Freedom Holding Corp, a NASDAQ-listed international investment group, has launched its global stock exchange trading platform, Freedom24, in Romania. Established in 2008, the group has extensive expertise across the US, Europe, and Central Asia and a market capitalization of approximately $4.8 billion. „We are confident that Freedom24 will be very well received on the Romanian market. Romanians have shown a growing appetite for investing in innovative global companies listed on international stock exchanges. We provide our clients with everything needed for successful investments, including direct access to the world’s largest stock exchanges, professional securities analytics, user-friendly trading applications, and responsive customer support in their language”, said Olga Milko, Business Development Director at Freedom24. Freedom24 offers Romanian retail investors access to over 1,000,000 trading instruments including stocks, ETFs, futures, bonds, and stock options across 15 major American, European and Asian exchanges (NASDAQ, NYSE, CME, HKEX, Euronext, LSE, Deutsche Börse, etc.). In addition, clients can access structured products designed by professional financial engineers. The platform has some of the lowest trading fees in Europe: starting at €0.02 per stock/ETF plus €2 per order, and $0.65 per contract for US stock options. Customers also benefit from several exclusive advantages. These include free weekly investment ideas from Bloomberg-awarded analysts with an average return of 16%, helping them capitalize on various investment opportunities, client support in Romanian and the option to work with a personal manager. Freedom24 upholds high regulatory standards. The broker is regulated by The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) with authorization to operate in all EU member states and is fully compliant with the MiFID II – a regulatory framework that ensures the highest investor protection level possible. The customer’s assets are insured by ICF (Investors’ Compensation Fund) for an amount of up to EUR 20,000. The broker is a member of Euroclear Bank’s Admissions Committee and AFME (Association for Financial Markets in Europe) and undergoes regular audits and due diligence processes conducted by Deloitte, one of the Big Four accounting firms. The international rating agency S&P assigned the firm a long-term credit rating of B/B with a stable outlook.
Maramureș International Airport in northern Romania has submitted a funding request for the implementation of a renewable energy project aimed at constructing a 2.5 MW photovoltaic park and an integrated battery storage system. The application was officially filed on July 14, according to the official announcement. The investment will cover the airport’s full electricity needs […]
Romania will face some of the most severe economic consequences of heatwaves in Europe, with projected losses expected to exceed -2.5% of GDP by 2055–2064 due to lowered labor productivity, according to research published in Nature Communications and quoted by Euronews. ...
The Bucharest City Hall is inviting residents to take part in a blood donation session on Monday, July 21, organized in partnership with the Bucharest Blood Transfusion Center. The event will take place at the City Hall headquarters on Regina Elisabeta Boulevard. Throughout the session, medical staff from the Blood Transfusion Center will be on-site […]
Romania attracted roughly EUR 391 million in real estate investments during the first half of 2025, marking only a slight 6.5% decrease compared to the same period last year (EUR 418 million). Despite the dip, H1 2025 ranks as the second-best performing first semester in the past 12 years, standing 30% above the long-term average, […]
The Bucharest Airports National Company (CNAB) announced on Tuesday, July 15, that it has begun modernization, replacement, and capital repair works on the passenger boarding and disembarkation bridges at Henri Coandă International Airport, Bucharest’s main airport. The works consist of installing three new bridges and modernizing seven of the existing ones. At the end of […]
Local authorities in the mountain town of Râșnov, in Brașov County, have begun installing an electric fence to protect residents from bears that come down from the forest to scavenge for food. According to Râșnov Town Hall representatives, the measure comes as a result of increasingly frequent 112 emergency calls from citizens reporting the presence […]
