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Tudor Ioana Raluca

Fields
Retail&Consumer, Social/Politics, Automotive
Writing for ZF since
2011
Articles
853
Furniture Companies: Difficult Year, Exports Might Help Somewhat
Companies

Furniture Companies: Difficult Year, Exports Might Help Somewhat

Local furniture industry is bracing itself for a new year of decline, the fifth in a row since 2009, when it started. The main players say they will have a difficult year on the Romanian mar...

Tudor Ioana Raluca · 27.03.2013 · 00:00 · 4 min
House Producing More Energy Than It Consumes Gets Permit To Connect To Power Grid
Energy

House Producing More Energy Than It Consumes Gets Permit To Connect To Power Grid

“Prispa”, the house that can produce more energy than it consumes, owned by a family in Bacau county (NE Romania), has obtained the permit to join the energy grid, issued by Germany’s E.ON,...

Tudor Ioana Raluca · 27.03.2013 · 00:00 · 1 min
EC’s Plan To Reduce State Aid Starting 2014 To Impact SMEs
Companies

EC’s Plan To Reduce State Aid Starting 2014 To Impact SMEs

The European Commission wants to reduce state aid starting next year, a proposition rejected by several EU member states, including Romania, and allow non-reimbursable financing only from st...

Tudor Ioana Raluca · 26.03.2013 · 16:37 · 1 min
booking.com To Open Office In Bucharest
Companies

booking.com To Open Office In Bucharest

The website for vacation reservations booking.com, whose database already includes over 2,000 accommodation facilities in Romania, will in the coming weeks open an office in Bucharest, for w...

Tudor Ioana Raluca · 22.03.2013 · 00:00 · 1 min
Only 10% Of Romania’s Homes Built In 23 Years Of Capitalism
Real Estate

Only 10% Of Romania’s Homes Built In 23 Years Of Capitalism

A little more than 852,000 houses and apartments have been built in Romania in the last 23 years (1990-2012) or only 10% of the current stock of 8.5 million homes. The figure raises a questi...

Tudor Ioana Raluca · 20.03.2013 · 00:00 · 2 min
Chevron: Two More Permits And We’ll Start Drilling
Energy

Chevron: Two More Permits And We’ll Start Drilling

U.S. oil group Chevron said that if Romania wants to start shale gas drilling, now is the time to do it because exploration work alone takes five years. No European country is currently prod...

Tudor Ioana Raluca · 20.03.2013 · 00:00 · 2 min
Grup Servicii Petroliere Bidding For Black Sea Contract
Energy

Grup Servicii Petroliere Bidding For Black Sea Contract

Grup Servicii Petroliere, an offshore drilling company part of the Upetrom group of businessman Gabriel Comanescu, is bidding in what could be the tender of the year to get a contract with E...

Tudor Ioana Raluca · 15.03.2013 · 00:00 · 2 min
3M Has Bold Plans For Romania
Companies

3M Has Bold Plans For Romania

3M’s business plan for Romania envisages double-digit growth in the next few years, says Giuseppe Castaldi, 3M’s vice-president for Central and Eastern Europe.

Tudor Ioana Raluca · 15.03.2013 · 00:00 · 1 min
Some 27 Wind Farms To Be Built In Vaslui County By End-2015
Energy

Some 27 Wind Farms To Be Built In Vaslui County By End-2015

Twenty-seven wind farms will be constructed in Vaslui county, eastern Romania, by the end of 2015, following investments worth some EUR100 million, local authorities said in a report.

Tudor Ioana Raluca · 14.03.2013 · 21:46 · 1 min
Why Is Romania Polluting More Despite 800 Wind Turbines Installed
Energy

Why Is Romania Polluting More Despite 800 Wind Turbines Installed

After three years and over EUR3 billion investments in 2,000 MW of wind energy, Romania is polluting more than it did before the 800 turbines were put in place.

Tudor Ioana Raluca · 12.03.2013 · 00:00 · 3 min
Schweighofer Reaches Half A Billion Turnover In Romania, Says Will Never Hit EUR1B
Companies

Schweighofer Reaches Half A Billion Turnover In Romania, Says Will Never Hit EUR1B

Austrian businessman Gerald Schweighofer, who owns several wood processing and wood panel plants in Romania, says local plants reached a turnover of half a billion euros in 2012, but will ne...

Tudor Ioana Raluca · 12.03.2013 · 00:00 · 3 min
Nuclearelectrica Restarts Cernavoda Reactor After Generator Problems Solved
Energy

Nuclearelectrica Restarts Cernavoda Reactor After Generator Problems Solved

The second reactor at Romania’s nuclear power plant in Cernavoda was reconnected to the national grid Sunday after it was shut down on March 9 due to some generator control system problems.

Tudor Ioana Raluca · 11.03.2013 · 18:47 · 1 min