The number of start-ups established on foreign capital in Romania increased in the first two months of 2022 by 21.7%, y-o-y, to 977, according to data with the National Companies Registry Office (ONRC).The 977 new companies had a total subscribed share capital of 4.666 million US dollars, down 57.4% from 10.94 million US dollars in January-February 2021.In February 2022, 537 companies with foreign participation in the share capital were registered. Most registrants were dealing in professional, administrative, scientific and technical activities (26.07%), in wholesale and retail trade, motor vehicle and motorcycle repair (23.09% of the total), and transport, storage and communications (14.34%).At the end of February 2022, there were 237,824 companies running on foreign capital in Romania. The value of the subscribed capital was 66.183 billion US dollars.The largest number of companies running on foreign capital in Romania involved investors from Italy, 50,793 and a subscribed capital of 3.943 billion US dollars, but the highest value of the share capital belongs to Dutch companies, 12.376 billion US dollars in 5,711 companies.
SevenX Ventures increased its stake in Holde Agri Invest, one of Romania’s largest agricultural land operators, the company announced. At the same time, Leonard Leca, a member of Holde’s Board of Directors and an investor in SevenX Ventures, increased his holding in SevenX Ventures to 71%, resulting in a reduction of Vertical Seven Group’s stake […]
The Romanian executive recently granted emergency approvals for banned bee-killing pesticides in clear violation of European regulations, according to the European branch of the well-known US political news outlet Politico. Specifically, the Romanian ministry of agriculture greenlit the use of Cruiser 350 FS - a neonicotinoid insecticide banned in the EU due to its devastating impact...
Romanian finance minister Tanczos Barna confirmed on January 9 that the tax collection agency ANAF, together with the judicial bodies, is investigating the financing of the electoral campaign of former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu, focusing on "the manner and flows of money that arrived from various sources." "It is an investigation alongside the judicial bodies, […]
Romanian energy minister Sebastian Burduja announced that he is considering extending the capping-compensation scheme, in its current form, for another 3-6 months after April 1, 2025 – when it was supposed to be phased off. The ministry is working on several scenarios, he said. One of the scenarios is to keep the compensation-cap scheme for […]
Turkish exporters want to use a new maritime route for their goods and are looking at Romania’s port of Constanta in the context of hundreds of trucks waiting for a long time at the border crossings with Bulgaria, especially at those at Kapikule and Hamzabeyli, according to Türkiye Today. ...
The European Commission has refused to grant a temporary derogation from the obligation to purchase greenhouse gas emission certificates (CO2) for natural gas and coal-fired energy produced by Romanian companies OMV Petrom and CEO for the Republic of Moldova, according to
