Non-residents' direct investment in Romania shrank to EUR 5,080 million at the end of August 2023, from EUR 7,421 in January - August 2022, according to data with the National Bank of Romania (BNR) published on Friday.Equity (including estimated net reinvestment of earnings) and intercompany lending posted net values of EUR 5,477 million and EUR 397 million, respectively.According to data with the National Companies Registry Office (ONRC), the number of start-ups running on new foreign capital established in Romania decreased in the first seven months of 2023 by 2.2%, y-o-y, to 4,037.The 4,037 start-ups' subscribed capital totalled USD 22.422 million, almost similar to USD 22.403 million in January-July 2022..In July 2023, 544 start-ups running on foreign capital were registered. Most registrations were in professional, scientific and technical activities (23.71% of the total); wholesale and retail trade, car and motorcycle repair (23.35%), and transport storage and communications (17.1%).At the end of July 2023, there were 248,252 companies running on foreign capital in Romania. The value of the subscribed capital was USD 68.693 billion.Most of the companies running on foreign capital were started up by investors from Italy, 52,363 of a subscribed capital of USD 4.047 billion, but the highest value of share capital belongs to Dutch companies: USD 12.847 billion in 5,997 companies.
Participation in cultural education activities continues to be limited, with the main barriers being difficult access, insufficient knowledge, and cost, the recently released Cultural Consumption Barometer 2024 shows. The report showed that many Romanians still associate culture with entertainment rather than with personal development or furthering their knowledge. The need for relaxation dominates in cultural […]
Roughly 84% of Romanians say that the pace of the state’s digitalization is slow or very slow, according to an Edge Institute & AtlasIntel study presented at the Digital Governance Summit 2025, which took place on Tuesday, November 25, at the presidential palace in Bucharest. The survey aims to capture the way citizens relate to […]
Romania’s Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) issued a negative opinion on the new bill regarding magistrates’ pensions. The move is only the latest development concerning a heated issue that led to tensions between the executive and the judiciary branch. CSM’s opinion is consultative, and the government led by Ilie Bolojan can still take responsibility for […]
Romania took the presidency of the Central European Initiative (or CEI) on Wednesday, November 26, according to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE). The organization is a regional intergovernmental forum established in 1989, following the fall of the Berlin Wall. It gathers 17 Member States in Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe […]
Trade between Romania and Poland continues to grow, with annual bilateral exchanges in goods now valued at more than EUR 12 billion, according to figures presented by the Polish-Romanian Bilateral Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PRBCC). The data was released during a reception in Bucharest marking Poland’s Independence Day and Romania’s National Day. Polish investments […]
As Romania moves closer to implementing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, local employers are preparing for one of the most consequential shifts in workplace regulation in over a decade. The directive, set for transposition by June 2026, introduces strict new rules on salary disclosure, pay reporting, and equal-pay verification, aiming to close persistent gender gaps […]
