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Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu  called on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to permanently send troops to his country to boost NATO's eastern flank. “I hope that soon we will have German soldiers permanently on the territory of Romania,” Ciolacu said, referring to a German announcement last week to permanently send 4,000 troops to Lithuania. He was speaking Tuesday at a joint...

The Taliban are now banning women's beauty salons in Afghanistan, a government spokesman said Tuesday. This is the latest curb on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls, following edicts barring them from education, public spaces and most forms of employment, reports ABC News. The ministry-issued letter, dated June 24, says it conveys a verbal order from the supreme...

A sperm whale has washed up dead on a beach in La Palma, Canary Islands, with a valuable treasure hidden in its entrails. Suspecting a digestive problem as the cause of death, Antonio Fernández Rodríguez, head of the Institute of Animal Health and Food Security at the University of Las Palmas, inspected the animal’s colon – and felt something hard stuck...

Searches for hotels in Bucharest, Romania, have surged by 55 per cent following the Netflix series, Wednesday, the accommodation search platform Expedia says. The interest in Romanian sights where the series was shot has boomed, also boosting Romanian tourism, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports. Wednesday’s fans can visit the same places where the series was filmed, such as the ghost town of Jericho and...

I went to Denmark and found little of the angst and anger that plagues Americans today. Kinda makes you think. I started roaming the world just over 30 years ago in a state of arrogant provincialism: Strong was my conviction that the US had figured things out while other places were pitiful backwaters or sleepy museums. That’s what Ivy League...

High energy prices in Europe, uncertainties caused by the war in Ukraine are testing EU companies' ability to invest in climate change measures, found a study by the European Investment Bank (EIB). In Central and Eastern Europe, Romanian companies are in top places when it comes to investing in green technologies and energy efficiency, writes eToro analyst for Romania, Bogdan...

Romania's Pecica bread (Pită de Pecica) has been granted a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) by the European Commission, making it a protected product in the EU. "Pita de Pecica" is an oven-baked bread loaf produced in the Pecica region in western Romania - mostly Arad. The product's fame is due to historical proof of its antiquity, transmitted through oral sources collected...

The much-anticipated Barbie film is due to release in cinemas on 21 July. It was originally due to premiere on the same day in Vietnam, but now the country has banned the film from domestic distribution over a scene featuring a map that shows China’s unilaterally claimed territory in the South China Sea, state media have reported. The U-shaped "nine-dash line"...

The World Bank Group (WBG) Board of Executive Directors have approved the second Inclusive and Green Growth Development Policy Loan (DPL) for Romania, amounting to EUR 591.9 million. This loan is the second of two financing operations supporting the Government's key structural reforms to enhance inclusion, strengthen fiscal management, and foster decarbonization and climate resilience, reports AgerPres. According to the press...

The U.S. State Department said it has approved the potential sale to NATO ally Romania of equipment and services to modernize 32 F-16 aircraft. The deal, valued at $105 million, will be conducted by a third-party transfer from Norway, according to a press release. "This proposed sale will support the foreign policy goals and national-security objectives of the United States...