Foreign direct investment in Romania reached 4.394 billion euros in the first eight months of 2021, as against 1.481 billion euros in the same period in 2020, which is a surge by 196.69%, according to data with the National Bank of Romania (BNR)."The direct investment of non-residents in Romania amounted to 4.394 billion euros (as against 1.481 billion euros in January-August 2020), of which equity investment (including estimated net reinvested profit) amounted to a net value of 3The 3,612 start-ups had a subscribed share capital of 28.241 million US dollars, more than twice as much as that of the companies registered in January-August 2020, of 13.032 million dollars.In August, 508 companies with foreign contributions to the capital were registered. By fields, most registrations were in wholesale and retail trade, car and motorcycle repair (24.8% of the total), professional, administrative, scientific and technical activities (24.41%) and transport, storage, and communications (14.57%).At the end of August 2021, there were 234,588 companies running in Romania on foreign contributions to the share capital. The value of the subscribed capital was 64.144 billion US dollars.The largest number of companies with foreign contributions belonged to investors from Italy - 50,241 (subscribed capital of 3.909 billion dollars), but the highest value of the share capital belongs to Dutch companies, 12.687 billion US dollars in 5,623 companies. .803 billion euros, and the intragroup loans had a net value of 591 million euros."The number of newly established companies running on foreign capital in Romania increased in the first eight months of 2021 by 44.8% from the same period in 2020, to 3,612 units, according to data centralised by the National Companies Registry Office (ONRC).The 3,612 start-ups had a subscribed share capital of 28.241 million US dollars, more than twice as much as that of the companies registered in January-August 2020, of 13.032 million dollars.In August, 508 companies with foreign contributions to the capital were registered. By fields, most registrations were in wholesale and retail trade, car and motorcycle repair (24.8% of the total), professional, administrative, scientific and technical activities (24.41%) and transport, storage, and communications (14.57%).At the end of August 2021, there were 234,588 companies running in Romania on foreign contributions to the share capital. The value of the subscribed capital was 64.144 billion US dollars.The largest number of companies with foreign contributions belonged to investors from Italy - 50,241 (subscribed capital of 3.909 billion dollars), but the highest value of the share capital belongs to Dutch companies, 12.687 billion US dollars in 5,623 companies.
Bistriţa, a city in northern Romania and a former Saxon burg, has been included in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN), in the newly-established category of Architecture. This creative field adds to the seven existing ones: Crafts and Folk Art, Design, Film, Gastronomy, Literature, Media Arts, and Music. Bistriţa is one of 58 cities that […]
Real estate developers building residential projects in Bucharest’s District 1 will now be required to contribute financially to the construction of elementary schools in areas lacking educational facilities, the district’s City Hall announced on October 31, Profit.ro...
A bipartisan group of senior members of the United States Congress is preparing legislation to block the Pentagon’s plan to downsize the American military presence in Romania and other NATO outposts along the alliance’s eastern flank,
Prime minister Ilie Bolojan announced that he would not attend the “Prime Minister’s Hour” debate scheduled in Parliament for November 3, citing prior commitments related to Romania’s defence industry partnership with Germany’s Rheinmetall AG. The session had been requested separately by the opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the nationalist Alliance for the Union of […]
Agroserv Măriuța SA (BVB: MILK), a Romanian company in the agricultural sector and owner of the Lăptăria cu Caimac brand, announced the successful closing of the private placement for a new issue of guaranteed corporate bonds, through which it attracted the entire targeted amount of EUR 3 million. “This transaction allows us to refinance the […]
Austrian bicycle manufacturer Simplon will open a new production facility in Timișoara, western Romania, in early 2026, as part of a restructuring plan that will see a partial relocation of operations from its headquarters in Hard, Vorarlberg, Der Standard reported, as cited by Ziarul Financiar. The...
