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• Starting parameters (real values, Q1 2026)  

• US interest payments exceeded defense spending in 2024 for the first time in nearly a century • The gap is expected to widen significantly, with interest costs reaching $2.1 trillion by 2036 - nearly double defense spending  

• According to a Pentagon official, the cost of US weapons and ammunition used in the first two months in Iran amounts to $25 billion  

• The Senate Economic Committee has favorably approved the postponement of the listing until December 31, 2027 • In order to meet the milestone in the PNRR regarding the listing, three state-owned companies are to be restructured • AMEPIP has...  

• Argentina has a debt of over $ 60 billion, more than any other country • African countries account for the largest share of debtors, although they have smaller loans 

• Europe's nominal GDP - estimated at $32.3 trillion in 2026 • Last year, the EU economy amounted to $16.8 trillion, while the public debt of EU countries was about $15 trillion • Germany - the continent's leader, with $5.4 trillion • ...  

The German giant Rheinmetall will take the lion's share of the SAFE funding allocated to Romania, according to the official list of the 15 endowment programs sent by the Ministry of National Defense to the defense committees of Parliament, a...

The European Parliament yesterday approved its negotiating position with the EU Council and the European Commission on the multiannual financial framework for the period 2028-2034.

Diana Iovanovici-Şoşoacă was left without parliamentary immunity following the approval by the European Parliament of the request made by the Prosecutor General of Romania, in a case in which the MEP is being prosecuted for committing 11 crimes.

• The Senate will debate and approve in emergency procedure the draft law L287/2026 on the prohibition of the listing, until December 31, 2027, of profitable state-owned companies • According to the explanatory memorandum of the legislative...  

The beginning of spring found the Romanian economy at a point of maximum tension between internal fiscal consolidation, persistent inflationary pressures and the external shock generated by the Middle East crisis, which reactivated global energy...

• March 2 

German carmaker Porsche, a division of Volkswagen AG, announced on Friday that it has sold its remaining shares in luxury sports car manufacturer Bugatti, DPA reports, according to Agerpres.

• China's Unitree is Profitable and Expanding Rapidly 

• The institution has purchased over 20 tons of gold this year • Emerging markets have made the most of the purchases as geopolitical risk increases • Russia and Turkey are among the biggest gold sellers, amid fiscal and currency pressures 

The Romanian state is willing to deliberately inflate an order of almost one billion euros, through the SAFE mechanism, so that a private investor can be convinced to swallow a 180 million euro hole at the Mangalia Shipyard, officially valued at...