08.11.2016

Romania’s Competition Council is looking into the transaction whereby Emerging Europe Accession Fund (EEAF), the private equity fund managed by Axxess Capital, will enter the shareholding structure more

07.18.2016

Romania’s Competition Council on Monday said it is looking into the takeover of 78 Reteta pharmacies from Polisano group by retail pharmacy chain Sensiblu. more

07.11.2016

Romania’s Competition Council on Wednesday approved the takeover of Bel Rom Trei and Sibiu Shopping City companies by NE Property Cooperatief, member of South-African investment fund New Europe more

06.29.2016

Romania’s Competition Council on Wednesday approved the takeover of Billa stores, the retail operations in Romania of German retail group Rewe, by French retail group Carrefour. more

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

04.04.2016

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

02.24.2016

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

01.05.2016

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

12.08.2015

Romania’s projected economic growth of 4% for 2016 might be at its peak and is likely to slow down toward 3.5% in 2017, given the lack of investments, and a growth based only on consumption is not more

12.08.2015

Romania's inflation rate is seen dropping to below -2 early next year from the current -1.6% but will rise again to reach 2.5%-3% once the effects of the cut in value-added tax wear off, according to more

12.08.2015

The new government, with a one-year mandate, should focus on few, clear projects, mainly on increasing tax collection, which would be clearly communicated, an on increasing transparency and efficiency 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

09.11.2015

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

07.22.2015

Romania should not repeat the mistakes of other states or its own mistakes before the financial crisis, thus economic policies decision makers should act prudently, as it is easy to promise and give more