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The glaciers in Switzerland experienced an accelerated melting this year, exceeding the average of recent years, according to a report by the organization GLAMOS (Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland). This trend continues to draw the attention of...

The German car manufacturer BMW sold more electric vehicles in the European Union for the first time in history than the American rival Tesla, and this happened in July 2024, when the German manufacturer managed to increase its deliveries in a...

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...

According to a document submitted to the Ciolacu government by the European Commission, Victor Moraru, one of the close associates of Deputy Prime Minister Marian Neacşu, is suspected of incompatibility and conflict of interest for the way he...

Solar power accounted for three-quarters of the capacity additions to renewable energy production units worldwide in 2023, according to visualcapitalist.com, which notes that most of this expansion took place in Asia, the EU and the US,...

Without money you can do nothing, neither on Earth nor in space. NASA is looking for ways to bring rocks taken from Mars to Earth, faster and less expensively, the American space agency announced, after criticism of its budget, considered...

• February 23, 2022 

Civilians are the main victims of armed conflicts, including the one launched on October 7, 2023 by members of the terrorist group Hamas, who a month ago fired more than 5,000 rockets at residential areas in Israeli cities, killing several young...

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 Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) and Poland are the preferred targets of pro-Russian hackers, according to a report by the VisionWare company, cited by the ...

Ursula von der Leyen will present today, in the European Parliament, the official speech on the State of the European Union, one year after the previous speech and four years after assuming the mandate of president of the European Commission. Von...

The European institutions in Brussels have recently hired more debutant civil servants from Romania and Greece, while the number of civil servants coming from the Scandinavian member countries of the EU - Sweden and Finland, has dropped...

A proposed merger deal last week would combine two US steel giants, with the potential to create an American champion in an era of Chinese dominance, according to the Financial Times.

Compania Ericsson ocupă primul loc în clasamentul Total Year Review pentru anul 2021, arată firma de analiză de piaţă Mobile Experts, conform unui comunicat remis redacţiei.

Talks between the United States and China, though they only took place over the phone, have brought the world's two superpowers into the spotlight. Despite growing tensions over the past two years between the world's two largest...

New accusations have been issued against BaFin (Bundesanstalt fur Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht) - the institution similar to the Financial Oversight Authority (ASF) -, in a case similar to the inaction of the ASF in the case of the manipulation...

The scandal surrounding the Financial Oversight Authority (ASF) has escalated to a pitch, lately. The protests in the insurance sector, as well as the chaos in the stock market come amid the lack of supervision, those involved say.

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...

The leu yesterday reached a historic low against the Euro, 4.6495 lei/Euro, up 1.05 over the previous meeting, marking the fourth day where the exchange rate was above 4.6 lei.

All the banks that have granted CHF loans will be audited by the National Consumer Protection Authority (ANPC), its chairman Bogdan Pandelică, announced yesterday in the Economic Commission of the Senate.

The price of electricity and its increase on the Day-ahead market (PZU) of the OPCOM exchange keeps causing discontent among the players and specialists on the market and is keeping consumers on edge, as they will probably feel the price hikes of...

The non-banking financial institutions have been fined a total of 337,000 lei, following the audit conducted by the National Consumer Protection Agency (ANPC), between May 8th, 2017 - June 16th, 2017, according to a report of the ANPC, published...

The European Commission reacted on Tuesday, after the deputies of the Commission for Industries and Services have passed a series of amendments to the Natural Gas Law, according to which the gas producers will be required to fully trade their...

Reporter: How do you think the major loss of approximately 39 million Euros which Romcab reported last weekend for the year 2016 can be explained, considering that after nine months, it had posted a net profit of approximately 9 million...

All of Europe is concerned over Greece's possible default, save for Romanian politicians. They are more interested in increasing the special salaries and pensions, the issues that Ponta has in the PSD, by Oprea's plagiarism or by the...

SIF Moldova and "Delta Solar Investments", with a combined holding of 9.03% of Sibex, want the Sibiu exchange to return to shareholders the money it got from the liquidation of the Romanian Clearing House (CRC), as well as the reduction...

During his term as minister of foreign affairs, Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu, who has been recently appointed personal advisor to the new president of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, has sabotaged through official actions the activity of the Commission for...

The Romanian banking environment is under no circumstances in a state of vulnerability, according to economist Ionuţ Dumitru, president of the Fiscal Council. He told us: "The local banks have been constantly pressured by the NBR and have...

Anonymous sources have been feeding the rumor mill around the stress tests conducted on banks of systemic importance in Europe. The most pessimistic estimate, according to which 18 banks will not pass the test, came from the banking expert of...

Reporter: Mr. Mihai Bogza, you have recently started your second term as president of the Council of Foreign Investors (FIC). What will be the main priority of the FIC during your new term?

According to the contract for the privatization of Electrica Muntenia Sud, Enel is required to grant the Romanian government the right of first refusal when it comes to buying back its stake in the aforementioned company, which the Italian group...

• Update 19:57 Nicolescu: "The third shareholder of Electrica is ING" 

Reporter: What is the current stage of the IPO of Electrica?

• Update 15:00 Two more people have filed complaints 

Reporter: How is the opening of new gas stations in Romania going?

Dan Voiculescu, the founder of the Conservative Party (PC), is a name which is being mentioned again in connection with Oltchim, at a time when the authorities are preparing for a new attempt to privatize the company, this time through the...

All the ministers in the Ponta government and the president of the PNL Crin Antonescu have agreed to the Roşia Montană project, according to yesterday's statements by the prime minister.

The reconstruction of the national irrigation structure could be financed by issuing bonds and selling them to the population, sources in the sector say. The recent statements of Daniel Botănoiu, secretary of state in the Ministry of Agriculture...

Reporter: What are the estimated financial results of the company, for the first semester of this year?

The population and the small companies, which still benefit from regulated prices for electricity and natural gas have understood that liberalization means higher prices, but they haven't understood why we need to bear these hikes "just...