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The second half of 2024 represented a critical turning point for Romania's economy and political stability. In an attempt to counter the ever-expanding budget deficit and ensure macroeconomic balance, the government implemented a series of...

Democratic elections must reflect the "free expression of the people's opinion", according to Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), and the annulment of elections is an extreme measure and can...

President Donald Trump's executive is the richest in US history, with the assets of its members worth a total of almost $500 billion, a staggering amount that far exceeds the GDP of countries such as Greece ($238 billion) or Hungary ($212...

The balance sheet of his own government is a positive one, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu claimed yesterday, at the end of the government meeting, in a press statement in which he presented the main achievements of his mandate. Unfortunately, the...

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...

If there is one word that sums up 2024, it is "change": change in politics, with over 2 billion people across the world going to the polls, and a profound shift in the global order that has shaped the world over the last 80 years and that...

The Romanian presidential elections were marked by a tense climate, amplified by recent revelations about the involvement of state and non-state actors in the electoral process. The CSAT documents indicate a direct intervention by the Russian...

The Social Democratic Party won the parliamentary elections, being credited in the exit poll prepared by CURS with 25.7% of the over 9.4 million votes cast, and in the INSCOP exit poll with 24% of the votes. PSD is followed by AUR, which stood,...

The development of online commerce is closely related to artificial intelligence, better said to its use on new platforms and for the modeling of new applications characteristic of each type of consumer/client, stated the participants at the...

Transelectrica employees are currently waiting for the initialing of the new collective labor agreement (CCM) at the company level for the next two years, with the hope that they will round off their salary income, given the consistent annual...

"It's about the economy, stupid," the slogan coined by political strategist James Carville during Bill Clinton's successful 1992 presidential campaign, still rings true more than 30 years later, according to a statista.com...

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...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is significantly accelerating the demand for high-performance data centers, but the growth of these facilities brings with it new challenges in terms of energy efficiency and sustainability. According to a Goldman...

The BRICS summit that is taking place these days in Kazan, Russia, also has on its agenda the request made by Turkey to acquire the status of a full member of that economic organization, after until now it had observer status. Turkish President...

The Romanian House of Agri-Food Trade "Unirea" represents one of the most ambitious and, at the same time, controversial government projects in Romania's agricultural sector, established in 2019 under the PSD government led by Viorica...

The delegated act put out for public consultation by the European Commission on Friday, September 27, regarding the proposal of calculation methods for "low-carbon" hydrogen is harshly criticized by supporters of nuclear energy and those...

The long-term upward trend of the indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) entered a corrective phase in August, primarily due to the contagion with foreign markets that suffered a severe fall at the beginning of the month. The BET index, of...

Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu does not have a plan, not even one copied from the Simion Plan or inspired by the Kamala Harris Plan, for the development of our country in the coming years, but only now is he trying to bury it by appealing to...

Iran has advantages in terms of human resources and ground equipment, but in the event of an armed conflict, Israel compensates with technological superiority, especially in aviation and air defense, as indicated by data from Global Firepower,...

George Simion, the president of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians and candidate of this party in the presidential elections of November 24, offers houses to all the people. Simion's offer? 35,000 euros for a two-room apartment of 50-52...

Romanian-French trade relations are at a high level as long as France ranks third in the dynamics of Romania's economic relations with other countries, being also the third foreign investor in our country, but also in the top 10 - 9th place...

The first semester of 2024 ended with real estate transactions of 419 million euros in Romania, more than twice as much as in the same period last year (when the total value of transactions in the first six months was 167 million euros), and the...

Europe was hit, especially in the central part, by a series of violent storms and torrential rains. They fell on Switzerland, France, Germany and Italy and resulted in at least 7 deaths, according to the first balance published by the local...

The financial performance last year looks very good for the Kuhn Romania company, which recorded a turnover in 2023 of 96.1 million euros, i.e. a 75% increase compared to 2022, the year in which the company was established by taking over in...

The democratic exercise of voting seems to be taking root also among Romanian citizens, if we take into account the fact that, in yesterday's combined European parliamentary and local elections, a better participation percentage was recorded...

The European People's Party (EPP) looks set to win the European Parliament elections, with 182 MEPs, to be seconded by the European Social Democrats (S&D) with 136 seats, according to the latest Europe Elect poll for Euractiv ahead of the...

The need for a real partnership between political decision-makers and civil society, between governments, parliaments and citizens, was the main topic of debate at the 12th edition of the Global Forum of Modern Direct Democracy, an event that...

Following the crises that followed from 2019 until now and the over-indebtedness of companies, individuals, but also of states, it is vital that the mechanisms to prevent insolvency or bankruptcy work correctly and an interpretation agreed by all...

The capital market in Romania can have an important role for the reconstruction of Ukraine and the development of the Republic of Moldova, argued the participants at the 10th edition of the CFA CEE Investment Conference, an event that this year...

A few months ago, I visited Romania, a country that, in tourist guides, is characterized as offering natural beauties that rival those of many countries in the world, and is also admired by the royal family of England, whose first voyage after...

The request of the shareholder Blue Capital, which owns 8.63% of Lion Capital (formerly SIF Banat-Crişana), that the alternative investment fund distribute dividends and make buybacks for the benefit of shareholders, provoked the reaction of the...

Reporter: What are your objectives in the current term of office as vice president of the Financial Supervisory Authority, responsible for the capital market?

The stability shown by the leu in relation to the euro starting from the second part of 2023 will very likely continue this year as well, given that the foreign exchange reserves of the National Bank of Romania (BNR) are at historical highs, we...

Despite some improvements, our country still faces the vulnerability of fiscal revenues, and large budget deficits and high inflation rates, which are all above pre-pandemic levels, make the economy potentially vulnerable to shocks, the European...

The Ministry of Economy will ask the Ministry of European Projects and Investments to notify the European Commission so that the fourth edition of the Start-Up Nation program is financed from European funds, announced Radu Ştefan Oprea, the...

The European Union will never allow itself to be blackmailed by anyone, said the European deputy Siegfried Muresan, referring to the negative vote given by Hungary in the European Council in December regarding the review of the multiannual...

The incompetence of the public authorities left its full mark on the end of the year, the month of December being marked by two tragedies that show the fact that, despite the tragedies at Colectiv and Crevedia, despite the scandal of the Asylums...

Radu Soviani: I'll start by asking you what's your opinion about the mass privatization in Romania, especially through what we know as SIFs.

Globalization - the flow of goods, services, people and capital across borders - has stimulated global growth and facilitated the rise of many emerging markets in recent decades, according to a Euromonitor International analysis, which however...

Radu Soviani: Mr. Farmache, now, more than 30 years since the start of the mass privatization program, I ask you what were the thoughts behind initiating this program and what were the most interesting elements in its evolution over the...