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Garry Kasparov sent a video message to the people of Moldova ahead of the Sept. 28 parliamentary elections. "Moldova can finally break away from Putin's fascist regime after these crucial elections," said the former world chess champion. "Very soon there will be parliamentary elections. But these will not be 'ordinary' elections, because this time [...]

These famous words of Winston Churchill still resonate today. Culture connects, inspires and empowers - especially in turbulent times. Therefore, two young but experienced Romanian soloists, soprano Paula Iancic and tenor Remus Alazaroae (from the opera houses in Bucharest and Timișoara), together with the International Symphony Orchestra from Lviv and the DUMKA choir from [...]

VOS Logistics Cargo, the local subsidiary of Dutch group VOS, reported sales of 375.7 million lei (75.5 million euros) for 2024, down 23.6% from the previous year, when the company had sales of 492.2 million lei (99.5 million euros), according to calculations by ZF based on data from the Ministry of Finance. The Dutch [...]

Two experts from the Agrosilvic Biodiversity Study & Research Center, "Acad. David Davidescu," associate professor Gabriel Popescu and PhD Eng. Ioana Corina Moga, recently published an interesting article in the journal Business Press Agricol, analyzing the competitiveness of Romanian dairy farmers compared to their fellow EU dairy farmers. Importance of livestock The authors describe [...]

Premier Ilie Bolojan: SOEs are controlled. Companies that have been making losses for years should simply be shut down. " Money is like muck, not good except it be spread" . Ilie Bolojan declared Tuesday night that all large state-owned companies will be controlled. The prime minister added that companies that have been making losses [...]

Michelle Obama, former first lady of the United States and one of the most influential women in the world, is coming to Romania on Sept. 17 and 18. She is participating in an event on business and technology. The agenda includes topics related to defense and cybersecurity, green transformation, digitalization, the future of cities, [...]

The "restaurant" on the first floor of the building is increasing its sales. Ready-to-eat products, a market that has tripled over the past decade, continue to attract consumers. "The growth opportunities for this segment are great." Ready-to-eat meals, or meals that can only be reheated and consumed, saw a 5% increase in volume last [...]

Kathleen Brooks, XTB London: It poses a political risk, it could be unpopular, for example, and challenge the coalition government, but from an economic and financial perspective this is good news and Romania is on the right track. Kathleen Brooks, research director, XTB The government wants to adopt a budget quickly to reduce the [...]

Labor taxes - moving from a 10% flat tax on labor income to a two-rate tax of 15% and 25%, with the latter applying to the highest incomes. To reduce the tax burden on labor for most taxpayers, the Fund recommends significantly reducing or eliminating health care premiums. Taxation of wealth and asset income [...]

What Ingrid says of it The Netherlands cannot afford another period of political stagnation. So says VNO-NCW president Ingrid Thijssen recently in an interview with De Telegraaf. She is deeply concerned about the failure to find solutions to urgent problems such as nitrogen and high energy prices. “If you look back to the fall [...]