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.
The fourth edition of the Romanian Creative Week (RCW), will take place in Iași, eastern Romania, between May 15-26. The event brings together over 1,000 Romanian and foreign artists, 200 events, 350 volunteers, dozens of exhibitions, film festivals, theater and dance performances, three days of fashion shows, as well as visual arts exhibitions, concerts, conferences, […]
Kenyan Alex Nzioka Matata won the Bucharest Half Marathon held last Sunday, May 12, with a time of one hour, one minute, and four seconds. Second place was taken by another Kenyan, Chebor Elvis Tabarach, with a time of one hour, four minutes, and three seconds, while third place went to another Kenyan athlete, Kibet […]
Systematic, a leading Danish provider of software solutions for digitalization that also has a development center in Bucharest with more than 150 skilled IT specialists, has been selected by NATO to provide Command and Control software. SitaWare Headquarters, the software chosen by the international organization, is also developed in Romania by the local team. Signing […]
Romania’s health minister, Alexandru Rafila, announced the initiation of a market study for the construction of the first National Proton Therapy Center in Southeast Europe at the Bucharest Oncology Institute. The project is valued at EUR 70 million. Proton therapy involves using protons to deliver a dose of radiation that kills tumor cells. "Proton therapy will […]
The investment funds active in Romania are more optimistic about the evolution of the local market in 2024 compared to the previous year, according to Roland Berger’s Private Equity Outlook 2024. More than 70% of the respondents in the survey anticipate an increase in the number of transactions made by investment funds in Romania, after 2023 […]
The success rate of requests for bank loans registered on the 123credit.ro platform was approximately 4%, in the first quarter of the year, according to 123credit.ro, the main online credit platform in Romania. White Image together with 123credit.ro contributed to the efficiency of the process of obtaining a bank loan by automating the communications of […]
