The profits recorded by the companies that are active on the gambling market in Romania have decreased ten-fold, down to the value of 187 million RON, in 2020, from over 1 billion RON, the year previously, shows an analysis conducted by the specialists of the termene.ro specialty platform.At the same time, the local gambling market recorded a decline of approximately 50 pct, superior as a share even to the HoReCa industry, which only contracted 30 pct.According to termene.ro, in terms of value, the year 2020 meant a drop in income, from 10 billion RON (value recorded at the level of 2019) to 5.13 billion RON (value recorded at the end of 2020). In 2018, the income of companies that are active in this domain was of 9.16 billion RON.In what regards the human resource, the drastic drop in income resulted in the decrease in the number of employees, from 27,600 in 2019 to fewer than 18,400 in 2020.From the point of view of companies that reported financial situations for each year analyzed, the trend is, also, dropping. Thus, for 2018 there were 924 companies that submitted financial situations, in 2019 their number dropped to 828, and in 2020 only 645 entities submitted annual financial data.Termene.ro is a company established in 2014 out of the wish to allow companies to identify business opportunities and a correct evaluation of risk for more prosperous business, offering an intuitive and easy-to-use platform.Up to now, over 70,000 companies have access to the complete platform that offers real-time information on financial and legal data for companies in Romania.
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. […]
