On Thursday, president Nicusor Dan had new consultations with parliamentary parties about the future government. PSD said, after talks, that by the end of the day there would be an assumed package of fiscal measures, while USR said it was ready to “fight” next to premier Ilie Bolojan. Later on, Nicusor Dan and Ilie Bolojan met on Thursday night, at Cotroceni, but did not reach an understanding about tax rises, sources from the Presidential Administration declared for HotNews.ro. Political sources say that Bolojan had insisted on VAT increases and conditioned the take over of the prime minister position on the application of that measure. Talks between Nicusor Dan and Ilie Bolojan began at 4.00 p.m. and the PNL leader asked for a VAT increase from 19% to 21% in the ruling program, since it was, in his opinion, the only solution meant to rapidly increase budget incomes. Moreover, according to political sources quoted by TV news, Bolojan told the president that he refused to become premier if the head of state did not accept the 21% VAT rise. But the president opposed that solution and said he had made a promise during the election campaign and would not infringe it. The premier nomination was postponed for the following days. The variant of technocrat premier was brought to the fore by Dan and Bolojan at their meeting on Thursday night. Althought initially new talks among PSD, PNL, USR and UDMR party presidents with Nicusor Dan had been scheduled for Thursday, 9.00 p.m., the meeting was cancelled following the failure of negotiations between president Dan and Ilie Bolojan, according to sources from a party attending the negotiations.
Inter Computer Romania, part of Inter Computer Group (ICG), one of the largest IBM Platinum partners in Central and Eastern Europe, announces reaching €5 million in signed projects for 2025, an indicator of the accelerating demand for digitalization, data security, and AI-ready infrastructure initiatives. The company continues the development strategy announced at the beginning of […]
IT Genetics, a Romanian technology company specialized in digital automation and operational efficiency solutions for businesses, announced this week its intention to list on the AeRO market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange in Q1 2026. Upon admission to trading, the company’s shares are expected to be listed on the AeRO market under the ticker “ITG”. […]
Romania’s population could reach 14.36 million people in 2080, down from slightly over 19 million in 2025, which would mean a reduction of 4.6 million people, or almost a quarter of the population, according to an analysis carried out by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) in the study ‘Projection of Romania’s active population by […]
Daniel Băluță, the Social Democrats' (PSD) candidate for the general mayor elections in Bucharest scheduled for December 7, and the independent candidate supported by isolationist party AUR, Anca Alexandrescu, lead in the voting intentions of Bucharest residents, separated by only 0.1% percentage points, according to an opinion poll conducted by the AtlasIntel institute for
Grampet–GFR owner Gruia Stoica has signed a joint venture agreement with Chinese rolling stock manufacturer CRRC Shandong to develop a new freight wagon factory in Hungary, industry sources told Club Feroviar. The agreement was concluded last week during Stoica’s visit to China, according to the publication. ...
The Romanian government is examining amendments to the Oil Law that would allow the Trident offshore perimeter in the Black Sea, held 87.5% by Lukoil, to return to state ownership or be taken over by project partner Romgaz, which holds the remaining 12.5%,
