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23 iulie 2025

AI Rivalry Moves to the Math Olympiad

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is also taking over the world of elite mathematics.

Maspex's offer to take over Purcari, one-third subscribed after five days

The offer by which Maspex wants to take control of Purcari Wineries (WINE) is one-third subscribed, almost five days after the launch of the market operation, according to data available on the platform of a brokerage company.

Photo source: facebook.com/Popescu.Piedone

DNA Case: Consumer Protection turned into friends' protection

Cristian Popescu Piedone, the president of the National Authority for Consumer Protection (ANPC), was picked up yesterday from the seaside and taken to be questioned by prosecutors from the National Anticorruption Directorate.

Cranes feeding on Drăgoi's buba. Illustration by MAKE

Anatomy of a captured market: ASF symbolically "sanctions", Swiss Capital continues to collect

Swiss Capital was fined 65,400 lei and three more minor fines for several members of its management (including Bogdan Juravle), an action taken last month by the Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF) that could be mistaken, from a distance, for an act of rigorous supervision, if the discrepancy between the magnitude of the problems and the lightness of the sanctions applied were not so obvious.

ASF has once again managed to perform the performance of sanctioning without disturbing, that is, doing exactly what this institution does best, regardless of who runs it.

ECB warning: Profitability of eurozone companies affected by trade tensions caused by the US administration

Eurozone companies remain optimistic about their growth prospects but face pressure on their profits, partly due to trade tensions, according to a study published this week by the European Central Bank (ECB), cited by Reuters.

The eurozone economy has grown at a slower pace in recent years, with the long-awaited recovery slow, but companies continue to employ a high number of employees amid optimism about a positive outlook.

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Journalism in step with the times, three new disciplines at FJSC: totalitarianism, AI and war correspondence

South Korea's Space Adventure: Lunar Base by 2045

Photo source: facebook.com/Curtea Constituţională România

Constitutional Court gives green light to new fiscal measures

False flags for Russian oil: the scheme that undermines global trade

Meta Estate Trust increases its share capital

The Board of Directors of Meta Estate Trust, a holding company operating in the real estate sector, decided to increase the entity's share capital by up to one million lei, through cash contributions and the conversion of receivables related...

Russian precious metal exports to China nearly double

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.

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%

Citigroup shares hit highest level since 2008

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

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

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.