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Romania's EU Fund Absorption Rate At 15% In May
Social/Politics

Romania's EU Fund Absorption Rate At 15% In May

Romania attracted EUR712 million in European structural and cohesion fund in the first five months of the year and the country’s fund absorption rate reached only 15% at the end of May, from...

Ioana Tudor · 05.06.2013 · 10:12 · 1 min
Barley Price 20% Lower Than Last Year
Companies

Barley Price 20% Lower Than Last Year

Farmers will harvest barley, which makes a EUR150 million to EUR200 million market a year, in just a few weeks and production estimates show the harvest should be somewhere around 1 million...

Tudor Ioana Raluca · 05.06.2013 · 09:04 · 2 min
MedLife: 5,000 Clients Pay RON100/Day For Private Medical Care
Health

MedLife: 5,000 Clients Pay RON100/Day For Private Medical Care

The market of private medical services is valued at EUR600 million, with over 50% of this value being subsidized by the state, said Mihai Marcu, president of MedLife, at ZF’s business show o...

Oana Gavrila · 05.06.2013 · 00:00 · 2 min
Dobrogea Grup Owes EUR19.5M To Banks And Grain Traders
Retail&Consumer

Dobrogea Grup Owes EUR19.5M To Banks And Grain Traders

Bancpost, Banca Italo-Romena, Alpha Bank and Banca Transilvania along with six grain traders including VA Intertrading, CHS, Brise Group, Alfred Toepfer and Cargill have about EUR19.5 millio...

Oana Gavrila · 05.06.2013 · 00:00 · 2 min
Furniture Companies Would Need 4,000 Trade School Graduates A Year
Companies

Furniture Companies Would Need 4,000 Trade School Graduates A Year

Furniture industry companies hired 4,700 people last year, but the market is suffering from a lack of skills so they have to invest in training the people they hire, says the Romanian Furnit...

Oana Gavrila · 05.06.2013 · 00:00 · 2 min
Romania Antitrust Body To Assess Impact Of Lufkin’s Takeover By GE
Energy

Romania Antitrust Body To Assess Impact Of Lufkin’s Takeover By GE

The Romanian Competition Council will analyze whether the planned acquisition of Lufkin Industries Inc.’s local assets by US General Electric breaches antitrust regulations, the Council said...

Florentina Dragu · 04.06.2013 · 15:18 · 1 min
Government To Downsize Managing Board Of Financial Supervisory Authority
Banks-Insurance

Government To Downsize Managing Board Of Financial Supervisory Authority

Romania’s government will downsize the Executive Board of the country's Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF) and will place an 85% tax on the severance pay former members of institutions re...

Ioana Tudor · 04.06.2013 · 14:56 · 1 min
PwC Romania Names New Head Of Tax Consulting Department
HR

PwC Romania Names New Head Of Tax Consulting Department

Mihaela Mitroi has been appointed head of the tax and legal consulting department of PwC Romania, replacing Peter de Ruiter, the company said Tuesday.

Ioana Tudor · 04.06.2013 · 13:59 · 1 min
NEPI To Build Office Tower, Renovate 1922 Bucharest Villa In EUR15M Investment
Real Estate

NEPI To Build Office Tower, Renovate 1922 Bucharest Villa In EUR15M Investment

South-African investment fund New Europe Property Investments (NEPI.RO) will invest some EUR15 million to rehabilitate a historical villa near the Government headquarters and develop a 6,500...

Ioana Tudor · 04.06.2013 · 13:31 · 1 min