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Temperature records are falling one after another in 2023. A new warmth record for December has been recorded in Spain - with a peak of 29.9°C in Malaga, in southern Andalusia, according to the Spanish National Meteorological Agency (AEMET).

The Ministry of Education takes pride in the achievements of students at international competitions.

Liviu Jicman, President of the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR), has been elected Vice President of the European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC) during the General Assembly held in Brussels.

• "Increasing the company's capital with the value of the land at Baneasa Airport presents fundamental deficiencies", say FP representatives 

Modernized to excess, a criticism harshly voiced by many authoritative figures, Ion Creangă's house reenters the cultural scene.

• The company signed the contract for the Transocean Barents drilling platform; Halliburton Romania will provide integrated drilling services• "Our goal is to start production safely and on budget in 2027," says Christina Verchere  

Teachers receive good news from the union.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to conquer new territories, and in many cases, the profit is not far behind.

The exhibition "The Universe of Salvador Dali," which presents, for the first time in Romania, in over 10 exhibition spaces, a selection of creations by the Catalan artist, including 170 works - sculptures, graphics, engravings,...

The world as we know it is undergoing continuous change, and this is not necessarily a positive development. The Red List of Threatened Species compiled by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and recently updated highlights...

• "An exposure of 1-3% of the portfolio is sufficient, even if more aggressive investors prefer to reach 5%" 

The negotiations regarding the increase of the minimum wage between the representatives of the Government and those of the trade unions and employers did not materialize with an agreement, because the employers claim that they cannot raise the...

The trips abroad of President Klaus Iohannis are a state secret, as a result the expenses incurred during them can only be traced to the presentation of the budget execution, but even there non-specifically, not broken down, it emerges from a...

The situation in Ukraine and the Middle East, the enlargement of the European Union, the modification of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, common defense and security and relations with third countries are the topics on the agenda of...

The prosumers still have to wait until they benefit from quantitative compensation regarding the electricity produced from renewable sources and introduced into the transmission and distribution networks in the country, because the President...

Fixed income will deliver stellar returns in 2024 amid signs the US economy is slowing and inflation is heading towards the Federal Reserve's long-term target of 2%, says Ashish Shah, chief investment officer at Goldman Sachs Asset...

Romantic relationships are not what they used to be. The online environment is full of traps in this area.

• According to Eurostat, only 32,459 tons of goods were transported by air to the EU from our country in 2022 • Through the road transport of goods, the amount of goods in the relationship with the EU exceeds 60 million tons annually, according to...  

• Social democrats in Sweden have found the solution to eliminate social conflicts 

The former secretary of state at the Ministry of Health, Andrei Baciu, is being prosecuted by the prosecutors of the National Anticorruption Directorate because during the period in which he was delegated the attributions of the Minister of...

Climate change threatens all species living on planet Earth, some less, some more.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is finding its way into various human activities.

• Edmond Hui, Bright Smart Securities: "This wave of closings and layoffs affecting brokerage houses is the most severe we have ever seen" 

Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu declared yesterday that the draft budget drawn up for next year foresees a 60% increase in the funds allocated to National Education, which will thus reach 4.1% of the Gross Domestic Product.

Digi Portugal, the Portuguese subsidiary of Digi Communications, concluded a contract with Vodafone Portugal, for the right to use certain frequencies in that country, according to a report of the telecommunications operator published yesterday...

The Ministry of National Defense wants to acquire 200 Patriot missiles, for approximately 1.08 billion euros, excluding VAT, in order to strengthen the air defense capability with the ground base related to the essential endowment program...

Asia's largest economy has recently entered a new stage of trade relations with the rest of the world, in which the main partners are developing economies, according to an analysis in the Wall Street Journal.

The war between Ukraine and Russia continues on all fronts, including the sports arena.

• "Economic isolation from the West only helps Russia become a new growth center" 

The Romanian educational system has reasons to be proud, not only at the global level but, one could say, even at a space level.

Cultural institutions are searching for a way to streamline their activities, affected by various factors in recent years.

• Matt Smith, Kpler: "OPEC+ Makes Way for Non-OPEC Supply as Demand Begins to Weak" 

The initial public offering (IPO) of CFG Bank, one of Morocco's smallest banks, was unsurprisingly a big hit with investors, african-markets.com reports.

• 18% yield for the anticipated distribution of Fondul Proprietatea 

Good films are made with money. Without funds, not even mediocre ones can be produced, at most some longer clips on social networks. The government has approved financial assistance for the film industry amounting to over 200 million euros.

The situation in education is not a good one, and this has just been reaffirmed by the results of the PISA tests. Against this backdrop, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has asked the Minister of Education, Ligia Deca, to come up with solutions...

• The subscription period will end at the end of this week 

Petro-dollars currently dictate the "pace" in the transfer market.

At the end of the year, important elections took place at the University of Bucharest.

The Romanian Academy awarded its prestigious prizes yesterday.

Attracting top-performing Olympians to our country's universities is a priority for domestic education.

The government is preparing an ordinance-train that stipulates that starting from January 1, 2024, the payment of special pensions for mayors will be suspended until January 1, 2025 and that law 195/2020 on the status of railway personnel will...

The European Commission wants to create a single market in the field of defense, which will include establishing and securing the supply chains of the defense industry at the level of the EU bloc, mapping, monitoring, prioritizing orders, as well...

The share of purely electric cars sold in Romania could reach up to 68% of total sales in 2030, said yesterday, Dan Vardie, president of the Automobile Manufacturers and Importers Association (APIA), at the Sustainable Mobility Forum, an event...

• (The Untold Story of Mass Privatization) 

Several companies from our country are being investigated by the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) for being part of an intra-community VAT fraud scheme, a scheme that includes companies from over 30 countries, according to a press...

• Robert Burlan, Raiffeisen Asset Management: "The Hidroelectrica IPO attracted considerable amounts of money, which later returned to the market"