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The National Institute of Statistics published a press release yesterday showing that in July 2025 the volume of turnover in retail trade (excluding trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles) increased compared to June 2025, both as a gross series...

Romanian tourism is going through a difficult time, according to data included in the White Paper on Tourism 2025 launched yesterday, in Constanţa, by the National Council of Small and Medium-sized Private Enterprises in Romania (IMM Romania),...

The world's ten largest oil-consuming countries represented, in 2024, 61% of the global share. This percentage increases to 80% in the top 20 countries, given that total consumption had a moderate advance of 0.7% annually, according to...

Financial markets did not register significant reactions after the meeting at the end of last week between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, nor in anticipation of the meeting scheduled in Washington between Trump,...

The middle of the calendar summer represented a turning point for our country, marked by a tense economic, financial and political climate, which led to the first firm decisions of the Bolojan Government towards stabilizing public finances and...

Developed by the National Strategic Brain Intelligence Laboratory at Zhejiang University in eastern China, Darwin Monkey integrates 960 Darwin 3 chips, i.e. state-of-the-art neural processing units independently designed by the Chinese team....

In a world affected by climate change, biodiversity loss and food crises, there is one element that connects all these problems, although it often remains in the shadows: water. Without water, there is no life, no agriculture, no economy. And...

Un indicator de inflaţie atent urmărit de Rezerva Federală a SUA (Fed) a înregistrat în iunie o nouă creştere, sugerând că presiunile asupra preţurilor persistă în contextul aplicării noilor taxe vamale, conform unui comunicat emis redacţiei....

The digitization of Romanian companies is driven by the desire of entrepreneurs to reduce the effects of external unpredictability, given that frequent fiscal changes in the past have reduced the business environment's trust in state...

Southern Europe is currently experiencing a new episode of severe heatwave, generated by a high-pressure front from North Africa, dubbed Kamel by meteorologists. Record highs are expected in the coming days, with maximums of up to 45°C in...

Gold has been a relatively stable asset over the past 25 years for investors looking for diversification, a haven against inflation, or a safe haven during uncertain times.

Only one in three entrepreneurs still believes that the national economy will have a positive direction this year, said Florin Jianu, former president of the National Council of Small and Medium-sized Private Enterprises in Romania (CNIPMMR),...

Political negotiations to shape a governing coalition were the constant of the first 22 days of June, a period in which the leaders of the PSD, PNL, USR, UDMR and those of the National Minorities Group discussed intensively at the Cotroceni...

Germany is further strengthening its dependence on liquefied natural gas from the United States, through a new major agreement signed between Berlin importer Sefe and American energy giant Venture Global, according to an article published...

The return to the liberalized electricity market should not be recorded as a shock for consumers, especially since the state will continue to support vulnerable consumers and especially since not all bills will register increases, according to...

Generative artificial intelligence (AI), in its current form, is becoming increasingly environmentally costly, UNESCO warns in a recent report. The high energy and water consumption of large-scale models raises serious concerns about the...

With an estimated value of $311 billion, the physical gold held by the population - nicknamed "the gold under the pillow” - far exceeds the official reserves of the Central Bank of Turkey and the gold savings kept in the banking...

We are faced with a series of decisions presented by Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan as necessary, but without the Executive having offered the general public a clear analysis of their economic effects. Beyond the image arguments, what is missing is...

The Ministry of Finance yesterday made the legislative package on fiscal-budgetary measures aimed at reducing the current budget deficit transparent, a package that provides for doubling the bank turnover tax, increasing VAT, increasing excise...

Immediately after the presentation of the tax measures package proposed by the Bologna government, the business community in our country reacted by stating that the legislative proposal is not only untimely, but also potentially destructive for...

Economic expert, university professor Dr. Mircea Coşea, told us that the package of fiscal measures presented yesterday by Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare is toxic for the country's economy.

Cheese and yogurt, a staple of many Romanians' dinner menus, could have an unexpected effect on sleep: causing nightmares. A study conducted by Canadian researchers from MacEwan University in Edmonton, published in the journal Frontiers in...

The S&P 500 index reached a new all-time high at the end of last week, after a spectacular recovery from the fall that began in February, triggered by Donald Trump's declarations regarding the imposition of tariffs in the United States of...

Former Foreign Minister and former director of the National Library of Romania, Adrian Cioroianu, launched a public appeal during an anniversary event dedicated to the National Library, drawing attention to the major risk that VAT increase on...

With the return of the electricity market in our country to free market status, with the termination of the cap-compensation scheme on July 1, consumers will directly feel the market variations, and for many of them, the energy bill could become...

More than half of Europe and the Mediterranean region were affected by drought at the beginning of June 2025, marking an absolute record for this time of year, according to an analysis by AFP based on data provided by the European Drought...

The Publishers' Union of Romania (UER) harshly criticizes the Executive's intention to increase the VAT rate applied to books, including school textbooks, in a context in which the reading level is already alarmingly low. Romanians are...

The state should start with reducing budget spending and administrative reform before introducing new taxes or increasing existing ones, Senator Florin Jianu, former president of the National Council of Small and Medium-sized Private Enterprises...

The state should start with reducing budget spending and administrative reform before introducing new taxes or increasing existing ones, Senator Florin Jianu, former president of the National Council of Small and Medium-sized Private Enterprises...

Central banks around the world expect the share of gold holdings in their reserves to increase over the next five years, while the share of the dollar in their reserves is expected to decrease, according to a study by the World Gold Council...

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