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.
“Little London” Theoretical High School, a private educational institution in Romania that values the Romanian educational system, has started construction work for the expansion of its school campus located in Voluntari, on Erou Iancu Nicolae Street. This initiative will increase high school capacity by 30% starting from the 2025-2026 academic year. In this context, the […]
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 […]
Three-quarters of Romanians believe that the war in Ukraine affects Romania to a very great and fairly great extent, according to the third edition of the Informat.ro barometer by INSCOP Research, carried out between September 1 and 9. The monthly survey, which aims to bring to public attention topics of interest, shows that “opinions are […]
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 […]
