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The technology industry is increasing its power of influence to record levels, investing huge amounts in lobbying activities to rewrite the rules of the European digital game, according to a study by Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl....

Defense spending should be seen not only as a strategic necessity, but as an economic decision that directly influences financial stability and long-term growth, said Atsi Sheth, CCO (Chief Credit Officer) and Head of Credit Strategy &...

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 Babeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca (UBB) has sent an official congratulatory message to Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai, recently named the 2025 Nobel Prize laureate in Literature. The author, considered one of the most original...

The Nobel Committee has awarded the 2025 Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado, the leader of the Venezuelan opposition, even though US President Donald Trump was once the bookies' favorite. The committee's explanation for the decision was...

The last few days have been marked by the impending disaster and the cyclone Barbara, which crossed the Balkans. The authorities took measures, in advance, some of the population panicked, others ignored... the recommendations, there was also a...

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...

Cyber attacks, in the millions, seem to be part of the daily digital landscape, but they remain invisible to the public eye. Andrea Rigoni, senior fellow of the Transatlantic Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for...

Voters from the Republic of Moldova decided in the parliamentary elections last Sunday to maintain their country's European path, despite the interference of the Russian Federation in the electoral campaign across the Prut. The final results...

An internal audit report (which can be read...

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...

Street protests have demonstrated, in the last two decades, that social networks are not only communication tools, but also true "virtual markets” where civic movements are born. From the "yellow vests” in France to...

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...

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...

There are times in international politics when leaders' speeches seem more intent on rewriting perception than reality. This is the case with Chinese President Xi Jinping's statements at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Plus...

The leaders of the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) met these days to lay the foundations of a multipolar world. At least that is what emerges from the text of the Declaration of the Tianjin Summit, a document in which...

The foundation of the West is crumbling - that is what the planned participation of leaders from Russia, North Korea, Iran, and Myanmar at China's "Victory Day” military parade on September 3 in Beijing (commemorating the end of...

The International Center for Settlement of Foreign Investment Disputes (ICSID), the so-called ICSID tribunal in Washington, attached to the World Bank, has in recent years become the preferred tool of fossil energy giants through which they block...

Since the beginning of Donald Trump's second presidential term, the USA has transformed from the defender of the democrats, the values and principles of the rule of law, as well as the rights and freedoms of the citizen, into a state in which...

The price of gold has soared over the past two and a half years, up 34% in the past twelve months, hitting new all-time highs, most recently in April 2025 at $3,500 per ounce, as central banks and investors seek safety amid economic uncertainty...

Faced with threats from Beijing and the Kremlin, the West is losing ground because it reacts chaotically, without a common strategy and with fragile political systems, warns Chris Kremidas-Courtney, senior researcher at the European Policy Centre...

In a world where what political leaders establish today is no longer valid on the same day, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are meeting tomorrow in Alaska, officially to establish a plan to end the conflict in Ukraine, a plan that, as the...

The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) indices reached new historical records last month, following developments that were clearly superior to the major international markets, which suggests that the fiscal-budgetary correction measures announced by...

Australia is facing one of the most severe episodes of extreme weather in decades. Heavy snowfall, flooding and violent gusts of wind have hit the states of New South Wales and Queensland in particular, leaving behind chaos, significant property...

The first package of fiscal measures comes into force today, the impact of the VAT increase from 19 to 21% being the greatest on consumers, who will face price increases in the chain, both for food products that are not part of the 14 cataloged...

The main indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) recorded double-digit increases in the first half of the year, boosted by the result of the presidential elections on May 18, which confirmed the country's pro-European trajectory for the...