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After Episode 1 documented the North American model of protected industrial integration, this second episode...

The global economy we knew in the first two decades of the 21st century - an open market where capital moved freely, technology spread rapidly, and prices and interest rates tended to converge - no longer exists. In its place has emerged a world...

Geopolitical tensions are putting global trade in the spotlight, as many countries seek, in the current context, to diversify their imports.

The second semester of last year marked our country's entry into a fiscal-budgetary consolidation phase forced by reality, after a first semester that pushed the deficit to 3.68% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and amplified the risk of a...

The direction is assumed politically, but the data show that the euro is not yet approaching the status of a rival to the dollar. Recent speeches by European Central Bank officials confirm the ambition to strengthen the international role of the...

The era of buying where it's cheapest, whether it's energy from Russia or chips from China, is over. For three decades, we lived by this simple rule: efficiency was king. The time for maximum efficiency is over. Today, Europe is making a...

Bogdan Ivan, Minister of Energy, stated yesterday, at the end of the Energy Command meeting, that natural gas consumption has increased in our country, due to weather conditions, and that in order to cover the entire necessary quantity, gas...

Global disorder is entering a phase of accelerated rearrangement. The American pillar no longer ensures stability, and the post-war architecture is fragmenting under the impact of recent decisions from Washington. The withdrawal of the United...

The European Commission's proposal for the modernisation of the EU's energy networks, presented on Wednesday 10 December, officially presents itself as a leap forward, but if we look closely at the documents, from the "Guidance on...

Today marks one year since Călin Georgescu won the first round of the presidential elections on November 24, 2024, obtaining 2,120,401 votes, or 22.94% of the total votes cast, a result that shook the Romanian political system and astonished the...

Hurricane Melissa, the most violent weather event to ever hit Jamaica, is considered by scientists to be a direct product of human-induced climate change. A new study published last week by researchers at Imperial College London shows that a...

The United States has announced a new package of sanctions against the Russian oil industry, directly targeting Rosneft and Lukoil, considered major sources of financing for the Kremlin's war effort. The decision was announced by US Treasury...

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, Europe has made a collective effort to reduce its dependence on Russian energy, according to a statista.com analysis, which notes that, in addition to embargoes on certain energy imports, 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...

Western hegemony - primarily the U.S., but also the EU - is being challenged and besieged by China, backed by the BRICS bloc and part of the Global South, which promote multipolarity as an alternative. Pressure also comes from states hit by the...

Russia, through nuclear giant Rosatom, announced late last week that it is not stopping the Paks 2 project in Hungary, according to press reports in Budapest and Moscow, despite Thursday's ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union,...

European armies only have 50% of the means we need today, according to NATO objectives, said European Commissioner for Defence, Andrius Kubilius, in an interview with Euractiv. That is why the European Commission official stresses the urgency of...

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...

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...

National defense was one of the main topics during April, especially since on the last day of the month a new meeting of the Supreme Council for National Defense convened by interim president Ilie Bolojan took place.

National defense was one of the main topics during April, especially since on the last day of the month a new meeting of the Supreme Council for National Defense convened by interim president Ilie Bolojan took place.

China has launched the first group of AI satellites in a constellation that will function as an orbital supercomputer, reducing dependence on processing on Earth. The 12 satellites, sent into orbit on a Long March 2D rocket from the Jiuquan...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is considering imposing serious sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 consortium if Russia does not accept a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, Commission spokeswoman Paula Pinho said yesterday at a...

Globally, $24.7 trillion worth of goods were imported in 2024, with some countries relying more on foreign purchases than others, according to an analysis by visualcapitalist.com, which, using 2024 data from the World Trade Organization and the...

Global supply chains, the central pillar of the modern world economy, are on the verge of a deep crisis, fueled by the new tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on imports from China, according to a series of articles published by...

The European Union appears to have overestimated its chances of becoming a major player in the global microchip industry, according to a report published yesterday by the European Court of Auditors (ECA), which claims that the community bloc will...

Romania's entry with land borders into the Schengen area, one of the most important diplomatic achievements of the beginning of the year, was quickly overshadowed by a series of events that strained the country's political, social and...

The first quarter of 2025 ended with a March full of strategic decisions, with a mix of social support, economic investments, programs for industry and entrepreneurship, but also budgetary prudence measures. The decisions taken by the Government...

As the Trump 2.0 Administration continues to close international channels of collaboration, impose unilateral tariffs and withdraw the US from global agreements, a major question looms over the future of the American role in the world: is the US...

The anticipated agreement between the Ukrainian government and the US administration on the exploitation of the European country's mineral resources at odds with Russia was not signed as expected on February 28, as a White House meeting...