The number of newly established companies running on foreign capital in Romania increased in January 2024 by 0.4%, compared to the same period in 2023, to 481 units, according to data centralized by the National Trade Register Office (ONRC).The 481 new companies had a total subscribed share capital of USD 2.958 million, up 28.1% from the subscribed capital of companies registered in January 2023, of USD 2.309 million.By fields of activity, most registrations were in wholesale and retail trade, auto and motorcycle repair (25.99% of the total), professional, administrative, scientific and technical activities (19.13% of the total) and transportation, warehousing and communications (16.42%).At the end of January 2024, there were 251,707 companies in Romania running on foreign capital. The value of subscribed capital stood at almost USD 70.092 billion.The highest number of companies running on foreign capital had investors from Italy, namely 52,818 (subscribed capital of USD 3.346 billion), but the highest value of share capital belonged to Dutch companies, namely USD 13.019 billion, in 6,098 companies.
Beginning in January 2025, Romania's armed forces have expanded their involvement in NATO's defense measures on the eastern flank by contributing personnel and military equipment to two additional battle groups. These are stationed in Slovakia, where Romania provides an anti-tank detachment, and Bulgaria, where a reconnaissance unit is deployed, the Ministry of Defence (MApN)
The Bucharest Tribunal has ruled to replace Andrew Tate's house arrest with judicial control in the ongoing case where he is investigated for the alleged sexual exploitation of 34 women. The decision is not final, according to News.ro. ...
Hundreds of police officers from several counties in Romania protested on January 14 against the reduction of their incomes as an effect of the fiscal corrective package endorsed by the government at the end of 2024. Under the corrective package, some bonuses have been reduced or eliminated, while overtime will be compensated with...
The Romanian far-right opposition party Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) filed a request to summon the lawmakers on January 20-24 to begin the procedures for suspending president Klaus Iohannis from office, Digi24 reported. AUR...
The leader of Romania's nationalist party Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), George Simion, was elected, on January 14, vice-president of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party (ECR Party), one of the most influential parties on the current European political scene, during a congress organized by the ECR Party in Brussels. "George Simion has […]
The price of natural gas continued to rise on January 14 at Bucharest commodity exchange BRM due to the cooling weather and uncertainties regarding the long-term functionality of the only gas pipeline that still transports Russian gas to Europe, TurkStream. The price exceeded the threshold of RON 300 (EUR 60) per MWh for the first […]
