The first nine financing agreements granted on the basis of the state aid scheme for stimulating major investments (807/2014) were signed today by the Minister of Public Finances, Mr. Eugen Teodorovici, on November 12th. The signing ceremony took place at Victoria Palace, in the presence of the Prime Minister, Ms. Viorica Dăncilă.

"I am very pleased to have signed today the first 9 investment projects that will bring added value to the Romanian economy. The benefits they will bring have to be seen from two perspectives - the development of the region where the investment will be made and the creation of almost 2,000 of new jobs, "said Minister of Public Finance, Mr. Eugen Teodorovici.

Bank, Raiffeisen Bank, BRD Groupe Societe Generale and Banca Transilvania, for refinancing the existing facilities, extending the financing period, rearranging the related terms and conditions, and to raise the funding limit to a threshold of around 66 million euros.

The additional credit limit of 10 million will be in the form of a facility in term and will be used by MedLife, together with other company's own cash, for possible new market opportunities.

CITR, the leader of the Romanian insolvency market, presented a summary of the company's 10-year activity, with some data on the market's evolution since the onset of the crisis. Romania recorded 16,499 new insolvencies in 2008, while the estimate for the end of this year is about 8,300, or half of the number registered ten years ago. At the same time, between 2016-2018, the number of companies entering insolvency annually became constant, between 8,300-8,600. In the same period, the number of impact companies (with assets exceeding € 1 million) that went into insolvency stabilized between 175-200.