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Salaries in companies with domestic capital increase faster but remain half the level in foreign companies. Why

Salaries in domestic companies continue to grow as staff shortage widens, but remain half the level registered in foreign firms, according to an analysis by… Mai mult›

BNR meeting minutes: Six comments on local economic development

Although gross fixed capital formation had a surprising positive contribution to the economic growth in the first part of the year, members of the National… Mai mult›

Public deficit, out of European practice: How others stand

Romania recorded the largest public deficit among the EU states in 2018, according to data published by Eurostat, except for Cyprus (-4.8% of GDP last… Mai mult›

IMF report – Conclusions show that Romania has become a new and atypical growth model: through imbalances. Which will soon get to be paid

Romania’s macroeconomic imbalances have increased in the past year, and economic and fiscal policies have to change so that the population’s incomes and prospects of… Mai mult›

Stimulating over-indebtedness by stimulating consumption: Overdue loans trigger warning signal – Map of debtors

The policy of stimulating consumption has also distorted the degree of indebtedness in the territorial distribution, and rich counties are competing with the poor ones… Mai mult›

Interview with Fogh Rasmussen: “NATO’s role is to keep Russians out, Americans in and Europeans involved”

The text below is a series of fragments from the interview that former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen gave to CRONICILE Curs de guvernare… Mai mult›

Gas and electricity prices: Romania in a European context

Romania ranked fourth in the second half of last year in the EU in terms of price increase in natural gas provided to the population,… Mai mult›

BNR minutes: Soft terms that Governor used for assessing serious problems. List of critical situations

The volatility of the new benchmark indicator for loans granted to the population, IRCC – which declined in May, despite the central bank’s control on… Mai mult›

Romania’s budget issue: toxic mix of “American” revenues and “European” spending

Relatively recently joined the functional market economies club, although it has multiple pending development (not just economic) issues, Romania looked around and chose a poisonous… Mai mult›

Spectacular GDP growth in Q1: 5%, in the context of rhythm decline in manufacturing to just 1.2%. Dilemmas

Gross Domestic Product for the first quarter of 2019 increased by 5% in real terms compared to the same period of the previous year (5.1%… Mai mult›

Equation of public employees in Romania’s expenses compared to EU

Simply put, data recorded over time in the monthly budget implementation published by the Ministry of Finance indicate a share of staff costs in total… Mai mult›

Foreign groups of enterprises in Romania and areas where they operate. Hierarchy changes

Germany (16.9%), France (11.7%) and Italy (9.5%) are the countries with the largest share in Romania’s economy by the number of employees in 80,905 groups… Mai mult›

Budget implementation in Q1, short and simple: wages and social spending up, general and local investments down, co-financing for projects implemented with European money down

The general consolidated budget recorded, after the first two months of 2019, a deficit of about RON 5.5 billion, equivalent to 0.54% of the GDP… Mai mult›

Chaos from APIA reached a payment moment: Romania must reimburse EUR 80 million, money spent incorrectly from European funds for agriculture and rural development – CJEU decision

The “European Funds Champion” failed in tricking the European Commission Romania lost to the European Court of Justice a lawsuit against the European Commission because… Mai mult›
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Laura Codruta Kovesi remains alone in the race for European Chief Prosecutor

French Prosecutor Jean-Francois Bohnert will be appointed as head of the European Financial Prosecutor's Office, a position for which he was heard on Thursday, 11… Mai mult›

Romania - EU country with highest risk of dying in a road accident, Bulgaria is quickly decreasing number of victims since it built motorways

Romania recorded the highest road deaths in the EU also last year, with 96 deaths per one million inhabitants in 2018, almost double the EU… Mai mult›

Latest developments in progress at Health Ministry: Differentiated wages based on performance, competitions organised at a regional level not by hospitals

Sorina Pintea announced on Thursday further new changes that will be brought to the functioning of the health care system, including new rules for employment… Mai mult›

ANAF changes selection procedure for liquidators. Main changes

The new order on approval and selection procedures for insolvency practitioners is an important step to a very good direction, industry experts say. ANAF is… Mai mult›

Romania loses competition for a seat at UN Security Council. MAE Excuse: Campaign started too late

Romania lost to Estonia in the final vote to get the non-permanent member position within the UN Security Council for the period 2020-2021. On Friday,… Mai mult›

Business internationalization / eMAG makes a step to entry five new international markets and targets a business of EUR 2 billion

eMAG hopes to get the opinion of the Hungarian Competition Council over the next two months for the acquisition of Extreme Digital, the market leader… Mai mult›

"At a distance from books": 85,000 teachers (one third of educational staff) are graduates of distance learning

Approximately 85,000 teachers are graduates of distance learning (ID) programs, Education Minister Ecaterina Andronescu said at a meeting with school inspectors from Caras-Severin County. The… Mai mult›

Mugur Isarescu: We should make a film for Viasat History about treasure in Moscow

A book should be written or a movie should be made and sent to Viasat History about a treasure evacuated to Moscow, as it is… Mai mult›

Rhythm of commercial vehicle registration increases 3 times faster in Romania than EU average

Today, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) announced the status of commercial vehicle registrations in EU member states + EFTA in April and cumulated after… Mai mult›

4.2%, from 3%: BNR has increased inflation forecast for 2019

The National Bank increased the inflation forecast for 2019 by 1.2 percentage points, from 3% to 4.2%. Also, the forecast for 2020 goes up by… Mai mult›

Emergency procedure at European Court of Justice for Romania’s question: Are MCV recommendations mandatory?

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has decided that Bihor Court’s request to be discussed under the emergency procedure, which is a… Mai mult›

Government decides to increase external borrowing ceiling by EUR 4bn. It has consumed program resources for two years

The Government's agenda for Wednesday also includes the draft decision to increase the foreign loans ceiling for 2019 and 2020 by EUR 4 billion, up… Mai mult›

Preparations for Summit in Sibiu - European Commission’s recommendations for EU's strategic agenda

On Tuesday, the European Commission presented a series of policy recommendations on how Europe can shape its future within an increasingly uncertain and multipolar world.… Mai mult›

Meeting between Prime Minister Viorica Dancila and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang: talks on a possible involvement of Chinese companies in PPP projects in Romania

On Friday, Prime Minister Viorica Dancila had a meeting with Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang, during which she stated her interest in involving Chinese companies… Mai mult›