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.
Romanian tennis player and women’s former world no. 1 Simona Halep said that she decided to withdraw from the Australian Open due to knee and shoulder pain felt after playing in Abu Dhabi. She had received a wild card for the qualifiers of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of 2025. “After discussing […]
Over 1.3 million visitors, including Bucharest residents and tourists from around the world, rediscovered the magic of Christmas at the Romanian capital’s main holiday event, held from November 29 to December 26 in Constituției Square. Organized by the City Hall of Bucharest through CREART – the Center for Creation, Art, and Tradition, the event was […]
Romania is set to close more than 30 border crossing points starting January 1, 2025, following its full accession to the Schengen Area, which entails the removal of internal border checks. The decision was announced in a government decision project published by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and quoted by Libertatea.ro. ...
Metrorex, the operator of the subway network in Bucharest, has proposed a fare increase starting January 1, 2025. Under the new plan, the cost of a single trip would rise from the current RON 3 to RON 5, while the monthly subscription would increase from RON 80 to RON 100, according to a draft order […]
More than 500,000 Romanians are celebrating their name day on Friday, December 27, coinciding with the feast of Saint Stephen, according to data from the Directorate for Personal Records quoted by News.ro. Among them, 364,444 men and 155,791 women...
On Monday, December 23, Romanian police brought Nica Robert Florin back to the country. The man convicted of possession of high-risk drugs, bodily harm, and driving under the influence of alcohol, is listed among Romania’s Most Wanted category and was also wanted internationally. Romanian authorities revealed at the beginning of October that they had indications […]
