9 aug 2011

The emergence of private health insurance houses, the possibility of selling state-owned hospitals, new regulations in the case of malpractice insurance, a basic services packages of EUR200 (per more

4 aug 2011

The Dobronauteanu brothers, the shareholders of wine maker Murfatlar, have in the past few years held stakes in more than 20 companies involved in the local food and drinks industry, as well as in more

4 aug 2011

Alina Culcea, general manager of Actavis Romania, says the initially estimated 19% turnover decline for this year may deepen on some expected healthcare system measures. more

2 aug 2011

Gyuri Eperjessy, commercial manager of Alexandrion Grup Romania, the largest producer of spirits on the Romanian market, estimates the spirits market will fall by 5% this year against 2010. more

2 aug 2011

Dragos Rosca, chief financial officer of investment company Gemisa Investments, says there has “undeniably” been a return in the interest of foreign investors for Romania, especially strategic more

1 aug 2011

Anca Megan, 33, became one of the youngest chief financial officers (CFO) of a Romanian company as of July 1, after being recruited for this position by edy Group, a transport carrier with around more

28 iul 2011

Horia Manda, managing director of Axxess Capital, which manages the Romanian-American Enterprise Fund (RAEF), Balkan Accession Fund (BAF) and Emerging Europe Accession Fund, believes this is a good more

26 iul 2011

Violeta Moraru, who together with husband Valerii Moraru, controls the mineral water business Azuga Waters, says the local market is very competitive and everybody vies with everybody just to get an more

20 iul 2011

Viorel Catarama, one of the most powerful entrepreneurs in the Romanian furniture industry, is hiring 100 people for manufacturing jobs. The businessman owns the Elvila group and this is the first more

20 iul 2011

Dietrich Szilard, deputy general manager with Perla Harghitei, one of the largest mineral water bottlers domestically, says the turnover advance, by around 15% according to ZF calculations, should more

19 iul 2011

Ioana Filipescu, managing director with Raiffeisen Investment Romania and one of the savviest M&A consultants, says that the Romanian entrepreneurs who weathered the crisis well should also look at more

15 iul 2011

The largest local retail pharmacy networks - Sensiblu, Catena, Dona, Ropharma, HelpNet - added around 100 stores in the first half of this year, coming to own almost 1,000, according to ZF more

14 iul 2011

The heat advisory issued for this period is good news for at least 20 beverage industry managers, with over EUR1.5 billion sales, given that beer and soft drink sales spike in such contexts. more

11 iul 2011

Spirits producer Prodvinalco saw its net sales (excise duties excluded) down by 2% compared with the same period of last year, to 8.2 million lei (EUR2 million), VAT not included. The company hopes more

11 iul 2011

When the plane is about to land on Bucharest’s Otopeni airport, one can see thousands of new villas built in the past few years in the northern area of Bucharest, as well as increasingly more more

7 iul 2011

Wood processing companies invested hundreds of millions of euros in plants and thought they would find it difficult to sell their production in a time of crisis. But 2010 was a good year for wood more

5 iul 2011

Romastru Trading, a company active in pharmaceutical marketing and wholesale, has budgeted a turnover of EUR85 million for this year. EUR4 million to EUR5 million should be generated by the more

28 iun 2011

Bucharest-based furniture manufacturer Silvarom posted a 58.6% turnover increase in the first five months of this year, compared to the same interval of 2010, largely due to contracts to provide more

27 iun 2011

Dan Zamonea, the executive who has been running the local business of Swiss group Roche since 2001, will become regional business manager as of July 1. more

23 iun 2011

Spirits consumption amounts to 18.5 liters per each adult Romanian, 20% more than the European Union average, ranking Romania among the countries with the highest consumption per capita, according to more

22 iun 2011

Drug wholesaler Mediplus and pharmacy chain Sensiblu posted cumulated sales of EUR788 million last year, up 20% from 2009. more

17 iun 2011

The pharmaceutical market reached EUR836.9 million in the first four months of this year, up 5.5% from a year ago, according to the data provided by research firm IMS Health. more

16 iun 2011

Beer and soft drinks, two markets worth above EUR1 billion, and wine, worth EUR350 million, experienced their second year of decline, forcing the managers in these industries to place their hopes in more

14 iun 2011

Ropharma (RPH.RO) forecasts a turnover of 400 million lei (EUR96 million) for this year, up 14% from 2010, a figure that will bring its indirect owner, local businessman Mihai Miron, amongst the top more

14 iun 2011

The highest monthly revenue of a family physician office with 2,500 to 3,000 patients neared 37,500 lei (about EUR9,000) in the first quarter of the year, according to ZF calculations based on data more