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10 iulie 2025

BRICS countries want a "fairer and more balanced" economic order

The efforts of the international organization BRICS to recalibrate a "fairer and more balanced" global economic order at the 17th BRICS Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro, have attracted renewed interest and support from Latin America, reports chinadaily.com.cn.

Euro appreciates strongly against dollar; how solid is growth?

• Eurogroup president: "Our top priority is to build solid foundations for the euro”

• Bank of Greece governor: "The dollar's status will not change overnight, but the euro has the potential to gain ground as an international reserve currency”

• The European currency has appreciated about 13% against the US dollar since the beginning of the year, recently hitting its highest level since September 2021

Hungarian experts propose creation of artificial salt lake in Praid

The most important conclusion of the team of Hungarian experts who assessed the situation of the Praid Salt Mine within the framework of the European Civil Protection Mechanism is unequivocal: the 4 to 7 million cubic meters of salt water that have invaded the underground galleries can and should be discharged into an artificial lake, created specifically for this purpose, the team members show in a long interview with the Hungarian-language news website Kronika online, taken over by the Szekelyhon website.

UNESCO Report: Large AI Models Put Huge Pressure on Global Energy and Water Resources

Generative artificial intelligence (AI), in its current form, is becoming increasingly environmentally costly, UNESCO warns in a recent report.

Siegfried Mureşan: "We will not accept that the EU budget is a collection of 27 national plans"

Although security and defense, along with competitiveness, will be the priorities of the European Union budget for the period 2028-2034, the European Parliament calls on the European Commission to maintain separate and clearly defined allocations for Cohesion Policy and the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), on clear and substantiated legal grounds, said MEP Siegfried Mureşan, EPP Vice-President and co-rapporteur for the future European multiannual financial framework, at a press conference in Strasbourg yesterday.

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Syria requests EU help to fight forest fires

Europe heatwave kills thousands

Turkey: official inflation, unofficial solutions, hidden gold and rusted hopes

DOE warns of heightened risk of blackouts in the US

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FBI in the service of the Trump administration: the Epstein file, buried by American investigators

Admission 2025 to medical universities: thousands of candidates compete for a future in healthcare

June 2025, a record-breaking month of heat on three continents

Eurovision 2026: Innsbruck and Vienna duel for the role of host city

Photo source: facebook/ Acropolis - Ακρόπολη

Acropolis in Athens temporarily closed due to extreme temperatures

Subscriptions in the Fidelis offering exceeded half a billion lei

What consequences will the fiscal measures have on the lives of citizens and the business environment?

We are faced with a series of decisions presented by Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan as necessary, but without the Executive having offered the general public a clear analysis of their economic effects.

Global Trade Dominance 2000 vs 2024

Heatwave in Greece and Southeastern Europe: temperatures up to 42 degrees Celsius

Texas, under water: dozens dead and missing after floods caused by torrential rains

Romania has, for the first time, an official guide for the exploitation of intellectual property

Severe poverty dramatically affects children in Romania

BRICS countries, threatened by Trump

CORRESPONDENCE FROM MADRIDA shocking reality: cybercrime, the world's third "economy" in 2025

The biggest threat to global security is the cybercrime "industry", whose estimated revenues for 2025 place it after the world's two largest economies, the US and China, said participants at the Kaspersky Horinzons conference, which...

Bolojan's government has assumed responsibility for the fiscal package, the opposition is preparing a motion of censure

In presenting the text of the motion of censure against the Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen, initiator Gheorghe Piperea said: "The motion of censure is a constitutional instrument intended to strengthen democracy. It is not a problem, it is the chance for a solution." (Photo source: www.europarl.europa.eu)

First time in the European Parliament: von der Leyen Commission - put to the test of the censure motion

Yesterday, the European Parliament debated the censure motion initiated by Gheorghe Piperea and supported by 75 more MEPs from the ECR, ID, Patriots for Europe and non-affiliated political groups.

More expensive access to reading: National Library fees increased 10 times

National Theatre Festival 2025, under the theme "It's Watching You!”

Allergies explode in Europe: pollen and fires degrade air across the continent

US Profit Leaders: Alphabet, Apple, Berkshire Hathaway

High school reform: Minister of Education launches national program for piloting new framework plans

Heatwave claims lives, causes devastating fires and affects nuclear reactors

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Extreme winter in Argentina: cold records and nine deaths in ten days

EU maintains climate target but introduces "flexibilities' to convince sceptical states

Alin Brendea, Prime Transaction: Dividend tax increase mitigates one of the competitive advantages of the local stock exchange

• "It is not a large enough increase in taxation to overwhelmingly change the attractiveness of the local market for dividend-based investment strategies," believes the Prime analyst

Dragoş Mesaroş, Goldring: ”Dividend tax increase will not affect long-term investors too much”

Mircea Coşea: "The government's proposed fiscal package is dust in the eyes of citizens”

Economic expert, university professor Dr. Mircea Coşea, told us that the package of fiscal measures presented yesterday by Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare is toxic for the country's economy.

Business community strongly challenges tax measures

Immediately after the presentation of the tax measures package proposed by the Bologna government, the business community in our country reacted by stating that the legislative proposal is not only untimely, but also potentially destructive for...

Economy under pressure: Bolojan government proposes biggest tax hikes in a decade

• Bank turnover tax to rise from 2% to 4% • Standard VAT rate to rise to 21% • Wine and cider to be excised for the first time • Pensions exceeding 3,000 lei to be taxed at 10% for CASS • Fuel excise duties to be increased in two steps