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A recent World Bank report shows an alarming situation for the world's 26 poorest countries, which are home to 40% of the people most affected by poverty.

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 majority shareholder ended up owning 96% of the Bucharest-based drug manufacturer, following the conclusion of a takeover offer 

Zentiva Grup bought almost 320,000 shares of Zentiva SA, in the public offering held between September 25 and...

Future leaders are being prepared from a very young age. High school students from grades IX-XII can register to participate in the "European Leader" competition, which aims to develop high school students' leadership and public...

Any warming of the planet beyond the 1.5°C threshold, even temporarily, could cause "irreversible consequences" for the future of humanity, warns a large study published in the journal Nature.

People are very attentive to awards, whether they receive them or they are awarded to others. Awards validate careers, increase sales.

A very good example comes a few hours after the awarding of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

• "The investment process is not about making as much profit as possible, but about making a profit by investing as closely as possible to your personal profile and goals" 

• "Increases of 10-15% per year are achievable targets in...

Wildlife populations across the planet have suffered a shocking 73% decline in just 50 years, according to WWF's latest Living Planet Report.

Despite the fact that countries such as the US, China, India or Germany often dominate the economic rankings, the United States is the only economy in the Top 10 in terms of GDP per capita, according to a visualcapitalist.com analysis based on...

• CEO Carlos Tavares will retire in early 2026 

French-Italian-American carmaker Stellantis NV confirmed late last week that CEO Carlos Tavares will retire at the end of his contract, i.e. at the beginning of 2026, while announcing significant...

The dependence of our country on energy imports, in certain periods, and the need for capitalization of companies in the energy sector, so that they can increase the energy production capacity at national level, are the reasons why the Ministry...

The European Commission asked the Ciolacu government to reduce the turnover ceiling for the taxation of micro-enterprises from 500,000 euros to 88,500 euros, in accordance with the recommendations of the World Bank, according to sources from the...

• The value of the purchase orders launched by the investor amounted to almost 3.5 billion lei, above the August record of 3.2 billion lei 

• The titles will be listed on the BVB on October 17

• Initial public offering, estimated at $200-300 million 

Swedish online pharmacy Apotea AB is considering launching an initial public offering (IPO) on the domestic market this year, according to sources cited by Bloomberg.

The Ministry of Education announced the signing of 42 financing contracts for the construction and modernization of student dormitories, following the first call within the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR).

In the face of increasingly frequent and devastating climate threats, an innovative and simple solution is gaining ground: the rapid transfer of money to affected populations via mobile phone.

The National Directorate of Cyber Security (DNS) warns of the continuation of a campaign of "spoofed" phone calls in which the attackers present themselves as employees of public institutions or authorities.

The Committee for Legal Affairs (JURI) of the European Parliament approved, yesterday, the 26 candidates for the positions of European Commissioners, even if for 23 of them it requested additional clarifications regarding the declarations of...

The Bucharest Military Court of Appeal rejected, yesterday, the appeals filed by the accused persons in the August 10 file, a file in which the violence exercised by the gendarmes against the protesters is investigated.

Our country risks losing one billion euros from the funds allocated through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), a loss of which half - 500 million euros - would be caused by political interference in the appointment of the...

The Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded in 2024 to South Korean writer Han Kang "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical trauma and exposes the fragility of human life."

• Switzerland - the most innovative country, for the 14th consecutive year 

Switzerland has been designated in 2024, for the 14th consecutive year, the most innovative country in the world, according to the Global Innovation Index (IGI),...

• According to the ECA audit of the EU budget last year, the additional costs for Next Generation EU loans will be between 17 and 27 billion euros • To finance this mechanism, the EU has borrowed 268.4 billion euros so far  

Australia will quadruple the area of the vast marine protected area around Heard and McDonald islands, located near Antarctica, where penguins, seals and whales live, the government announced on Tuesday, reports AFP.

More than 50 specialists in the field of communication (academics, media historians and journalists) will participate, between October 11 and 12, in the international conference with the theme "Journalists and political actors: temptations,...

The Romanian writer Mircea Cărtărescu is also this year among the favorites to win the Nobel Prize for literature. The verdict for the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature will be announced today, after lunch.

• Interest rates between 5.85% and 7% for securities in lei, respectively 3.95% and 5% for securities in euros 

• Subscriptions close tomorrow at 13:00

• Iulian Cîrciumaru is a shareholder and president of the company 

• Holde's CEO was recently replaced

Romania and Bulgaria must fully join the Schengen area, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said yesterday in the plenary session of the European Parliament, who presented the priorities of the Hungarian presidency at the EU Council and drew...

On the Botswana Stock Exchange, the AeBO section, numerous companies have listed, all presented as resounding financial successes. But in some listings, entrepreneurs, brokers and PR people reaped the financial success and investors reaped the buzz.

The initial public offering (IPO) of Hyundai Motor India Ltd., the Indian subsidiary of South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co., will open for subscriptions next week and will likely be priced between 1,865 and 1,960 rupees ($22-$23) per share,...

Life, through its fleeting tools, people, decided to return to the great battle of commuters like Mihai Bravul in Călugăreni, in a shirt and without any protective armor. In a rough translation, I walk steadily and purposefully on the bus and subway.

• The head of the European Commission wants to replace the 530 European funding programs - of which 398 are dedicated to cohesion policy - with 27 national operational programs, one for each EU member state • The new European funding scheme would...  

• Dan Vardie, president of APIA, states that one of the causes is the halving of the value of the vouchers granted to the beneficiaries of the Rabla program 

The downward trend of registrations of fully electric cars, recorded in the first six...

The Director of the National Institute of Heritage, Oana Zaharia, stated at the European Heritage Hub Forum that INP is making efforts, together with the Ministry of Culture, to support a national campaign to digitize the collections of cultural...

Universities will have to be much more strongly connected to the socio-economic environment, there is a need for dialogue with socio-economic partners to identify the needs of a real labor market that can generate the further development of...

The third edition of the Classical ME Summit, the annual conference dedicated to professionals in the field of classical music, will take place between November 2 and 4 in Timişoara.

• Down almost 3% for BET, which faces the most severe correction in two years 

• The titles Antibiotice and Premier Energy entered the BET, instead of the shares Conpet and the Bucharest Stock Exchange

• FP shareholders rejected Finance's...

• "The strategy tries to be one step ahead of the market in terms of selecting companies that will soon return to the attention of investors and liquidating those that have reached maximum values" 

• "At the opposite pole, it identifies...

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 intense droughts and extreme floods that are becoming more and more frequent around the globe are a "prelude" to future developments in the context of climate change, the United Nations (UN) warned in a recent report, sent by AFP.

• September 2 

- Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, nominates Roxana Mînzatu for the position of executive vice-president of the European Commission, with the portfolio for employment, social rights and education.

Five judges of the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) declared on Saturday, October 5, 2024, that they were not satisfied only with the role of supervisors regarding the observance of the fundamental act of the state and decided to turn...