More companies decided to cancel their business activity in Romania in the first half of this year than in the same period of last year, according to data from the National Trade Registry (ONRC). There was a whooping six times increase in the number of firms which filed for voluntary cancellation of their business, to 118,000. The amount also includes automatic cancellations.

After a good first quarter which brought profits for banks in Romania, the local banking system posted a loss of around EUR 49 million after the first five months of the year, according to data from the Romanian Central Bank (BNR). BNR has centralized data from the banks active in Romania showing a cumulative loss in the sector, although in the first three months of the year it had a profit of nearly EUR 25 million.

The disposable income in Romania will drop by around 10 percent this year and by a further 0.8 percentage points in 2011...

This week as a change of scene I am commenting on a wine shop rather than a wine bar. Ethic Wines is an independent wine shop based opposite Floreasca fruit and vegetable market. The shop is owned and run by Cornel and Lucian, a pair of wine enthusiasts who appreciate the grape.

A recent comment run on a Financial Times blog depicts the Romanian Government as “at best dysfunctional and at worst incompetent”, while Romanian president Traian Basescu is described as “the country’s bull-in-a-chinashop president”.

Insurer Groupama Asigurari said it will pay around EUR 461,000 in damages following the flooding in Romania. “The...

Texas-based Lufkin Industries will build its announced production unit in Romania within the Ploiesti West Park, where it bought a 33-hectare land plot from the owners Allianso Business Park, the company has announced. Belgian Alinso is the majority shareholder and developer of Ploiesti West Park.

The group of companies which includes airline company Blue Air will open the first restaurant under the Self brand on...

Romanian media

Idea of dropping flat tax bewilders political and business circles – in Ziarul Financiar

Ikea...

Investment fund Interprime Properties, which is part of the Swedish group Ikea, has bough the Timpuri Noi industrial platform in Bucharest for EUR 34.6 million. The 51,000 – sqm land plot, which has been up for sale for a couple of years, was initially on sale for EUR 100 million for the land plot, which is 60 percent covered by buildings

More companies decided to cancel their business activity in Romania in the first half of this year than in the same period of last year, according to data from the National Trade Registry (ONRC). There was a whooping six times increase in the number of firms which filed for voluntary cancellation of their business, to 118,000. The amount also includes automatic cancellations.

After a good first quarter which brought profits for banks in Romania, the local banking system posted a loss of around EUR 49 million after the first five months of the year, according to data from the Romanian Central Bank (BNR). BNR has centralized data from the banks active in Romania showing a cumulative loss in the sector, although in the first three months of the year it had a profit of nearly EUR 25 million.

The disposable income in Romania will drop by around 10 percent this year and by a further 0.8 percentage points in 2011...

This week as a change of scene I am commenting on a wine shop rather than a wine bar. Ethic Wines is an independent wine shop based opposite Floreasca fruit and vegetable market. The shop is owned and run by Cornel and Lucian, a pair of wine enthusiasts who appreciate the grape.

A recent comment run on a Financial Times blog depicts the Romanian Government as “at best dysfunctional and at worst incompetent”, while Romanian president Traian Basescu is described as “the country’s bull-in-a-chinashop president”.

Insurer Groupama Asigurari said it will pay around EUR 461,000 in damages following the flooding in Romania. “The...

Texas-based Lufkin Industries will build its announced production unit in Romania within the Ploiesti West Park, where it bought a 33-hectare land plot from the owners Allianso Business Park, the company has announced. Belgian Alinso is the majority shareholder and developer of Ploiesti West Park.

The group of companies which includes airline company Blue Air will open the first restaurant under the Self brand on...

Romanian media

Idea of dropping flat tax bewilders political and business circles – in Ziarul Financiar

Ikea...

Investment fund Interprime Properties, which is part of the Swedish group Ikea, has bough the Timpuri Noi industrial platform in Bucharest for EUR 34.6 million. The 51,000 – sqm land plot, which has been up for sale for a couple of years, was initially on sale for EUR 100 million for the land plot, which is 60 percent covered by buildings