12 aug. • Business Direct foreign investment in Romania dropped 43%, amounting to 2.8 billion euros in the first semester Direct foreign investments in Romania exceeded 2.8 billion euros in the first year semester, dropping 42.9% against the first 2008 semester, when they amounted to 5.07 billion euros, according to Romanian Central Bank (BNR). The… Share
10 aug. • Business Romania's commercial deficit dropped 6.8 billion euros in the first 2009 semester Share
7 aug. • Business Finance minister Gheorghe Pogea: Romania's economy shrank by over 8% in the second quarter Share
6 aug. • Business Fitch: Romanian banks will face a difficult economic environment in 2009 and 2010 Share
5 aug. • Business IMF: We've been mistakenly quoted / We maintain the initial calendar for the adoption of the unique salary scheme Share
4 aug. • Business Romanian Central Bank reduces the interest to 8.5% and the minimum foreign currency deposits to 30% Share
3 aug. • Business Romania ranked 14 in top European countries producing cars / Germany leads the top while Austria and Italy register record drops Share
31 iul. • Business Romanian businessman: A 7-8% economy drop would mean a "big catastrophe" for the business environment Share
31 iul. • Business State plane company to change selling strategy after negotiations with Alenia Aeronautica failed Share
29 iul. • Business National Bank of Greece financial manager denies interest in Transilvania Bank Share
27 iul. • Business IMF representatives to evaluate for two weeks Romania's compliance with the stand by agreement Share
24 iul. • Business Romania's insurance market increased by 5.5% up to 4.67 billion lei in the first quarter of 2009 Share
23 iul. • Business Non-governmental credit dropped by 0.5% in June / Annual growth rate slowed to 11.2% Share
21 iul. • Business European Funds: Transport Minister brags about getting EU's finance approval for 2.6% of the total infrastructure funds Share
21 iul. • Business APIA estimates the new car market to drop 57% in 2009 and return to its 2003 figures Share
20 iul. • Business World Bank: BNR intervened in the market, bringing 4.5 billion euros to back the national currency in the last nine months Share
17 iul. • Business IMF representative to Bucharest: the Fund will negatively modify Romania's economic forecasts because the situation is worse Share
17 iul. • Business Dacia global sales increased by 20% in the first quarter, 85% of production went to exports Share
16 iul. • World Records Academy: Romanian Central Bank governor Mugur Isarescu establishes world record as longest serving central bank governor Share
15 iul. • Business Romania's budgetary deficit reached 11.3 billion lei after 5 months / IMF agreement set a 14.5 billion lei threshold by the end of June Share
14 iul. • Business Romania's current account deficit dropped by 75.5% in the first five months of the year to 1.77 billion euro / foreign direct investments dropped by 42% Share
13 iul. • Business Dacia Vice President Constantin Stroe: Renault technological center opens by the end of 2010 Share
13 iul. • Business Romania's National Central Bank injected 2.54 billion lei in the banking system, at a 9% interest rate / year Share
13 iul. • Business Coface: world economy to decrease by 2.5% in 2009, but will increase in 2010 Share
10 iul. • Business The number of companies suspending their activity in the first semester is ten times higher Share
8 iul. • Business CEZ plans to buy minority shares packages from the companies it controls in Romania Share
8 iul. • Business The Council for Competition authorised Netherlander group Pfeifer&Langen to take over three sugar plants Share
7 iul. • Business Businessman Dinu Patriciu: apartment prices will continue to drop / Euro to reach 4.8 lei by the end of the year Share
3 iul. • Business Ukrainian magnate Igor Kolomoisky invests 100 million dollars in European Media Centre operations in Ukraine Share
2 iul. • Business Sources: the government plans to negotiate with the IMF an increase of the budgetary deficit threshold for the third quarter Share
2 iul. • Business UPDATE Romanian authorities debate on possible solutions to diminish the effects of the crisis Share
1 iul. • Business Marius Hagger, Ringier: We recruit up to 110 online staff. We plan investments and content acquisitions, e-commerce and small publicity Share
30 iun. • Business Romania's budgetary deficit registered 2.1% of GDP in May / The IMF agreed deficit threshold will be met Share
30 iun. • Business Romania's National Central Bank reduced the monetary policy interest rate to 9% Share
29 iun. • Business Trust in Romania's economy increased in June, but is still below the medium EU economy trust level Share
26 iun. • Business Romanian businessman Dinu Patriciu sells remaining stake in Rompetrol to KazMunayGas Share
26 iun. • Business Romania's National Central Bank injected 5.9 billion lei in the banking system Share
26 iun. • Business World Bank expert: Romania's national currency will not recover at the same pace with the exchange market Share
24 iun. • Business Adrian Vasilescu (BNR): The World Bank will pay 11 billion euros in the market over the next years Share
18 iun. • Business Romania's National Central Bank might license a bank owned 100% by Romanian capital Share
18 iun. • Business Romanian Finance minister Gheorghe Pogea: Romania's GDP might drop by 6.5% by the end of the year Share
17 iun. • Business Romania's current account deficit dropped 78.9%, amounting to 1.18 billion euros at the end of April Share
12 iun. • Business Central Bank Councillor: The economic growth will not return to positive figures earlier than 2010 3rd trimester Share
11 iun. • Business Romanian authorities consider providing only domestic natural gas to all consumers Share
10 iun. • Business Romanian insurance companies' net loss increased by approximately 128% in 2008 – 575.7 million lei Share
10 iun. • Business Over 400 projects were submitted by small enterprises in the competition for European money within 24 hours Share
9 iun. • Business Romania Economy minister: Industrial consumer can benefit from cheap natural gas from domestic production Share
9 iun. • Business Romanian publisher controlled by Adrian Sarbu to drop several local newspapers Share
7 iun. • Business Romanian National Central Bank Governor Mugur Isarescu is considering to run for a new mandate Share
5 iun. • Business Emergency Ordinance Project: Romanian Ministry of Economy cancells over 200 million lei worth of debt Share
2 iun. • Business Finalised construction of new buildings in Romania drop 306 units in the first 2009 trimester Share
2 iun. • Business Investments in Romania’s economy dropped 0.3% in the first trimester to 12.77 billion lei Share
1 iun. • Business CBRE: Commercial real estate investments in Central and East Europe amount to almost 100 million euros in April Share
1 iun. • Business Romanian Ministry of Economy invites Russia to take part in all Romanian energy projects. Romgaz and Gazprom signed the first collaboration memorandum since 1989. The agreement is classified Share
28 mai • Business Notaries: The number of real estate transactions in Romania dropped 36.3% during the first 2009 quarter Share
27 mai • Business Qualified employees, quality of services and brand notoriety will be main advantages of companies when crisis ends – Deloitte study Share
27 mai • Business Nongovernmental credit kept falling in April. Annual pace of lending growth slowed to 18.9% Share
25 mai • Business Romania’s Government intends to reduce the interest for the credits guaranteed by the state through First Home scheme Share
21 mai • Business Romanian Central Bank governor Mugur Isarescu: for 4 out of 5 crisis elements, the critical moments were passed Share
20 mai • Business Finance minister Gheorghe Pogea: the Fiscal code will be approved later this year Share