A total of 47,854 companies were struck off the register nationwide in the first nine months of 2023, 7.9% fewer than in the same period last year, according to statistics from the National Trade Register Office (ONRC).The highest number of companies that suspended their activity in the mentioned interval were from Bucharest municipality - 7,900, down 6.21% compared to January-September 2022.By activity sectors, the highest number of dissolved companies was recorded in wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles - 12,109 (minus 14.02%, compared to January - September 2022), professional, scientific and technical activities - 4,178 (minus 3.47%), construction - 3,759 (minus 20.19%) and agriculture, forestry and fishing - 3,583 (+3.92%).In September 2023, there were 4,860 firm dissolutions, most of them in Bucharest (926) and in the counties of Cluj (268), Constanta (202) and Timis (200).
Romania was formally designated the 43rd country to join the US Visa Waiver Program (VWP) on Friday, January 10. According to the Romanian ambassador to Washington, Andrei Muraru, Romanian citizens will be able to travel to the US without the need for a visa starting March 31, 2025. "Romania becomes the first country in the […]
Cluj-Napoca, the city in Romania with some of the highest rents and a fast-growing IT industry, is closer to banning smoking in playgrounds and parks after mayor Emil Boc expressed his support for the measure. The mayor cited the prioritization of public health as the reason behind such a ban. He mentioned that he has […]
Romania's Sibiu County Emergency Clinical Hospital will receive a robotic system to prepare cytostatic drugs needed by cancer patients, along with other equipment, after the County Council obtained funds from the European Regional Development Fund. With an estimated value of EUR 1 million, the "Robotic Composition System for Sterile Preparations of Cytostatic Drugs" is among […]
Romania’s government adopted in its January 10 meeting a decision granting an extra day off to public sector employees at the beginning of May. Thus, Friday, May 2, will be an official day off for public sector workers, linking the legal holiday of May 1 (Labor Day) with the weekend (May 3-4). This...
The Ministry of Environment announced that 2024 was the hottest year in the history of Romania's meteorological records. Red alerts for heat waves began in June of 2024, with the longest consecutive periods of persistent and intense heat waves, six consecutive days, between July 13-18 and August 15-20. "The year 2024 is the hottest year...
Supporters of former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu gathered outside the Parliament Palace in Bucharest, which houses the Constitutional Court, on January 10, demanding a rerun of the second round of the presidential elections. The protest, dubbed "The Great Judicial Union," was initiated by Georgescu, who called on his supporters to challenge the election annulment, as […]
