Romania has received a positive opinion from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) regarding corporate governance, said Corina Cretu, interim president of the Agency for Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Enterprises Performance (AMEPIP), on Saturday."In the three months since I have been acting as interim president of AMEPIP, I have managed, together with the team from the Government and the institution, to fulfill all the requirements of the European Commission regarding the operational functioning of the institution: publishing the minimum performance indicators for state-owned enterprises; collecting all points of view, drafting the text that was adopted by Government Decision on the Property Law, which will be debated in Parliament; adopting and publishing the procedure for controlling and applying sanctions for enterprises that do not fulfill their minimum obligations regarding profit or indicators or selection procedures for the Board of Directors," Corina Cretu wrote on Facebook.She mentioned that she has also resolved all the emergencies, including all the final reports of the companies belonging to the almost 1,400 local authorities."The OECD assessment is positive regarding our work on corporate governance, and this, as I said, was announced on Thursday in Paris, mentioned in the OECD Assessment Report," Cretu mentioned.Corina Cretu said she was certain that regarding the selection process of the new management, organized by an independent commission, the Government will make a rigorous analysis and will decide in the coming days how to proceed.
A Romanian Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft evacuated 10 Palestinian patients from Gaza on Wednesday, September 17, in a humanitarian mission coordinated with European and international partners, Romania’s Department for Emergency Situations (DSU) said. The patients, accompanied by 28 relatives, were flown from Israel’s Ilan and Asaf Ramon International Airport to Bucharest’s 90th Airlift Base […]
Romanian developer One United Properties (BVB: ONE) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with lifestyle hospitality company Ennismore to open a hotel under the brand The Hoxton in Bucharest. The Hoxton Bucharest will be located on Academiei Street, close to the University of Architecture. The hotel will rise on the site of three historic […]
Fewer than three out of four Romanians have a good opinion about the introduction of voluntary military service, a ratio slightly lower compared to a decade ago in 2015, the percentage being now lower among the AUR and PSD electorate, according to an ISCOP Research survey published on September 17 in the context of Russia […]
Romanian president Nicusor Dan informed the Parliament that he approved a request by the United States to bring additional forces to Mihail Kogalnicanu base at the Black Sea, in light of the rising tensions in the Middle East, according to
In a couple of meetings expected to generate a breakthrough on four key topics on September 17, Romania's ruling coalition deferred a final decision on the local administration staff cutting and the prolongation of the food price capping mechanism, according to Observatornews.ro....
Hungary's state company MVM responded to rumours, saying it has not abandoned plans to take over E.ON's Romanian subsidiary – but it only "temporarily withdrew from the FSR mechanism" because the approval of the investment by the Romanian authorities takes more than expected and the company needs to "balance its costs and resources," according to
