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7 iulie 2024

China opens global access to its nuclear fusion infrastructure

China has launched a large-scale international scientific program dedicated to fusion plasma research in Hefei, offering global access to its main nuclear fusion infrastructure for the first time, Xinhua reported.

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Romania and the United States resume, in a revised format, the FLEX Program

The FLEX (Future Leaders Exchange) educational exchange program, one of the most important instruments of educational cooperation between Romania and the United States, will continue in a new formula, co-financed equally by the two countries.

National distribution of Residency places has ended: the largest number of places in recent years

The distribution process by specialties and university centers for candidates who passed the Residency Competition has been completed, announced the Minister of Health, Alexandru Rogobete.

At the conference held in Bucharest and attended by over 600 stakeholders in the defense field - institutional actors and representatives of the business environment, there was talk about the historic opportunity that the defense industry in our country has, an opportunity that we cannot afford to miss.

Convergence between the state and industry, the foundations of the new Romanian defense

Collaboration between the Army, the Government, companies in the fields, academia and international partners is needed for the defense industry to be reborn in the current geopolitical and strategic context, in which it will benefit from substantial funds allocated from the European Union budget, but also through the SAFE program, said yesterday the participants in the "Make it in Romania” conference, whose purpose is to promote the idea that we are entering an era in which we do not just buy weapons, but also manufacture, innovate and begin to regain the lost influence in the defense field.

General Prosecutor's Office: Euroins bankruptcy, caused by fraudulent management, embezzlement and money laundering

The bankruptcy scandal of the insurance company Euroins Romania returned to the spotlight yesterday, after the Public Ministry announced that prosecutors from the Prosecutor's Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice are conducting searches and investigations in a criminal file in which the main charges brought against those in the management of the company in question are embezzlement with particularly serious consequences, fraudulent management with particularly serious consequences, money laundering and the presentation, in bad faith, of untrue data on the economic or legal conditions of the company or the concealment, in bad faith, in whole or in part, of such data.

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Study: Digitalization is seen as a key solution for efficiency and transparency

Although declining, Bitcoin continues to dominate the cryptocurrency market

The global cryptocurrency market cap is currently worth nearly $3 trillion, according to visualcapitalist.com, which ranks the world's largest cryptocurrencies in 2025, showing how value is distributed across major networks, stablecoins, and...

Study: Contamination with "eternal chemicals” massively affects whales and dolphins

Murderous tourism in Sarajevo in the 1990s; shooting children, the highest price

A "human safari” that allegedly attracted, for exorbitant sums, wealthy foreigners from Italy, Russia, the United States, Canada, Greece and Western countries, to shoot civilians under sniper terror in the early 1990s in Sarajevo,...

European Super League Promoters Demand euro4.5 Billion from UEFA

If the member states do not raise the money, the head of the European Commission is prepared to put the Union into debt again - in the name of solidarity, but on the backs of European taxpayers, who will be the ones forced to repay the principal and interest.

EU lives on debt

• The European Commission will have to repay by 2058 loans worth 421 billion euros and interest worth 222 billion euros, taken during the pandemic for the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism and for NextGeneration EU • To this amount, another 150...

The Ministry of Education launches the new high school programs for public consultation: "paradigmatic" change in the curriculum

Employers' organizations call for the elimination of the minimum turnover tax

Violent storms ravage northwestern Greece, isolated Corfu island

Vietnam under water: dozens dead, economic damage exceeds 340 million dollars

Iran seeks international help to extinguish fires devastating UNESCO-listed Hyrcanian forests

Pro-totalitarian propaganda online, a "real threat” for young people

Diplomacy in tension: two visions for peace in Ukraine

The Geneva talks for a peace agreement have temporarily stopped, just after Donald Trump and Marco Rubio announced in the American media that some concessions had been made, and what's more, the Secretary of State claimed that the November 28...

Advanced Countries Lead the World in Economic Productivity over the Last 20 Years

• Productivity in China, an emerging economy, has grown by about 340% since 2005, driven by rapid industrial modernization and investment in technology

The Modern Investor and the Road to Financial Independence: The Strategy of Anna Rozanska, eToro Popular Investor

Crypto exchange Kraken prepares initial public offering

• Recently valued at $20 billion, US platform files for listing

NATO's explosive scandal: military procurement tainted by bribery and favoritism

Education Minister assures that pre-university education will not be affected by spending cuts

Ultra-processed foods, the "fuel” of the chronic disease pandemic

Pope Leo XIV calls for a "culture of prevention" amid criticism of handling of sexual abuse

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The Călin Georgescu Effect: The Division of Society into Radicalized Parts

Today marks one year since Călin Georgescu won the first round of the presidential elections on November 24, 2024, obtaining 2,120,401 votes, or 22.94% of the total votes cast, a result that shook the Romanian political system and astonished the...

The Prime Minister's Chancellery - the absolute arbiter of Romania's military investments

The Government's decision to grant the head of the Prime Minister's Chancellery the final authority in approving SAFE projects, in situations where the participating institutions do not reach consensus, transforms the Chancellery into the...

Cost of US government shutdown - $54 billion

The record-breaking 43-day shutdown of the US government has cost the economy billions of dollars.

Behavior with Surprising Origins: Kissing, a Gesture with Roots Over 20 Million Years Old

UN Calls for Global Truce During 2026 Olympics: "Sport Can Be a Ray of Hope in a World Torn by Conflict”

Unionists demand minister's resignation, reject staff cuts

Members of education unions yesterday staged a protest at the headquarters of the Ministry of Education and Research, dissatisfied with the Executive's intention to further reduce staff costs in the education system.

ANAF launches offensive in Iohannis family house scandal

Constitutional conflict between the powers of the state? The war on magistrates' pensions blocks Romania's financing

ASE climbs to the top of the world's universities in the field of Economics

European consumption accelerates global deforestation

Antimicrobial resistance, "a global health emergency"

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The 3 billion euro battle that decides the future of the defense industry

The competition for the purchase by the Ministry of National Defense (MApN) of 298 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), a contract worth up to 3 billion euros, is fierce and one that could change Romania's strategic and industrial balance for...

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Armed forces automation: Ukraine's solution to mobilization challenges

The European Union's Industrial Strategy, a German-Romanian Business

• Euractiv: Christian Ehler and Dan Nica, coordinators of the future European Competitiveness Fund • The fund is financed with 234 billion euros, an amount that is allocated for the development of European industry and industrial research

Sanctions as a weapon of conquest: the American strategy that is redrawing the world economy

A technical note issued by the American company Sullivan&Cromwell on October 29, 2025 reveals, under the guise of a simple legal document, the radical change in the way the European Union defines "ownership" and "control" over...

Romania prepares first National Palliative and Home Care Strategy

Justice: Prisoners not guaranteed right to vegan menus

Pope Leo XIV denounces lack of "political will” on climate

Pope Leo XIV has issued one of his strongest calls for climate action as UN climate talks enter their final phase in Belem, Brazil.

World debt continues to rise; Japan - the most indebted state, with 230% of GDP

The world debt is so high that 23 countries borrow more than their GDP, and two countries owe more than double their annual economic output, according to visualcapitalist.com, which recalls that world debt reached $ 111 trillion in 2025,...