The president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Odile Renaud-Basso, is visiting Romania on March 20-21, where she will meet with a number of government officials and business representatives.According to a press release of the international financial institution, the visit of the EBRD President comes at a time when the institution is preparing new five-year strategies for Romania and Bulgaria, which will go into public consultation at the end of this year.EBRD investments in Bulgaria doubled last year, reaching 272 million euros, while in Romania they increased from 658 million euros to 707 million euros, the financial institution firmly supporting the transition to a green economy in both countries.In Romania, Odile Renaud-Basso will meet with prime minister Marcel Ciolacu, finance minister Tanczos Barna, energy minister Sebastian Burduja, as well as business representatives, diplomats and civil society representatives. Odile Renaud-Basso will be accompanied by the EBRD director for Romania, Victoria Zinchuk."The EBRD is a key partner and a major institutional investor in both Bulgaria and Romania. This visit underlines the EBRD's commitment to supporting economic development," said Odile Renaud-Basso, quoted in the press release.The EBRD is a major institutional investor in Romania, was the organization has invested over 11.6 billion euros in 560 projects. A significant share of its financing supports private sector development, sustainability and innovation.
The exhibition RomanIa – Identity representation of traditional dress in art, currently on view at the National Museum of Art of Romania (MNAR), gathers a variety of artistic representations of the traditional blouse ia, from painting and sculpture, to drawing, photography, installation, film, music, posters, fashion, books, albums, and more. It includes works by Henri […]
Over 136,000 non-EU citizens held residence permits for employment in Romania at the end of August this year, most of them coming from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Moldova, and India, and two out of three immigrants live in Bucharest, Ilfov, Constanța, Timiș, and Cluj, according to a study conducted by the Economic and Social Council. […]
Romanian prosecutors conducted house searches in 12 locations in Bucharest and two in Târgu Mureș on Wednesday, November 26, in a case targeting former employees of bankrupt insurer Euroins. Specifically, the searches targeted 10 individuals who held executive management positions within Euroins, as well as the headquarters of legal entities controlled by the Bulgarian shareholders […]
Prices in Bucharest’s premium residential market have doubled over the past few years, reaching record highs amid a severe shortage of supply in the city’s most exclusive neighborhoods, Cushman & Wakefield Echinox said. Areas such as Primăverii, Kiseleff, Aviatorilor, and Dorobanți continue to dominate demand. Over the past 2 or 3 years, prices for premium […]
The Romanian Consulate in New York shared on social media the story of George Pomuț (George Pomutz, born Gheorghe Pomuț), the Romanian-American who facilitated the sale of Alaska to the US. Despite his role in US history, the Romanian is largely unknown today, the Consulate noted. Pomuț was born in the Hungarian town of Gyula, […]
Shares of Cris-Tim Family Holding (BVB: CFH) began trading on the Bucharest Stock Exchange on November 26 after an IPO worth RON 454.35 million (EUR 89.3 million) conducted last month. Cris-Tim is now the largest entrepreneurial company in the food sector on the BVB Main Market. The funds raised from institutional and over 8,000 retail […]
