The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) Group reported a consolidated net profit of RON 5.48 million for Q2 2024, up 244 percent from the RON 1.59 million recorded in the same quarter of the previous year, and 85 percent higher than in Q1 2024.BVB Group's consolidated net profit in H1 advanced 152 percent to RON 8.44 million, and its consolidated operating profit reached RON 7 million, by RON 6.85 million more compared to the previous period, mainly due to the positive evolution of revenues in all of the group's business segments.As of June 30, 2024 the group's total consolidated assets amounted to RON 246.53 million, up 4 percent or by RON 9.40 million compared to December 31, 2023.Current assets stand at RON 128.29 million, 8 percent down from December 31, 2023, as a result of liquidity reinvestment in long-term government securities.BVB Group's equity amounts to RON 172.82 million, 3 percent down compared to the beginning of the year.
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 […]
