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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...

The end of the calendar spring, the month of May, represented a turning point both in the political evolution and in the shaping of Romania's economic and financial trajectory, marking major transitions, institutional volatility, but also...

A major new study by about 60 researchers from 17 countries warns that ten key climate indicators are in the red, signaling an accelerating worsening of the global climate crisis. Published in the journal Earth System Science Data, the report...

Member States' contributions to the European Union budget could increase moderately between 2028 and 2034 given the need for more joint investments at European level for defense and security, said MEP Siegfried Mureşan, rapporteur on the...

In the context of the adoption of the guidelines for the European Union budget for 2026, the European Parliament has issued a document that, although wrapped in the grandiloquent language of progress and cohesion, raises serious questions about...

After debates lasting almost six hours, European leaders agreed yesterday at European Council that EU member states urgently need rearmament to increase their defence and security capacities and capabilities in the face of the current challenges...

Europe has entered a new era of rearmament and is ready to massively increase its defense spending, by 1.5% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of each member state of the European Union, said Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European...

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...

Political leaders around the world reacted quickly to Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, with reactions varying significantly according to political orientations and national interests specific to each country. These...

Culture and education are very closely linked. The Minister of Education, Ligia Deca, and the Minister of Culture, Raluca Turcan, signed a collaboration protocol to support activities, projects and initiatives to promote cultural education.

Ursula von der Leyen, preşedinta Comisiei Europene, doreşte centralizarea alocării fondurilor din bugetul UE în perioada 2028-2034, fapt ce ar duce la anularea finanţării proiectelor pe politica de coeziune, ceea ce ar afecta atât statele membre...

• 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 

Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, wants to centralize the allocation of funds from the EU budget in the period 2028-2034, which would lead to the cancellation of the financing of cohesion policy projects, which would...

Roxana Mînzatu, the Ciolacu government's proposal for the position of European Commissioner from Romania, was nominated yesterday by Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, as one of the six vice-presidents of the...

The European Parliament, with 401 votes in favor, 284 votes against, 15 abstentions and 7 null votes, decided yesterday to grant Ursula von der Leyen a new mandate as President of the European Commission, despite the fact that the EU Court of...

Our country ranks first in the ranking of investigations completed in 2023 by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) regarding the use of EU funds managed or spent in whole or in part at the national or regional level, the Brussels-based...

The continuation of investments for the implementation of the Green Deal, the acceleration of allocations to support citizens and raise the standard of living, finding common sources of financing for the development of the defense industry, but...

The need for a real partnership between political decision-makers and civil society, between governments, parliaments and citizens, was the main topic of debate at the 12th edition of the Global Forum of Modern Direct Democracy, an event that...

The construction sector is one of the main contributors to the creation of the Gross Domestic Product, but it is currently facing problems generated by the bureaucracy from the central and local public authorities, lending from the banking sector...

The surface right established on the public domain would be granted to a state higher education institution, for public use, without changing the destination or the owner of the property right, according to the draft amendment to the Higher...

The budget deficit of our country, instead of decreasing, will increase, the representatives of the European Commission said yesterday in Bucharest, during an event in which the implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan in the...

The resolution adopted yesterday by the European Parliament requesting the Commission that, after the end of the conflict in Ukraine, in the negotiations with the Russian Federation, take steps to return the treasure of our country, which has...

The situation in Ukraine and the Middle East, the enlargement of the European Union, the modification of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, common defense and security and relations with third countries are the topics on the agenda of...

The draft emergency ordinance by which the Government wants to directly grant to state companies in the energy field part of the land under the administration of the State Domain Agencies violates competition, claim, in a press release sent to...

Ursula von der Leyen will present today, in the European Parliament, the official speech on the State of the European Union, one year after the previous speech and four years after assuming the mandate of president of the European Commission. Von...

What should have been a success for President Klaus Iohannis - Romania being the first country to organize two editions of the Three Seas Initiative Summit (I3M) - will go down in history as the moment when the head of state had to contradict...

The delayed projects, which are at risk of not being implemented in the three years in which we have to complete the implementation of the PNRR, would be moved to the programs of the Cohesion Policy, in order to benefit from a three-year extended...

The 2.3 billion euro reduction of the European Union budget for next year proposed by the representatives of the member states was rejected, yesterday, by the members of the Budget Committee of the European Parliament,...

The accession of the Republic of Moldova to the European Union and the reception of our country in the Schengen Area are two of Romania's foreign policy priorities, declared President Klaus Iohannis, yesterday, at the opening of this...

Yesterday, the European Commission approved the allocation of over 52 million euros from the European Regional Development Fund, for the purchase by the Railway Reform Authority in our country of 37 electric trains for 13 national interregional...

The National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), which we have allocated for 30.4 billion Euros, will be put up for public debate on November 5, said Ioan Marcel Boloş, minister of European Funds. He said things were different when it comes to...

Uniunea Europeană poate tăia sau suspenda plata fondurilor europene desemnate României, inclusiv fondurile de coeziune, dacă Bucureştiul ia decizii care vor creşte deficitul bugetar suplimentar faţă de angajamentele luate faţă de Bruxelles,...

The European Anti-Fraud Office last year issued nine recommendations of recouping European grants, in 11 cases investigated in Romania, which puts the country on an unenviable top position in the EU, according to its activity report for 2019 of...

• (Interview with Mr. Cristian Pârvan, AOAR Secretary General) 

In October 2016, the governor of the NBR was saying that "throughout my career I have not seen a better macroeconomic situation for Romania", which was accompanied by "the greatest risks".

• Eugen Teodorovici: "Everybody talks about a European family, but it's every man for himself" 

În perioada 19-20 martie 2019, a avut loc, la Bucureşti, reuniunea Reţelei Punctelor de Contact pentru Coeziune Teritorială (National Territorial Cohesion Contact Points - NTCCP), organizată de Ministerul Dezvoltării Regionale şi Administraţiei...

UniCredit Bank analysts are issuing a warning that the Romanian government is repeating many of the mistakes that have led to the recession of 2009-2010. The quoted experts are mentioning both the fiscal policy that is risky for the economy, as...

The survival of empires, and even that of countries that do not harbor such ambitions, depends on the existence of at least two fundamental conditions: a functional economy, that ensures its citizens' prosperity, and social cohesion. The...

Romania currently has an absorption rate of 0% of European funds a in the 2014-2020 budgetary exercise, European Commissioner for regional policies, social-democrat Corina Creţu said on August 2nd. She says that Romanian authorities are working...