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6 noiembrie 2024

Tough negotiations in Brussels: how the trillions of euros in the future European budget will be divided

The European Parliament's Committee on Budgets is set to adopt today the report on the European multiannual financial framework 2028-2034, according to a statement made last week in Brussels by MEP Siegfried Mureşan (VP of the EPP), co-rapporteur, together with Carla Tavares (S&D), on the document.

Donald Trump posted an image made with Artificial Intelligence on his Truth Social network account in which the American president appears in the position of the Savior. Following the criticism received, Trump deleted the image from his social network account.

Elections in Hungary and Canada - symptoms of Donald Trump's isolation

The elections in Hungary and Canada are the first clear symptoms of an international political isolation in full swing as far as Donald Trump is concerned.

Iran War in Focus at World Bank, IMF Meetings

Thousands of global finance officials are gathering in Washington this week for the spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), events overshadowed by the US-Israeli war with Iran, which threatens to slow global growth and fuel inflation, according to thearabweekly.com.

Resident doctors to be mandatorily included in hospital on-call shifts, with pay

Romania's Minister of Health, Alexandru Rogobete, announced that a draft amendment to Order No. 870 of the Minister of Health has been submitted for public consultation, providing for the mandatory inclusion of resident doctors in the on-call schedules of the healthcare facilities where they undergo training.

SpaceFEST 2026 brings to Bucharest an astronaut who walked on the Moon

The National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, through the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, in partnership with the Romanian Space Agency and the European Space Agency, is organizing the fourth edition of SpaceFEST 2026, considered the largest event dedicated to space exploration in Central and Eastern Europe, from May 7 to 9.

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Russian and Belarusian athletes return under their own flags in World Aquatics competitions

Nightclubs reinvent themselves to survive: alcohol is no longer in fashion

Resurrection at the Easter table

The Easter meal was not and is not just a gathering, smaller or larger, during which more or less elaborate foods are consumed. It is a silent stage on which the same play is played, year after year, with actors who change, with new and cute...

Digital transaction tax - the European Parliament solution to cover loans contracted for recovery and resilience

• According to the co-rapporteur for the 2028-2034 MFF, Siegfried Mureşan, by taxing digital transactions, the EU will collect 200 billion euros in the coming years • Taxing digital transactions will also be an alternative to increasing tobacco...

Victor Negrescu: "We propose a 1% tax at European level for online gambling and betting”

• The European tax on online gambling and betting would bring at least 4 billion euros per year to the EU budget between 2028 and 2034

Israeli Shekel, the currency with the biggest appreciation against the dollar

EU declares war on disinformation: tech giants that refuse the rules will be removed from the community market

Fragile truce between the US and Iran: optimism in Washington, caution in Europe and persistent tensions in the region

Russia postpones lunar ambitions again

China achieves new drilling record in Antarctica

China's debt surpasses EU's for first time

• China's public debt reached $18.7 trillion in 2025 • US debt rose to $38.3 trillion, the world's largest • Since 2008, China's debt has grown more than twice as fast as the US's and much faster than Europe's

Holy Light from Jerusalem arrives in the country on a special flight

Climate Change Could Rewrite Antarctica's Map and the Global Geopolitical Balance

The emotional cost of economic migration: children left behind

Nearly half of Romanian parents working abroad will not return home for Easter, according to a study conducted by Save the Children Romania, highlighting the scale of a social phenomenon with profound effects on children.

UBB Cluj-Napoca launches a dual master's degree in logistics and supply

UN warning on risks of attacks on civilian infrastructure

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, has called on the United States and Israel to avoid attacking power plants and other civilian infrastructure targets in Iran, warning that such actions could violate international...

Amazon, Intel, Microsoft top tech giants with the most layoffs

Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in first Easter address

Elections for the leadership of the Romanian Academy - a philosopher and a chemist face off

The Romanian Academy is preparing to elect a new president, in a symbolic moment, marked by the 160th anniversary of its founding. The elections are scheduled for today, and two candidates have entered the race: Mircea Dumitru and Marius Andruh.

Study: Occasional Binge Drinking Significantly Increases Risk of Liver Damage

Investors are changing their strategies - volatility and geopolitics are reshaping markets

• (Interview with Veronika Tykhonova, Popular Investor on eToro)

Mircea Abrudean, President of the Senate: "It is important to ensure that a large part of the 17 billion euros allocated from SAFE goes to companies with domestic capital"

Investments, technology and quick decisions - the pillars for the development of the defense industry

The defense industry can no longer function on the logic of improvisation or small steps, but needs a coherent strategy, consistent investments and real collaboration between the state and the private sector, to transform this sector into a...

Government updates master's degree offer: new programs, adjustments and strict rules for specializations in liquidation

"T. rex leather bag” sparks fascination and controversy in the scientific world

Study: Effects of climate change become visible in maternal health

Head of Fiscal Council warns: Risk of recession, in the midst of energy and inflationary shock

ST Group - Europe's first blockchain IPO, on French exchange Lise Lightning

The Pfizer contract, Romania's burden due to the Cîţu and Ciucă governments

In the scandal of the acquisition of tens of millions of doses of the Pfizer vaccine, our country was not condemned by the French-speaking Court of First Instance in Brussels for being caught in a dead end trap, but because it had the opportunity...

US-dominated arms industry

• Lockheed Martin generated $64.7 billion in arms sales in 2024, the highest figure among the Top 20 companies in the field • The world's top 20 defense companies had combined arms revenues of $438.4 billion • 14 of the 20 companies are based...

UNESCO places 39 cultural sites under enhanced protection amid Middle East conflict

Unions accuse teachers of blocking payments, budget calendar invoked by ministry

African sandstorm and torrential rain disrupt transport in Greece

Washington threatens Iran to return to the Stone Age; Tehran tells americans it will humiliate them and make them surrender

Donald Trump claimed in his address to the American nation yesterday morning that the United States had almost completely destroyed Iran's military capability, building the image of a total victory, but immediately raised the threat level...

Ukraine asks IOC to review Russian athletes' neutral status, citing military ties

CAB: Călin Georgescu, tried for complicity in the attempt to change the constitutional order by violence

US leader's speech on a month of war creates new fears in commodity markets

Oil prices rose sharply on foreign markets yesterday after President Donald Trump said the United States would continue its attacks on Iran without committing to a timetable to end the war, fueling investor fears of supply disruptions.