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Gold's exceptional performance throughout 2025 has captured investors’ attention as the precious metal price surged 60% from the beginning of the year. This remarkable rally was propelled by an unprecedented combination of geopolitical turbulence, dollar weakness, and surging investment demand across both institutional and retail channels, writes eToro analyst for Romania, Bogdan Maioreanu. But in 2026, the elements that led...

Regulators have fined X with a shocking sum of 120 million euros ($140 million) for breaches of the EU bloc’s digital regulations. The European Commission issued its decision following an investigation it opened two years ago into X under the Digital Services Act.  This eye-watering fine is the premiere of a non-compliance decision for the DSA.  The Commission says it is punishing...

<< For The National Liberal Party, a Nicușor Dan who became the president of the country opens the way to the award of the Bucharest City Hall, by throwing the mayor of Sector 6, Ciprian Ciucu, into the fight. He has enough essential qualities to succeed Nicușor Dan at the Bucharest City Hall, he just needs his party...

Ciprian Ciucu is known as an amiable, hands-on reformer with a focus on investments, administrative reorganization and urban regeneration. A pro-European local mayor clearly won the Bucharest mayoral race on Sunday, a boost_ and a relief_ for the government which has been pushing through unpopular austerity measures and facing widespread voter apathy. Ciprian Ciucu, the Liberal Party mayor of Bucharest District...

A pro-European local mayor has clearly won the Bucharest mayoral race on Sunday near final results show. The result is a boost for the government which is implementing unpopular austerity measures and facing widespread voter apathy. Ciprian Ciucu, the Liberal Party mayor of Bucharest District 6, won about 35.85% of the vote with 97% of the vote counted. Turnout was...

Two exit polls show that a pro-European local mayor clearly won the Bucharest mayoral race on Sunday, which if confirmed would be a relief for the government which is implementing unpopular austerity measures and facing widespread voter apathy. Ciprian Ciucu, 47, the Liberal Party mayor of Bucharest District 6 won about 32% of the vote according to CURS-Avangarde and INSCOP...

Romania's pro-European Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan on Sunday called on voters to vote "rationally and wisely" amid unease that the Romanian capital was poised to vote a candidate that is more aligned with Russia than the European Union. "I urge Bucharest residents .... to make a rational vote, a wise vote," the prime minister who is head of the center-right,...

Pentagon officials have stated that the United States expects Europe to take over the majority of NATO's conventional defense capabilities, from intelligence to missiles, by 2027. The demand has been confirmed by five sources after a Pentagon meeting.  Should Europe not meet the strides to set up by 2027, the US threatens to stop participating in some NATO defense coordination mechanisms...

Residents of the Romanian capital were voting Sunday for a new mayor in a close race against a backdrop of unpopular austerity measures and disillusionment with elections Surveys indicate a close race which will be swayed by a substantial number of undecided voters.  Four candidates are considered to be in with a chance of winning the election. The poll is seen...

Residents of the Romanian capital go to the polls on December 7  to elect a new mayor of Bucharest after former mayor Nicusor Dan, a pro-European centrist, was elected the country's president in May. The city of three million which lies in southeast Romania is preparing for a close and unpredictable result and recent polling suggests deep uncertainty among voters...