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21 iulie 2025

China's "Green Wall" Causes Waves of Allergies

A medical and ecological paradox is shaking northern China: in the fight against desertification, Chinese authorities have made extensive use of the Artemisia plant, a resistant and low-maintenance species.

SMEs in a stalemate: entrepreneurs' confidence in the economy drops below 35%

Only one in three entrepreneurs still believes that the national economy will have a positive direction this year, said Florin Jianu, former president of the National Council of Small and Medium-sized Private Enterprises in Romania (CNIPMMR), current social-democrat senator, Fridey, on the occasion of the launch of the 23rd edition of the White Paper on SMEs, a study conducted on a sample of over 1,000 SMEs between January and February 2025.

Citigroup shares hit highest level since 2008

Citigroup Inc. shares hit their highest level since the 2008 financial crisis last week after the US bank reported a second-quarter profit that beat Wall Street estimates and said it plans to buy back at least $4 billion in shares, Reuters reported.

Gold Has Given Investors Over 1,000% Returns Over the Last 25 Years

Gold has been a relatively stable asset over the past 25 years for investors looking for diversification, a haven against inflation, or a safe haven during uncertain times.

MarInnLeg Report: Environmental NGOs, funded by tech and energy giants

Some of the environmental non-governmental organizations active in the aquatic sector appear to be indirectly funded by giant technology and fossil fuel companies, actors seemingly unrelated to the marine environment, but with direct interests in ocean areas through activities such as deep-sea mining, claims the MarInnLeg foundation in its report "Diagnostics of Blue Interest Groups”, recently presented in the European Parliament during the event "Financing Civil Society Actors in the Field of Fisheries: Who Pays the Bill?”, hosted by the EPP political group.

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Romanian culture threatened by bureaucratic gridlock

Flu and paralysis: a mysterious gene could explain the devastating link

A new scientific study brings hope to families affected by unexplained paralysis in children after seemingly minor respiratory infections.

Concurrent schooling: the increasingly present reality in Romanian villages

In a rural Romania in constant change, concurrent schooling has become not just an exception, but a rule in more and more communities. The number of classes in which students learn different content at the same time, alongside colleagues from...

Incomprehensible waste: tons of food for malnourished children will be incinerated

The administration of President Donald Trump is facing a wave of severe criticism after the press revealed that tons of food intended for malnourished children will be incinerated, in the context in which the United States drastically reduces...

CERN sheds light on mystery of antimatter disappearance

An international team of researchers at CERN has taken a significant step towards understanding one of the greatest mysteries of the Universe - the disappearance of antimatter immediately after the Big Bang.

Greek fires raise ground temperatures by up to 10 degrees Celsius

Surface temperatures in the regions surrounding the Greek capital rose by up to 10 degrees Celsius in just one year as a result of devastating forest fires in the summer of 2024, according to a study published by the National Observatory of Athens.

Cristian Pîrvulescu, Dan Cimpean, Mircea Stremtan

DNSC warns of increased risk of cyberattacks in the energy sector

MAKE and the BURSA newspaper have definitively defeated Bogdan Drăgoi in court

• Bogdan Drăgoi also later lost to Ben Madadi • The Bucharest Court of Appeal confirms: BURSA acted within the bounds of freedom of expression • The court rejects the defamation accusations • Drăgoi must pay court costs

"People are the ones who are eliminating jobs, not Artificial Intelligence”

• (Interview with Liliana Acosta, CEO and founder of Think Soul )

International Robotics Championships: Romania to be represented in Slovenia and Saudi Arabia

Record number of candidates for admission to the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences

The Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences (FJSC) of the University of Bucharest has registered a record number of applications for admission to the bachelor's programs in July 2025, compared to the post-pandemic years, the...

World Internet Speed Record: 125,000 Gb per second over 1,800 kilometers

University Europe: the right to education and the illusion of performance

Elie Wiesel Institute: "The virtual environment has become one of hate”

• Experts from the Elie Wiesel Institute: "Telegram is the environment in which hate groups and communities organize, systematically elaborate and distribute their harmful narratives”

Investors bet on BVB in the second quarter, despite the budget deficit and government uncertainties

• 7% increase for BET and 12% in the case of BET-TR

Inflation, elections and fiscal illusions: the quarter in which Romania held its breath

The second quarter of 2025 was, for our country, a tense and decisive period, marked by dramatic political transitions, acute budgetary pressures and economic measures with a profound impact.