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Large retailers must facilitate access for Romanian products to store shelves, said Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, following his meeting with Florin Barbu, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, at the end of last week. The Head of...

The Romanian presidential elections were marked by a tense climate, amplified by recent revelations about the involvement of state and non-state actors in the electoral process. The CSAT documents indicate a direct intervention by the Russian...

There are institutions that manage to amaze with the lack of coherence shown when deciding to take action in similar cases. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has managed to provide an example of how things should not be done....

• 1. Historical context: 

American officials are expecting a wave of misinformation and contestations in connection with the presidential elections held yesterday in the US, according to NBC News, which also shows that dozens of lawsuits have been opened in recent days -...

The first month of autumn brought a series of economic and financial challenges for our country, especially in the context of a growing budget deficit, high inflation and volatility of energy prices. However, the Ciolacu government continued to...

Dissatisfied with the fact that, as an independent candidate in the presidential elections, he cannot have representatives in the Central Electoral Office, in the county and constituency electoral offices and not even in the polling stations,...

The development of the IT&C sector, the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) represents a huge challenge for the entire global economy, a challenge that must be carefully managed and strictly regulated in order not to...

Thierry Breton will no longer occupy a position of European Commissioner in the structure of the new Commission, after Ursula von der Leyen asked Emmanuel Macron to replace the representative of France in the Community Executive. Under these...

The giants in the field of IT and communications, Google and Apple, are forced to pay financial sanctions totaling 15.4 billion euros, for violating European legislation on data storage and for abusing a dominant position in the market.

The energy ministers of Greece and Cyprus discussed yesterday the details regarding the implementation of the Great Sea Interconnector project, through which a submarine cable would be installed regarding the transport of electricity between the...

VAT fraud was often underestimated, even tolerated by the authorities of the member states of the European Union, which was to the benefit of criminal organizations and to the detriment of citizens, said Laura Codruţa Kovesi, chief prosecutor of...

After the American vice president Kamala Harris presented at the end of last week her economic program as a candidate for the position of the president of the USA, we wonder if what is called the Simion Plan still looks like a utopia - as...

The heatwave during this month showed the limits of the national energy system, limits that the Government seeks to solve with firefighting measures, which energy experts claim are only valid in the short term and do not solve the systemic...

President Emmanuel Macron's power is being shaken from its foundations after Rassemblement National and Les Republicains obtained 33.15% of the votes cast, i.e. more than 10 million votes, in the first round of the parliamentary elections in...

The London Tunnels has decided not to launch its initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), thus different from companies that choose other markets in Europe or the USA, according to euronews.com.

The results of Sunday's elections left deep traces both among the losers and among the winners, if we take into account the latest moves on the Romanian political scene. After the USR candidates lost the renewal of the mayoral mandate in...

The tech sector's dominance of the US stock market may end by the end of this year, according to Bank of America, writes Business Insider.

The Romanian state did not abuse its powers and the Parliament's rejection of a draft law on the mining of gold from Roşia Montana was not politically influenced, states in the reasoning of the decision of the judges of the international...

The request of the shareholder Blue Capital, which owns 8.63% of Lion Capital (formerly SIF Banat-Crişana), that the alternative investment fund distribute dividends and make buybacks for the benefit of shareholders, provoked the reaction of the...

The construction sector is one of the main contributors to the creation of the Gross Domestic Product, but it is currently facing problems generated by the bureaucracy from the central and local public authorities, lending from the banking sector...

The prospects for the capital market in our country are positive despite the fact that 2024 is an election year, in which political decision-makers are tempted to take stimulating measures, to the detriment of restrictive ones, stated the...

• February 23, 2022 

The transport operators request the Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu to start the procedure for revoking Bogdan Chiriţoiu from the position of president of the Competition Council, following his recent statements regarding the calculation of RCA...

Reporter: Barring completely unforeseen events, what are your expectations for 2024 in terms of stock and bond fund returns? On what grounds do you base your opinions?

Radu Soviani: How do you think the mass privatization program has evolved, from the beginning and announcements to what we have now?

The candidates for the Council of the Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF) will be heard, today, in the Romanian Parliament, for a five-year term at the head of the institution that supervises the insurance market, private pensions and the...

Former Prime Minister Florin Cîţu will find out today if he remains with his immunity intact or not, after the Senate plenary will vote on the request of the DNA regarding the initiation of criminal prosecution on behalf of the current liberal...

Radu Soviani: Mr. Stolojan, how does mass privatization look now compared to the initial intentions for this program?

The world of football is at a turning point. The rich in football have started a revolution to isolate themselves from the rest of the world, a kind of haiducie in reverse. The reactions against this action range from moderate and violent and...

New technologies, the internet, as a support for social media, can act as a factor for the "democratization" of access to dialogue, to the social and political life, to decisionmaking. To use a concept of Albert Hirschman "Exit, voice...

In 2020, in Romania, the pandemic triggered by Covid19 highlighted the vulnerabilities of the public (state) health system both at the level of medical units and at the national level. I am thinking of the precarious medical infrastructure, not...

• According to some information and documents obtained by BURSA, Dan Drăgoi and Viorel Panait have concealed the takeover of Comvex behind a share capital increase  

On October 9th, it has been two years since, following the completion of the deal whereby SIF Oltenia (SIF5) sold (to Erste Group Bank) its 6.29% stake (1,023,534,303 shares) in the Romanian Commercial Bank (BCR) for 140 million Euros.

• (Interview with Bogdan Chiriţoiu, president of the Competition Council) 

Strict financial regulations are the norm in the European Union. The Covid-19 pandemic, however, is causing a change in European orthodoxy regarding capital markets. The European Commission, the executive of the European Union, decided on Friday...

The scandal surrounding the Financial Oversight Authority (ASF) has escalated to a pitch, lately. The protests in the insurance sector, as well as the chaos in the stock market come amid the lack of supervision, those involved say.

1. To the Chinese and Japanese, the word "crisis" is expressed through two different symbols, which mean "danger" and, respectively, "chance/opportunity". If we have to face the danger, that doesn't prevent us from...

• (Interview with Mircea Ursache, former president of ASF) 

The pension system is in danger, market analysts say, and they claim that in 2050, there will be no one to pay the public pensions. Adrian Codirlaşu, president of CFA Romania, told us: "In the pension system we have increases that, according...