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When US President Donald Trump was inaugurated and announced that he would impose new tariffs on imports from US geopolitical allies and rivals, the initial reaction of the stock market was cautious, but the mood of investors has changed as the...

I was quietly watching the snow falling over Bucharest from the window when suddenly Mr. Călin Georgescu started talking very loudly a few steps away from me. I suddenly stood up and put my hand to my heart, like great athletes when they listen...

A model of artificial intelligence (AI) developed in Latin America, which takes into account the cultural specificity of the region, will be launched in mid-2025, according to the announcement made by the National Center for Artificial...

• Isărescu: "The fact that we have a higher interest rate is related to internal political tensions" 

The National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest (UNSTPB) is offering high school students the opportunity to participate in a simulation of the entrance exam, scheduled for March 15, 2024.

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), nicknamed "forever pollutants," are a growing concern due to their toxic effects on human health, including the risk of cancer.

The Minister of Education, Daniel David, has brought up a worrying phenomenon: an increasing number of young people believe that the communist period was a beneficial one.

• The private equity firm intended to sell its entire 18% holding in Sinteza 

The Save Romania Union announced that it proposes amending the new pension law, claiming that it seriously affects people who have worked in special or exceptional conditions. According to representatives of this party, the application of the law...

The operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), began the dismantling of the treated water tanks at the end of last week, a key step in the plan to completely decommission the plant, which was severely...

Deutsche Börse Group AG, the operator of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, has asked investment banks for presentations for a potential initial public offering (IPO) of its analytics and governance data unit ISS Stoxx, sources cited by Bloomberg say.

• The company will publish its preliminary results for 2024 on February 27; for last year, DN Agrar budgeted a net profit of 30 million lei 

Since Republican Donald Trump was inaugurated as US President in January 2025, the US dollar has been very sensitive to the US administration's announcements regarding tariffs, given its role in global trade and confidence in the economy.

Anglo-Dutch consumer goods maker Unilever Plc is separating its ice cream division, choosing the Amsterdam stock exchange for its primary listing, a blow to British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves, who is pushing to attract IPOs to London,...

Sportico's annual ranking of the world's 100 highest-paid athletes surprised with the total absence of women, Reuters reports.

A new study confirms that the loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta has an amazing ability to learn and memorize the coordinates of the Earth's magnetic field, using them as a veritable natural GPS to navigate to their favorite nesting and...

Minister of Education and Research, Daniel David, had a meeting with representatives of the National Council of Students, to discuss essential aspects related to the pre-university education system in Romania, among the topics addressed, special...

The Romanian Academy announced, following the General Assembly, the election of four new corresponding members and two honorary members from abroad.

• The bonds, worth two million lei, have an annual interest of 12% and mature in 2027 

The strategy of political decision-makers in Brussels regarding the financing of the measures in the Draghi plan, although it also refers to public sources, is based exclusively on private sources, civil society representatives say according to...

• Siegfried Mureşan: "At the moment there is no efficient way to use people's savings here in Europe" • Mircea Coşea: "There should be very important incentives to determine private capital to participate in this fund-raising that...  

US inflation accelerated in January 2025, for the fourth month in a row, reaching 3% at an annual rate, while analysts expected a slowdown, AFP reports.

A study published in the journal Nature highlights a close historical link between periods of drought and political instability in China, demonstrating that climate change played an essential role in the rise and fall of great Chinese dynasties.

The Minister of Education and Research, Daniel David, claims that functional illiteracy represents a danger for our country.

The number of hybrid attacks from the Russian Federation on our country increased in 2024, according to the activity report for last year of the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) posted on the website of...

The Technical and Economic Council within the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure has approved the technical and economic indicators of the project regarding the extension of Metro Line 4, announced yesterday the Secretary of State for...

MEP Claudiu Târziu, president of the National Council of the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR), declared yesterday, on Digi 24, that the political party he is part of must prepare its own candidate for the presidential elections in May.

• (Interview with Georgi Georgiev, portfolio manager at Karoll Capital Management, Bulgaria) 

Ilie Bolojan, former president of the Senate, assumed his duties as interim president yesterday after the Constitutional Court took note of Klaus Iohannis' resignation on Tuesday. Before becoming interim president, Ilie Bolojan suspended...

Nearly a third of central banks have postponed plans to launch digital versions of their currencies, according to a study published this week by Reuters.

Nearly 200 countries missed the deadline to submit their new roadmaps for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to the UN under the Paris Agreement.

The Minister of Education and Research, Daniel David, announced that the new high school framework plans will bring back to the school curriculum subjects essential to national culture, such as Romanian History, and will reintegrate grammar into...

Restricting the duration of temporary export for a maximum period of six months of movable cultural goods, with the possibility of extending the export only once, for a period of six months, is among the main amendments to the legislation...

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, announced yesterday, at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, the launch of InvestAI, an initiative designed to mobilize euro200 billion of public and private funds for...

Steel group ArcelorMittal, also present on the Romanian market, announced yesterday that it intends to move certain support services activities from Europe to India, according to AFP.

• Annual interest rates are between 7.95% and 6.95% for tranches in lei, and 4% and 6.25% for those in euros 

The National Directorate of Cyber Security (DNSC) is sounding the alarm about a new online fraud method, in which attackers use the visual identity of important institutions such as Interpol, Europol or the Romanian Police to deceive users.

The price of Arabica coffee futures hit a new record high on Monday in New York, as weather forecasts show dry weather in the main regions of Brazil where this agricultural raw material is grown.

Klaus Iohannis is leaving Cotroceni today. Definitively, following his resignation, after having served two full terms as president of the country, plus an almost two-month extension granted by the Constitutional Court. Iohannis is leaving...

In the context of the 2025 presidential elections, Crin Antonescu, the candidate of the PSD-PNL-UDMR coalition, returned to the forefront of Romanian politics after an absence of about a decade.

Călin Georgescu's nonsense plays a strange role in his success: "Soon, we will no longer use phones but communicate through telepathy, exactly like plants, birds, and animals do-just as life functioned in the time of Stephen the Great."

Călin Georgescu has explicitly addressed several fundamental issues of Romania in his speeches and public interventions. Below is an analysis of these issues based on the themes he consistently supports in his statements:

• 1. Corruption