Romanian PM Victor Ponta announced on Monday a series of proposals to change key members of his government, saying they were already accepted by interim President Crin Antonescu. He announced new ministers for the Interior and Administration Ministry, the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Justice Ministry. The move comes after Interior minister Ioan Rus and another minister announced their resignation on Monday morning.
The total number of recipients of social benefits for retired persons was, in October 2024, 925,865 – 2,322 lower compared to the previous month, according to the data provided by the National Public Pension House (CNPP) and quoted by Economica.net. Of these, 832,693...
The team of Kosovo abandoned during the stoppage time in the 92nd minute of the football match against Romania in Bucharest counting for the Nations League, accusing the Romanian fans of "racism" after the later sang Serbia-related chants. The Romanian team remained on the pitch for 74 minutes until the referee decided to put an […]
One week before the first round of the presidential elections in Romania and two weeks before the parliamentary ballot, the leader of Romania's junior ruling Liberal Party (PNL) and a presidential candidate, Nicolae Ciucă, took one more chance to argue vocally that only his party can send the senior ruling Social Democratic party (PSD) and […]
International rating agency Moody's has affirmed the ratings assigned for the first time in 2023 to Romanian financial group Banca Transilvania (BVB: TLV) and improved the outlook on the long-term deposit (Baa2) and issuer ratings (Baa3) to positive from stable. Low dependence of market funding and high profitability balances against risks posed by foreign currency […]
The number of dissolved companies in Romania increased by 6.9% year-on-year in the first nine months of 2024, reaching 30,094, up from 28,146 in the same period last year, according to data from the National Trade Registry Office (ONRC). Bucharest recorded the highest number of dissolutions at 6,184, marking a 5.4% y/y increase,
Rompetrol Rafinare, a KMG International Group (Rompetrol) member company, announced it recorded in the first nine months of 2024 a gross turnover of USD 3.57 billion and an operational result (EBITDA, an indicator that measures the company's profitability before deducting depreciation, interest, fees, and taxes) of about USD 125 million. The financial results were impacted […]
