The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) recorded increases of over 3% on the main indices after the Constitutional Court decided on Friday to cancel the entire electoral process of the presidential elections.The main BET index, which shows the evolution of the 20 most liquid companies, registered an appreciation of 3.63%, and the BET-Plus index, which shows the evolution of the 43 most liquid shares on the BVB, recorded an advance of 3.62%.The extended blue-chip index BET-XT, of the 25 most liquid stocks, was up 3.54%, while the yield benchmark for investment funds, BET-BK, rose 3.69%.On the other hand, the BET-FI index of the SIFs recorded an advance of 2.35%, and the BET-NG, the index of the 10 companies in the energy and utilities sector, registered an appreciation of 3.51%.The BET AeRO index, which includes 20 representative companies on the AeRO market, was up by 3.89%.
June is the richest month. The most awaited two weeks in my annual festival pilgrimage. The route starts with Romania’s Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), followed by Italy’s (and the world’s) most comprehensive festival for restored and archival film: Il Cinema Ritrovato. To shake up the traditional article on the two, I’ll start with the […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Roughly 70% of Romanians are “very” or “moderately” concerned about how AI accesses and uses their data, according to the latest survey conducted by RoCoach in partnership with Novel Research between May and June 2025. Distrust in automated decision-making and the demand for regulation are becoming more pronounced, as Romania rolls out major digitalization projects […]
The Armenian Street Festival returns for a 9th edition between August 1 and 3, 2025, in the “Dimitrie Brândză” Botanical Garden in Bucharest. The festival brings into focus the living heritage of the Armenian community in Romania and the diaspora. According to the organizers, this year’s edition aims to strengthen the Bucharest–Chișinău–Yerevan cultural axis, articulated […]
The Romanian mergers and acquisitions market registered a total of 122 announced transactions in the first half of 2025, with a value exceeding EUR 2.7 billion, marking a slight increase of 6% in volume and 4% in value compared to the same period last year, according to an analysis by George Ureche, partner at PwC Romania. […]
