04.27.2012

The local electronics and appliances distribution market, worth an estimated EUR1.3-EUR1.5 billion per year, has not been very affected by the freeze of the accounts and the insolvency of IT&C more

04.25.2012

The European Commission has opened five distinct in-depth investigations to assess whether the Romanian state-controlled hydropower producer Hidroelectrica S.A. purchased or sold electricity at more

03.21.2012

Romania's competition watchdog has opened an investigation into a possible abuse of dominant position by Hewlett-Packard Romania (HP), carrying out a series of unannounced inspections of the company's more

01.10.2012

Rompetrol, one of the six oil companies fined by the Romanian Competition Council within a fuel market probe, Tuesday said it will challenge the fine in court, since it considers it illegal and more

01.09.2012

Ioan Niculae, the owner of the Interagro group, said on Monday, as he was leaving the headquarters of the organized crime investigation unit DIICOT, that the prosecutor’s office was plotting and more

01.09.2012

Romanian central and local authorities in 2010 caused 3.2 billion lei (EUR735 million) in damage to the state budget by failing to collect certain income on time, using funds illegally, hiring more

12.21.2011

The Romanian Competition Council's report on the fuel market investigation recommends differentiated fines between companies, the body's president, Bogdan Chiritoiu, said Wednesday. more

11.16.2011

Romania’s competition authorities have partially completed an antitrust investigation launched in 2005 on the fuel market, regarding the prices applied by oil companies, Competition Council more

11.15.2011

Romania’s Competition Council has expanded an investigation on auction bid rigging, regarding natural gas works, to include another six companies, the authority said in a news release Tuesday. more

11.01.2011

The local police in Bihor county, western Romania, and the Commission for the Control of Nuclear Activity are investigating the theft of 73 kilograms of uranium ore from a storage facility of the more

09.15.2011

The European Commission considers the airport charges enjoyed by airline Wizz Air on the Timisoara Airport in Romania represent state aid, which could cause "significant and irreparable" more

07.19.2011

All 80 warheads stolen Saturday from a Romanian train heading for Bulgaria have been found, Romanian authorities told MEDIAFAX. more

07.18.2011

Romanian military prosecutors have started criminal investigations and heard over 50 people in a case regarding 64 warheads stolen Saturday from a train heading to Bulgaria, authorities said Monday. more

07.14.2011

Romanian organized crime prosecutors are conducting 117 searches in capital Bucharest and several locations in southern and western Romania to apprehend cyber crime suspects who allegedly defrauded more

07.13.2011

The Romanian Prosecutor's Office will be able to investigate anti-competition crimes without being notified by the Competition Council, and prosecutors and antitrust inspectors will run their more

05.24.2011

Timisoara International Airport director Cornel Samartinean said Tuesday, referring to the European Commission’s investigations regarding a possible distortion of fair competition, that all airline more

05.24.2011

The European Commission has opened two in-depth investigations under EU state aid rules into a Romanian support scheme for investments in regional airports and to ascertain whether certain rebates and more

05.08.2011

Romania will most likely complete its fuel market probe and conclusions in the second half of this year, after talks with the European Commission, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX. more

04.12.2011

The Romanian Competition Council’s investigation of the local fuel market should be complete in the first half of the year, and the results will be sent to the European Commission, the authority's more