Expert Insolventa SRL, as judiciary administrator of Hunedoara Energy Complex Company is in insolvency procedure, transferred shares to the Energy Ministry by completing the mechanism mentioned by Emergency Order 60/2019, the company informs in a press release. This transfer and the sale of Mintia Thermopower Central of December 2022, represent the biggest restructuring of a company of straegic importance made in Romania, with the continuation of activity and ensuring most jobs. The transfer value is over 1 billion lei, reported to the market value established in insolvency procedure. According to Emil Gros, coordinating associate of Insolvency Expert SPRL, once the procedure provided by OUG 60/2019, the transfer of all functional energy and mining shares which serve the activity of Paroseni Power Plant and of subsidiaries Onea, Livezeni, Vulcan, Lupeni and Prestserv is ensured. At the same time, the present staff is transferred ti the new company Valea Jiului Energy Complex, ensuring electric energy supply, as well as the continuation of activity within the National Electroenergy System. Thus the activity of SCEH stops without socio-social impact and its entering banckruptcy will be decided in court.
Romania has reached a purchasing power per capita of EUR 11,105, approximately 45% below the European average – a figure that places the country in 31st place in the European top, according to the "NIQ Purchasing Power Europe 2025" study. Compared to 2024, Romania moved up one position in the NIQ ranking. Comparatively, at a […]
Ionuț Costea, former head of EximBank, and Sebastian Vlădescu, former finance minister, were released on November 5 following an extraordinary prescription procedure, according to a statement from Romania's High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ). The two had been sentenced in 2023 to six and seven years in prison, respectively, for taking a EUR 5.5 […]
Prime minister Ilie Bolojan, who also serves as president of the Liberal Party (PNL), stated on November 4 that, at the meeting of the party's National Political Bureau the same day, support was renewed for resolving the issue related to special (magistrates') pensions this month, but also for the reform in public administration, according to
Knauf Insulation Romania, the local subsidiary of a division of the German group Knauf, has officially inaugurated its new glass mineral wool factory in Târnăveni, Mureș County, after an investment of EUR 140 million, for which the company also received EUR 18 million in state aid. "Our factory in Târnăveni, equipped with state-of-the-art technology, has […]
Corden BioChem, an expert in industrial biotechnology, could resume production at the bioethanol factory it took over from Swiss Clariant in southern Romania (or "Lesser Wallachia" as indicated by the company) at Podari, after the Competition Council authorised the takeover of the steam and electricity supplier. The company announced on its website that the Podari […]
Romania’s general government budget deficit can drop below 6.5% of GDP next year, possibly approaching 6% of GDP, to further drop below 5% of GDP if the tax evasion and tax avoidance are addressed, the head of the Fiscal Council, Daniel Daianu, said, speaking in a conference organised by Curs de Guvernare, as reported by […]
