19 ian 2012

The healthcare reform is now at its second attempt considering the first consultations with the Association of Family Practioners in Bucharest, the Association for Patient Protection and the College more

18 ian 2012

The start of 2012 brings new investments in wind farms, the most dynamic segment of the Romanian energy sector in the past two years, with projects with a capacity of around 1,000 MW and worth over more

18 ian 2012

The World Bank has revised downward its forecast on Romanian economic growth to 1.5% in 2012 from 3.7% previously, citing deteriorating external outlook and the country’s increased vulnerability to more

18 ian 2012

The Romanian government Wednesday approved selling stakes of 10% in power producers Hidroelectrica and Nuclearelectrica, as per an agreement with the International Monetary Fund. more

18 ian 2012

Romania is at the bottom of the European Union rankings by gross domestic product, gross domestic product per capita or average wage. These are but the most obvious of the rankings, though. It is also more

17 ian 2012

Renewable energy will soon have to stop relying on government support, since companies investing on this segment are “spoiled” with state aid, Tuesday said Valentin Mircea, vice-president of the more

17 ian 2012

Romanian consolidated budget posted a deficit of 4.35% of the gross domestic product in 2011, just shy of the government’s target of 4.4% of GDP agreed with the International Monetary Fund, more

17 ian 2012

Banks expanded their payment terminal (POS) networks deployed in stores last year, a market segment dominated by a small number of players, which generates EUR40 million a year in fee revenue, as more more

16 ian 2012

More than 2 million Romanians will no longer be able to sell their cars, which are registered before 2007, because of the new pollution tax, which in the case of older cars amounts to at least half more

16 ian 2012

Romanian state-owned mining company CNH on Monday ceased coal deliveries to the Paroseni thermal power producer, saying it can no longer function with the current prices. more

16 ian 2012

Romania might be able to fend off some of the external pressure following the economic downturn in the euro zone in the first half of 2012, aided by pre-election spending, but the boost will be more

16 ian 2012

Romania’s leu lost early gains versus the euro by midday Monday and the central bank’s reference weakened slightly to 4.3347 units, from 4.3322 units in the previous session. more

16 ian 2012

Three consortia including large financial groups - JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Citibank - as well as local brokerage firms, Monday filed bids to broker the listing of gas producer Romgaz, Romania’s more

13 ian 2012

Romania's current account deficit narrowed 6.6% to EUR4.23 billion in the first eleven months of 2011, from a gap of EUR4.53 billion in the year-earlier period, due mainly to shrinking trade deficit, more

13 ian 2012

In the long term, dividends granted by companies and the erosion in the money value through inflation have as much influence on the real yield of stock exchange investments as their market price more

11 ian 2012

Romanian tour agencies are timidly testing the waters in new markets, like Africa, the former Eastern bloc or Montenegro, but still rely on Romanian favorites Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey. more

11 ian 2012

Three consortia including US banking corporations JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Citibank will submit offers to broker the sale of a 15% stake in Romanian natural gas producer Romgaz, sources in the more

11 ian 2012

Online card payments in Romania in 2011 grew 24% on the year to EUR158.9 million, according to the data of card payment processor Romcard, cited by e-commerce solutions provider ePayment in a press more

11 ian 2012

Romanian consumer prices inched up 0.23% on the month in December, on higher prices all across, but the annual inflation eased for the second straight month to 3.14%, a new record low in over two more

11 ian 2012

Industrial output, one of the main economic indicators, continued its upward trend in November 2011, but at a much slower rate. It was one of the weakest year-on-year rises, as external demand more

11 ian 2012

The 20 largest employers in Romania have almost 240,000 employees, or 6% of the country's workforce. more

11 ian 2012

Bankers sold almost EUR540 million worth of loans through the “First Home 4” scheme, one third of the value of the loans granted in the previous three iterations. Only 150 customers of a total of more

11 ian 2012

With two months - October and November - in which the volume of transactions exceeded the EUR40 billion mark, the interbank forex market did not match the all-time record hit in October 2008, when more

10 ian 2012

Clients of private pension funds would have earned twice as much if they had they placed their money in banks. more

10 ian 2012

Romanian industrial new orders rose 5.7% on the month in November 2011, on higher demand in most sectors, the statistics institute INS said Tuesday. more