Romania will have to allocate approximately 2% of GDP annually over the next 10 years, representing the financial contribution related to European-funded projects, to which is added the demand to complete the entire infrastructure presented in the Investment Plan for the development of transport infrastructure for the period 2020 - 2030.The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (MTI) published, on Friday, in public debate, the draft Government Decision on approving the Investment Plan for the development of transport infrastructure for the period 2020 - 2030, the deadline for receiving proposals and comments being December 14, 2021.According to the substantiation note that accompanies the draft normative act, the Investment Plan develops a strategy of ensuring the necessary financing for the 10 years of implementation starting from the correlation of the main financing sources available to Romania: PNRR, POT, CEF 2.0 and the national budget.In total, the financing need for all transport sectors in Romania over the next decade is 72.77 billion euros. Of this amount, 34.19 billion euros is dedicated to road infrastructure, 20.63 billion euros to railway infrastructure, 10.7 billion euros to metro infrastructure, 4.46 billion euros to naval infrastructure and 2.79 billion euros dedicated to airport infrastructure.The maximum estimated allocations for European funding are 40.78 billion euros (of which 13.43 non-reimbursable external funds and 27.35 maximum contribution from the state budget, including the over-contracting mechanism), resulting in a deficit of 31.99 billion euros, which can be covered from the state budget, respectively by external loans and private funds.
The final version of Romania's national defence strategy 2025-2030, as amended following the public consultations and approved by the members of the Supreme National Defence Council (CSAT), is to be presented by president Nicusor Dan in Parliament, where it will be debated and voted on by lawmakers. The Romanian state must be prepared to manage […]
The 5 to go coffee chain, including over 650 units nationwide, is expanding its service portfolio through a partnership with Fibula Air Travel tour operator, for which it will distribute tourist packages, Ziarul Financiar reported. Fibula Air Travel has a significant presence in the markets...
The French group Groupe Atlantic is set to inaugurate the factory in Ariceştii Rahtivani, Prahova County, in the coming weeks, a greenfield investment of over EUR 50 million, announced Ziarul Financiar. So far, about EUR 40 million has been invested, and the remaining EUR 10 million is planned by the end...
Fondul Proprietatea (FP), as a minority shareholder (20%) at Bucharest Airports Company (CAB), proposed that the company could issue, under an IPO at Bucharest Exchange (BVB), a number of shares equal to half of its current shares, to finance the construction of a new terminal. The operation would preserve the state's majority position and generate […]
Sales of the Dacia Sandero model were the highest in Europe in October, although the volume was slightly lower than a year ago. The Romanian model managed to surpass its main rivals, the Clio and the T-Roc, according to Profit.ro. The Sandero is mainly built in Morocco, where...
The macroeconomic confidence index compiled by Romania's CFA Society association of analysts, based on a survey among its members, plunged sharply by 7.3 points to 30.2 points, with the current conditions (32.3 points) only marginally superior to the expectations (29.2 points). The current conditions are at a historic low level, while the analysts have shared […]
