05.30.2013

Romania’s Competition Council head Bogdan Chiritoiu said Thursday it is essential that courts uphold the decisions taken by the antitrust authority. more

05.30.2013

Romania’s Competition Council Thursday said the government might require authorization from the European Commission to implement a measure aimed at exempting industrial consumers from paying part of more

05.30.2013

The Inter-bank fees charged by Visa and Mastercard for card transactions in Romania are among the highest in Europe, an antitrust probe showed Thursday. more

04.26.2013

Romania’s antitrust authority Friday said it has approved a derogation for Marfin Bank Romania which allows the latter to gain control of the local operations of Bank of Cyprus before obtaining the more

03.21.2013

Romania’s antitrust body announced Thursday it was looking into the takeover by Auchan Romania of real,- Hypermarket chain. more

03.20.2013

Romanian antitrust regulators will finish in the second half of the year a probe into alleged damaging contracts signed by the National Lottery Company and two Greek companies, the head of the more

03.18.2013

Romania’s antitrust body announced Monday it was looking into the takeover by oilseed processor Expur of two vegetable oil brands and the production equipment at the vegetable oil plant in Podari more

03.15.2013

President Traian Basescu said Friday, at the end of the European Council meeting, that upcoming talks in the European Parliament (EP) as regards making European funds more flexible will allow Romanian more

03.07.2013

Romania is unlikely to return to pre-crisis level of growth without major reforms that would boost investment and increase job creation, representatives of the Foreign Investors Council said Thursday. more

03.07.2013

EU ministers assembled Thursday at the EU Council on Justice and Home Affairs have put off a decision on whether to allow Romania and Bulgaria into the passport-free Schengen area, people close to the more

02.05.2013

Romania’s supreme defense council CSAT on Tuesday decided the country will send ten troops to Mali this year to join the European Union’s military training mission in the African country, the more

01.09.2013

The Romanian tripartite council for social dialog will convene next week for talks on the minimum wage in 2013, union leader Bogdan Hossu said Wednesday. more

12.03.2012

Romania’s Competition Council has started an inquiry on the ship piloting and towage market, targeting ports administered by state-owned company Administratia Porturilor Maritime Constanta (CNAPM), more

11.28.2012

The takeover of German retailer Real’s hypermarket network in Romania by French retailer Auchan might need the approval of the European Commission, considering that the deal targets Real stores in more

11.28.2012

Romania’s Competition Council will complete a retail market inquiry at the beginning of 2013 and some of the firms targeted might be penalized, Bogdan Chiritoiu, head of the antitrust watchdog, said more

11.28.2012

Romanian Competition Council has sent to the central bank its preliminary findings regarding an alleged speculative attack against the leu back in 2008, the head of the antitrust watchdog said more

11.22.2012

Romania must find solutions to divert more foreign capital toward financing the current account deficit, Ionut Dumitru, head of the country's Fiscal Council, said Thursday. more

11.20.2012

Romania’s Parliament on Tuesday adopted a resolution whereby President Traian Basescu ought to support the propositions put forward by the European Commission and the European Parliament regarding more

11.05.2012

Bogdan Chiritoiu, president of the Competition Council, announced that the institution will next year conclude an investigation into agreements between retailers such as Metro, Billa and Selgros on more

11.01.2012

Romania’s Competition Council said in a report Thursday that promoting foods made in Romania could be unfair toward food producers in other European Union countries. more

11.01.2012

Romania's antitrust watchdog has opened an investigation into a possible abuse of dominant position on the market of TV programs rebroadcast, the Competition Council said in a report Thursday. more

10.25.2012

Romania’s Competition Council is open to collaborations targeting public programs meant to support Romanian agricultural products, the agency's president Bogdan Chiritoiu said Thursday. more

10.25.2012

Romania’s Competition Council will keep a close watch on the food market to identify possible unjustified price increases, the agency's president Bogdan Chiritoiu said Thursday. more

10.23.2012

Romania’s Government harms the credibility of the fiscal responsibility law by further increasing budget expenses, according to the Fiscal Council. more

09.11.2012

The September 19-20 meeting of the EU’s Justice and Home Affairs Council, where Romania and Bulgaria’s Schengen area entry were to be discussed, has been canceled, official sources told Mediafax more