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Reporter: Mr. President, you were the first party to launch its candidates for next year's European Parliament elections. From consulting that list I saw many new names. What made you attract other people to AUR? Is it a dulling of the...

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 significant tempering of the transition to electric cars (AE) is forcing manufacturers and southerners in the United States to review their goals and reduce staff, as the financial publication Nikkei Asia writes.

The narrative thread of Ukraine's resistance to Russia in the Western media, especially the one regarding the real chances of the counter-offensive to open the way to Crimea, has broken badly in recent weeks.

• "The Fed can cut interest rates as early as March next year" 

• The Chinese technology group has delisted its cloud division 

Analysts at Ipopema Securities have a target price of 0.322 lei for Impact Developer & Contractor (IMP) shares over the next twelve months, with a "Buy" recommendation, according to the company's latest report published on the BVB...

The shareholders of the cyber security solution developer Safetech Innovations (SAFE) are summoned, on December 21, to approve the establishment of a company in Saudi Arabia, according to a company report published yesterday on the website of the...

• Biden continues to consider Xi Jinping a "dictator" • China's stock markets fall 

European farmers will be able to use glyphosate for the next 10 years, despite studies showing the harmful effects of this herbicide on the human body.

The Anglican Church introduces - on an experimental basis - religious services to bless the marriages of same-sex couples, after the motion initiated in this regard received a favorable vote from the Synod of this church, according to an article...

Kelemen Hunor, the president of UDMR, will participate tomorrow, as a guest, in the 30th congress of FIDESZ, the ruling party in Hungary, informs Rador Radio Romania, citing the MTI press agency.

• (The untold story of mass privatization)  

The negotiations for the modification of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) have ended and the new form of the document will no longer contain the percentage of 9.4% of GDP regarding the expenses related to the public pension...

The former communist prisons will be included at the beginning of next year in Romania's Indicative List for UNESCO World Heritage, Raluca Turcan, the Minister of Culture, said yesterday at an event held at the National Museum of the...

Our country's national football team is one step away from qualifying for Euro 2024, which will take place in Germany, the Israel - Romania match, which will take place tomorrow evening, from 21:45, at the Pancho stadium in Felcsút, Hungary ,...

The value of EU trade through free trade agreements with global partners exceeded euro2 trillion for the first time in 2022, according to the European Commission's third annual report on the implementation and enforcement of EU trade policy.

• Sources: "It is very likely that Radu Hanga will remain the president of BVB" 

Renault SA will not launch the initial public offering (IPO) of its electric vehicle division Ampere, planned for next year, if its valuation is too low, the French carmaker's chief executive Luca de Meo said yesterday, according to Reuters.

• "In the next few years, in Europe, I think we will reach 100% sales through digital channels" 

Our country will register at the end of 2023 an economic growth of 2.2% and a budget deficit of 6.3% of the Gross Domestic Product, the European Commission estimates in the forecast published yesterday by the institution from Brussels.

The draft pension law which was adopted on Tuesday by the Senate plenary and which was submitted to the Chamber of Deputies - the decision-making body regarding this normative act - is disputed by the National Trade Union Bloc (BNS) and the...

The Romanian military masters the new technique in the field, a fact confirmed by yesterday's successful shooting with the Patriot system that took place in the Capul Midia range.

A higher-than-expected oil price next year, which would occur in a scenario where conflict in the Middle East disrupts crude oil supplies, would lead to lower economic growth and higher inflation, according to Fitch Ratings expectations, cited by...

• (Interview with Elias Wexler, President of the Romanian-American Chamber of Commerce) 

The port operator Oil Terminal (OIL) obtained, in the first nine months of the year, operating revenues of 260.5 million lei, 21% higher than those in the January-September 2022 period, while the net profit amounted to 23.7 million lei, down 17%,...

• In the Romanian area of the Black Sea, offshore wind energy capacities can total 76 GW, according to the Maritime Space Development Plan • The respective plan was adopted by GEO 97/2023 at the end of last week • To unlock investments in offshore...  

Eastern European countries have a competitiveness problem amid successive wage increases in recent years, and the foreign direct investment they benefit from could suffer, according to a recent study carried out by the IESEG School of Management,...

The manufacturer of induction heating installations Aages Târgu Mureş (AAG) obtained, in the first nine months of the year, operating revenues of 31.8 million lei, 14% below those of the January-September 2022 period, and a net profit of 4 .3...

• The political class, through the Government and Parliament, enjoys very little trust among citizens with the right to vote 

• The Ministry of Energy claims that we have a gas stock of 103% • Reservoirs are 74.7% full • Sebastian Burduja: "The only problem is Termoenergetica's debt of 700 million lei to Elcen" • Suppliers, dissatisfied with late reimbursements...  

• The two leaders meet tomorrow in San Francisco 

A recent study by an American professor deals a heavy blow to plans to replace coal with liquefied natural gas (LNG) in power and thermal power plants.

• The company reported a loss of 394 million lei, for the period January-September 2023, increasing compared to the same period last year• The group estimates that the law on measures applicable to end customers in the electricity and natural gas...  

• The budgetary impact of the pension increase: 25 billion lei in 2024 and 33 billion lei in 2025 • Nicolae Ciucă claims that an important part of this impact could be covered from the 45 billion lei that would result from combating VAT evasion  

• Romgaz and OMV Petrom will invest up to four billion euros for the development phase of the Neptun Deep project, between 2024 and 2026 

• The old strategy expired in 2020 • Unmonitored investments for the development of the natural gas network • Out of 1032 requesting localities, only 13 were decided to expand the natural gas distribution network • 57.54% - the average degree of...  

• Total return of 170% for Romgaz shares in the ten years since listing, according to our stock exchange director 

More than 1000 needy households will benefit from the necessary support for heating during this winter according to the "Heated houses for needy families" project launched yesterday with the conclusion of the Partnership to Combat Energy...