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• Bucharest - national leader in sales, with 10.49%, followed by Timisoara (7.23%) and Cluj-Napoca (4.58%) 

• Basic foods - oil, sugar and milk - dominate purchases

• The highest sales take place around paydays, on the 5th and 20th of each month

The Russian capital market is currently relying on the launch of IPOs of state-owned companies, a development model that is not sustainable for the Moscow Stock Exchange, according to a comprehensive analysis published by the Kommersant daily...

Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) posted a consolidated profit of 1.16 billion euros at the end of 2024, 50% lower than the 2.39 billion euros recorded the previous year, according to the announcement made yesterday by the Austrian banking group.

Air pollution plays a significant role in the increase in the number of cases of lung adenocarcinoma, the most common type of lung cancer globally, reveals a new study published in the journal Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

The artistic director of the George Enescu International Festival, maestro Cristian Măcelaru, proposes for the concert series at the Palace Hall 27 events supported by 16 prestigious orchestras from Romania and around the world, in an edition...

The Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi (UAIC) announced that at its 15 faculties, candidates have 231 study programs available, of which 98 are bachelor's and 133 are master's.

The Romanian Geographical Society warns that the discipline Geography ""has disappeared'' from the subjects studied in grades 11 and 12, according to the draft framework plan for high school launched for public debate by the...

The Railway Reform Authority (ARF) signed an addendum with Alstom last year, establishing a new delivery schedule for Coradia trains, which should have reached the state passenger rail operator as early as 2024, Traian Preoteasa, the general...

The Railway Reform Authority (ARF) signed an addendum with Alstom last year, establishing a new delivery schedule for Coradia trains, which should have reached the state passenger rail operator as early as 2024, Traian Preoteasa, the general...

In a demonstration of double standards and selective priorities, the Trump administration took an unprecedented decision on January 20: a 90-day suspension of all US foreign aid.

• Standard Chartered: "Although Trump's order disappointed those hoping the president would announce the creation of a national Bitcoin reserve, other countries may come up with this idea" 

• Galaxy Digital: "The combination of...

A new study has found that microplastics and nanoplastics are present in significantly higher amounts in the placentas of babies born prematurely compared to those born at term.

A copy of the legendary Mercedes W196 Streamliner single-seater, driven by Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss, was sold at an auction in Stuttgart for an impressive $53 million (euro51.155 million), setting a new record for the most expensive...

For the first time, a massive chunk, almost the size of Paris, has broken off the world's largest iceberg, A23a, according to satellite images analyzed by experts.

The shares of Europe's biggest carmakers fell sharply yesterday in response to US President Donald Trump's announcement on Saturday that he would impose new tariffs on imports from China, Mexico and Canada.

• The company gave up on tourism last year, selling the Best Western Bucovina Hotel 

The management of Bucovina-Club de Munte, a company controlled by the former SIF Muntenia, has summoned shareholders for March 10 to approve the sale of real...

The current challenges facing the European Union will only be overcome if decision-makers in Brussels and citizens of the member states truly understand its cultural heritage, the interconnections between European nations and the democratic...

Approximately 240 trains were suspended by the management of CFR Călători, i.e. 20% of the company's total daily trains (1200 trains throughout the country), Traian Preoteasa, the general director of the company, announced yesterday, during a...

• According to Francois Villeroy de Galhau, governor of the National Bank of France, the investment need amounts to 300 billion euros • Since that amount cannot be covered by public subsidies or bank loans, the only source remains the savings of...  

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...

• July 25 

- The Government approves and submits to Parliament a draft law aimed at modernizing the district heating system.

• A 5.4% Increase for the BET-FI Index, While BETAeRO Dropped by 17.5% • Finance Ministry Raised Nearly 6.7 Billion Lei Through Two Fidelis Government Bond Issues  

Humans have been polluting nature since ancient times, this is the conclusion of a study. Human-caused environmental contamination with lead in the Aegean region began approximately 5,200 years ago, about 1,200 years earlier than previously...

HistoSonics Inc., a medical device company whose backers include Johnson & Johnson's venture capital arm, is considering a U.S. initial public offering (IPO) this year, according to people familiar with the matter, according to Bloomberg.

The German company Bosch is facing a reduction of 24% in gross profit achieved last year compared to 2023, due to the crisis facing the automotive industry and the machine construction sector, according to an article published at the end of last...

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 Romanian tennis team will play, today and tomorrow, a crucial match in the Davis Cup World Group I play-off, against Bulgaria. The match will take place at the Multipurpose Hall in Craiova. The local men's tennis has not been going...

The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), one of the most advanced astronomical observatories on Earth, is being built in northern Chile. The project, which is 60% complete, aims to search for signs of life on exoplanets and study the formation of the...

Meteorologists announce that January 2025 is on track to become one of the warmest months in Moscow's history, with temperatures well above seasonal average.

Students have opened a front in the realm of justice with the former Minister of Culture, Raluca Turcan. The Student League of Iaşi announces that it has filed a complaint with the General Prosecutor's Office against the former minister and...

The NATO Treaty is the first obstacle in Călin Georgescu's foreign policy regarding Ukraine, which claims that, in the event of a peace imposed by Trump in the neighboring country, Romania could take advantage and request the return of former...

• "The dominance of the tech sector and top companies does not represent an irrational exuberance bubble, but rather a reflection of superior fundamentals," say the bank's analysts 

• Nassim Taleb: "The recent drop in Nvidia's...

Trade with Mexico, China and Canada accounted for about 43% of all US goods imports in 2023 by value, according to a Statista analysis, noting that, according to UN Comtrade data, the United States imported $3.2 trillion in goods and exported $2...

The interventions of European officials and civil servants in Brussels to censor the online environment, including content on social networks, were harshly criticized by MEP Gheorghe Piperea at the second edition of the "Make Europe Great...

The Academy of Economic Studies (ASE) in Bucharest announced the tuition offer for the 2025-2026 academic year, making available over 12,000 places for bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs.

The Romanian Government has adopted the Decision on the establishment of the National Program "Healthy Meal" in 2025, an initiative considered by the Minister of Education, Daniel David, a "fundamental mechanism" for reducing...

A team of researchers from Oxford University has confirmed the existence of an exoplanet in the "Super-Earth" category, located 20 light-years from Earth.

According to a draft emergency ordinance currently in decisional transparency on the website of the Ministry of Finance, the Government wants to exempt 32 people from the budgetary system, civil servants, from the stability austerity measures for...

PPC Renewables Romania, the company that deals with the production of energy from renewable sources within the PPC Group, inaugurated yesterday a control room through which it monitors and manages all the company's local renewable energy...

OLAF (Anti-Fraud Office) inspectors have uncovered a 700,000 Euro fraud in one of the projects financed by the European Union in the Danube Delta, according to a press release issued yesterday by the European institution in Brussels.

Commodity prices have experienced significant volatility in recent years, caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, disruptions in the global supply chain and geopolitical tensions.

Domestic football suffers from a lack of patience. For a while, it was thought that it was only the disease of those who finance/sponsor/loan teams, but later it turned out that even the fans do not make very long-term plans.