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.
The Bucharest Municipal Electoral Office announced late Monday, November 17, that it has validated 17 of the 20 candidacies submitted for the capital’s race for the general mayor seat, including those of the main contenders. Two applications were rejected, and one was postponed for further review,
Romanians are worse off now compared to 6 months ago, and 2026 will also be difficult, but from 2027 and then on, there is hope, said president Nicusor Dan during an interview with Romania TV. The government targets a deficit of 8.4% of GDP this year, marginally below 8.65% of GDP in 2024. To tackle […]
Imran Vilcassim, Chief Commercial Officer, Digital Platforms at BPC, explores how Romania’s booming digital payments outpace merchant readiness and why mobile POS is emerging as the practical solution. Romania’s digital payments volumes are rising fast, but merchant infrastructure isn’t keeping up. Independent market models estimate total digital payments will reach nearly
The attributes needed to reach the top of the business hierarchy, how to motivate and support the teams one works with, and how to tackle the unavoidable challenges that arise along the way were among the topics discussed at the event Inspiring Women in Business, organized by La French Tech Bucharest. Making it to a […]
More than half of the elderly people in urban areas in Romania face loneliness, and almost 310,000 of them experience it at a high level, according to a study conducted by the Association Never Alone, Friends of the Elderly, in partnership with Kantar Romania. The study, carried out in August 2025 on a representative sample […]
Square 7, part of retail park investor M Core, officially inaugurated its new Bucharest office last week, marking an important milestone for the company. More than 150 guests joined the event, including partners, collaborators, and team members. M Core is a family of property investment and management companies comprising LCP, Sheet Anchor, Proudreed, and Sheet […]
