01.05.2024

Romania's Competition Council said it was analyzing the transaction through which Intesa Sanpaolo intends to acquire First Bank Romania from US-held private investment firm J.C. Flowers, as announced more

12.20.2023

Romania's Competition Council approved the transactions through which Brain Hospital SRL and Roho Medical Investments intend to take over Monza Hospital from Centrul Medical Policlinico Di Monza. more

11.21.2023

Romanian startups 3D Printing Hub and Peelhy qualified among top five regional solutions of BASF Innovation Hub, pitch competition for sustainable future. more

11.01.2023

Neither the European Commission, nor the Competition Council have received any notifications from Ahold Delhaize or Profi regarding the takeover of the Profi store chain by the Dutch-Belgian Delhaize more

10.30.2023

The Competition Council approved Carrefour’s acquisition of retailer Cora’s operations in Romania. The deal should therefore be completed in the next few weeks, Carrefour officials announced. more

07.06.2023

Romania's Competition Council has launched an investigation into possible antitrust violations on the voucher issuing and selling market by the companies Edenred Romania, Sodexo Pass Romania and Up more

01.24.2023

The Competition Council cleared a total of 94 deals in 2022, a record number for the last 16 years. more

01.16.2023

Romania’s Competition Council is looking into a transaction by which Elit SRL plans to acquire the company Good Meat Production SRL more

07.20.2022

Romania’s competition watchdog has greenlighted the deal whereby Paval Holding, the special purpose vehicle of brothers Adrian and Dragos Paval, owners of DIY retailer Dedeman, bought into Farmacia more

03.29.2022

Romania’s Competition Council is looking into a transaction whereby Dan Ostahie is acquiring Porsche Bank Romania S.A. more

03.16.2022

Romania’s Competition Council greenlighted a total of 81 transactions in 2021, a record number for the last 15 years. By comparison, the second-best year was 2008 (the last economic boom year more

03.10.2022

Romania’s Competition Council has started an inquiry into fuel price hikes, saying it is monitoring the fuel market and arguing that prices has increased too much unreasonably. more

12.09.2021

Clifford Chance Badea law firm is expanding its team by bringing Eleonora Udroiu, a lawyer with nearly 18 years of experience on board, who will oversee competition and energy law projects in the M&A more

09.22.2021

Romania’s Competition Council has approved a transaction whereby the company Agroind Cauaceu will be controlled by the Corbut family and Promat Comimpex, a company held by Ameropa DG Holding AG and more

06.18.2021

Bogdan Chiritoiu on Friday received a favorable opinion from President Klaus Iohannis for a mandate of five more years as President of Romania’s Competition Council. more

06.02.2021

Romania’s Competition Council has approved the transaction whereby retailer Profi acquired ten proximity stores from the company Pronto Mobile SRL in April 2021. more

02.10.2021

TeraPlast, the parent company of TeraPlast Group, said Wednesday in a stock market announcement that the Competition Council gave a favorable opinion regarding the sale of TeraPlast’s window more

01.18.2021

Romanian competition authorities are looking into Polish investment fund Innova Capital's acquisition of the local operations of UK's PayPoint in a EUR50 million deal. more

12.29.2020

German DKV Group has acquired Arad-based Smart Diesel, the largest private filling station operator in Romania, founded by Romanian entrepreneurs Ovidiu Andries and Daniel Imbre. more

12.08.2020

French-held Orange group, one of the largest actors in the world’s communications industry, plans to make significant investments in Romania in the next few years, having allocated EUR268 million to more

12.03.2020

A survey by Romania’s Competition Council shows the use of Big Data technologies is becoming more important for enhancing the competitiveness of companies, but, at the same time, it may lead to more

11.13.2020

Romania’s Competition Council on Friday said it approved a transaction whereby regional investment fund SIF Banat-Crisana (SIF1.RO) had acquired Doosan IMGB SA. more

11.12.2020

Romanian's competition authority has authorized a deal allowing Rompetrol Downstream to take over operation rights on nine filling stations belonging to Comision Trade group. more

10.24.2019

The Hungarian Competition Authority (GVH) has approved the merger between Romanian retailer eMAG and Hungarian company Extreme Digital. The new entity has combined revenue of EUR250 million, 600 more

10.23.2019

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