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After being as high as $98,000 earlier last week, bitcoin has slipped 6% as the approval of the US crypto market structure bill (CLARITY Act) stalls, and renewed tariff fears between the US and European Union rattle market sentiment, writes Simon Peters, cryptoasset market analyst at multi-asset investment platform eToro. The CLARITY Act, which is intended to create a...

For those of us who aren’t policy nerds, it may come as a little surprise that the European Union has a powerful trade weapon designed to respond when foreign countries try to bully it economically. It is formally called the Anti-Coercion Instrument, but in Brussels it is nicknamed the “trade bazooka”. It was created for worst-case scenarios — where...

Romania’s National Road Infrastructure Management Company (CNAIR) has launched the tender for the northern section of the Suceava–Siret expressway, Lot 3 Bălcăuţi–Siret, which will extend into Ukraine.  The fact that it is clearly being purposed as both civil and military is not incidental. The road is part of NATO/EU military mobility corridors, which provide direct access to Ukraine’s transport networks...

Vipan Kumar, an Indian construction worker in Romania who rescued a 5-year-old girl who had fallen into the freezing water of a lake in southern Romania will be made a citizen of honor of the city where he performed his brave act.  "I was on a walk, with a friend of mine. I saw the little girl in the water,...

The European Union will introduce a wide net of new requirements designed to favor local companies when investment decisions are made by both member states and foreign firms. At the end of January, the European Commission is said to unveil the proposed Industrial Accelerator Act, which will impose strict conditions on major foreign investments exceeding €100 million.  The rules will require...

Global surveys, which measure people’s perceptions regarding Donald Trump's policies, the prospects of the US and the evolution of China, paint an increasingly gloomy picture for American power. Things went downhill including in Ukraine, a country that America (Biden) informed in advance that it would be invaded by Russia and to which America (Biden) offered crucial support once the war...

The Shah fled Iran 47 years ago today. Tragedy ensued because of a series of mistakes. As Iranians are being murdered by the thousands, the world should help undo it.   On January 16, 1979, exactly 47 years ago, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi left Iran because the country had become ungovernable. For months, mass demonstrations had filled the streets. Strikes had...

Investigative journalist Emilia Șercan faces online harassment and death threats following critical reporting on justice minister The International Press Institute (IPI) on Friday condemned ‘online smears, harassment and death threats targeting IPI member and prominent Romanian investigative journalist Emilia Șercan.’ The attacks following her reporting on alleged plagiarism in Justice Minister Radu Marinescu’s PhD thesis. IPI said in stood ‘in full solidarity...

Romania is becoming one of the main pillars of European security, Senate speaker, Mircea Abrudean said on Friday, after the European Commission's decision to approve Romania's application for financing through the SAFE instrument. Romania’s President Nicusor Dan called the development ‘a major step forward to strengthen our security' and Premier Ilie Bolojan  said that highways in an underdeveloped region would...

For much of recorded history, France was the most populous and demographically significant polity on the European continent.  This was not an accident of short-term prosperity. It was the result of long-running structural advantages that allowed France to sustain a large population earlier than its rivals. The French aren’t more fertile: geography, agricultural capacity, political development gave France a demographic...