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The Minister of Education and Research, Daniel David, announced that the new high school framework plans will bring back to the school curriculum subjects essential to national culture, such as Romanian History, and will reintegrate grammar into...

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, announced yesterday, at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, the launch of InvestAI, an initiative designed to mobilize euro200 billion of public and private funds for...

Steel group ArcelorMittal, also present on the Romanian market, announced yesterday that it intends to move certain support services activities from Europe to India, according to AFP.

• Annual interest rates are between 7.95% and 6.95% for tranches in lei, and 4% and 6.25% for those in euros 

• The offering will close at the end of this week

• The securities will be listed on the BVB on February 20

The National Directorate of Cyber Security (DNSC) is sounding the alarm about a new online fraud method, in which attackers use the visual identity of important institutions such as Interpol, Europol or the Romanian Police to deceive users.

In the context of the 2025 presidential elections, Crin Antonescu, the candidate of the PSD-PNL-UDMR coalition, returned to the forefront of Romanian politics after an absence of about a decade.

Călin Georgescu's nonsense plays a strange role in his success: "Soon, we will no longer use phones but communicate through telepathy, exactly like plants, birds, and animals do-just as life functioned in the time of Stephen the Great."

Călin Georgescu has explicitly addressed several fundamental issues of Romania in his speeches and public interventions. Below is an analysis of these issues based on the themes he consistently supports in his statements:

Klaus Iohannis is leaving Cotroceni Palace. He announced yesterday that he is resigning from the position of president of the country and that the resignation will take effect tomorrow, February 12.

A personalized vaccine against advanced kidney cancer has shown encouraging results in a clinical trial, with all nine patients included generating an anticancer immune response after the first dose. The research, conducted at the Dana-Farber...

A rare first-edition copy of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," the first volume of J.K. Rowling's famous series, has been sold at auction in the UK for £18,000. It is not the highest price ever paid for a book...

The Federation of Free Trade Unions in Education (FSLI) has announced the launch of a national consultation caravan on the new framework plans for high school.

The boycott of hypermarkets in our country between February 10-16, an action to which Romanian citizens were called by Călin Georgescu and the sovereignist parties, in order to protect Romanian farmers, proved to be a failure from the very first...

• January 1 

- Mandatory electronic invoicing for all transactions between taxable persons established in the country comes into force. The measure is applicable until December 31, 2026.

The year 2024 was marked by economic-financial and socio-political convulsions, which accentuated Romania's vulnerabilities in the face of domestic and international challenges.

The "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Iaşi announced that, starting with the 2025-2026 academic year, it will train future medical officers and sanitary non-commissioned officers, as a result of a partnership signed...

The municipality of Amsterdam has announced an ambitious measure to combat pollution: banning pleasure boats on its famous tourist canals in the city center.

The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church (BOR) approved, during a working session held under the presidency of Patriarch Daniel, a series of measures regarding the observance of canonical and statutory discipline among the clergy. Among...

German drugmaker Stada Arzneimittel AG is preparing for what could be Europe's largest initial public offering (IPO) this year, Bloomberg reports.

The company has seen "huge" interest during meetings with about 60 investors, Stada...

• The Ministry of Finance raised 16.4 billion lei from the population through six Fidelis government bond issues 

• At the end of last year, investors at BVB held approximately 226,000 accounts, a 26% increase from 2023

The European Council will take a decision in June on the financing of military mobility programmes for the current budgetary framework and, following the decision, the European Parliament will approve either an adjustment to the current budget or...

• Price crosses $4/pound for first time 

The price of Arabica coffee futures on Wednesday topped $4 per pound for the first time in history on the New York Stock Exchange, as concerns about global supply have driven prices to double over the...

January 2025 was declared the warmest January ever measured globally, according to data published by the European observatory Copernicus.

The Minister of Culture has started negotiations with trade unionists. The inventory of movable heritage and the elimination of wage inequalities are among the topics discussed by the Minister of Culture, Natalia Intotero, with representatives of...

The presence of Asian workers on construction sites, in traffic on scooters and bicycles, in restaurant kitchens and in many other places has become a habit.

• The fund aims to secure financing of up to 200 million lei for investments 

Transilvania Investments (TRANSI) shareholders are convened on March 10 to approve the initiation of a buyback program for up to 185 million own shares, equivalent to...

The government established in yesterday's meeting that the minimum gross basic wage in the country, guaranteed in payment, will be updated annually depending on the inflation rate and labor productivity. This measure aims to align the...

The transaction through which the Hungarian company MVM wants to take over the assets of E.On in our country will end up on the table of the Supreme Council for National Defense, said Bogdan Chiriţoiu, president of the Competition Council,...

A new study published in the journal Nature Reviews Earth and Environment warns that a 2°C increase in global temperatures will triple the area of land where heat becomes dangerous even for healthy people.

The European Union is currently unable to strengthen its common defence because military mobility is blocked by administrative bureaucracy and chronic underfunding, according to a report published last night by the European Court of Auditors...

The Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, Roxana Mînzatu, stressed the importance of improving the basic skills of Romanian students in areas such as mathematics, reading, writing and digital skills.

US President Donald Trump, known for his eccentric and often shocking statements, has announced a wild plan for the Gaza Strip: the United States would take over the war-torn enclave and turn it into an economic paradise.

A series of frequent and strong earthquakes has forced thousands of people to flee the Greek island of Santorini in recent days.

• 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...