Direct investments of Italian companies in Romania amount to approximately 8.15 billion euros, the secretary general of the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIR), Ovidiu Silaghi, told a specialized seminar on Tuesday."We can notice an important increase in the volume of goods traded between Romania and Italy, starting in 2020. Now we are at approximately 20 billion euros, in three years. Of course, the bad news for Romania is that it recorded a trade deficit of approximately one billion euros, a huge volume. The direct investments of Italian companies amount to about 8.15 billion euros. Also, Romania has the largest stock of direct foreign investments from Italy. due to our cultural heritage, but also from a linguistic point of view, I have good reasons to be optimistic about the future. The Chamber of Commerce is always and will always be open for joint projects with Italian companies, but also with the Italian Embassy in Romania in order to develop solid bilateral ties in the future," said Silaghi.The Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in partnership with the Italian Embassy in Romania, is organizing, on Tuesday, the economic seminar entitled "The role of Italian investments and trade in the development of the Romanian economy".On this occasion, the study carried out by the Italian Embassy in Bucharest, in collaboration with the Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, by the research team of the Romanian Economic Monitor (Monitorului Economic Român/FSEGA), will be presented, which analyzes the contribution and evolution of the presence Italian economy in Romania in the period 2013-2023.
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The health spending per capita in Romania was the lowest in the EU, with spending less than half the EU average in 2023, the recently released report, State of Health in the EU - Romania Country Health Profile 2025, shows. At the same time, life expectancy in Romania is 5.1 years below the EU average, […]
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Three French soldiers deployed in Romania as part of NATO’s Multinational Battle Group at Cincu intervened to save a truck driver following a serious traffic accident on the A3 Bucharest–Ploiești motorway, the Romanian Ministry of Defense said. The incident occurred earlier this week as the soldiers were traveling toward Ploiești and witnessed the truck crash...
Eight contemporary art galleries will present the works of the artists they represent at the third edition of the Smallest Art Fair in Town, an event dedicated to works on paper. This edition showcases works “investigating the state of wandering, disorientation, and rediscovery in the face of uncertainty.” Under the title In Dark Woods, A […]
Parents everywhere are asking an important question: What skills will truly prepare a child for a world defined by rapid change, global uncertainty, and the rise of artificial intelligence? For decades, schools focused entirely on academics. Today, research from neuroscience, performance psychology, and leading universities shows a different reality: The students who thrive long-term are […]
