The Competition Council announced on Friday that it analyzes the transaction by which Italians from AFV Acciaierie Beltrame SpA intend to take over the stock belonging to COS Targoviste which is now in judicial reorganization. Functional stock that is part of the transaction includes real estate assets, equipment needed for the production activity, and other activities. COS Targoviste is the only manufacturer of concrete steel in Romania. The company was in the portfolio of the Russian group Mechel and is now controlled by Mazur Investments Ltd, an offshore from Cyprus with over 86% of shares. Beltrame Group, a company activating in the steel industry, with branches in Italy, France, Germany, Romania and South America, a European leader in the manufacture of commercial laminated bars and profiles, offered 38.3 million euros for COS Targoviste shares. COS Targoviste is now in judicial reorganization procedure, production activities stopping in 2019. In Romania, AFV Group Beltrame acts by means of Donolams, which own and operates the production unit. The group also includes Beltrame, a newly setup company.
Romania registered the third lowest employment rate in the EU in 2023, following Italy and Greece, according to recent Eurostat data. Only 69% of Romanians aged between 20 and 64 are employed, meaning nearly one-third of Romanians are not working. Certain factors influence these figures. Romania makes use of a category of special pensions applied […]
Authorities are looking into the case of a Romanian minor who was allegedly sold for RON 8,000 (EUR 1,600) and arrived in Germany with false documents. Romanian authorities were notified by those in Germany regarding the case, but investigations are still ongoing. The minor is currently in the care of the German state. The boy […]
The residential market had a strong start in 2024, with the first quarter ending with an 18% increase in the number of residential transactions in Bucharest compared to the same period last year, according to Colliers data. In the rest of the country, the increase was slightly higher - 19%. According to Colliers consultants, buying […]
Siemens Healthineers, the medical technology branch of the German multinational, recently launched its newest MRI scanner, the MAGNETOM Flow, during an event held in Bucharest on April 24. Featured in one of the panels during the event, Sonja Wehsely, executive vice president CEECA Siemens Healthineers, highlighted the strengths of the new scanner. Wehsely, who has […]
The Romanian General Prosecutor's Office officially announced the indictment of former president Ion Iliescu, former prime minister Petre Roman, and former deputy prime minister Gelu-Voican Voiculescu for crimes against humanity, in the case of the Mineriada (miners' riot) of June 1990. Along with the three, the former director of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI), Virgil […]
Uber launched its Green service in the popular mountain city of Brașov, in central Romania, on April 25, with a fleet of environmentally friendly vehicles such as Toyota Prius, Hyundai Ioniq, Tesla Model Y, and Volkswagen ID.3. Previously, the Uber Green option was made available to residents and tourists of Cluj-Napoca in November 2023. “We […]
