Casa Rusu, one of the oldest furniture manufacturers and retailers in Romania, enters insolvency through a simplified procedure, according to a decision taken by the Timis Court. The Rus Savitar Group – Casa Rusu was founded in 1994 by the Rusu family, which is also the owner of Rus Savitar SA, the company through which they produce furniture, and at the same time the creditor in this process through which Casa was declared insolvent through a simplified procedure Rusu SRL. In 2019, the Rusu family sold the business to the Greenbridge investment fund, to buy it back in 2023. “The solution in short: Accept the request. Open the simplified insolvency procedure against the debtor. The Banta? Romana – Diana Individual Insolvency Cabinet is appointed provisional judicial liquidator”, the court’s decision states. The legislation provides that “the simplified insolvency procedure represents the insolvency procedure through which the debtor who meets the conditions provided by law enters directly into the bankruptcy procedure, either with the opening of the insolvency procedure, or after an observation period of a maximum of 20 days, during which analyzes the fulfillment of the legal conditions”. According to listafirme.ro, CASA RUSU SRL had a turnover of just over 65 million lei in 2023 and losses of 7.4 million lei, with an average number of employees of 142. The turnover is 11 million lei lower than in 2022, when the company had 246 employees and recorded similar losses. In 2016, it recorded the highest profit, i.e. just over 3 million lei, on a turnover of 75 million lei. In 2023, another Romanian online furniture retailer Vivre, founded in 2013, entered insolvency.
The European Commission has approved a payment of EUR 1.27 billion to Romania as part of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) funding worth some EUR 28 billion in total. The rest of the scheduled payment, totaling EUR 870 million, was suspended. Romania’s European funds minister, Marcel Boloș, announced that three objectives included in […]
The tech startups YellowGrid, WiseWatts and Procesio won CleanTech Corporate Hackathon 2025, the first event dedicated to innovators, startups and scaleups creating AI-based technologies and solutions for sustainable energy in South East Europe. YellowGrid, the team that won first place and the EUR 5,000 prize, is composed of Cătălin Stăncel, Sergiu Mureșan, Andrei Antohie and […]
Romanians' trust in the EU is well above the European average, but they occasionally show different priorities compared to those of most Europeans, according to the most recent Eurobarometer survey. The measurement, conducted in the winter and spring of 2025, shows an overall increase in European citizens’ trust in the EU, especially in the areas […]
Romania has dropped four positions in the global Startup Ecosystem 2025 report by StartupBlink. It is now ranked 48th worldwide, and has lost ground in Eastern Europe, where it dropped from 8th to 9th place, after Ukraine advanced one position and Greece two positions, surpassing Romania globally. However, Romania is now 16th in the global AI top […]
The Nufărul geothermal station in Oradea, developed through a European project worth EUR 25 million, was officially inaugurated on Thursday, May 29. The station is the first of its kind in Romania, and builders had to drill approximately 2,800 meters for water. “All extracted water comes to the geothermal station on Iancu de Hunedoara Street, […]
CTP, a leading developer, owner, and operator of industrial and logistics properties, has extended its collaboration with HelpShip, a major e-fulfillment and logistics provider within the euShipments.com group, increasing HelpShip’s leased space to 20,000 sqm at CTPark Oradea Cargo Terminal. The expanded facility will serve as the company’s main fulfilment center. With HelpShip’s growth from […]
