On June 24, Romania’s Chamber of Deputies quietly approved a controversial bill proposing the country’s unification with neighboring Moldova. For decades, Romanian nationalists have championed the slogan “Basarabia e România” – ”Bessarabia is Romania” – a phrase emblazoned on walls across Bucharest»»»

China's Citic tower stands in Beijing in May. A small plane crashed into the tower on Friday. File Pool Photo by Maxim Shemetov/EPA June 26 (UPI) -- A small plane crashed into the tallest building in Beijing Friday, social media video and eyewitness reports have shown. The Chinese government hasn't»»»

A landmark conference on Ukraine's post-war reconstruction opened on Thursday in Poland without President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is snubbing the event over a diplomatic row with ally Warsaw and weeks of squabbling over historical differences. Kyiv sent Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko instead »»»

Are Slavs just meme people?According to a popular theory, there is a direct link between the ethnonym ‘Slav’ and the Greek word σκλάβος (sklabos), meaning ‘slave’. This has nothing to do with the Slavic character or will for independence but is rather a grim historical reminder: in Late Antiquity a»»»

Nigeria's telecommunications sector is facing tighter regulatory scrutiny after the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) introduced new approval requirements for significant changes in the ownership structures of licensed operators. Under the new rules»»»

Dubai: Every expatriate arrives in the UAE carrying some version of the same promise. A promise to parents growing older back home. To children whose school fees need to be paid. To a spouse waiting for a better future. Or simply to themselves, that the sacrifice of living far from family will one »»»

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister for European Integration Nemanja Starovic met with French Ambassador to Belgrade Florence Ferrari on Tuesday to discuss further strengthening of bilateral cooperation between Serbia and France and Serbia's EU path. They highlighted the significance of intensive political»»»

RoCapital IFN, a company with more than 12 years of experience on the local financial services market and part of the KRUK Group, has launched the international Wonga brand in Romania. The launch brings to the local market a digital consumer lending model developed in Poland, where Wonga ranks seco»»»

Russia’s largest e-commerce operator Wildberries became the largest retailer of any sort when it overtook MasterSport in 2019 and took Russia into a new age of e-commerce, making its founder Tatiana Kim (nee Bakalchuk) the richest woman in the country. After years of explosive growth, the Russian e»»»

WARSAW: A decision by the Polish president to strip Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky of Poland’s highest state honor was beneficial to Moscow, which has an interest in seeing Kyiv in conflict with its allies, Ukrainian officials said. President Karol Nawrocki announced Friday he will strip Zelen»»»

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on Monday announced providing a RON 300 million (EUR 57 million equivalent) loan to Romania's electricity and gas distribution company Delgaz Grid SA for the modernisation of the electricity distribution network in north-eastern Romania.Th»»»

OMV Petrom secures the placement of a part of the future biofuel production starting with 2028, the company concluding a sales contract with OMV Downstream GmbH for a part of the sustainable aviation fuel and hydrotreated vegetable oil that will be produced in the Petrobrazi refinery, according to »»»

Uzbekistan is booming. Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev rattled off an impressive string of successes in his keynote speech at the Tashkent International Investment Forum (TIIF) on June 17 to a hall packed with business partners, regional dignitaries and foreign investors who have come to se»»»

Central Asia used to be thought of as sitting at the “navel of the world,” about as far away from everywhere as it was possible to be. Today that perception has changed as once again the region finds itself at the centre of things and a key link between east and west. Uzbekistan is the most populou»»»

President Donald Trump said on June 14 that a deal to solve the US conflict with Iran had been finalised, while announcing the immediate termination of the US naval blockade of the Islamic Republic as well as what he described as the “toll-free” reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. In a post publishe»»»

China wants to help Kazakhstan create a new “Dubai” on the Central Asian steppe. During a recent trade event in the Chinese city of Shenzhen, Chinese and Kazakh officials agreed in principle on 24 different projects to develop Alatau City, a futuristic urban centre intended to become a regional hub»»»