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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...

Last night, in an extraordinary session, the government adopted in a hurry the draft budget rectification for 2025, a document with a major impact on the national economy and social life. Why do we say that the rectification was approved very...

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...

The middle of the calendar summer represented a turning point for our country, marked by a tense economic, financial and political climate, which led to the first firm decisions of the Bolojan Government towards stabilizing public finances and...

Concerned by the contradictory rumors circulating about the second package of fiscal measures - to be approved after this month's budget rectification - the capital market community is wondering what it would do if a significant part of...

The BET index, which reflects the evolution of the twenty most liquid securities listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), has registered an increase of about 18% since the end of the presidential elections in May, thus exceeding the dynamics...

Tax consultant Gabriel Biriş, a lawyer and former secretary of state at the Ministry of Finance during the Cioloş government, claims that the package of fiscal changes proposed by the Bolojan Cabinet is the lesser evil.

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 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...

Hungary has suddenly decided to increase its target for foreign currency bond issuance this year, as the government in Budapest seeks new funds to cover a growing budget deficit, Bloomberg reports, according to Agerpres.

The evolution of capital markets reflects investors' expectations for the next six to nine months, so the strong increase in the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) indices that occurred after the election of the pro-European candidate in the...

Our country is facing an acute crisis of credibility, reflected in the low country rating and the high costs of financing loans, the major problems being the excessive budget deficit and the lack of credible fiscal measures, according to the...

Investments considered ethical or socially responsible, promoted by many European pension funds, could indirectly support serious human rights abuses in Gaza and the West Bank, according to an investigation by the journalistic platform Follow the...

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 United States risks running out of cash to pay its obligations by mid-July unless Congress adopts a resolution to raise or suspend the maximum national debt ceiling, according to an analysis published by the Bipartisan Policy Center think...

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...

In an unprecedented concerted effort, Romania and 18 other European Union member states have signed and sent a letter to the European Investment Bank (EIB), calling for a more active role for it in financing the security and defense sector,...

The second half of 2024 represented a critical turning point for Romania's economy and political stability. In an attempt to counter the ever-expanding budget deficit and ensure macroeconomic balance, the government implemented a series of...

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...

Fitch revised the outlook of our country's long-term foreign currency credit rating from "stable" to "negative" and maintained the rating at "BBB-", in a climate marked by political uncertainty, expectations of a more...

Financial markets may be losing patience with Romania's high fiscal deficit, Daniel Dăianu, president of the Fiscal Council, warned, noting that the seven-year deficit reduction plan risks being too slow for some investors, Reuters reports....

Shares on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, Israel's only stock exchange, have risen steadily since the start of the conflict with Hamas, which has now expanded on several fronts, despite the country's downgrade, growing deficit and persistent...

The third quarter of 2024 was marked by a series of major challenges for Romania's economy. High summer temperatures have led to increased energy consumption, and the government has taken drastic measures to cover energy needs, including the...

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange has gone through a period marked by volatility since October 7, 2023, but despite this, investors have maintained a cautious optimism, according to an article published yesterday by the website www.calcalist .co.il....

The last month of summer was marked by a series of government decisions that continued to deepen the budget deficit, which - according to the budget execution for the first seven months published by the Ministry of Finance at the end of August -...

The social and political convulsions of the first three months of the current year left their mark on the entire semester, because the PSD-PNL coalition turned to the state piggy bank to calm them down. Thus, the Ciolacu government decided to...

The dual listing of the Electrica company demonstrated that the local market benefits because, over time, liquidity has moved almost entirely to the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), said yesterday Adrian Tanase, the General Director of our capital...

The widening cost of living crisis and rising inflation in recent years have made many households wary of their bank balances, and this sentiment is particularly pronounced in Greece, according to survey data by Consumer Insights Statista.

The second month of spring was a stormy one for the PSD-PNL political coalition, which had to face the media revelations about how the doctor Cătălin Cîrstoiu - the candidate of both parties for the position of general mayor of the Capital - made...

Financial data company S&P Global is acquiring financial technology provider Visible Alpha, Reuters reports, noting that the parties did not disclose the value of the transaction. S&P Global announced this strategic move as part of its...

The initial public offering (IPO) of a 30 percent stake in Athens International Airport, Greece's largest tourist gateway, has attracted strong demand from investors, the airport operator said on Friday, cited by Reuters . This marks the...

The Greek capital market regulator recently approved the initial public offering (IPO) of Athens International Airport, and its price range implies a market capitalization of between 2.10 and 2.46 billion euros (2.29 - 2.68 billion dollars),...

Greece sold a 22% stake in the National Bank of Greece (NBG) for 1.06 billion euros ($1.15 billion), the third divestment made by the Greek state in the past two months, according to Bloomberg.

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...

Greece plans to list the Athens International Airport, the country's biggest, on its stock exchange next year, Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said recently, according to Reuters.

The Leu has reacted differently against various currencies, during the pandemic, with the EUR/RON exchange rate going up, while the opposite happened to USD/RON. The latter happened because of the weakening of the dollar against the Euro, during...

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Yesterday's announcement by Ukrainian prime-minister Arseni Iatseniuk concerning the accident of the Zaporizhia nuclear plant, gave Romania and the European community cold shivers, as they still remember the nuclear disaster of Chernobyl...