04.04.2016

Romania's Competition Council has opened an investigation into "a possible abuse of dominant position by Orange Romania", the largest player on the local telecom market. more

03.16.2016

Romania’s Competition Council approved, in early March, the transaction whereby British pharmaceutical company GSK sold wholesaler Europharm Distributie to fast moving consumer goods distributor more

03.02.2016

Romania’s Competition on Wednesday said it is looking into the economic concentration operation whereby French retail group Carrefour is taking over Billa stores- the retail operations in Romania of more

03.02.2016

Romania’s Competition Council has cleared the takeover of Banca Comerciala Carpatica (BCC.RO) by Nextebank, arguing it poses no problem in terms of compatibility with the competitive environment, more

02.26.2016

Insurance companies in Romania kept home insurance tariffs unchanged in 2015, due to fierce competition on this market segment, according to Ziarul Financiar. more

02.24.2016

Romania’s Competition Council on Wednesday said it is looking into the takeover of Romanian dairy manufacturer Albalact (ALBZ.RO) by French group Lactalis. more

02.18.2016

Romania’s Competition Council on Thursday said it has cleared the takeover of International Healthcare Systems (IHS) and of the nephrology activity of Inter Health Systems by Diaverum group. more

02.16.2016

Romania’s Competition Council on Tuesday said it is looking into the takeover of Banca Comerciala Carpatica (BCC.RO) and the entities it controls by Nextebank. more

01.19.2016

More than 40 new stores opened in six of the largest malls in Bucharest in the fourth quarter of 2015, trying to compete over a more than EUR600 million yearly shopping budget, according to ZF more

01.05.2016

Romania’s Competition Council on Tuesday said it is looking into the takeover by Italian company TCH of Cogeme group which includes Italy-based Cogeme Set Spa, car parts producer Cogeme Set RO SRL more

11.05.2015

Listing state-owned companies on the stock market helps increase their efficiency due to extending their ownership and the level of transparency they must adopt, but it would also attract the more

09.18.2015

Petru Chiriac, the entrepreneur who founded footwear retailer Il Passo more than fifteen years ago, says the footwear market has been flooded by cheap product stores in the past few years, as Romanian more

09.11.2015

Romania’s Competition Council on Friday said it is looking into the takeover of retail operations, including some of corresponding assets, of two NIC stores in capital Bucharest by Mega Image, from more

08.17.2015

Romania’s Competition Council on Monday said it has cleared the transaction whereby McDonald's takes over three fast-food restaurants in Brasov (central Romania), which have so far been operated in more

05.11.2015

Romania’s Competition Council fears that stores, retail chains and producers might collude to keep in their profits the planned cut to 9% in the sales tax on food items starting June 1, watchdog more

04.16.2015

Romania’s Competition Council wants to complete several investigations this year, which target potential rigged bids in the milk, energy and IT sectors, the antitrust watchdog head Bogdan Chiritoiu more

04.16.2015

Romania’s Competition Council last year fined 53 companies a total 185 million lei (some EUR42 million) for anticompetitive behavior, more than double against 2013, the antitrust watchdog said in more

01.22.2015

The modern store formats trailblazers in Romania, Metro Cash&Carry and Carrefour, have branched out into new market segments in the past year in an attempt to gain market share and entered each more

01.13.2015

Selgros Cash&Carry on Tuesday rejected the accusations of Romania’s Competition Council, which fined the company RON6.6 million, and awaits the watchdog’s motivation in order to start legal more

01.13.2015

Romania’s antirust watchdog has fined retailers Metro, Real, Selgros and Mega Image and 21 of their suppliers a total 154 million lei (some EUR35 million) for price-fixing arrangements between 2005 more

11.27.2014

UniCredit Tiriac Bank charges the highest monthly current account fees in Romania, of RON7.5, followed by OTP Bank, with RON5, while Banca Transilvania and Marfin Bank don't charge customers for more

11.27.2014

Cement production and sale, notarial services, freight and passenger transportation and the wholesale of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for gas-powered stoves are the markets most inclined to antitrust more

11.25.2014

Romania’s Competition Council has approved the transaction whereby French group Michelin took over, via a company it holds in Germany, tire distributor Ihle Holding also registered in Germany, both more

11.13.2014

Romania’s Competition Council started an investigation related to potential antitrust practices carried out by retailers Auchan Romania, Carrefour Romania, Romania Hypermarche (Cora), Kaufland more

11.10.2014

Romania's Competition Council is working on an analysis of the life insurance market and of the national heating services market, institution president Bogdan Chiritoiu said Monday. more