The 2015 edition of Forbes World’s Billionaires list informs us that after a “dry spell†in what concerns Romania’s billionaires, this year we have two of them. Ioan Niculae, one of the most important investors in Romanian agriculture, is 1,605th in the world’s wealthiest people’s list with a wealth estimated at USD 1.2 bln. Ion [...]
Electroputere VFU Pașcani, part of the group of private railway companies Grampet, presented on June 19 the diesel multiple unit (DMU) named Leon. The train, designed and made by Electroputere VFU Paşcani, is the first DMU entirely made in Romania in the last 80 years, the company explained. The three-car DMU has 145 seats, including […]
Forvis Mazars, the international audit, tax and advisory services partnership, announced the launch of its International German-Romanian Desk, an initiative aimed at addressing the demand for integrated cross-border tax and legal support between Germany and Romania on Thursday, June 19. According to the company, the Desk combines a highly qualified German team of lawyers with […]
Simtel (BVB: SMTL), an engineering and technology group listed on the Main Market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, announced on Thursday, June 19, that the Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority has approved the base prospectus for a corporate bond program of up to EUR 30 million. The program allows Simtel to issue bonds in multiple tranches […]
Romania's efforts to stabilize its fiscal position and finalize a new ruling coalition have been delayed after president Nicușor Dan rejected a proposed VAT rate increase central to a budgetary corrective package agreed by the four pro-Western parties,
A sword that may date back to the Bronze Age, roughly 3,500 years ago, was found following searches carried out in a case of aggravated theft, in the commune of Corbasca, Bacău County. The searches targeted the home of a 61-year-old man suspected of illegally possessing a cultural asset likely to be part of the […]
The construction works volume in Romania decreased by 0.5% y/y in gross terms and by 2.8% in workday and seasonal adjusted terms in April, after it boasted a robust 10.6% y/y advance in Q1 (largely on low base effects), according to data published by the statistics office. By type of construction, engineering works—representing approximately 45% […]
