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• Ben Madadi: "It amazing how millions of people are being financially harmed" 

On March 18, the European Commission presented the proposal for the implementation of the digital Green Certificate, in order to reopen tourism and free circulation within the EU, amid the so-called Covid-19 pandemic. We are not talking about a...

Over the last year, the global topic has been the Covid-19 pandemic and the potential treatments which could be administered in the event of getting infected with this virus. Controversies on the topic are many, and in many countries various...

An increase in the volume of non-performing loans is one of this year's risks for the banking system, Gabriela Folcuţ, Executive Director of the Romanian Banking Association (ARB) told us. "The Balance of Non-Governmental credit evolved...

The US economic stimulus plan, proposed by President Joe Biden, was passed on Wednesday after receiving the final vote in the House of Representatives, creating a success for Joe Biden, 50 days after his appointment into office, but only...

"There is nothing left to discover in physics, all that's left to make the measurements more accurately," said Lord Kelvin towards the end of the nineteenth century

Drawing up the state budget draft, resuming the school year, in the second semester, with pupils and students physically attending courses, the waiving of free access to railroad transport for students, the protests of the public sector employees...

Tens, hundreds, sometimes thousands of people are seized by a frenzy of dancing, without any cause or plausible motivation, a frenzy which they are unable to control and which only total physical exhaustion ends. The collective phenomenon...

• The European Commission has decided that coal needs to be replaced with renewable sources of energy by 2050 

• Republicans: "The stimulus plan passed by the American congressmen, too expensive and too badly targeted" 

• Investment banks estimate a price of 100 dollars/barrel in 2022  

Starting from the negative performance of some projects for organizing the participation of Romanian companies in international fairs, the Minister of Economy decided to stop their financing.

For a long time, when some banks have to implement certain European directives, they blame the NBR in order to justify themselves, said Adrian Vasilescu, strategy consultant at the National Bank of Romania

The global debt has increased 24.1 trillion dollars în 2020, amid extraordinary programs to combat the coronavirus pandemic, amid a decline of nearly $ 1 trillion in Global Gross Domestic Product, according to the latest Global Debt Monitor (GDM)...

In the same country, in the same capital, on the same day, at the same time, CFR members protest, hoteliers and restaurateurs protest, a police union protests in front of the Government building, and the Prime Minister exults with joy and...

Cryptocurrencies can no longer be ignored by banks and categorized as a fringe movement, something which has become increasingly evident lately as investment in the cryptocurrency market has grown considerably, and high-profile names such as Elon...

The Financial Oversight Authority does not hesitate to amaze us every day through its rulings made in certain cases, in which either the Drăgoi family is involved, or its employees appear ephemerally, who make allegedly totally disinterested...

Euronext Amsterdam, the Amsterdam stock exchange, overtook the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in January 2021, becoming the largest European stock trading center, as Brexit forced EU investors to use platforms within the EU bloc.

• The decision of the shareholders of SIF Banat-Crişana to exonerate Bogdan Drăgoi, analyzed by the court of first instance 

Twelve heads heads of department and services have so far lost their well paid jobs from the Financial Oversight Authority (ASF), during the term of Nicu Marcu, in the context of the reorganization of the institution

New technologies, the internet, as a support for social media, can act as a factor for the "democratization" of access to dialogue, to the social and political life, to decisionmaking. To use a concept of Albert Hirschman "Exit, voice...

By taking on the role of coordinator of the European anti-Covid vaccination program, the European Commision, as well as the main centers of power have sought to show everybody what unity and effectiveness in the fight for the common good mean

A Reddit group with millions of members, WallStreetBets, has been the main topic in the international press for the past two weeks. These investors, who call themselves "degenerates", perhaps in order to distinguish themselves from the...

The anti-Covid vaccination is an ongoing hope to be able to resume our normal life as we wish, says Andreea-Anamaria Moldovan, Secretary of State in the Ministry of Health.

European Central Bank officials recently came to the press with statements questioning the "truth value" of the declarations made by the institution's president, Christine Lagarde.

The perception on corruption in the public system and the business sector in Romania remains unchanged, compared to 2019, just like in the case of Hungary, while Bulgaria is ranked one point higher than last year.

Reporter: Lately, several employees of ASF have resigned or been fired. I would refer to Mr. Ciprian Copariu, who oversaw the capital market for almost 20 years. What is the reason for those departures? Are they related to the oversight failures...

Reporter: What are the marks that 2020 has left on the entrepreneurial sector?

The current concern in the electricity sector is for all consumers to enter the competitive market, and the most important thing is that they "escape captivity," according to Niculae Havrileţ, secretary of state in the Ministry of Energy.

The CEZ Group will remain active in our country after the transfer of assets to the Australian group Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA), focusing on energy trading and energy services, Ondrej Safar, CEO of CEZ Romania, said in an...

Small and medium-sized businesses have had a difficult year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has led to an unexpected crisis. 98.23% of entrepreneurs in our country claim that their activity has been affected by the current crisis, and 5 out...

A world scandal has arisen around the Pfizer vaccine and its safety, due to the fact that Norwegian official have declared that 29 people have died after the first vaccine dose.

Twitter has permanently shut down the Donald Trump's account. For some, that may seem like good news. The man has done much lately. Some of his actions may even land him in court. But my problem, right now, is not what he's done.

In 2020, in Romania, the pandemic triggered by Covid19 highlighted the vulnerabilities of the public (state) health system both at the level of medical units and at the national level. I am thinking of the precarious medical infrastructure, not...