07.12.2016

European Commission has approved the modifying of Bucharest Metro Line 5 project, “Raul Doamnei – Eroilor section, including Valea Ialomitei”, by rescheduling the financing for the EUR480 more

07.11.2016

Romania ranked sixth in Europe last year by the number of jobs created through foreign direct investments, with over 12,000 new jobs, up 17% on the year, according to EY European Attractiveness Survey more

06.08.2016

Officials of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Competition and of the Competition Council in Romania on June 6 carried out unannounced inspections at the premises of Romgaz, OMV more

06.06.2016

European Food, the largest producer of the group of brothers Ioan and Viorel Micula, posted 387 million lei (EUR86 million) losses in 2015, RON80 million higher than the revenue. more

05.20.2016

The European Commission has unblocked the payments for Sectoral Operational Programme Human Resources Development (SOP HRD 2007-2013) in Romania, worth EUR167 million, which were cut off in February more

02.04.2016

The European Commission has made marginal improvements on Romania's economic growth estimates in its winter forecast released Thursday, but warns of risks posed by new legal initiatives and a widening more

07.09.2015

Romania’s Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF) set off a massive reconstruction process of the insurance market in order to lay the basis for sustainable growth and bring the local insurance market more

06.12.2015

The European Commission has concluded, following an in-depth investigation, that electricity supply contracts signed by Romanian state-owned electricity generator Hidroelectrica with certain more

03.12.2015

The Finance Ministry repaid the first EUR1.5 billion tranche of the loan it took from the European Commission in 2009. The amount equals half of this year’s projected budget deficit. more

12.11.2014

Dacia sales in Europe rose by 28% in the first 10 months of this year, to almost 307,600 cars, with 2014 being the first year when the Romanian brand went beyond the mark of 300,000 passenger cars more

12.09.2014

Romania’s government reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission on next year’s budget, which includes a potential increase of the estimated deficit to more

11.04.2014

Romania’s gross domestic product rose 1% in the third quarter against the previous quarter, according to the European Commission’s latest forecasts, which means the economy is out of technical more

11.04.2014

Romania’s government will need to increase taxes or cut expenditure else the budget deficit will expand to 2.8% of the gross domestic product next year, when revenue is expected to go down following more

11.04.2014

The European Commission expects Romania’s economy to grow only 2% in 2014, a significant cut from a 2.8% estimated in June, due to a strong deceleration in the second quarter. more

10.24.2014

The central bank and the Finance Ministry have only EUR2.2 billion left to repay of the loan Romania took from the International Monetary Fund in 2009, with the former repaying most of this amount, more

10.23.2014

An estimated EUR177 billion in VAT revenues was lost due to non-compliance or non-collection in 2012, according to the latest VAT Gap study published by the European Commission, of which Romania lost more

10.16.2014

The European Commission on Thursday opened three infringement proceedings against Romania for failing to fully transpose EU legislation on rail safety, implement regulatory rules regarding investment more

10.16.2014

The European Commission Thursday said it is taking Romania to Court for a failure to comply with EU legislation on mining waste, namely waste resulting from the extraction, treatment and storage of more

10.15.2014

Romania’s Economy Minister Constantin Nita said the European Commission on Wednesday approved the state aid scheme aimed at supporting large energy consumers. more

09.25.2014

The European Commission has approved the takeover of Eni's more than 200 gas stations in Romania, Czech Republic and Slovakia by Hungarian oild and gas group MOL. more

08.28.2014

Investor sentiment regarding the outlook of the Romanian economy rose for the fourth consecutive month in August, amid increasing confidence in services, a survey from the European Commission showed more

08.22.2014

Chipita Romania, the domestic subsidiary of the Greek group of the same name that owns the brands 7Days and Finetti, was in 2013 the largest confectionery exporter from Romania, according to a ZF more

07.29.2014

Romania has made some progress in its combat against money laundering, but further steps are needed to strengthen the independence of its anti-money laundering institutions and to improve the overall more

07.18.2014

In 2008, the group built in Bihor by brothers Ioan and Viorel Micula generated almost one billion euros in revenue. In 2013, two of the largest companies part of the entrepreneurs’ food empire, more

07.10.2014

The European Commission sent a reasoned opening to Romania Thursday asking the country to remove unjustified barriers to exports of natural gas, giving Romania two months to make amends before more