Turkey is Romania's main commercial partner among non EU countries, Bucharest Chamber of Trade and Industry (CCIB) informs. According to a press release, Turkey represents the main absorbtion market for goods sent from Romania to the extra EU area, and for import the second markets of goods from non EU countries that entered Romania (after China). “After 2022, a year when bilateral exchanges registered a historic record, the growth tendency continued in 2023, when the total volume of Romanian-Turkish commercial exchanges was 10.2 billion dollars (+8.7% against the previous year), of which 3.3 billion dollars (+10.8%) export and 6.9 billion dollars (+7.7%) import,”a press release mentions. At the end of 2023, there were 18,523 companies with Turkish capital in Romania (3rd place after Italy and Germany) with a subscribed social capital of 1.1 billion dollars, placing Turkey 14th among investing countries in Romania. The chairman of Bucharest Chamber, Iuliu Stocklosa, met Recep Kaan Maslac, the president of the Association of Metal Products Exporters from Turkey (MEPEX) based in Ankara, accompanied by Osman Serdar Buyukbektas, the vicepresident of the Association and other collaborators. According to CCIB, the event took place in connection to the arrival in Romania of an economic mission organized by MEPEX and backed by the Ministry of Trade which included representatives of 22 Turkish companies. According to MEPEX president, Recep Kaan Maslak, the Association, set up in 1993, gathers over 4,000 members which manufacture a wide range of metal products and equipment for various economic branches: civil and industrial constructions, heavy industry, mining, energy industry, a.o.
CATANE, the feature debut of director Ioana Mischie, has received an international nomination at the prestigious Hollywood Music in Media Awards for its original score composed by Emiliano Mazzenga. The film’s music has been selected among the top five film scores worldwide in the International Independent Film category. The film is the first Romanian production ever […]
Moldovan prime minister Alexandru Munteanu arrived in Bucharest on Thursday, November 13, for his first official foreign visit since taking office. He met with president Nicușor Dan and Romanian counterpart Ilie Bolojan before visiting the Parliament, where he met with the president of the Senate, Mihai Abrudean. After the first meeting, president Nicușor Dan stated […]
Bucharest maintains a steady flow of new office developments, with nearly 170,000 square meters of projects scheduled for delivery between 2026 and 2027, according to the latest Bucharest Office Marketbeat Q3 2025 report from Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. Despite a 25% drop in total leasing activity compared to last year, demand remained solid, with companies […]
The number of Romanians seeking work abroad has fallen to its lowest level in five years, according to new data from leading online recruitment platform eJobs. So far in 2025, only 106,000 applications were submitted for jobs outside Romania out of a total of 9.8 million, representing just 1.1% of all job applications. Employers abroad […]
Four young Romanians from Prahova County created Youllgetit.eu, a platform containing a database with thousands of internships dedicated to students in Europe. The youths are former members of the RO2D2 robotics, and are now students at top universities in Romania, Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands. Luca Moșu, one of the creators of the platform, told […]
Banca Transilvania, a leading bank in Romania, and BPC, a global leader in payments solutions, have completed the first Romanian pilot of the EU Digital Identity Wallet (EUDIW) for payments, enabling cardholders to authenticate online purchases with their new European Digital ID. The project forms part of the EU Digital Wallet Consortium led large-scale pilot funded by […]
