Romania will be closed for new investments as no investor will accept to invest in a country where he has to pay taxes before recovering his losses, stated on Wednesday Gabriel Biris, partner with Biris Goran, at the digital professional debate:’ What have we got out of it? The effects of the fiscal measures package on the economy’, organized by the Coalition for Freedom of Commerce and Communication. He stated that the situation was created as a result of the fact that ‘the budget for 2023 was wrong’ and the Ministry of Finance’ inflated revenues and committed expenditures’ but the revenues were not realized.According to Biris, the measures affecting the Fiscal Code could be divided in two, namely measures coming in an area of normality and measures with negative impact.‘The measures in the Fiscal Code, I would divide them in two categories. I will start with the less damaging, those I consider in an area of normality, namely the changes for microenterprises and some changes as regards the basis for calculating social security contributions for self-employed persons’ said Gabriel Biris.On the other hand, he stated that there are toxic changes, mentioning turnover tax, saying that it is an income tax.Similarly, he referred to supplementary taxation of 2% for the banks, saying that it will affect the health of the banking system. At the same time, he mentioned the supplementary tax for the oil and gas industry, measure which will affect Romgaz, Petrom and Black Sea Oil&Gas.
Representatives of the “Agrippa Ionescu” hospital in Bucharest confirmed on Monday, June 16, that former president Ion Iliescu has lung cancer. Earlier this month, former president Traian Băsescu also underwent a planned heart surgery at a hospital in Paris. Iliescu, who is 95 and was president of Romania from 1989 until 1996 and from 2000 […]
The phenomenon of violence against women perpetrated by their partners is more prevalent in Romania compared to other EU states, according to Eurostat data processed by Monitorul Social, a project of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Romania, or FES. Almost half of the women in Romania (45.5%) have suffered psychological violence from their intimate partner, compared to the EU […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or EBRD, is set to invest EUR 40 million in the company behind the region’s Burger King franchise, the Polish holding company Rex Concepts. The money will go toward supporting the chain's expansion by opening new quick-service restaurants in Poland, Romania, and the Czech Republic. Rex Concepts, backed […]
Via Transilvanica, the long-distance trail that crosses the country, has unveiled a kilometer milestone on Șimian Island, an island on the Danube located downstream of Drobeta-Turnu Severin. It is a symbolic extension for the trail, which stretches from Putna, in northern Romania, to Drobeta Turnu Severin, marking seven years since the Via Transilvanica project began […]
In 1905, the first Siemens company was established in our country. Siemens S.R.L. has consistently invested in education and human capital development, providing scholarships worth nearly €1,900,000 to undergraduate, Master's, and PhD students, for over 10 years. The company maintains long-term collaborations with prestigious technical universities in Bucharest, Brașov, Cluj-Napoca, and Iași. In 2025, Siemens […]
The organizers of Bucharest's Neversea Kapital festival, scheduled for July 4–6, announced the names of two more guests that will complete the lineup, namely house sensation John Summit and techno star Paul Kalkbrenner. John Summit is a big name in the house and electronic dance genres. Recognized by Rolling Stone as “The Hottest Name in […]
