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12 ianuarie 2025

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

• Just three names in the field accounted for about 64% of all layoffs made by a group of 15 companies

Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in first Easter address

Thousands of faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on Sunday to listen to the new Sovereign Pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, deliver his first Easter address. The message was a firm one, centered on the urgent need for peace in a world marked by conflicts and geopolitical tensions.

Study: Occasional Binge Drinking Significantly Increases Risk of Liver Damage

Consuming a large amount of alcohol in a short period of time, even if it occurs infrequently, may have much more serious effects on the liver than previously thought, according to a study conducted by researchers at Keck Medicine of USC and published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

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

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

Reporter: How do you see the investment market evolving in the particularly harsh geostrategic and macroeconomic conditions we are currently experiencing?

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 central pillar of national security and the economy, said the participants at the NATO Day 2026 event, organized yesterday by the Defense Industry Employers' Organization.

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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.

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.

Ukraine under legal siege: billions of dollars demanded, through international arbitration, by Russian-controlled companies

Easter in Jerusalem celebrated behind closed doors: unprecedented restrictions at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Ministry of Health: Romania is not facing a medicine crisis

Ministry of Education Analyzes Increase in Hourly Pay for Teachers

Oana Gheorghiu, Deputy Prime Minister for State and Public Enterprise Reform, said: "Romania has digitized in many areas, but in a fragmented way. Each institution has functioned for itself, without interoperability. This is what we need to do: interoperability, to help citizens and the business environment. Digitization is needed, but simplification is also needed. If we digitize complicated processes, we will have chaotic digitization.”

Reforming state-owned companies, private investments and digitalization, the pillars of national economic development

Photo source: https://www.vaticannews.va/

Pope Leo XIV asks Donald Trump for a "way out" of the logic of war

The Sovereign Pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, launched a direct appeal to the world's political leaders, expressing his hope that US President Donald Trump will seek a solution to end the war in the Middle East, according to reports by the AFP agency....

Global fragmentation is changing the rules of investing

• (Interview with Akansha Trivedi, Pro Investor on eToro)

National Assessment Simulation: 9,854 teachers participated in the evaluation of papers

Study: Obesity and alcohol increase cancer risk

Photo source: facebook/ Alexandru Rogobete

Path to hospital merger opened in Prahova

Tech giants threatened with sanctions for failing to comply with ban on minors' access to social media

EU denounces restrictions on access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Pokemon Cards Become Alternative Assets: Higher Returns, But With Higher Risks

US Vice President Admits He's Obsessed with UFOs

The difference between Americans and Russians: the former protest, the latter remain silent out of fear

Comparisons between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, between the USA and Russia, have been made more and more often in recent months.

President of the Romanian Academy: "It is the historic moment for the beginning of the unification of Romania with the Republic of Moldova"

The President of the Romanian Academy, Ioan-Aurel Pop, declared that the current context in the Republic of Moldova represents "the most important moment in history” to start a unification action, underlining the decisive role of...