BCR has recently issued bonds worth EUR 3 million on the Luxembourg market. The bonds come with an eight-year timeline and a zero coupon.

The International Monetary Fund was content with the results of discussions in Bucharest, as part of the review mission which should end today, according to the head of the mission, Jeffrey Franks.

Italian group UniCredit posted a gross profit of EUR 42 million in the first half of the year in Romania, down 15.5 percent compared to the same period of last year, according to the group's financial results.

Star Storage, a company which specializes in data storage and information management, grew its turnover by 51 percent in the first half of the year, to EUR 7.8 million, compared to the first six months of last year. The company hopes to achieve an overall increase of 30 percent for the entire year, reaching EUR 18 million in turnover.

The unemployment level in Romania should stay at a stable rate towards the end of the year, said Romanian Labor Minister Mihai Seitan. “I don't expect an increase to a level higher than what it was in December lats year – 8.3 or 8.1. I can't give specific numbers, but anyway, it won't be higher than the level at the end of last year,” said Seitan.

Car dealer Romcar, part of Tiriac Holdings, which has previously sold Ford cars in Romania, will become a car parts distribution company for the TiriacAuto dealers network, according to Ziarul Financiar, quoting Alexandru Ion Tiriac.

Pambac Bacau, which produces bread and bakery products, has seen its profit shrinking by 25 percent in the first half of the year, as Romanians started to buy cheaper products.

The Government doesn't take into account, but is not ruling out either a new agreement with the International Monetary Fund, according to Romanian Finance Minister Sebastian Vladescu. The Romanian Government will analyze the need for a new agreement, hence a new round of financing from the IMF, at the end of this year, he also said.

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc will meet the International Monetary Fund delegation today, which is the second to last day of the IMF review mission in Romania. The meeting will start at 09,30.

German media company Waz (Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung), one of the owners of Romania Libera newspaper, intends to withdraw from the Romanian and Serbian markets by the end of this year, according to handelsblatt.com. The group's strategy involves withdrawal from the entire Balkan area, according to Bodo Hombach, the group's CEO

BCR has recently issued bonds worth EUR 3 million on the Luxembourg market. The bonds come with an eight-year timeline and a zero coupon.

The International Monetary Fund was content with the results of discussions in Bucharest, as part of the review mission which should end today, according to the head of the mission, Jeffrey Franks.

Italian group UniCredit posted a gross profit of EUR 42 million in the first half of the year in Romania, down 15.5 percent compared to the same period of last year, according to the group's financial results.

Star Storage, a company which specializes in data storage and information management, grew its turnover by 51 percent in the first half of the year, to EUR 7.8 million, compared to the first six months of last year. The company hopes to achieve an overall increase of 30 percent for the entire year, reaching EUR 18 million in turnover.

The unemployment level in Romania should stay at a stable rate towards the end of the year, said Romanian Labor Minister Mihai Seitan. “I don't expect an increase to a level higher than what it was in December lats year – 8.3 or 8.1. I can't give specific numbers, but anyway, it won't be higher than the level at the end of last year,” said Seitan.

Car dealer Romcar, part of Tiriac Holdings, which has previously sold Ford cars in Romania, will become a car parts distribution company for the TiriacAuto dealers network, according to Ziarul Financiar, quoting Alexandru Ion Tiriac.

Pambac Bacau, which produces bread and bakery products, has seen its profit shrinking by 25 percent in the first half of the year, as Romanians started to buy cheaper products.

The Government doesn't take into account, but is not ruling out either a new agreement with the International Monetary Fund, according to Romanian Finance Minister Sebastian Vladescu. The Romanian Government will analyze the need for a new agreement, hence a new round of financing from the IMF, at the end of this year, he also said.

Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc will meet the International Monetary Fund delegation today, which is the second to last day of the IMF review mission in Romania. The meeting will start at 09,30.

German media company Waz (Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung), one of the owners of Romania Libera newspaper, intends to withdraw from the Romanian and Serbian markets by the end of this year, according to handelsblatt.com. The group's strategy involves withdrawal from the entire Balkan area, according to Bodo Hombach, the group's CEO