05.25.2015

Leszek Balcerowicz, 68, the author of the shock therapy in Poland in the 90s, says that the only solution for the development of Romania is to encourage entrepreneurship, especially for small more

04.03.2014

Leszek Balcerowicz, former Finance minister of Poland and president of the country’s central bank, says the Ukraine-Russia conflict is an European problem and Putin’s actions should not be ignored more

03.12.2014

The taxation system is one of the essential factors analyzed when companies decide to do business and invest in a country and if the VAT is 24% and investors pay 24% more because of this tax, then VAT more

01.14.2014

Romanian government should avoid taking unclear or confusing political decisions in 2014, which is an election year, because they may lead to unexpected or large capital movements that will affect the more

07.03.2013

Azerbaijan’s decision not to ship its gas to Europe through the proposed Nabucco West pipeline was based on commercial reasons and should not be construed as a statement regarding Romania, said more

02.06.2013

State-owned companies are “like a stone around Romania’s neck” and hold back the country’s growth, which Romania cannot afford, Martin Harris, the UK’s ambassador to Bucharest, told ZF in an more

01.14.2013

Liviu Voinea, minister-delegate for the state budget, said in an interview for Ziarul Financiar, that the Ponta Government inventoried state assets, both in public institutions and state-run more

10.11.2012

Dan Pavel, the founder and majority shareholder of footwear and accessory retailer Benvenuti says that the footwear market and consumer spending are starting to stabilize after three years of more

03.06.2012

Andreas Treichl, the chief executive of Austria's Erste Group Bank (EBS.RO), says he is confident the finance and transport ministers in Romania's new government will show good performance. more

03.06.2012

Five years after Erste took control of Romania's largest bank, Andreas Treichl, the chief executive of the Austrian group, has high expectations from the new management team of BCR. more

03.06.2012

BCR, the largest Romanian bank, will have to resort more to the EUR3 billion external funding program it launched in 2009 because the core local business in Romania needs to be financed locally, says more

11.28.2011

It’s been a year since Violeta Ciurel, 53, one of the most experienced managers in life insurance on the Romanian market, accepted the biggest challenge in her professional career: to start all over more

07.28.2011

Romania can halt the gold mining project at Rosia Montana anytime unless the joint venture developing it, Rosia Montana Gold Corporation, invests $70 million in preservation works in the area, Culture more

07.12.2011

French Ambassador to Bucharest Henri Paul told MEDIAFAX in an interview Tuesday French businesspeople present in Romania complained about being requested bribes. more

07.07.2011

Romania is the country with the second-highest audience for Yahoo! services after Taiwan and the only country in the world where the head of government gave a Yahoo! e-mail address as a contact more

06.21.2011

Renault wants to spur Dacia sales in Romania this year by creating new limited editions to attract clients, as the local carmaker will not launch any new models in 2011. more

05.24.2011

Netopia Sistem, a provider of payment services through mobile phone text messages (SMS) and a processor of online bank card payments, has as its main target this year to increase its market share, more

05.12.2011

OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), the biggest company on the oil and gas market, posted growth in sales and profit, even though the market it operates on continued to go down. Repeated pump price hikes and cost more