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Radu Bostan

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Social/Politics, Automotive, Banks-Insurance
Writing for ZF since
2011
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Government Plans To Raise Diesel, Cigarette Duties Next Year
Energy

Government Plans To Raise Diesel, Cigarette Duties Next Year

Romanian authorities plan to raise excise duties on diesel fuel and cigarettes again next year, with the higher taxes on tobacco to last at least until 2015, says a government document.

Radu Bostan · 30.05.2012 · 20:33 · 1 min
Social/Politics

Romania To Follow Public Sector Wage Raise With Restrictions On Personnel Expenses

Romanian authorities will follow the upcoming salary raise in the public sector by restricting spending on wages in the next three years, says a government document.

Radu Bostan · 30.05.2012 · 20:33 · 1 min
Social/Politics

Romania Raises Subsidies For Poultry, Pig Welfare By Redistributing Funds

Romania's Government has increased the state aid for poultry and pig welfare to 253.6 million lei (EUR56.8 million) and RON204.9 million, respectively, to cover demand.

Radu Bostan · 30.05.2012 · 17:26 · 1 min
Energy

Government Approves Construction Of Gas Pipeline Link To Moldova

Romania's Government on Wednesday approved the construction of a pipeline linking the Romanian and Moldovan natural gas transport systems, between Iasi and Ungheni, Prime Minister Victor Pon...

Radu Bostan · 30.05.2012 · 16:35 · 1 min
Companies

Romania Raises Turnover Threshold For VAT Exemption To EUR65,000

Romania's Government has issued an ordinance whereby self-employed people and micro-enterprises with turnover below EUR65,000 per year will be exempt from paying VAT.

Radu Bostan · 30.05.2012 · 15:03 · 1 min
Bucharest Airport Company Revenue Up 17% In 2011, To RON530M
Automotive

Bucharest Airport Company Revenue Up 17% In 2011, To RON530M

The Bucharest Airport National Company (CNAB) announced Wednesday its revenue increased 17.4% last year, from 450.8 million lei (EUR101 million) in 2010 to RON529.6 million, while profit gre...

Radu Bostan · 30.05.2012 · 14:59 · 1 min
Social/Politics

Employers To Pay Half Social Contributions By Hiring Youths Under 25 – Bill

A bill put forward to the Romanian Senate says employers who hire young people under 25 for at least three years would pay only 50% of their social contributions.

Radu Bostan · 30.05.2012 · 14:30 · 1 min
New Policolor CEO: Real Challenge To Come After Market Rebounds
Companies

New Policolor CEO: Real Challenge To Come After Market Rebounds

The Policolor-Orgachim group, one of the largest competitors on the local paint and enamels market, has a new chief executive officer as of this year, Marius Vacaroiu. At the beginning of hi...

Radu Bostan · 30.05.2012 · 00:00 · 3 min
Law Firms Yearbook: Who Calls The Shots On A EUR200M Market
Companies

Law Firms Yearbook: Who Calls The Shots On A EUR200M Market

The 100 biggest law firms in Romania have extended their teams by 120 lawyers to 1,628 people over the course of last year, with the overall revenues posted by 19 of them exceeding EUR100 mi...

Radu Bostan · 30.05.2012 · 00:00 · 1 min
Romania In Top 10 By Talent Shortage, But Employers Don’t Invest In Training People
HR

Romania In Top 10 By Talent Shortage, But Employers Don’t Invest In Training People

Almost one in two Romanian employers (45%) says they have problems recruiting for their jobs because of the “lack of technical skills,” a percentage significantly higher than the global aver...

Radu Bostan · 30.05.2012 · 00:00 · 2 min
CFA Romania: Fondul Proprietatea's Move To A Foreign Market Should Be Lesson For Local Bourse
Capital Market

CFA Romania: Fondul Proprietatea's Move To A Foreign Market Should Be Lesson For Local Bourse

The Bucharest Stock Exchange needs to understand the reasons why local companies with foreign shareholders choose to migrate to a foreign market and the fact that investment fund Fondul Prop...

Radu Bostan · 30.05.2012 · 00:00 · 3 min
Banks-Insurance

Isarescu’s Dilemmas: How To Juggle Exchange Rate, Interests, Exports, Leu Savings And Lack Of Foreign Funding

Almost four years since the crash of the Lehman Brothers bank, the officially recognized milestone that marks the start of the most serious financial and economic crisis of the last eighty y...

Radu Bostan · 30.05.2012 · 00:00 · 6 min