19 dec 2012

The Ponta II Government will be faced with the repayment of the bulk of the record EUR19 billion loan that Romania took out from foreign lenders. The loan was approved in 2009 during the Democrat more

13 dec 2012

Instead of simplifying the administrative apparatus as it had promised to do, the ruling coalition wants to create new ministries. more

6 dec 2012

Bankers have ceased promoting loans in lei and even made them more expensive over the past few months. The high interests that once discouraged customers from borrowing in domestic currency are making more

19 nov 2012

Bank analysts expect Romania’s economy to grow 1.2% on average in 2013 after a mere 0.5% rise in 2012, a pessimistic forecast compared with foreign institutions’ estimates. more

29 oct 2012

Romania’s euro-zone entry in 2015 is difficult to achieve and the new government that will be formed after December’s parliamentary elections is set to decide if the timeline for adopting the more

25 oct 2012

The Government must decide which companies it keeps and privatize or liquidate the remaining ones because the Romanian sector of state-run enterprises is still oversized even when considered against more

22 oct 2012

Companies that will enforce the system of collecting VAT upon invoice payment as of 2013 have to submit to the fiscal authorities by Thursday, October 25, a notification proving that their turnover more

17 oct 2012

Romania’s financing needs remain high in the last months of the year with government securities of 9.1 billion lei (EUR2 billion) reaching maturity in the fourth quarter. more

11 oct 2012

The proposed audit reforms put forward by the European Commission could significantly disrupt the audit market, reduce quality and generate additional costs for business, believes Michael Andrew, more

9 oct 2012

BCR has brokered transactions with more than 500 kilograms of gold since the beginning of the year, worth over 100 million lei (EUR22 million), the biggest of them involving 40 kilograms of gold each. more

25 sep 2012

The new regulation on foreign currency lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) could condition borrowing in hard currency by obtaining revenue in the said currency. more

24 sep 2012

Loan rescheduling for individuals who are late on their installment payments has not been “satisfactory’ in terms of results, according to Romania’s central bank, as the share of rescheduled more

21 sep 2012

The quantitative easing measures announced by the major central banks in the world had positive effects on the financial markets in September, Romania included. more

21 sep 2012

The top ten insurers last year had negative yields for the first time after 2008, with problems at the top of the ranking indicating the difficult situation faced by this crisis-stricken industry. more

12 sep 2012

Romanian central bank governor Mugur Isarescu admitted on Tuesday that the central bank only saw the positive side of the lending boom during the years of high growth and had an “excessively more

12 sep 2012

Romania’s economic prospects for 2013 appear favorable considering that the economy of the eurozone is expected to return to growth, analysts say. more

29 aug 2012

The share of budget revenues in the gross domestic product has been adjusted as part of the budget revision from 33.9% to 32.3%, according to information sent by the Finance Ministry. more

27 aug 2012

The highest-paid executive in Romania last year was, surprisingly, a manager in the real estate sector, who is likely to have concluded several major transactions and earned EUR1.27 million, more

24 aug 2012

The government increased personnel spending by 1.1 billion lei (EUR0.25 billion) in the budget revision but cut investment expenses financed by the budget and European funds by RON2 billion. more

16 aug 2012

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warns the Finance Ministry that its “fiscal buffer” has diminished, after the Treasury had attracted less than it had planned to in recent auctions because of more

10 aug 2012

The Finance Ministry is preparing to increase public sector wages through derogation to the law of fiscal responsibility, while cutting infrastructure spending in this year’s first budget more

9 aug 2012

The end of the week is expected to bring heated discussions between the Ponta government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as authorities make a last attempt to persuade foreign experts to more

7 aug 2012

Mugur Isarescu, governor of Romanian central bank BNR, on Monday warned politicians that Romania would not only be penalized through the depreciation of the leu for the unending scandal, but also more

6 aug 2012

Romania’s central bank (BNR) on Monday makes its first principal payment on Romania’s EUR12 billion loan from the IMF, amounting to around EUR670 million from its forex reserve. more

26 iul 2012

The announcement by Finance Minister Florin Georgescu on Wednesday that Romania will seek another two-year precautionary agreement with the IMF is a clear attempt to calm suspicions of foreign more