Economics
Net investment in national economy, down 3.3 pct in 2016
March 09, 2017 14:53
Net investment carried out last year in Romania's national economy stood at 70.281 billion lei, declining 3.3 percent from 2015, according to data released on Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).  In Q4 2016, net investment in the national economy totalled 23.804 billion lei, by 14.9 percent lower than in the same quarter of 2015....more »
Internet penetration rate in Romania is 89 percent
March 08, 2017 14:54
The internet service penetration rate in Romania stands at 89 percent and connectivity around 60 percent, the National Authority for Administration and Regulation in Communications - ANCOM President Catalin Marinescu told a specialist conference oquoted by Agerpress....more »
Over 14,000 physicians, 28,000 nurses left Romania in 2009-2015
March 06, 2017 14:07
More than 14,000 physicians and 28,000 medical nurses have left Romania in 2009-2015, many of whom ending by working in different fields, said Viorel Husanu, president of the SANITAS Bucharest trade union, in an interview with Agerpress. In his opinion, the main problems the medical system is confronted with start with the excessive politicising. It came to even hire a section's head or a head nurse on political terms. Once the government is changed, they are sacked too. Then comes the underfunding, adds Husanu. ...more »
Wolf Theiss study: Romanian M&A reached an eight-year high in deal volume and value of €1.99bn.
March 01, 2017 14:20
Romanian M&A reached an eight-year high in deal volume with 45 deals, a spike of 41% year- on-year in volume, and a 60% jump in value with a combined deal value of €1.99bn shows a study released by Wolf Theiss and Merger Market.  The strong performance in 2016 came in spite of the political uncertainty generated by a parliamentary election in December, an indicator of the country’s growth potential, whichever party is in power. In fact, expansionist scal policy has played a central role in accelerating domestic demand, a key growth driver. A value-added tax cut from 24% to 20% in 2016 will be followed by a reduction to 19% in 2017, while there have been three increases in the minimum wage in 18 months....more »
Deloitte Survey: 2016, a record year for NPLs in Romania
March 01, 2017 14:14
With closed transactions of 3.5 billion EUR during 2015 and 2016, Romania has been the champion of the Central European region at non-performing loan (NPL) sales portfolios, according to Deloitte’s annual NPL Study.  The CEE region has experienced an increased interest of NPL investors and a higher bank activity due to improvement of economic conditions, coupled with an increase in provisioning following the AQR exercises in several of the CEE countries. The largest number of completed deal volumes took place in Romania (37%), followed by Hungary (24%), Poland (11%) and Slovenia (9%)....more »
Globalworth acquired Automobile Dacia distribution facility
February 22, 2017 11:44
Globalworth Real Estate Investments Limited, the real estate investment company targeting opportunities in the broader SEE and CEE regions with a focus on Romania, announces that it has signed the acquisition of a warehouse facility 100% leased to Dacia, Romania's largest corporate, on a long term basis. The facility is located 100km west of Bucharest near the Bucharest - Pitesti highway, one of Romania's principal warehouse and industrial corridors and is 28km away from Dacia's main plant in Mioveni, Arges County....more »
Recolamp Association collected 658 tons of lighting equipment waste in 2016
February 21, 2017 13:07
Recolamp, a non-profit organization founded by General Electric, Osram and Philips Romania in 2007, collected and recycled 658 tons of lighting equipment waste in 2016. Last year, the association represented 187 Romanian producers of whom it took over the legal responsibility on the management of waste from electrical and electronic equipment put on the market - Category 5 - lighting equipment, according to the classification of GEO 5/2015. Thus, on behalf of its participants, Recolamp managed to fulfill legal the collection target of 40% of the average producers' sales in the last 3 years....more »
The world's finance departments do not fear automation or artificial intelligence
February 21, 2017 12:37
Despite popular fears which range from job losses to doomsday scenarios, finance professionals welcome the rise of artificial intelligence, automation and robots, according to the latest survey by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA). ...more »
Romania exported vehicles and transport equipment worth 22.48 billion Euros, in first 10 months of 2016
February 20, 2017 10:34
Romania exported in 2016, vehicles and transport equipment worth 22.48 billion euros, by 2.2 billion Euros over the level of the similar period of 2015, according to the centralized data of the National Institute of Statistics (INS).  The vehicles and transport equipment imports stood at 21.09 billion Euros, being higher by 2.34 billion Euros in comparison to the ones in the period January-October 2015, thus registering on this segment a surplus of 1.395 billion Euros....more »
Government to establish Sovereign Development and Investment Fund
February 10, 2017 07:27
The Government decided on Thursday to adopt a memorandum on establishing the Sovereign Development and Investment Fund (FSDI), the Economy Minister Alexandru Petrescu announced.  "Today, we have adopted a memorandum, according to the 2017-2020 governance programme, taking into account the founding of new public investments, the establishment of the Sovereign Development and Investment Fund being an economy stimulation measure, an investment funding instrument in competitive, profitable and sustainable sectors, with a multiplication effect in economy, going to attract capital and financial market sources," Alexandru Petrescu stated, in a briefing at the Victoria Palace....more »
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