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The middle of the calendar spring, April, represented a fiery month for the Romanian economy, in light of the pressure put by the presidential elections scheduled for May 4 and 18, but also by the need to take legislative, fiscal and...

Microsoft's blocking of the email address of the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, constitutes an act of "digital sabotage of the international rule of law", given that the institution is based in...

The exchange of retorts between George Becali and George Simion in which Becali reacts to Simion's announcement regarding contesting the elections, and Simion responds to Becali's reaction, illustrates that the scandal first broke out in...

Yesterday was Monday. There will be another Monday next week, but it will be less full of expectations, hopes, disappointments.

The situation in our country, before the elections of May 18, is creating tension in society. Promises are being made, scenarios are being floated that are meant to create panic, and the impression is that we are on the edge of an abyss. In this...

The emergence of a wave of over 100 complaints in the courts of Romania, in the last two weeks, under the pretext of obtaining a "round 2 back" in the presidential elections, raises serious questions about the use of justice for political...

The Permanent Electoral Authority (AEP) announced yesterday, through a press release, that it has launched an inspection of the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR) party, to verify how the party finances its electoral campaign for the...

The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) indices recorded slight increases in the first quarter of the year, in a climate marked by geopolitical tension in Europe and political uncertainty in our country, where presidential elections are due to take...

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...

In the previous volumes, we analyzed both the internal tensions weakening American democracy and the international isolation reshaping the United States' position in the world. In this final episode, we delve into the most serious issues: the...

While President Donald Trump appears to be firmly in control of the American executive branch in his second term, and his support from the Republican hard core remains high, the reality behind the scenes is more nuanced. The Trump 2.0...

The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) indices registered slight increases in February, in a climate marked by geopolitical tension in Europe and political uncertainty in our country, where presidential elections are due to take place in May,...

Investor enthusiasm for Donald Trump's return to the White House quickly faded after the US president began imposing automatic tariffs on major US trading partners such as Canada, Mexico and China, raising concerns that trade tensions will...

Călin Georgescu, indicted for six crimes, the most important of which is instigation of actions aimed at changing the constitutional order - a case handled by the Prosecutor General's Office - has launched serious accusations against the...

The National Bank of Romania revised the inflation forecast for the last quarter of the year to 3.8%, from 3.5% as previously estimated, but the general downward trend in inflation remains, with the Consumer Price Index set to reach 3.1% in the...

The last financial quarter of last year was a time of intense complexity for the Romanian economy, in which political and economic forces faced significant challenges generated by the general elections, the tense geopolitical context and an...

Over 9.4 million citizens who went to the polls on November 24 had their options canceled by the Constitutional Court of Romania, which, after validating the first round of the presidential elections on December 2, reversed its decision on...

The European economy suffers from capital market fragmentation and bureaucracy, which hinders adequate financing for innovation and start-ups, said Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, yesterday in her speech at the World...

The establishment by the European Parliament, last week, of the new standing committee on public health (SANT) - which in the previous European Parliament was only a subcommittee - could become a platform for lobbyists from the pharmaceutical...

The parliamentary elections in Romania that took place on Sunday brought significant changes to the national political landscape, and the real winners of the election were the sovereignists, who managed to introduce three political parties into...

The same electoral program is adopted by two presidential candidates, two opponents who were once together - George Simion and Călin Georgescu both support the "Food-Water-Energy" political program (see Program Summary), which...

The National Bank of Romania (BNR) has revised upward the inflation forecast for the end of this year, to 4.9% compared to the previous forecast of 4%, and estimates inflation of 3.5% for the end of next year, at the limit of the range above the...

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is considering the possibility of closing the mBridge pilot project, a cross-border payments platform that Russian President Vladimir Putin considers a solution to circumvent international sanctions...

The national economy will register an economic growth between 1.2 and 1.8% at the end of 2024, much lower than the one announced by the Government, of 2.8%, based on the data provided by the National Strategy and Forecasting Commission , said...

The Middle East has been in a fever of war for a year after Hamas terrorists decided to illegally enter Israel, kill the young, old and children and take several hundred people hostage, mostly civilians, to achieve their political goals ....

In an unstable economic context and marked by multiple challenges, the debate on the establishment of a Sovereign Investment Fund (SIF) was recently relaunched in the public space, a topic that will be extensively analyzed in an event organized...

The establishment of a sovereign investment fund is extremely welcome, but such a financial instrument should be established only under the authority of the National Bank of Romania, the only institution capable of eliminating political interests...

Increasing the interconnectivity of transport infrastructure, digital interconnectivity, cyber security and energy interconnectivity, including the two new associated states - the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine - was the central theme of the...

The Erdogan regime appears to be reeling after Sunday's local elections saw the Republican People's Party (CHP) win the vote in 36 of Turkey's 81 municipalities, which means it has reached 44.4% of the total voter choice, although...

The Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) began, this month, a discussion on the timing of the reduction of interest rates, according to the words of an official of the institution, quoted by Reuters.

The local press in our country is at risk of compromising the editorial independence of journalists and their safety, according to a report drawn up for 27 EU states by the experts of the European Center for Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) and...

Radu Soviani: Mr. Peiu, how did you come into the mandate at SIDEX more than 20 years ago, and what challenges did you face at that time?

After 15 years of activity, the Pilon II private pension funds have around 8.1 million participants, 117 billion lei accumulated, of which three quarters represent the contributions transferred into the system and one quarter (over 30 billion...

The exit from the insolvency of the Romanian state is done on the back of the business environment by means of law 296/2023 through which new fiscal measures were introduced, the participants of the conference "Austerity measures vs. the...

Freedom of the press has returned to the public agenda after the editor-in-chief of our country's only printed sports newspaper, Gazeta Sporturilor, was dismissed by the owner, Ringier Sports Media Group. The discussion revolved around...

The explosion at an illegally operating LPG station in Crevedia, a disaster that has so far resulted in four deaths and 54 injuries, revealed last month the corruption within the Romanian state and the inefficiency of the work of some public...

The stake of the parliamentary elections of 2020 should have been the reformation of the government, of the administration and public sector. The crisis caused by the Covid pandemic has shown the weaknesses of this ancient political organization....

• Not even the Wizard of Oz could solve the issue of government revenues and expenses 

Economic growth of 4.1%, budget deficit of 3.59%, average inflation rate of 3.1% - these are the main macro-economic indicators that the budget for next year was built around, according to the Report on the macroeconomic situation for the year...