The number of companies with foreign capital newly established in Romania decreased last year by 4.86%, compared to 2022, to 7,010 units, according to data centralized by the National Trade Register Office (ONRC). The more than 7,000 new companies had a subscribed capital in the total amount of 125.66 million dollars, increasing almost three times compared to the subscribed capital of companies registered in the period January-December 2022, of 45.56 million dollars. In December 2023, 563 new companies with foreign participation in the share capital were registered. Depending on the fields of activity, the most registrations were registered in wholesale and retail trade, car and motorcycle repair (22.38% of the total), professional, administrative, scientific and technical activities (22.02% of the total) and transport, storage and communications (15.99%). At the end of December 2023, there were 251,226 companies with foreign participation in the share capital in Romania. The value of the subscribed capital was almost 69.84 billion dollars. The largest number of companies with foreign participation was with investors from Italy, respectively 52,756 (subscribed capital of 3.31 billion dollars), but the highest value of the share capital belongs to Dutch companies, respectively 13.008 billion dollars, in 6,084 companies.
The Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival, held in the Czech Republic, is bringing to Bucharest a selection of four films from last year’s edition as part of the Echoes of Ji.hlava project. Between March 6 and April 3, lovers of documentary film are invited to the Czech Center to discover the Ji.hlava selection and take […]
A campaign organized by Romanian activist and war correspondent Radu Hossu gained increased traction and raised around EUR 85,000 in over two days for Ukraine’s military needs. The fundraiser started after the Trump administration paused military aid to Romania's neighboring country. Citizens of Moldova and Romania contributed the majority of the funds, according to Defense...
A new survey from Romanian employment platform BestJobs found notable differences among men and women employees, specifically the priority placed on salary and promotion opportunities for the first, and on job stability for the latter. According to the survey, women, who make up 48% of employees in Romania, say salary is an essential criterion in […]
The Republic of Moldova was among the countries where the United States “wasted” aid funds, according to president Donald Trump, who spoke before the Republican-dominated Congress. Trump claimed that government funds had been spent on useless programs in Moldova and Serbia, among other countries. These received assistance from the US through USAID, the agency that […]
US-headquartered Expro, a leading provider of energy services, announced that it had been awarded major contracts, either as a direct contractor or subcontractor to OMV Petrom, totaling more than USD 10 million for the Neptun Deep gas project in Romania’s Black Sea. The contracts involve Expro’s subsea landing string (SSLS), SeaCure cementing technology,...
The ROLANG Summer School provides immersive courses designed to accelerate fluency in Romanian for learners of all levels. The 12th edition of ROLANG Summer School on the Romanian language will be held from July 21st to August 1st, 2025, in Sibiu, in partnership with the German Cultural Center in Sibiu. Students will delve into the […]
