Financial

The Government has released recently the new draft Tax Code which comprises several ultra-liberal measures, such as a diminution of the VAT, a reduced flat tax, the elimination of the tax on special construction, or lower social security contributions for both employers and employees, which would generate a gross budgetary deficit of over 16 billion lei....more »

Romania's main gas producer, Romgaz, has announced a preliminary net profit of 1.4 billion lei, up by 44 percent year-on-year, whilst its estimated revenues increased to 4.5 billion lei from 3.9 billion lei in 2013....more »

Rompetrol Rfainare, Rompetrol Downstream, KazMunayGas Trading and KMG Rompetrol intend to access a syndicated revolving loan worth 390 million euro which will be partially used to refinance previous loans and to support the current operations and activities of the companies, according to an informing sent to the Bucharest Stock Exchange....more »

Falling crude oil prices and sales down 11 percent plunged OMV Petrom's 2014 profit by 56 percent to 2.1 billion lei, the worst financial result since 2010. The anticipated decline accelerated in the last quarter of 2014 when the company reported a financial loss of 307 million lei....more »

The Romanian Government has released the draft Tax Code which proposes a series of fiscal measures such as a diminution of the VAT, a reduced flat tax, as well as lower social security contributions for both employers and employees....more »

Rompetrol Rafinare, member of KMG International has posted a gross turnover of 5.6 billion dollar last year, 15 percent more than in 2013, while the operational profit tripled from 29 million dollar in 2013 to 86 million dollar in 2014 as a result of the record-breaking volume of processed feedstock, over 5 million tonnes, at Petromidia refinery. ...more »

Electrica has reported a net profit of 280.5 million lei in 2014, the year when the company was floated on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. ...more »

Electrica is discussing with Fondul Proprietatea about the potential acquisition of the minority stakes the fund holds in its three distribution subsidiary, as well as in its supply division, the distribution and supply company announced in a release sent to the Bucharest Stock Exchange....more »

Delivery Solutions, the operator of courier company Sameday, is preparing for its listing on the new alternative trading system of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), AeRO, thus becoming the first company of its kind to enter the capital market....more »

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Romania has declined last year, amounting to 2.43 billion euro, down 11 percent from 2.71 percent in 2013, according to data released by the National Bank of Romania (BNR)....more »