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).
Romanians showed up in record numbers to vote in the second round of the presidential elections, both in the country and abroad. The exit poll results presented on Sunday evening pointed to a strong lead for Bucharest’s pro-EU mayor Nicusor Dan (54%-46%), but are only relevant for the domestic vote. Both candidates claimed victory in […]
Romanians showed up in large numbers to vote in the second round of the country’s presidential elections, one of the most important democratic tests Romania has seen in the last three decades. At 14:00, exactly halfway through the voting process in the country, over 5.63 million Romanians have cast their votes, compared with 4.52 million […]
Romanians abroad have mobilized massively to vote in the second round of the country’s presidential elections. Update: By Sunday afternoon (15:00 Bucharest time), over 1.2 million Romanians have voted abroad for the country's next president. That's some 220,000 more votes than the overall total in the first round. The countries with the largest turnout are […]
Romanians abroad have mobilized massively to vote in the second round of the country’s presidential elections. The vote in Diaspora started on Friday morning, and by Saturday evening (at 19:00), over 609,000 Romanians had already cast their votes. The turnout is almost 90% higher than the one recorded at the same time in the first […]
It's almost impossible to think about anything not related to elections this weekend but if you should need some distraction, there are options. Happening now is the European Film Festival, screening recent productions from the continent, very varied in theme, tone, and genre. The fest is playing Bucharest, Sfântu Gheorghe and Timișoara until Sunday and […]
Modernization work is ready to start at Bucharest’s Henri Coandă International Airport, also known as the Otopeni Airport, following an investment of over RON 112.4 million (some EUR 22 million) led by the National Company Bucharest Airports (CNAB), news agency Agerpres reported. The company...
