17 apr 2015

The Bucharest stock exchange rose 1.7% Friday, reaching a fresh seven-year high, after a strong rise posted by OMV Petrom (SNP.RO). more

17 apr 2015

The Romanian leu fell against the euro in the second part of Friday session, lining up with the other currencies in the region, which entered the downward trend on Thursday afternoon. more

16 apr 2015

The Bucharest stock exchange rose 1% Thursday, reaching a seven-year high, after another good performance of the banking stocks. more

16 apr 2015

The leu rose against the euro Thursday, beating the other currences in the region, which lost ground against the European coin. more

16 apr 2015

MedLife, the biggest private healthcare provider in Romania, enters the dental care market with the opening of its first dental clinic in Bucharest, a EUR500,000 investment. more

16 apr 2015

Romania’s Finance Ministry on Thursday raised a planned 200 million lei (EUR45 million) in a reopening of a ten-year bond due February 2025, with the average yield rising to 3.2% a year. more

16 apr 2015

The Romanian leu rose slightly against the euro Thursday morning, and the central bank set the official exchange rate at 4.4125 units, 0.17% stronger on the day. more

16 apr 2015

Romania’s Competition Council last year fined 53 companies a total 185 million lei (some EUR42 million) for anticompetitive behavior, more than double against 2013, the antitrust watchdog said in more

15 apr 2015

The shares of BRD-Societe Generale (BRD.RO) rose 3.3% Wednesday, lifting the Bucharest stock market in one of the most intense trading sessions of the past weeks. more

15 apr 2015

Romania’s leu lost slightly versus the euro Wednesday and ended the session at 4.42 units after a quiet trade in the second part of the day. more

15 apr 2015

Real estate developers and companies in Romania will put up for sale, at the upcoming National Housing Fair (tIMOn), more than 250 residential projects, totaling over 15,000 new apartments and villas. more

15 apr 2015

Romania’s construction output rose in February both when compared with the previous month, and against the same period of last year, official data showed Wednesday. more

14 apr 2015

Romania’s gross domestic product will grow 2.7% in 2015, according to the latest World Economic Outlook report issued Tuesday by the International Monetary Fund, which sees the local economy more

14 apr 2015

Austria’s Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) returned to a positive result in Romania in 2014, reporting a profit before tax (PBT) of EUR6.1 million, versus a loss of EUR98.7 million in 2013, the company more

10 apr 2015

Romanian foreign direct investment, or FDI, rose to 409 million euros in January to February, from EUR282 million in the same period of 2014, data from the central bank showed Friday. more

10 apr 2015

Romania's current account balance posted a surplus of 285 million euros after the first two months, compared with EUR201 million in the same period a year ago, amid a larger goods and services more

10 apr 2015

Romanian consumer prices rose 0.4% in March from a month earlier, on increases across the board, and the annual inflation jumped to 0.8%, the country’s statistics institute INS said Friday. more

9 apr 2015

Romania will join the euro-zone no sooner than 2020, most economist say, as the deadline announced by the local authorities, 2019, is mainly formal without a clear strategy and agenda. more

9 apr 2015

Romania has lost the arbitration case in which it sought payment of 85 million euros from Czech energy group CEZ for alleged failure to meet obligations in the Electrica Oltenia privatization, CEZ more

9 apr 2015

Romania’s Finance Ministry on Thursday raised a planned 300 million lei (EUR68 million) in a reopening of a seven-year bond due April 2020, while the average yield fell to 2.36%, a record low for more

9 apr 2015

Retailer Mega Image, part of Belgian group Delhaize, opened its first Gusturi Romanesti store, named after one of its private labels, that will sell Romanian traditional products, the company said more

9 apr 2015

Energy Community has asked Romanian state-owned natural gas transport company Transgaz (TGN.RO) about its non-compliance with EU transparency requirements, adding that a further investigation by the more

9 apr 2015

Romanian electricity output rose 3.2% on the year to 11.38 billion kilowatt-hours in the first two months of 2015, fueled by higher production in the hydropower sector, official data showed Thursday. more

9 apr 2015

Romania’s industrial production went up in February compared with the same period of 2014, although it stagnated against the previous month, data released by the country’s statistics institute INS more

9 apr 2015

Romania’s exports rose more quickly than imports in the first two months of the year and the country’s trade deficit slightly narrowed to 563.3 million euros, the statistics office said Thursday. more