2 feb 2017

Henri Coanda (Otopeni) International Airport, the main gateway into Romania by air, served almost 11 million passengers last year, an increase of 18% on the previous year to a new record high. more

31 ian 2017

The personnel shortage both entrepreneurs and managers of foreign companies are facing could be solved if the authorities made it easier for migrants from non-EU countries to reach Romania’s labor more

26 ian 2017

Carturesti bookstore chain has grown to 21 stores, eight of which in Bucharest and the rest in other parts of the country. Its best bookstores are Carturesti Verona and Carturesti Carusel both of them more

25 ian 2017

FAN Courier has budgeted growth in revenue by 10% to 15% for this year, says Adrian Mihai, one of its founders and shareholders. There is still room for growth on the courier service market because of more

20 ian 2017

A number of 60 million drug packs leave the plant of pharmaceutical producer Antibiotice Iasi annually, 35% to 40% of which topical products (creams, ointments, gels), says chief executive Ioan Nani, more

16 ian 2017

Swiss-held Alu Menziken, part of industry group Montana Tech Components AG, will make a 200 million lei (EUR45 million) investment in an aerospace and automotive aluminum extrusion plant in Mediesu more

11 ian 2017

Low-cost airlines Wizz Air and Blue Air and flagship carrier Tarom are the top three airlines in Romania, having carried 11.5 million passengers last year, or 72% of those that traveled by plane, ZF more

10 ian 2017

Belladonna retail pharmacy chain, held by Romanian entrepreneurs Florin and Alina-Nicoleta Gheorghita, ended 2016 with about 220 million lei (EUR49 million) sales, flat on 2015, generated by 94 more

6 ian 2017

Industrialist Valer Blidar, who owns Astra Vagoane Calatori rolling stock plant in the western Romanian city of Arad, is entering rail passenger transport business, after having built a six-car train more

22 dec 2016

Two deals where buyers were US companies marked the industrial sector in 2016, a year with few greenfield investments, supported by state aid, as well as promises of new investments, also supported by more

9 dec 2016

Ziarul Financiar continues its year-in-review series with the private healthcare market. more

8 dec 2016

Ziarul Financiar’s year-in-review series continues in the tourism industry, which saw two travel agencies go insolvent, the low-cost airlines expanding into domestic routes, the firing of the more

6 dec 2016

Sanador, one of the largest private healthcare providers in Romania, has several budget scenarios prepared for 2017, development director Florin Andronescu says, but will wait and see the outcome of more

5 dec 2016

Private healthcare network Gral Medical of Romanian entrepreneur Robert Serban is aiming for 20% higher revenue next year, following the opening of new clinics and an increase in the sales of the more

29 nov 2016

Businessman George Copos, owner of ANA Hotels, plans to invest EUR30 million in upgrading his hotels in Bucharest and those in mountain and seaside resorts over the next three to four years, after more

28 nov 2016

Businessman Daniel Guzu, who owns construction supplies manufacturer Duraziv, expects more than 10% higher revenue this year, driven by rising demand for paint, grouts and dry mortars. more

25 nov 2016

Iasi-based publishing house Polirom established in 1995 expects EUR5 million revenue this year, a slight increase in 2015, its officials say. more

24 nov 2016

Bucharest, the most important business travel destination of Romania, can accommodate 18,564 people in 114 hotels, or almost 10% of the total accommodation capacity of the hotels in the country, more

23 nov 2016

Sheraton Hotel in Piata Romana, central Bucharest, operated at peak capacity in September and October and the rising demand made the owners of the hotel buy an adjoining plot of land to expand it by more

16 nov 2016

Bucharest-based cold cuts manufacturer Meda Prod 98, one of the largest in its sector, is expanding with a new dry-cured meats production facility, an investment put at almost EUR3 million. more

26 oct 2016

Industrialist Valer Blidar, who owns rolling stock manufacturer Astra Vagoane Calatori in Arad, has 140 young people receiving training for electrician, welder, locksmith and other jobs in his more

21 oct 2016

Belladonna, a 93-retail pharmacy chain, posted 9% decline in sales in January-September, due to the decline in the number of operational pharmacies by 12% on the year-ago period. more

17 oct 2016

Demand for vacations in Romania over the winter holidays from Romanian consumers is on the rise and the packages for spa towns such as Baile Felix are already sold out, says Lucia Morariu, shareholder more

14 oct 2016

The courier service market brought businessman Octavian Radu two failures in the past – TCE Logistica and Curiero, which did not survive the crisis in 2009-2010. The entrepreneur, however, has more

7 oct 2016

Hotel operators can already think about ways to grow their business, because the stagnation of recent years is over, says Lebanese executive Fadlallah Zayat, who became general manager of the more