Iulian studied physics at the University of Bucharest, and he sees himself as a physicist in the broadest sense of the word. He also studied economics at Charles University in Prague and Central European University in Budapest, after a master’s program in business administration at Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies. Since recently, he’s been exploring coding and data analysis for business and economics. As a freelancer, he worked for nearly two decades as an analyst for ISI Emerging Markets, Euromonitor International, Business New Europe, but also as a consultant for OMV Petrom and UkrAgroConsult. Iulian was part of the founding team of Ziarul Financiar. At Romania Insider, which he joined in 2018, he is reviewing the latest economic developments for the premium bulletins and newsletters. He would gladly discuss topics such as macroeconomics, emerging markets, Prague, energy sector including renewable, Led Zeppelin, financial services, as well as tech start-ups and innovative technologies. Email him at iulian@romania-insider.com.
Lego Romania announced its sales rose by 16% y/y, thus doubling over the past three years to RON 236
The 1,300 orders placed by the retail investors during the first day of the one-week IPO operated by
Romania's public debt to GDP ratio, 52.4% at the end of February, will drop to 48%-49% "during this
The retail sales volume index increased by 6.4% y/y in Q1, Romania’s statistics office INS announced
The average pension in Romania increased by 5.4% compared to a 2-3 average, reaching RON2,248 (€452)
The ILO seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 5.3% in March, from 5.6% in February and
Romanian telecom group DIGI Communications (BVB: DIGI), with a market capitalization of RON 5.76bn
Romania’s competition body Consiliul Concurentei cleared the transaction by which Intesa Sanpaolo
Fintech start-up MetaWealth, which tokenizes real estate properties, announced it partnered with
US president Joe Biden thanked his counterpart Klaus Iohannis for Romania's activity within NATO, 20
The Romanian state has to recover RON 190mn (EUR 38mn) from insolvent Blue Air, including the
BRD-SocGen, Romania's fourth-largest bank by assets, reported its net profit dropped by 4.6% y/y, to
