrastructure and national security. The government led...

US trade policy changes almost weekly, if not daily, according to an analysis by visualcapitalist.com, which notes that while Trump imposed heavy reciprocal tariffs on about 100 countries last week, on April 9 he announced a 90-day break for...

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,...

Although only a few European nations want to participate, France and Britain will continue to outline plans for the deployment of European troops to Ukraine as guarantees for the Russian Federation's compliance with a peace agreement, French...

Ten years of presidency ended with a resignation, with Klaus Iohannis thus ending his two terms not in glory, but in disgrace. On February 10, the former president announced his resignation in order to avoid a political crisis generated by the...

The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) indices registered slight increases in February, in a climate marked by geopolitical tension in Europe and political uncertainty in our country, where presidential elections are due to take place in May,...

Europe is in an accelerated rearmament race, but the direction of this massive investment raises uncomfortable questions. Instead of strengthening the European Union's defense industry, the European Commission's ambitious plan seems to...

The European Union can no longer take peace for granted, but must build a solid foundation on cooperation and strategic investment, declared Antonio Costa, President of the European Council, and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European...

After debates lasting almost six hours, European leaders agreed yesterday at European Council that EU member states urgently need rearmament to increase their defence and security capacities and capabilities in the face of the current challenges...

Europe has entered a new era of rearmament and is ready to massively increase its defense spending, by 1.5% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of each member state of the European Union, said Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European...

The European defense financing gap amounts to 850 billion euros, according to two analyses published on the Zerohedge website and using statistical data provided by NATO, the Kiel Institute for the Global Economy and Exante Data. This deficit is...

Any peace agreement must respect Ukraine's sovereignty and be negotiated with its participation on the principle of "Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine, nothing about Europe without Europe", states the final declaration of the...

The current challenges facing the European Union will only be overcome if decision-makers in Brussels and citizens of the member states truly understand its cultural heritage, the interconnections between European nations and the democratic...

The last financial quarter of last year was a time of intense complexity for the Romanian economy, in which political and economic forces faced significant challenges generated by the general elections, the tense geopolitical context and an...

EU countries that are also NATO members must increase their arms stocks more quickly, said European Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius, yesterday, at the annual conference of the European Defence Agency, according to the Euractiv website. The...

Donald Trump was inaugurated yesterday for his second term in the White House, following a lavish ceremony that was the most expensive inauguration ceremony of an American president.

NATO member states that do not increase their defense spending to 5% of Gross Domestic Product will no longer have US protection in the event of a conflict, US President-elect Donald Trump said at a press conference in Palm Beach, USA, according...

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...

The end of the calendar autumn was marked by the presidential and parliamentary elections that took place on November 24 and December 1. For this reason, in order to increase its chances before the election and to maximize the chances of its own...

The presidential elections in Romania, which will take place on Sunday, November 24, 2024, represent a crucial moment in defining the political direction of the country for the next five years, given the fact that, out of the 14 candidates for...

Roxana Mînzatu, our country's proposal for the position of European Commissioner, successfully passed her hearing yesterday by the members of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Internal Affairs (LIBE), Labor Force and Social Affairs (EMPL),...

Europe faces a significant shortage of military personnel and an insufficiency of defense capabilities, despite increased spending on this sector since the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, according to a report prepared by the British...

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...

Following the victory of Donald Trump in the presidential elections in the United States, political leaders in Romania emphasized in their congratulatory messages sent to the future American president the importance of continuing the strategic...

The preparation of the campaigns for the presidential and parliamentary elections that will take place on November 24, respectively December 1, led the Government to increase the amount of budget expenditures in the second month of autumn in...

In the context of the current economic and political tensions in Israel, generated in particular by the war with Hamas that began on October 7, 2023, the impact on Romania's economy is considerable, considering the close economic relations...

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange has gone through a period marked by volatility since October 7, 2023, but despite this, investors have maintained a cautious optimism, according to an article published yesterday by the website www.calcalist .co.il....

The US and China are two great powers of the world, but their sources of power vary significantly, according to a Ray Dalio analysis (Great Power Index 2024) that identified eight basic pillars that measure a nation's types of strength. These...

The PSD-PNL coalition has given two governments since December 2021, Ciucă and Ciolacu, whose results are similar, with identical governance mistakes, although the leadership was different. Because both the PSD in the August 24 Congress and the...

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...

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,...