06.22.2016

Romania’s Competition Council on Wednesday said it approved the takeover of Delta Health Care SRL and Delta Health Trade SRL by Centrul Medical Unirea (CMU) SRL. more

06.07.2016

Romanian economy is on an upward trend which can be compared to that before the financial crisis, according to Bogdan Chiritoiu, head of Romania’s Competition Council, speaker at “The largest more

05.23.2016

Romania’s Competition Council completed 21 investigations in the sectors of electricity, fuels and telecommunications and applied fines of nearly EUR54 million in 2015, up 30% on the year, Council more

05.10.2016

Romania's Competition Council has opened an investigation into a possible abuse of dominant position by Netcity Telecom, the operator of the Bucharest fiber optic network. more

04.27.2016

Romania’s Competition Council on Wednesday said it is looking into the economic concentration operation whereby Dante International SA, owner of online retailer eMag, is taking over online computer more

04.22.2016

Romania's High Court of Justice ruled irrevocably that oil company OMV Petrom breached antitrust regulations by forming a cartel with other oil companies, Competition Council said in a statement on more

04.21.2016

Romania’s Competition Council should not approve the acquisition of online computer and electronics retailer PC Garage by the country’s leading online retailer eMAG, because it would only serve to more

04.14.2016

Romania’s Competition Council on Thursday said it approved the takeover of general insurance company Credit Europe Asigurari – Reasigurari S.A. by Ergo Group, one of the largest insurance product more

04.04.2016

Romania's Competition Council has opened an investigation into "a possible abuse of dominant position by Orange Romania", the largest player on the local telecom market. more

03.16.2016

Romania’s Competition Council approved, in early March, the transaction whereby British pharmaceutical company GSK sold wholesaler Europharm Distributie to fast moving consumer goods distributor more

03.02.2016

Romania’s Competition on Wednesday said it is looking into the economic concentration operation whereby French retail group Carrefour is taking over Billa stores- the retail operations in Romania of more

03.02.2016

Romania’s Competition Council has cleared the takeover of Banca Comerciala Carpatica (BCC.RO) by Nextebank, arguing it poses no problem in terms of compatibility with the competitive environment, more

02.26.2016

Insurance companies in Romania kept home insurance tariffs unchanged in 2015, due to fierce competition on this market segment, according to Ziarul Financiar. more

02.24.2016

Romania’s Competition Council on Wednesday said it is looking into the takeover of Romanian dairy manufacturer Albalact (ALBZ.RO) by French group Lactalis. more

02.18.2016

Romania’s Competition Council on Thursday said it has cleared the takeover of International Healthcare Systems (IHS) and of the nephrology activity of Inter Health Systems by Diaverum group. more

02.16.2016

Romania’s Competition Council on Tuesday said it is looking into the takeover of Banca Comerciala Carpatica (BCC.RO) and the entities it controls by Nextebank. more

01.19.2016

More than 40 new stores opened in six of the largest malls in Bucharest in the fourth quarter of 2015, trying to compete over a more than EUR600 million yearly shopping budget, according to ZF more

01.05.2016

Romania’s Competition Council on Tuesday said it is looking into the takeover by Italian company TCH of Cogeme group which includes Italy-based Cogeme Set Spa, car parts producer Cogeme Set RO SRL more

11.05.2015

Listing state-owned companies on the stock market helps increase their efficiency due to extending their ownership and the level of transparency they must adopt, but it would also attract the more

09.18.2015

Petru Chiriac, the entrepreneur who founded footwear retailer Il Passo more than fifteen years ago, says the footwear market has been flooded by cheap product stores in the past few years, as Romanian more

09.11.2015

Romania’s Competition Council on Friday said it is looking into the takeover of retail operations, including some of corresponding assets, of two NIC stores in capital Bucharest by Mega Image, from more

08.17.2015

Romania’s Competition Council on Monday said it has cleared the transaction whereby McDonald's takes over three fast-food restaurants in Brasov (central Romania), which have so far been operated in more

05.11.2015

Romania’s Competition Council fears that stores, retail chains and producers might collude to keep in their profits the planned cut to 9% in the sales tax on food items starting June 1, watchdog more

04.16.2015

Romania’s Competition Council wants to complete several investigations this year, which target potential rigged bids in the milk, energy and IT sectors, the antitrust watchdog head Bogdan Chiritoiu more

04.16.2015

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