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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 indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) had an evolution marked by two distinct phases last year when, after a strong increase until the summer, the electoral period and the situation arising from the parliamentary and presidential...

According to a recent report by the European Commission on the application of competition rules, the pharmaceutical industry is under intense scrutiny, aimed at ensuring access to innovative and affordable medicines, the websites mondaq.com and...

European natural gas benchmarks rose for a second straight session on Thursday, with the weather forecast calling for cooler temperatures in many parts of the continent, Bloomberg reported, according to Agerpres.

Environmentalists are outraged by the conclusions reached after COP29. The environmental organization Greenpeace criticized the new agreement signed in Baku at the UN Climate Change Conference, saying that negotiators gave in to the interests of...

The Polish government will extend the electricity price cap for household consumers for the first nine months of 2025, Reuters reports.

In 2024, two reports were published, prepared at the request of the European Commission. The first report, coordinated by Enrico Letta, is entitled "More than a Market" and refers to the transformation of the single market into a true...

The advisers of Donald Trump, the president-elect of the USA after the election of November 5, revealed to the American publication The Wall Street Journal, the plan of the future Presidential Administration from the White House for the...

The free market, without government restrictions, and governed by the rules of fair competition, is the essential condition for the economic growth of our country in the coming years, stated the participants at the conference "Competition in...

Statele membre BRICS trebuie să ia mai multe decizii critice la summitul de la Kazan, cu scopul îmbunătăţirii cooperării în cadrul grupului, a declarat liderul rus Vladimir Putin ieri, în prima zi a summitului BRICS pe care îl găzduieşte.

The BRICS member states must take several critical decisions at the Kazan summit in order to improve cooperation within the group, Russian leader Vladimir Putin said yesterday, on the first day of the BRICS summit he is hosting.

The third quarter of 2024 was marked by a series of major challenges for Romania's economy. High summer temperatures have led to increased energy consumption, and the government has taken drastic measures to cover energy needs, including the...

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 first month of autumn brought a series of economic and financial challenges for our country, especially in the context of a growing budget deficit, high inflation and volatility of energy prices. However, the Ciolacu government continued to...

The powerful International Football Federation also has opponents who create problems for it. FIFA's rules on the transfer of professional players contravene the principles of free movement established by European Union (EU) law, the Court of...

The management of CCP.RO Bucharest recently had a proposal for another software to ensure the functioning of the Central Counterparty, according to our information.

• Marcel Ciolacu: "84% of the deficit goes to the investment area" • The Fiscal Council: "Undersized expenses, overestimated revenues, cash budget deficit of 8% at the end of 2024" • With an additional allocation of 5.48 billion lei,...  

US patience with the Orban government has run out, said David Pressman, the US ambassador to Hungary, in the speech he gave yesterday at the Budapest 2024 Forum on the development of a sustainable democracy, according to media sites telex.hu,...

The giants in the field of IT and communications, Google and Apple, are forced to pay financial sanctions totaling 15.4 billion euros, for violating European legislation on data storage and for abusing a dominant position in the market.

The energy ministers of Greece and Cyprus discussed yesterday the details regarding the implementation of the Great Sea Interconnector project, through which a submarine cable would be installed regarding the transport of electricity between the...

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...

UniCredit SpA is facing a second dispute in Russia, related to the payment of guarantees that the Italian banking group could not honor due to Western sanctions imposed on Moscow after the invasion of Ukraine, according to the half-yearly report...

• 1st January 

The social and political convulsions of the first three months of the current year left their mark on the entire semester, because the PSD-PNL coalition turned to the state piggy bank to calm them down. Thus, the Ciolacu government decided to...

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...

The European Parliament, with 401 votes in favor, 284 votes against, 15 abstentions and 7 null votes, decided yesterday to grant Ursula von der Leyen a new mandate as President of the European Commission, despite the fact that the EU Court of...

The budget deficit continued its decline in the second financial quarter as well, its growth being a little smoother compared to the first three months of 2024. Thus, if at the end of March the budget deficit recorded for the first quarter stood...

The European Union opened the way for severe financial sanctions against Meta, ruling that the social network does not comply with European rules regarding the use of personal data for personalized advertising. Meta is obliged to request...

The main indexes of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) ticked new historical records last month, when companies published their results for the first quarter of the year, and international markets had a growth trajectory.

The political parties in the European Union received in the period 2019-2022 financial donations of 941 million euros, but for 664 million euros of that amount, the data regarding the sponsors is non-transparent, according to the final results of...

The government is decided to increase the gross minimum wage in the economy to 3700 lei, but before that it will have a discussion with the social partners - employers and unions, said Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu at the end of the Executive...

The Romanian state did not abuse its powers and the Parliament's rejection of a draft law on the mining of gold from Roşia Montana was not politically influenced, states in the reasoning of the decision of the judges of the international...

Movie lovers have a new reason to rejoice. The 28th edition of the European Film Festival (FFE) will debut in Bucharest on Europe Day, on May 9, and will end in Chisinau on June 8, during the weekend of the European Parliament elections, the...

Through the National Recovery and Resilience Program (PNRR), Romania has committed to carrying out tax reform in 2025. Until the elections for the Romanian Parliament in December 2024, citizens would have the opportunity to participate in an...

The authorities in Israel are ready to retaliate after the air attack launched by Iran at the end of last week, they promise to retaliate at the most appropriate time, but the world's most powerful states from an economic point of view in the...

Israel's ability to defend itself was sorely tested Saturday night into Sunday after Iranian forces and their allies in the Middle East sent nearly 300 drones and ballistic missiles into the Jewish state aimed at hitting several military and...

• January 1st 

Social convulsions have been a constant in the first three months of the current year, with a peak in January, when almost half of the country's major cities were blocked by farmers' and transporters' protests, which lasted for three...

Tony Murphy, president of the European Court of Auditors (ECA - European Court of Accounts), states that the deadline - December 31, 2026 - for the implementation of the NRDPs represents a factor that "contributes even more to the risk"...

The Mangalia Naval Shipyard (DSMa) is in a difficult economic situation after last year, in August, the partners from Damen Holding BV notified the Romanian state that they were withdrawing from the agreement concluded regarding their involvement...