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In an unprecedented concerted effort, Romania and 18 other European Union member states have signed and sent a letter to the European Investment Bank (EIB), calling for a more active role for it in financing the security and defense sector,...

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...

The Association of Electricity and Gas Suppliers of Romania (AFEER) calls on the authorities to respect the legal deadline for the liberalization of the electricity market, stability for April 1, 2025, warning that any extension of the price cap...

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...

The year 2025 is shaping up to be difficult for investors on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), with the major budget deficit of our country, which must be reduced through fiscal measures with a possible impact on companies, the economic...

Călin Georgescu, who last year posed as a peacemaker, called his supporters last Friday in front of the headquarters of the Constitutional Court of Romania to protest against the decision of December 6, 2024 regarding the cancellation of the...

Although the Western media and certain experts have suggested that Ukraine, with the support of Western weaponry, has significantly undermined the capabilities of the Black Sea Fleet, Nikolai Patrushev, president of the Maritime College of the...

The last month of summer was marked by a series of government decisions that continued to deepen the budget deficit, which - according to the budget execution for the first seven months published by the Ministry of Finance at the end of August -...

• The key interest rate is currently in the range of 5.25%-5.5%, the highest level in the last 23 years 

The law capping interest on loans granted by non-banking financial institutions (IFNs) and debt collectors has, unfortunately, big, essential differences compared to the original draft, lawyer Gheorghe Piperea, current MEP, who wrote the draft...

The International Energy Agency (IEA) yesterday kept its forecast for global oil demand unchanged in 2024, but downgraded estimates for 2025, citing the impact of Chinese consumption, according to Reuters.

The law on the capping of interest at non-banking financial institutions and the limitation of claims requested by debt collectors, a normative act that joins the law of giving in payment, citizens have a shield that protects them against any...

The National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) submits to public consultation new rules regarding the connection of electricity production sites to public interest networks on a tender basis, according to News.ro.

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....

Dialogue between environmental organizations and authorities is crucial for implementing the best measures to protect nature. WWF-Romania (World Wide Fund for Nature) has sent its recommendations to the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of...

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 National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) fined three electricity suppliers with almost 18 million lei and sanctioned two others with a warning, because they purchased through the Centralized Electric Energy Purchase Mechanism (MACEE) a...

The situation in Ukraine and the Middle East, the enlargement of the European Union, the modification of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, common defense and security and relations with third countries are the topics on the agenda of...

The main concern of the Government in the last month of autumn was to correct the errors crept into law 296/2023 through which fiscal changes were made, a normative act that passed the Parliament through the assumption of responsibility by the...

The negotiations for the modification of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) have ended and the new form of the document will no longer contain the percentage of 9.4% of GDP regarding the expenses related to the public pension...

Our country will register at the end of 2023 an economic growth of 2.2% and a budget deficit of 6.3% of the Gross Domestic Product, the European Commission estimates in the forecast published yesterday by the institution from Brussels.

The National Bank of Romania (BNR) is not considering a reduction in the monetary policy interest rate until inflation falls sharply, Governor Mugur Isărescu said on Friday, during the conference where he presented the "Quarterly Report on...

The situation in Ukraine, the revision of the European multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, the economic situation of the European Union and the issues regarding migration, are the main topics of the European Council meeting that will take...

Education is taking steps forward, perhaps not at the pace expected by the main actors involved in the education process, as several important documents have been approved or are in the process of approval. The Ministry of Education has announced...

The European Commission announced yesterday the adoption of the revised Renewable Energy Directive and the ReFuel EU Aviation Regulation - the two final pillars of the "Fit for 55" legislative package, the implementation of which will...

The European Court of Auditors (ECA) warns in a report published yesterday that the EU's dependence on China for raw material supply chains, the lack of qualified personnel, as well as the damage to other branches of economic activity, such...

Pragul de 9,4% din PIB din PNRR privind cheltuielile cu pensiile a fost eliminat din propunerea de modificare a planului înaintată Comisiei Europene, a anunţat, ieri, premierul Marcel Ciolacu.

The threshold of 9.4% of GDP in the PNRR regarding pension expenses was removed from the proposal to amend the plan submitted to the European Commission, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announced yesterday.

The government sent, at the end of last week, to the European Commission the request to amend the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, to which is added the chapter on the projects that will be financed from the RePower EU mechanism, according...

The 2.3 billion euro reduction of the European Union budget for next year proposed by the representatives of the member states was rejected, yesterday, by the members of the Budget Committee of the European Parliament,...

ANRE, în calitatea sa de autoritate administrativă autonomă, independentă decizional, organizatoric şi funcţional, care are drept obiect de activitate elaborarea, aprobarea şi monitorizarea aplicării reglementărilor obligatorii la nivel naţional...

New technologies, the internet, as a support for social media, can act as a factor for the "democratization" of access to dialogue, to the social and political life, to decisionmaking. To use a concept of Albert Hirschman "Exit, voice...

Reporter: What are the marks that 2020 has left on the entrepreneurial sector?

• (Interview with Adrian Volintiru, CEO of SNGN Romgaz) 

The Leu has reacted differently against various currencies, during the pandemic, with the EUR/RON exchange rate going up, while the opposite happened to USD/RON. The latter happened because of the weakening of the dollar against the Euro, during...

Statistical data announces a steep economic drop, from one year to the next, but the Finance Minister says he's pleased with our economic evolution, given the current international context.

Hurt badly by the quarantine, the HoReCa industry all over the world is suffering. Whereas in the first months the situation has been accepted without much discussion, after the appearance of the first easing measures the first complaints have...

The draft budget revision published at the end of last week sparked a series of pro and con opinions, especially in view of the increase of public expenditures by 18.2 billion lei, due to the pension point hike by 14% and the increase of...

• The dollar and Euro are losing their shine to gold and bitcoin