08.31.2012

The Romanian retail market is going through one of its most difficult times ever considering the talk about the exit of at least one of the largest companies with revenues of several hundred million more

07.09.2012

Romania’s rolling stock manufacturers Astra Vagoane Arad, Meva and Romvag Caracal, under insolvency, were taken over by an undisclosed German investor, in a EUR30 million deal, the liquidator of the more

06.29.2012

Romania's central bank has approved the acquisition of Emporiki Bank's local subsidiary by French group Credit Agricole, with the bank's name to be changed to Credit Agricole Bank Romania by the end more

05.23.2012

Swiss grain and fertilizer trader Ameropa Holding will launch a takeover offer for the 24.12% stake it doesn’t own in Romanian chemical fertilizer producer Azomures (AZO.RO) for a total of 281.7 more

05.10.2012

Romanian operating leasing and fleet management company Autotechnica Fleet Services will take over, starting May 15, car rental franchise Hertz Romania, which will subsequently change its name to more

03.21.2012

Swiss grain trader Ameropa Holding AG, through its Pelican Fertilizer units, has completed the acquisition of Romanian fertilizer producer Azomures (AZO.RO). more

03.16.2012

Romanian Competition Council has given Swiss grain trader Ameropa Holding AG the green light to move forward on its deal to buy a 75.87% stake in local fertilizer producer Azomures (AZO.RO), the more

01.19.2012

Romanian IT solution company Novensys took over Ager Solutions’ Microsoft Dynamics division, which generated revenues of about EUR1 million last year, Cezar Golumbeanu, general manager of Novensys, more

01.18.2012

Romanian businessman Dinu Patriciu is negotiating the sale of his Mic.ro retail network to international group 7 Eleven, people close to the matter told MEDIAFAX. more

01.09.2012

Romanian authorities are carrying advanced negotiations to purchase the Arpechim refinery from oil company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO), local officials in Arges County said Monday. more

01.03.2012

Foods maker Orkla Foods Romania (OFR) on Tuesday announced it has taken over Bucharest-based distributor maker Food Distribution Services (FDS). more

12.15.2011

Romanian Competition Council on Thursday announced it has approved the takeover of electronics retailer Flanco Retail by Asesoft Web, part of the Asesoft group. more

12.07.2011

US-based Euronet Worldwide announced it has bought Smart PayNetwork (PayNet), a Romanian payment services supplier that processes around 15 million card transactions each year. more

12.05.2011

Retailer Mega Image, owned by Belgian group Delhaize, Monday announced it has received the clearance from Romanian competition authorities to buy three G'Market stores, and two of the units will be more

11.28.2011

Swiss fertilizer and grains trader Ameropa Holding concluded “a series of agreements” with the Turkish investors owning Azomures (AZO.RO), to buy the Romanian fertilizer maker. more

11.25.2011

Marking a first on the Bucharest stock exchange, businessman Catalin Chelu was forced by court order to pay damages for not launching an offer to takeover a firm, thus breaching market bylaws. more

11.15.2011

Japanese group Sumitomo will take over 90% of Romanian fertilizer supplier Alcedo within a transaction approved early November by the Competition Council and set for conclusion in the near future. more

11.14.2011

Swedish private equity firm Oresa Ventures has taken over office supplies distributor RTC Proffice Experience, part of the RTC group, which is owned by businessman Octavian Radu. more

11.02.2011

Several hundred companies are for sale on the Romanian market, most of them SMEs, but the number of done-deals is extremely low compared with the 2007-2008 period, when investment funds and investors more

10.31.2011

Swiss group Ameropa Holding is in advanced negotiations to take over Eurofert and Azomures Holdings, which hold a cumulated 75.87% stake in fertilizer maker Azomures (AZO.RO). more

10.18.2011

Romanian pharmaceutical company Terapia Ranbaxy and ZTE, one of the largest Chinese producers of telecom equipment, are interested in taking over Nokia's production halls at Jucu, once the plant more

10.06.2011

Belgian group Delhaize, owner of the Mega Image retail chain in Romania, Thursday said it has taken over the three G'market stores owned by Turkish Anchor Group in Bucharest for an undisclosed amount, more

09.05.2011

Austrian investment fund Do-Fi South-East Holding launched an offer to buy 37.65% in construction company SCT Bucuresti, or SCTB (SCTB.RO), for 16.3 million lei (EUR3.8 million). more

08.31.2011

RCS&RDS, one of the largest providers of communications and television services in the region, controlled by Oradea (Western Romania) businessman Zoltan Teszari, has halted negotiations to buy rival more

08.26.2011

Romanian businessman Catalin Chelu has to make takeover bids in 11 companies where he owns stakes of over 33%, according to a series of ordinances issued by the securities commission CNVM. more