The medicine producer Sintofarm (SINT) summoned its shareholders at the end of December to decide on selling equipment, trademarks and other shares and on taking over the name Imosint and change the field of activity for real estate development. Shareholders must decide on selling the whole trade fund of the company except for buildings. The meeting will be held on December 21. Sintofarm has a factory in Bucharest. Last year the company reported a net business figure of 6.17 million lei, on the drop by 13% from 7.08 million lei in 2013 , when net profit dropped to less than a half, from 1 million lei in 2013 tp 470,000 lei in 2014. In the first nine months of 2015, the net business figure was 4.72 million lei, very close to the one registered the previous year - 4.66 million lei. Gross profit was 493,825 lei, on the drop by 9% compared to 542,347 lei last year. Sintofarm shareholders are Generalcom - 27.99%, Interfinance Capital Investment (Gibraltar) - 26.27%, Iberestate International - 15.37% and SIF Muntenia (SIF4) -13%, while the rest of shares belong to other investors. Generalcom (GECM) is a company specialised in managing commercial areas and has shares at Centrofarm and Sintofarm. The main shareholders of Generalcom are Iberestate International -45.6% and the Portuguese businessman Alain Bonte -36.93%. The rest of shares is owned by other shareholders. Bonte is chairman of the Administration Board of Sintofarm, while Radulescu Niculina is vice-chairman. They are also managers of Generalcom, where Bonte is president and Radulescu general manager.
Janiva Magness, the winner of seven Blues Music Awards following 26 nominations, and nominated for a Grammy for a career spanning 17 albums, is set to perform at the 14th edition of the Brașov Jazz & Blues Festival, which will take place between August 14–16, 2026. Magness is one of the most valuable and influential […]
Auction house Artmark announced a major auction for this winter featuring an engraving created by Francisco Goya, the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Romania's late communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu received this gift from King Juan Carlos I as a gesture of diplomacy. The engraving entitled “The Engagement – Capricho […]
Authorities managing Romania's Bicaz Gorges–Hășmaș National Park has built a fish ladder system on the Bicaz River, which will allow protected species to migrate and reproduce. There are several bridges and small bridge structures in the Bicaz River that have a “bottom sill,” meaning small waterfalls. Fish that do not jump like the trout cannot […]
The far-right opposition parties in the Romanian Parliament are set to file a motion of no confidence against the government headed by prime minister Ilie Bolojan. The motion, authored by senator Ninel Peia of the Peace – Romania First group, is specifically aimed at the reformist party Save Romania Union (USR), and is entitled “Romania […]
Romania's iconic rock singer Adrian Pleșca, known as “Artan,” died on Tuesday, December 2, after a fatal stroke, at the age of 64. The artist founded the well-known band “Timpuri Noi” in 1982 and “Partizan” in 2001, and was popular on the Romanian rock scene. Over the years, he left and returned to the two bands. Several […]
Elon Musk's mother, Maye Musk, re-shared a post about the Craiova Christmas Market on X on Monday, December 1. She described the event as "beautiful" and included three emojis in her caption. The original post highlighted that the Craiova Christmas Market was taking place in a safe environment. "No concrete barriers. No armed guards. No […]
