The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) won 5.28 billion RON from the capitalization, 2.3 pct respectively, in the first week of 2022, and the value of the transactions with shares registered a decrease of 12 pct, compared to the previous week, according to the data published by BVB.The market capitalization reached 234.363 billion RON in the period 3 - 7 January 2022, from 229.078 billion RON recorded in the week of 27 - 31 December 2021.The transactions with shares generated a turnover of 129.897 million RON in the said week, down from 147.779 million RON in the previous week.The best trading day at BVB was Wednesday, January 5, when there was a turnover of 36.69 million RON, and the worst day, Friday, January 7, with a transaction value of 16.6 million RON. The main index of the Bucharest Stock Exchange - BET - closed the week at 13,156.95 points. Banca Transilvania's shares were the most liquid securities on the main segment of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, generating transactions of 28.694 million RON and a 1.36 pct increase in the share of the market.Teraplast securities are also in the top of transactions, with exchanges of 11.443 million RON (+9.55%), followed by Nuclearelectrica shares, with transactions of 10.050 million RON (-0.11%).The most significant increases in quotations were recorded by Carbochim shares (+47.37 pct), those of Promateris (+25 pct) and Alro securities (+13.33 pct).At the opposite pole, important drops were recorded by the shares of the Electrocontact Industrial Group, which registered a decline of 13.51 pct, followed by those of the House of Bucovina - Club de Munte (-8.67 pct) and of Rompetrol Rafinare (-6.71 pct).
British heavy metal band Iron Maiden will perform at Bucharest’s National Arena on May 28, 2026, as part of their “Run For Your Lives” anniversary world tour, promoter Emagic announced on Thursday, September 18. The concert will feature a career-spanning setlist highlighting defining moments from the group’s five-decade history, accompanied by what organizers described as […]
Daniela Schoppmeyer, the majority shareholder and general manager of Faberrom, a company that took over in the 1990s most of the spaces of the former APACA clothing factory in western Bucharest, is the new owner of half of the emblematic Scala residential block, on Magheru Boulevard, Profit.ro reported. Schoppmeyer...
The Bucharest Municipal Parking Company (CMPB) inaugurated 189 new parking facilities with more than 12,400 spaces in the first half of 2025, while revenues from parking fees rose 20% year-on-year to RON 50.4 million (roughly EUR 10 million), the company said on Thursday, September 18. CMPB reported a net profit of RON 28.3 million for January–June […]
Romania has inaugurated underwater seagrass meadows and artificial reefs in the Black Sea as part of a major restoration project aimed at curbing erosion and reviving marine biodiversity, the National Administration “Apele Române” said. More than 20 hectares of seabed have already been planted with Zostera noltii seagrass and transplanted with Cystoseira barbata seaweed, creating […]
A former pastor from California has been accused of sexual abuse and child trafficking at a shelter he ran in Bucharest, according to lawsuits filed by two Romanian men in the California District Court, AP reported. The complaints, filed by 33-year-old Marian Barbu and 40-year-old Mihai-Constantin Petcu, reportedly say that former pastor and missionary of […]
Four cities, namely Bistrița, Deva, Oradea, and Tulcea, have submitted bids to become Romania’s Youth Capital in 2027, organizers announced after the first round of applications closed on September 15. The competition, inspired by the European Youth Capital program, highlights cities’ commitment to investing in young people and involving them in community life. “The fact […]
