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Spain's National Day celebrated in Chișinău
Spain's National Day was celebrated in Chișinău through an event organized by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain in Romania and the Republic of Moldova. Attending the event were Spanish ambassador to the Republic of Moldova, based in Bucharest,...
European Union adopts 19th sanctions package against Russia: EU foreign policy chief Kallas
Brussels [Belgium], October 23 (ANI): The European Union has formally adopted its latest sanctions package against Russia, EU High Representative Kaja Kallas announced on Thursday after a meeting in Brussels of the leaders of the bloc's member...
OMV to Reset Dividend Policy
OMV AG will implement a new dividend policy from 2026, when it expects to have consolidated its petrochemical assets with Abu Dhabi National Oil Co PJSC (ADNOC), the Austrian state-backed integrated energy company said this week. On March 4 OMV...
Carrefour’s focus on price stabilises growth in its Western Europe markets, says GlobalData
Following today’s release of Carrefour’s figures for the three months ending 30 September 2025; Eleanor Simpson-Gould, senior retail analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers her view: “Carrefour has delivered a...
Retail media and marketplaces: the medium is the marketplace
Control in commerce increasingly means control of attention and media. In this new era, marketplaces don’t just host the sale, they own the media that leads to the sale In the past decade, ecommerce platforms evolved from mere transaction conduits...
Denmark vs. the Shadow Fleet
The Danes don’t do that anymore, but they still don’t like to be jerked around. They were quite cross when unidentified drones forced them to shut down their airports on several occasions late last month, and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said...
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 21, 2025
October 21, 2025, 8:00 pm ET Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report. Click here to see ISW's interactive map of Ukraine's offensive in...
Ranked: The World’s Largest Economies in 2026
Ranked: The World’s Largest Economies in 2026 See visuals like this from many other data creators on our Voronoi app. Download it for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key...
Trump is getting serious about punishing Putin
Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again threats to sanction Russia for its intransigence over peace talks in Ukraine solidified today into concrete action. The US has announced sanctions against Rosneft and Lukoil, two of Russia’s largest oil...
Chery Group Surpasses Two Million Global Sales in 2025
Chinese automaker Chery sold 2,007,768 vehicles globally from January to September 2025, including 587,545 new energy vehicles up 77% year-on-year. Chinese automobile manufacturer Chery reported sales of over two million vehicles globally during...
Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians attend rival rallies in Budapest
Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians filled the streets of Budapest in competing demonstrations as supporters of the country’s two main political movements staged mutual shows of strength before next spring’s national election. The rival rallies on...
Franz Joseph Müller von Reichenstein—Discoverer of Tellurium
In 2019, the annual global production of the semimetal tellurium was 670 tons [1]. Compared to the world’s annual production of 3,300 tons of the significantly rarer element gold this is rather low. Worth mentioning: Au only occurs in the 77th...
Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians attend rival rallies in Budapest as Orbán faces...
The election is due in April, but an exact date for the vote hasn't been set. Orbán's supporters gathered on a bridge spanning the Danube River on Thursday morning and began marching toward Hungary's towering neo-Gothic parliament. The rally,...
How Moldova’s democracy succeeded against Russian interference
History is full of examples of small but determined forces valiantly fending off aggressors. The ancient Greco-Persian wars came to my mind in late September, when tiny Moldova used superior tactics, enlightened citizen-focused leadership, and the...
INTERVIEW/Ambassador Victor Chirila: Total, ruthless hybrid war against Republic of Moldova, launched by Russian Federation
Friday, September 19, 2025 Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova in Bucharest Victor Chirila told AGERPRES National News Agency in an interview that there is 'a total, ruthless hybrid war' launched by the Russian Federation against his country,...
Putin Sends Strategic Message to Washington with Nuclear Triad Drills During Peace Talks
A very good sign for Russia: The Kremlin has not only begun advancing peace initiatives in relations with the West, but has also learned to create strategic threats — showing that Moscow can now play proactively rather than reactively, a key...
Champions League review: A deluge of goals as youth rules for Barcelona and Bayern
The big winners Barcelona’s youth system. Ahead of Sunday’s edition of El Clásico between Barcelona and Real Madrid, the two clubs won their midweek matches. Real Madrid’s opponents were Juventus, in the type of heavyweight clash the Champions...
Expat Brits can still claim £300 winter cash under post-Brexit rules
Even if you’ve retired abroad, you could still get up to £300 to help with winter bills ❄️ Thousands of UK pensioners abroad can still receive the Winter Fuel Payment It applies only to those living in the EEA or Switzerland who moved before...
Bentley Systems’ Year In Infrastructure award winners point to the future of digital design
Bentley Systems’ Year in Infrastructure conference and awards, this year held in Amsterdam, revealed the usual review of progress in the digital design world for infrastructure and the built environment, new tools the company now offered clients...
Prime Minister: Bulgaria has a month to decide how to proceed after US sanctions on Lukoil
Bulgaria has until 21 November to decide how to proceed with the Lukoil Neftochim refinery, Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said on Thursday ahead of a meeting of EU leaders in Brussels. He was apparently referring to the end of a US Treasury...