Reporter
Catalina Apostoiu
- Fields
- Companies, Retail&Consumer, Banks-Insurance
- Writing for ZF since
- 2011
- Articles
- 1.264
Altex Wants To Hit The EUR300M Mark Again In 2015
Dan Ostahie, owner of Altex group and one of the most powerful Romanian entrepreneurs, says the electro-IT retailer he started over two decades ago will, in 2015, post again EUR300 million i...
Russia Business Interests In Romania: Strategic Sectors Such As Energy And Metallurgy
The most important Russian businesses in Romania have followed the same pattern: Russian oligarchs taking over valuable assets of the Romanian state in the wake of controversial privatizatio...
Law Market After 1Q: Ongoing Fee Pressure, Foreign Player Exits
In the first quarter of 2014, the business law market witnessed a series of events that, overall, point to a worsening of issues that emerged in previous years.
Consumption Set To Rise In 2014, But Politics Will Dictate Growth Pace
Consumption inched up by 0.4% in 2013, propped by December figures, as Romanians reopened pockets to buy home appliances, furniture and clothes. In January, though, retail sales advanced by...
In Romania, Plants Grow Out Of Sync With The “Prestige” Of Cities
The 140-year old Grivita brewery of Bucharest will become a real estate project, a former sweets plant in Brasov was acquired by Germany’s retailer Lidl and is to be turned into a store and...
Greek Malideros Family Wants EUR3M From Osho, Its New Bet
Georgios Malideros moved to Romania a year ago to manage his family’s real estate businesses, together with his father, and meanwhile bought from Romanian entrepreneur Florin Radulescu the t...
Blue Air Taps Charter Market In A Bid To Uphold Market Share
Low-cost carrier Blue Air, which changed its shareholders last spring, is trying to keep its market share unchanged and enters the charter flight segment, likely to bring it EUR5 million.
Romania Has Two Natural Gas Markets, But Not Enough Players
The upcoming price hike for natural gas from domestic production, of 24% starting April 1st, has not prompted large consumers to tap gas bourses in search of a better price.
Microelectronica Invests EUR15M In Led Research & Production Center
Bucharest-based Microelectronica invested EUR15 million in a LED research and production unit, planning to become a supplier for the optical, electronics and car industries.
Bucharest Bourse Head: International Investors Scale Down Presence In Romania On Ukrainian Crisis
Ludwik Sobolewski, the chief executive officer of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, told ZF in an interview that the work group he coordinates has already prepared several “deeply thought” chang...
SIFs Shift To Real Estate, Distressed Companies And Agriculture For Investment
SIF Banat-Crisana (SIF1.RO), SIF Moldova (SIF2.RO) and SIF Muntenia (SIF4.RO) plan to continue selling banking stock in 2014 and shift investments to less traditional activity fields for the...
Lidl Buys Former Poiana Plant Of Brasov
German-held retailer Lidl acquired the former sweets plant of Brasov owned by Mondelez Romania, the producer of Poiana chocolate, but plans to sell part of the land plot for the construction...