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French banking group Societe Generale SA is having trouble reaching an agreement for the sale of custody division SGSS, with potential buyers unhappy with the price the French bank is asking, sources cited by Reuters say.

• Analysts changed the recommendation from "Hold" to "Accumulate", for the shares of the healthcare provider 

The results of Sunday's elections left deep traces both among the losers and among the winners, if we take into account the latest moves on the Romanian political scene. After the USR candidates lost the renewal of the mayoral mandate in...

Romanian students won five gold medals, two silver medals and an honorable mention at the Asian Physics Olympiad, held in Malaysia, announced the Ministry of Education, Ligia Deca.

Ursula von der Leyen has a good chance of getting the 361 votes needed in the European Parliament, to renew her mandate as president of the European Commission, if the European People's Party will not conclude any agreement, any alliance with...

The national team arrived in Germany for the final tournament of the European Championship. On this occasion, the last skeptic was convinced, Romania will play at EURO 2024.

Space tourism is not a very easy business to manage.

• OECD: Annual global production of plastic waste has doubled in two decades 

States have decided to make peace with nature.

More than one in four children in the world under the age of 5 lives in "severe food poverty", which means that more than 180 million children are at risk of suffering serious consequences if they do not have a nutritious and diversified...

The "George Emil Palade" University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology (UMFST) from Târgu Mureş announced that it has obtained the largest budget in Romania for the Erasmus+ program in the 2024 competition, worth 4.97 million...

Old music deserves a chance from new generations.

The European Central Bank (ECB) will follow the services sector very closely for the next monetary policy decisions, warned the president of the institution, Christine Lagarde, in an interview granted, on Friday, to the French channel BFM...

Europe has entered the holiday season and all states are doing their best to attract as many tourists as possible.

A new national stock exchange based in Dallas and backed by "Wall Street heavyweights" such as BlackRock and Citadel Securities will become a competitor to the world-renowned New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq, according to CNN.

• Sources: "ASF requested the re-examination of the entire file of CCP.RO" "CCP.RO must conclude a contract for technology services that has two components - one for authorization-operationalization and another for development",...  

The democratic exercise of voting seems to be taking root also among Romanian citizens, if we take into account the fact that, in yesterday's combined European parliamentary and local elections, a better participation percentage was recorded...

The fight for the Capital this year was one with an expected end, given that the political left chose to split its votes between Gabriela Firea (PSD) and Cristian Popescu Piedone (PUSL), the PNL candidate - Sebastian Burduja not being approved by...

China was the largest extractor of domestic raw materials in the world in 2023, according to data from the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), taken by Statista.

Protecting nature costs more and more. Global investments in clean energy infrastructure and technology are expected to reach $2 trillion this year, double the amount for fossil fuels, according to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA).

• Russia produces 3 million shells annually, which is three times the annual production capacity of all NATO and EU member countries • Russia has increased its military spending to 6% of GDP by 2024, compared to 3.9% of GDP in 2023 • 102 billion...  

The University of Bucharest is the first university in Romania in terms of graduate employability results and reputation among employers, according to the latest edition of the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2025, one of the...

Greed, bad decisions, wrong experiments have caused immense damage to nature.

The government decided yesterday to increase the minimum gross salary per country from the current 3300 lei to 3700 lei from July 1, 2024, which represents an increase of 12.12% compared to June. Thus, if in June the hourly rate is 19.96 lei/hour...

The heat wave is taking over large areas of Europe.

Against the backdrop of agreements with OPEC+ participants, Russia adjusted its forecast for oil production in 2024 to 505-515 million tons - 3-5% less than the previous year, with the new estimated production being at the level of 2020, the...

• Michael O'Rourke, JonesTrading: "It is a risk because if there is a correction on this name ... it will be felt in the market" 

The United Sections of the High Court of Cassation and Justice referred the Constitutional Court to rule on the unconstitutionality of the Law for the completion of Law 286/2009 on the Criminal Code, being complained about the way in which the...

Rare fossils of a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex have been excavated in the swamplands of North Dakota - a discovery worthy of attention for the scientific knowledge it could provide about the life and history of this famous dinosaur species and for...

One of the holiday destinations of Romanian tourists is affected by a strong heat wave.

Drugs are being tested more and more often by specialists for treatment schemes in certain conditions.

The European People's Party (EPP) looks set to win the European Parliament elections, with 182 MEPs, to be seconded by the European Social Democrats (S&D) with 136 seats, according to the latest Europe Elect poll for Euractiv ahead of the...

During May, the government continued to make chaotic decisions regarding budget expenditures, although the deficit after the first four months of the current year stood at 3.24% of the Gross Domestic Product, i.e. a minus of 57.29 billion lei...

The regulated tariff for Transelectrica's system service increased by 40% starting this month, following an ANRE order published at the end of May, according to a report of the electricity carrier published on the website of the Bucharest...

• May 2 

• The company's shareholders are convened on July 16 to approve the market operation 

• Shares in Premier Energy have entered trading following the biggest IPO by a private company in five years on our stock exchange 

In May, Ukraine set a new record for the amount of sugar exported in a single month, 108,000 tons, of which 65% went to the EU and 35% to other countries, the acting president of The National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine (Ukrsugar),...

Despite the fact that it is considered the largest military force in the world, the United States of America does not have the largest military by the number of personnel, according to GlobalFirepower.com estimates, taken by visualcapitalist.com.

• (Interview with Alexandra Cristea, Director International Sales Vehicle Systems Division within the Rheinmetall group) 

The dark side of the Moon is no longer an unknown to scientists after a module managed to collect samples from this area.

The University of Bucharest ranks first nationally in terms of research in this year's edition of the Round University Ranking (RUR) World University Rankings, informs the higher education institution.

The excessive heat of the past year has raised concern.

• Savita Subramanian, strategist at BofA: "As profits outside the technology sector accelerate, investors will likely become more price sensitive and look for cheaper stocks"  

Romanian fashion remains a source of inspiration for fashion houses, whether they admit it or not.

Artificial Intelligence and innovative technologies are the means by which energy efficiency targets can be reached and by which the ESG concept can be implemented in real estate, both in the area of residential buildings and in the area of...

Eurozone banks are making progress in countering climate-related risks, but more needs to be done, and the European Central Bank is ready to force lenders to act if necessary, Claudia Buch, the new president of the Supervisory Board of the...