The number of women shareholders or business associates in Romanian companies was 567,626 as of end-August, accounting for 36.98 percent of the country's total number of shareholders or associates, shows data with the National Trade Registry Office (ONRC).Male shareholders or associates with the 1,086,496 companies operating in Romania as of end-August stood at 967,171, accounting for 63.02 percent of the total 1,534,797 business associates/individual shareholders in the reporting period.According to ONRC statistics, the highest number of women shareholders/business associates was in Bucharest City - 125,527 (36.10 pct), followed by Cluj County - 30,825 (35.93 pct), Ilfov County - 27,715 (37.43 pct) and Timis County - 25,802 (36.12 pct); the counties with the fewest female shareholders/business associates were Covasna - with 3,577 (36.49 pct), Mehedinti - 3,742 (37.39 pct) and Ialomita - 4,113 (37.81 pct).
June is the richest month. The most awaited two weeks in my annual festival pilgrimage. The route starts with Romania’s Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), followed by Italy’s (and the world’s) most comprehensive festival for restored and archival film: Il Cinema Ritrovato. To shake up the traditional article on the two, I’ll start with the […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Roughly 70% of Romanians are “very” or “moderately” concerned about how AI accesses and uses their data, according to the latest survey conducted by RoCoach in partnership with Novel Research between May and June 2025. Distrust in automated decision-making and the demand for regulation are becoming more pronounced, as Romania rolls out major digitalization projects […]
The Armenian Street Festival returns for a 9th edition between August 1 and 3, 2025, in the “Dimitrie Brândză” Botanical Garden in Bucharest. The festival brings into focus the living heritage of the Armenian community in Romania and the diaspora. According to the organizers, this year’s edition aims to strengthen the Bucharest–Chișinău–Yerevan cultural axis, articulated […]
The Romanian mergers and acquisitions market registered a total of 122 announced transactions in the first half of 2025, with a value exceeding EUR 2.7 billion, marking a slight increase of 6% in volume and 4% in value compared to the same period last year, according to an analysis by George Ureche, partner at PwC Romania. […]
