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The National Bank of Romania (BNR) has revised upward the inflation forecast for the end of this year, to 4.9% compared to the previous forecast of 4%, and estimates inflation of 3.5% for the end of next year, at the limit of the range above the...

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is considering the possibility of closing the mBridge pilot project, a cross-border payments platform that Russian President Vladimir Putin considers a solution to circumvent international sanctions...

The national economy will register an economic growth between 1.2 and 1.8% at the end of 2024, much lower than the one announced by the Government, of 2.8%, based on the data provided by the National Strategy and Forecasting Commission , said...

The Middle East has been in a fever of war for a year after Hamas terrorists decided to illegally enter Israel, kill the young, old and children and take several hundred people hostage, mostly civilians, to achieve their political goals ....

In an unstable economic context and marked by multiple challenges, the debate on the establishment of a Sovereign Investment Fund (SIF) was recently relaunched in the public space, a topic that will be extensively analyzed in an event organized...

The establishment of a sovereign investment fund is extremely welcome, but such a financial instrument should be established only under the authority of the National Bank of Romania, the only institution capable of eliminating political interests...

Increasing the interconnectivity of transport infrastructure, digital interconnectivity, cyber security and energy interconnectivity, including the two new associated states - the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine - was the central theme of the...

The Erdogan regime appears to be reeling after Sunday's local elections saw the Republican People's Party (CHP) win the vote in 36 of Turkey's 81 municipalities, which means it has reached 44.4% of the total voter choice, although...

The Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) began, this month, a discussion on the timing of the reduction of interest rates, according to the words of an official of the institution, quoted by Reuters.

The local press in our country is at risk of compromising the editorial independence of journalists and their safety, according to a report drawn up for 27 EU states by the experts of the European Center for Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) and...

Radu Soviani: Mr. Peiu, how did you come into the mandate at SIDEX more than 20 years ago, and what challenges did you face at that time?

After 15 years of activity, the Pilon II private pension funds have around 8.1 million participants, 117 billion lei accumulated, of which three quarters represent the contributions transferred into the system and one quarter (over 30 billion...

The exit from the insolvency of the Romanian state is done on the back of the business environment by means of law 296/2023 through which new fiscal measures were introduced, the participants of the conference "Austerity measures vs. the...

Freedom of the press has returned to the public agenda after the editor-in-chief of our country's only printed sports newspaper, Gazeta Sporturilor, was dismissed by the owner, Ringier Sports Media Group. The discussion revolved around...

The explosion at an illegally operating LPG station in Crevedia, a disaster that has so far resulted in four deaths and 54 injuries, revealed last month the corruption within the Romanian state and the inefficiency of the work of some public...

The stake of the parliamentary elections of 2020 should have been the reformation of the government, of the administration and public sector. The crisis caused by the Covid pandemic has shown the weaknesses of this ancient political organization....

• Not even the Wizard of Oz could solve the issue of government revenues and expenses 

Economic growth of 4.1%, budget deficit of 3.59%, average inflation rate of 3.1% - these are the main macro-economic indicators that the budget for next year was built around, according to the Report on the macroeconomic situation for the year...

• Even though S&P expects that next year we will begin a process of significant fiscal consolidation, the rigid structure of the budget and the volatility of the political environment represent risks to this hypothesis 

After two years of heated discussions, controversies and high-level resignations, the Brexit saga seems to be nearing the end. The outcome of the UK is decided this week, with laborious discussions being scheduled between the British officials...

The breakup of the coalition, the meeting in the White House between Klaus Iohannis and Donald Trump and the IMF report concerning the outlook for our economy are the most important events which took place in August, that concern Romania's...

Up until after the presidential elections of November 2019, the exchange rate will be kept within a narrow fluctuation band, says economist Lucian Isar. "Young economists in the commercial banks are joking that the only reason the EUR/RON...

• Eugen Teodorovici: "Everybody talks about a European family, but it's every man for himself" 

• Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the UK opposition: "A second referendum for Brexit is not an option for the present" 

The urge "Mircea, act like you're working!", back in the days of the so-called revolution of December 1989, was brought back recently by a new "director".

We, who had organized the marathon protest of the century, knew who Ion Iliescu was, as the rest of the Romanian people took a long time to catch on, even Brucan was wrong in his estimate that the much maligned "stupid people" would take...

The issue of the funding of the budget deficit will become acute in 2018, as the government authorities show us that they haven't learned anything from last year's experience.

Niculae Havrileţ, the president of the National Authority for Regulation in the Energy Sector (ANRE), together with other members of the Regulatory Committee of the ANRE, will arrive before the Commission for the Investigation of the activity of...

The global crisis at the end of the last decade has been "resolved" through an unprecedented stimulation of lending, but the turnaround of the real economy, whose sustainable character is still making its presence felt, did not live up to...

Romania needs a healthy economic vision, one for the long term, coupled with the responsibility of the decision makers of economic policies, presidential advisor Cosmin Marinescu says in an interview posted on his personal website...

The vote of confidence granted to the new Government does not mean true support from the Parliament, which will have at any time the ability to obstruct the initiatives of the new ministers, according to the CAIET analysts.

Electrica's headquarters yesterday turned into a battleground between the representatives of the Ministry of Energy and the administrators of Electrica SA.

Come November, Romanian pupils and students may become roommates with immigrants and refugees from Syria, starting in November, according to the intentions of the Ministry of Education.

The threats and mutual accusations between Greece and its creditors happened so fast last week, that even the internet couldn't keep up. The nearing of the deadline for the repayment of Greece's debt to the IMF has led to the escalation...

An "athletic" diplomatic effort in Minsk, heavily covered in the media, has ended inconclusively, with a cautious assessment, despite the efforts of the political protagonists to "inject" the feeling that the result is...

Out of the two paths that he can choose now, after rolling down the Cotroceni hill, in the presidential elections, Victor Ponta has chosen the one that leads nowhere: stay on as a prime-minister.

Reporter: What is your opinion on the movie "Why me?"

Farmers in the European union have suffered losses of 5.1 billion Euros following the embargo imposed by the Russian Federation, MEP Laurenţiu Rebega told us. He also said that so far, the Ministry of Agriculture has not calculated the losses...

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...