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More than half of NATO allies have pledged to participate in a program to purchase US arms and ammunition for Ukraine, said Mark Rutte, the alliance's secretary general, after a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels yesterday.

The United Nations is preparing to reduce the number of troops and police involved in its peacekeeping missions by about 25%, an unprecedented measure in the last two decades, caused by an acute lack of funds. According to senior UN officials...

Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas agreed early on the first phase of a US-brokered ceasefire plan that would see the release of all hostages in Gaza, an Israeli withdrawal to an agreed-upon point and the release of some Palestinian...

The Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (COSR) announced the official start of the process of organizing the European Youth Olympic Festival (YOF), which will be hosted by Braşov in 2027. The event was marked by the first meeting of the...

September brought to the forefront of the political scene one of the toughest confrontations between the Government, the opposition and society in recent years. The cabinet led by Ilie Bolojan entered at full speed into a succession of decisions...

The operationalization of the Eastern Flank Drone Wall of NATO and the EU is the main topic on the agenda of the informal meeting of the European Council to be held today in Copenhagen, Denmark, said Ursula von der Leyen, President of the...

The geopolitical and economic storm that is shaping up around the US dollar is taking on unexpected proportions after the recent summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (ed. - Shanghai Cooperation Organisation - SCO), which took place...

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),...

Sorin Grindeanu, the interim president of the PSD, declared yesterday, after the meeting of the party's National Political Bureau, that the date of the congress has not yet been set, but it will take place this fall, and welcomed the entry of...

Donald Trump's announcement over the weekend of a meeting with Vladimir Putin, to be held on August 15 in Alaska, took European leaders by surprise and sent a clear message: the current US president does not intend to consult with NATO...

The agreement between Donald Trump, the US President, and Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, on the introduction of a 15% customs tariff on almost all European products imported by the US (except for aluminum and...

Russian oil tankers are managing to circumvent sanctions imposed by the European Union and the United States through a seemingly banal but extremely effective method: flying false naval flags, according to an investigation published today by the...

US imports of goods fell by 20% in April 2025, the largest monthly decline ever recorded, according to visualcapitalist.com.

At a time of global instability, NATO leaders gathered yesterday at the Hague summit took a historic decision: all member states will allocate a minimum of 5% of GDP for defense and security by 2035, as stated in the final declaration of the NATO...

Europe must reach a level of complete readiness by 2030, capable of deterring any threat, is the joint message conveyed yesterday by Mark Rutte - NATO Secretary General - and Ursula von der Leyen - President of the European Commission, at the...

The conflict between Israel and Iran seems far from the moment of de-escalation, if we take into account the message sent yesterday by Israel Katz, the Defense Minister from Tel Aviv to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. According to the Jerusalem Post and...

The conflict between Israel and Iran shows no sign of de-escalation, even though, according to the Israeli press, the Tel Aviv authorities declared yesterday that they are not seeking to overthrow the political regime in Tehran, but only to...

The world is approaching a turning point in protecting the oceans: the international treaty on the high seas, adopted in 2023, is about to become a legal reality. The announcement was made by French President Emmanuel Macron at the opening of the...

French banking group Societe Generale SA will launch a dollar-backed stablecoin through its crypto subsidiary SG-FORGE, becoming the first major European lender to launch a dollar-backed cryptocurrency in a growing market for digital stablecoins,...

The global average temperature risks exceeding the critical threshold of +1.5°C in the next five years, warns a new report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), carried out in collaboration with the Met Office in the United Kingdom....

The negotiations for the conclusion of the Collective Labor Agreement (CCM) in the Culture sector have been successfully completed. The document, initiated by the FAIR-MediaSind Federation and negotiated with the Ministry of Culture, will be...

The scandal that broke out between the members of the governing coalition after Crin Antonescu did not receive the number of votes needed to enter the final of the presidential elections was also felt at the meetings that the liberal and...

The burial ceremony of Pope Francis will take place on Saturday, April 26, starting at 10 a.m. local time (11 a.m. - Romanian time) according to the official announcement made yesterday by the Vatican. The funeral will take place in St....

Donald Trump's return to the White House is not just a resumption of a political mandate, but a systemic rupture, a moment of inflection that tests the institutional limits of American democracy and reopens the great geopolitical fissures of...

Decizia recentă a Administraţiei Trump de a suspenda pe termen nelimitat programul Visa Waiver pentru România şi o serie de articole publicate de mass-media americană apropiată taberei republicane au iscat temeri în rândul unor lideri ai...

The recent decision of the Trump Administration to indefinitely suspend the Visa Waiver program for Romania and a series of articles published by American media close to the Republican camp have raised fears among some leaders of political...

Russian representatives asked their American counterparts during negotiations held in Riyadh on Monday for clear guarantees so that the Kremlin authorities would allow the resumption of commercial traffic in the Black Sea to and from Ukraine,...

The progressive tax is not on the agenda of the current government, as long as one of the coalition partners considers the approach to the subject as a red line regarding its participation in the Executive, said Marius Alin Andries, Secretary of...

An international trade union mission, present in Mexico to inspect working conditions on the construction sites of the upcoming World Cup, was categorically denied access to the Estadio Azteca. The decision has sparked controversy, and...

Changing the country's name, flag and anthem, adopting a new constitution, these are some of the objectives of an organization that has come under the authorities' sights (Mateescu Ştefan, Şofran Radu Pompiliu, Dinu Adrian Robertin, Lupu...

The US withdrawal from the United Nations, a withdrawal promoted by Elon Musk, senior advisor to President Donald Trump and coordinator of the Department for Government Efficiency, would have a negative impact on the international institution,...

The great powers are currently negotiating the fate of the conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, negotiations to which officials from Bucharest were not invited to participate, although Foreign Minister Emil Hurezeanu claims that...

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. Iohannis' departure from Cotroceni comes...

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. From the alarming budget deficit to the uncontrolled increase in...

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. This idea not only...

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...