Business dissolutions over January - September 2021 were 15.31 pct up from the year-ago period, standing at 22,100 compared to 19,165 in 2020, shows data centralized by the National Trade Register Office (ONRC).Bucharest tops the list with most company dissolutions - 4,012 (up 11.17 pct), followed by the counties of Constanta - 1,099 (+16.79 pct), Timis - 989 (-2.66 pct) and Iasi - 972 (+39.06 pct). The counties with the least number of dissolutions are Covasna - with 128 (+3.23 pct), Mehedinti - 132 (+8.20 pct) and Vaslui - 147 (+12.21).The activity sectors with most company dissolutions in the reporting period were wholesale & retail trade, and the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, with 6,739 business shutdowns nationwide, 20.99 percent higher YoY.Professional, scientific and technical activities, as well as construction, are other business fields where a large number of business dissolutions were reported: 2,083 (+13.83 pct), and 2,092 (+10.75 pct), respectively.As many as 2,794 dissolutions were recorded this September, most of them in Bucharest (423) and the counties of Constanta (152), Cluj (125), and Arges (121).
Romanian director Cristian Mungiu will be part of the jury that will judge the films in the main competition of this year’s Venice Film Festival - Venezia 82. The jury, headed by American director Alexander Payne, includes French director and screenwriter Stéphane Brizé, Italian director and screenwriter Maura Delpero, Iranian director and writer Mohammad Rasoulof, Brazilian actress, writer, and […]
Romania continues to face significant prison overcrowding, according to the Council of Europe’s latest data, released on Friday, July 18. The 2024 Annual Penal Statistics on Prison Populations (SPACE I) show that Romania is among six countries in Europe with severe overcrowding, housing 116 inmates for every 100 available places. The report, which...
Chris Hemsworth returns to Disney+ in August with a new season of the National Geographic documentary series Limitless, this time focused not just on longevity, but on discovering how to live better. Titled Limitless: Live Better Now, the three-part season follows Hemsworth through physical, emotional, and mental challenges across six countries, with one standout episode […]
The Black Sea 200 Regatta 2025, Romania’s first non-stop offshore regatta with a 200 nautical mile route, takes place between July 21 and 27. Now in its first edition, the event brings together more than 10 boats from Romania and Bulgaria, according to the organizers. The endurance course will start and finish in the Romanian […]
The National Environmental Guard has fined an illegally operating zoo in Dâmbovița county, southern Romania, a total of RON 120,000 following a joint inspection that uncovered serious violations, including the lack of environmental authorization and inadequate conditions for wild animals kept in captivity. The zoo was reportedly charging RON 50 per person for entry and […]
The National Cybersecurity Directorate (DNSC) and engineering company Enevo Group have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to strengthen cybersecurity in Romania’s energy sector. The partnership aims to test and develop monitoring and alerting technologies for cyberattacks, and to improve national response coordination to incidents affecting critical infrastructure, the companies said. The agreement focuses on sharing […]
