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Romania has extended the licensing requirement for Ukrainian agricultural products until the end of the year
The Odessa Journal
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The Romanian government has extended its mandatory licensing requirement for Ukrainian agricultural products until December 31, 2025, aiming to safeguard the interests of domestic farmers. Agriculture Minister Florin Barbu encouraged Romanian...
Trump tariffs: Tunisia among 15 countries hit with trade letters
The National News
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US President Donald Trump unveiled new tariffs against 15 countries on Monday as he increases pressure on America's trade partners to negotiate on deals. In the letters posted on his Truth Social media platform, Mr Trump said he was imposing the...
Military Aid Shifts Toward Strengthening Ukraine’s Defence Industry
StratNews Global
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July 3, 2025
Home Europe Germany Military Aid Shifts Toward Strengthening Ukraine’s Defence Industry After Russia's invasion in 2022, NATO states provided support for Kyiv's military effort largely by depleting their own inventories, and Ukraine was heavily...
Rates Spark: The Ante Is Upped On Tariffs - Now What?
myMotherLode - California
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Tariffs imposed on some, while silent on others. Either way there is a lift in tariffs as a theme to be dealt with, with a predominant risk for upward pressure on market rates. Fiscal concerns continue to put upward pressure on longer-dated rates...
Romanian prints for the Levant
Radio Romania International
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June 30, 2025
Between the 16th and 19th centuries, the Romanian Principalities supported Christians in the Levant through printed church books in Arabic Сторінки історії Steliu Lambru, 30.06.2025, 10:40 Between the 16th and 19th centuries, the Romanian...
Romania is carrying out several air defense procurement programs, ministry says
Romania Insider
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June 30, 2025
The Romanian Ministry of Defense (MApN) stated that it is implementing several air defense procurement programs, including SHORAD-VSHORAD and MANPAD, which were approved by Parliament in previous years as part of efforts to modernize the country's...
Romanian government approves monthly energy vouchers for low-income households
Romania Insider
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June 30, 2025
The Romanian government has approved a new support mechanism for vulnerable electricity consumers aimed at helping low-income households cover their energy bills after July 1, when the electricity price cap expires. The emergency ordinance, passed...
Romania risks public blowback over push to slash EU’s highest deficit
Politico Europe
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June 30, 2025
Expert Forum’s Nuțu said austerity measures would be “terribly unpopular” if the government doesn’t reduce unnecessary public expenditures such as high pensions for former civil servants. “People will be very angry and we will continue to see, in...
Ecolet acquires Curier Online’s commercial operations in Romania
Romania Insider
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July 2, 2025
Ecolet, the B2C brand of the Alsendo Group, has acquired the commercial operations of Curier Online in Romania, marking a significant step in Alsendo’s expansion strategy in Southeastern Europe. The transaction strengthens Ecolet’s position in the...
Houthis Claim Bulker Sank After Yesterday’s Attack as Crew Reaches Safety
The Maritime Executive
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A spokesperson for the Houthi militants in Yemen issued a statement claiming that the Greek-owned bulker Magic Seas sank today in the Red Sea, less than 24 hours after it was attacked. They provided details on a coordinated and prolonged attack on...
PMI accelerates its smoke-free vision
Kuwait Times
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July 7, 2025
KUWAIT: Philip Morris Kuwait WLL (PMK), an affiliate of Philip Morris International (PMI) has announced the launch of IQOS ILUMA i in Kuwait. The launch follows the recent ten year anniversary of IQOS, originally launching in Nagoya, Japan in...
Israel bombs hijacked Brit ship Galaxy Leader seized by Houthis in devastating wave of airstrikes against terror group
The U.S. Sun
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July 7, 2025
ISRAEL has bombed the hijacked Brit ship Galaxy Leader seized by Houthis in devastating wave of airstrikes. The car carrier was snatched by the terror group when crack troops swooped onto it with a helicopter in November 2023. 7 Israel has bombed...
DP World launches region’s first drive-through scanner at Romania’s Port of Constanța
Romania Insider
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July 2, 2025
DP World has inaugurated the first drive-through cargo scanner in Central and Eastern Europe at its RO-RO terminal in the Port of Constanța. According to the company, the new system significantly cuts truck inspection times, boosting trade...
Taiwan is creating an offshore wind industry to fuel its semiconductor factories
Rest of World
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July 2, 2025
As powerful monsoon winds buffeted the Taiwan Strait, British captain Richard Boghurst braced himself for a demanding shift laying undersea power cables to carry wind energy to Taiwan’s semiconductor factories. “The currents were so strong that...
The maritime logistics market in Ukraine remains stable - experts
APK Inform
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The maritime logistics market in Ukraine remains stable. Freight rates from the ports of Greater Odesa have stayed unchanged, but activity is limited due to the transition to the new season and a small number of active contracts for physical...
An X-ray of education and research in Romania
Radio Romania International
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July 2, 2025
Diagnostic report on education and research in Romania An X-ray of education and research in Romania Roxana Vasile, 02.07.2025, 14:00 ‘Diagnostic report on education and research in Romania. Current achievements and implications for new reforms in...
Alert issued over ‘industrial-scale misconduct’ in super-switching schemes
The Sydney Morning Herald
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July 2, 2025
Both funds have been frozen amid ASIC’s investigation and fears that tens of millions of dollars were paid out to “lead generators” who pushed these high-risk schemes onto consumers. ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said alleged misconduct involving...
Over 100,000 Romanians switched electricity providers in June ahead of price cap removal
Romania Insider
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July 2, 2025
More than 108,000 Romanian households changed their electricity providers in June, just before the country returned to a liberalized energy market, according to George Niculescu, president of the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE)....
Military aid increasingly focuses on boosting Ukraine’s defence industry
Regional Media News - Iowa
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July 2, 2025
By Sabine Siebold WIESBADEN, Germany (Reuters) -Fenced off behind barbed wire, about 350 soldiers from 31 countries including Ukrainians work in a hangar and air-conditioned green tents at a U.S. military base in Germany. Their job at the Clay...
Final testing underway at USD 160 mln cogeneration plant on Petromidia platform in Romania
Romania Insider
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July 2, 2025
The cogeneration plant on the Petromidia Năvodari platform, the flagship project of the Kazakh-Romanian Energy Investment Fund (KREIF), has entered its final testing phase and is expected to be fully integrated with the Petromidia refinery and...