The direct investment of non-residents in Romania decreased to 6.1 billion euros in the first 10 months of this year, from 9.5 billion euros in the period January - October 2022, according to the data of the National Bank of Romania, published on Thursday."The direct investment of non-residents in Romania were 6.148 billion euros (compared to 9.529 billion euros in the period January - October 2022), of which equity investment (including the estimated net reinvested profit) amounted to a net value of 6.078 billion euros, and the intra-group loans recorded a net value of 70 million euros," the BNR press release reads.The number of companies with newly established foreign capital in Romania decreased by 5.3%, in the first ten months of this year, compared to the similar period in 2022, to 5,850 units, according to the data centralized by the National Trade Registry Office (ONRC).The 5,850 new companies aggregated a subscribed capital in the total amount of 120.927 million dollars, an increase of almost 3.5 times compared to the subscribed capital of companies registered in the period January-September 2022, of 35.06 million dollars.In October 2023, 608 new companies with foreign participation in the social capital were registered. By fields of activity, most companies were registered in wholesale and retail trade, car and motorcycle repair (30.92pct), professional, administrative, scientific and technical activities (21.38pct of the total) and transport, storage and communications (13.16pct).At the end of October 2023, there were 250,066 companies with foreign participation in the share capital in Romania. The value of the subscribed capital was almost 69.11 billion USD.The largest number of companies with foreign participation was with investors from Italy, respectively 52,601 (subscribed capital of 3.42 billion USD), but the highest value of the share capital belongs to Dutch companies, respectively 12.847 billion USD, in 6,055 companies.
TikTok has launched an Election Center dedicated to Romania's upcoming elections as part of its broader effort to protect "the integrity of the platform" and promote access to reliable information. The initiative is supported by a new media literacy campaign and ongoing collaboration with more than 20 fact-checking partners, the company said in a statement. […]
Romanian acting president Ilie Bolojan met on Friday, April 25, with a delegation from the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, or ODIHR, of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), according to a statement from the presidential administration. The acting president told the delegation that Romania "is faithful to democratic principles […]
Shareholders of Romanian oil company OMV Petrom recently approved the distribution of record dividends amounting to RON 2.8 billion (EUR 562.6 million) for the 2024 financial year, as well as the 2025 budget, which provides for investments of RON 8.1 billion (EUR 1.6 billion). The decision was taken during the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meetings […]
The 2025 edition of the European Film Festival (FFE), which takes place this year in Bucharest and nine other cities, will screen more than 40 feature films, 28 of which are national premieres. The festival will also present two selections of short films, also screened as national premieres. Among them are 11 documentaries, 13 films […]
Update: The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in an official press release that the Romanian citizen was initially detained in the Abkhazia region four months ago and was later transferred to Sochi, Russia. "Steps have already been taken to provide consular protection and assistance with the central and local authorities, in accordance with international regulations," […]
Russia’s Federal Security Service, FSB, said on Friday, April 25, that it arrested a 23-year-old Romanian citizen on suspicion of spying for Ukraine by sharing the locations of Russian air defense systems. The unnamed man is accused of collecting and transmitting information about air defense sites in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi to […]
