PwC Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) announced on Tuesday that it will invest 6 million USD in the ext 2 years to develop services devoted to environment, sustainability and governance policies in the 29 states in the area, Romania included and will set up an excellence center to council customers about strategy and report in the field. The announcement was made on the occasion of the regional launch of a new global strategy “The New Equation”, based on four pillars: ESG, upskilling, people and reducing carbon emissions. At the same time, PwC CEE will continue investments in consolidating services for customers: extensive audit, digital transformation, preventing financial crime. Cloud computing, robotics and automation. “Under the pressure of regulations, investors and society, the business environment should prove it can create long term value by managing ESG problems. In this context, companies will make the transition to efficient, responsible and transparent operation ways, which need transformation, demands for conformation, report and implementation of adequate technologies”, said Dinu Bumbacea, country managing partner PwC Romania and Moldova. PwC CEE has in view the extension of pro bono work in the whole area to improve digital competences of children and needy communities. The company already has an education program initiated by Romania in the field of cyber security in five countries in the region, which will be extended to other areas. The company will allocate over 10 million dollars to develop employees and the implementation of Flexible Friday. Considering the changing tendency of labor force and the impact of pandemic on employees, PwC CEE has officially implemented a hybrid work polocy in the area, expectations being that 40-60% of work time should be remote for a long time.
June is the richest month. The most awaited two weeks in my annual festival pilgrimage. The route starts with Romania’s Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), followed by Italy’s (and the world’s) most comprehensive festival for restored and archival film: Il Cinema Ritrovato. To shake up the traditional article on the two, I’ll start with the […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Roughly 70% of Romanians are “very” or “moderately” concerned about how AI accesses and uses their data, according to the latest survey conducted by RoCoach in partnership with Novel Research between May and June 2025. Distrust in automated decision-making and the demand for regulation are becoming more pronounced, as Romania rolls out major digitalization projects […]
The Armenian Street Festival returns for a 9th edition between August 1 and 3, 2025, in the “Dimitrie Brândză” Botanical Garden in Bucharest. The festival brings into focus the living heritage of the Armenian community in Romania and the diaspora. According to the organizers, this year’s edition aims to strengthen the Bucharest–Chișinău–Yerevan cultural axis, articulated […]
The Romanian mergers and acquisitions market registered a total of 122 announced transactions in the first half of 2025, with a value exceeding EUR 2.7 billion, marking a slight increase of 6% in volume and 4% in value compared to the same period last year, according to an analysis by George Ureche, partner at PwC Romania. […]
