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• October 1 

The tripling of funding on the principle that for every euro received from the European Union budget, the state comes with one euro and the private sector with another euro, could ensure a total investment budget of almost 200 billion euros for...

The third quarter of 2025 was dominated by the efforts of the Government led by Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan to restore macroeconomic balance through firm, often unpopular measures. After a first semester marked by a deficit of 3.68% of GDP and...

September brought to the forefront of the political scene one of the toughest confrontations between the Government, the opposition and society in recent years. The cabinet led by Ilie Bolojan entered at full speed into a succession of decisions...

Criticism of the current coalition's reforms is increasingly coming from within. The mayor of Buzău, Constantin Toma, believes that the measures proposed by the Social Democratic Party regarding public administration reform do not represent a...

The middle of the calendar summer represented a turning point for our country, marked by a tense economic, financial and political climate, which led to the first firm decisions of the Bolojan Government towards stabilizing public finances and...

We are faced with a series of decisions presented by Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan as necessary, but without the Executive having offered the general public a clear analysis of their economic effects. Beyond the image arguments, what is missing is...

Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan assumed responsibility in Parliament for a large fiscal package, justifying the measures as a national emergency and an act of responsibility, in the context of a critical economic situation. In his speech, the head of...

Representatives of the gambling industry in our country claim that the increase in taxation of winnings and new taxes imposed on companies in the field will lead to the contraction of this industry and the movement of players to the black market....

The Ministry of Finance yesterday made the legislative package on fiscal-budgetary measures aimed at reducing the current budget deficit transparent, a package that provides for doubling the bank turnover tax, increasing VAT, increasing excise...

Economic expert, university professor Dr. Mircea Coşea, told us that the package of fiscal measures presented yesterday by Finance Minister Alexandru Nazare is toxic for the country's economy.

The interim government of the last month of spring continued the previous policy of the Ciolacu Cabinet, and resorted to increasing budget spending, by allocating to local authorities, at their discretion, significant amounts from the Budgetary...

The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) indices recorded significant increases last month, amid the confirmation of the country's pro-European course, highlighted by the election of independent candidate Nicuşor Dan as president, in a context...

• The fiscal deficit and the reaction of the capital market 

For the sustainability of public debt, given that the budget deficit reached 9.3% of Gross Domestic Product last year, a massive fiscal adjustment is necessary, i.e. a drastic reduction in public spending and better collection of revenues to the...

The evolution of capital markets reflects investors' expectations for the next six to nine months, so the strong increase in the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) indices that occurred after the election of the pro-European candidate in the...

At a time when part of the political class would like to resort to tax increases to recover the budget deficit, MP Claudiu Năsui (USR), former Minister of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism in the Cîţu government, states in a post on his...

Nicuşor Dan, the elected and validated president, stated at the end of last week, after resigning from the position of general mayor of the Capital, that there is no question of eliminating the reduced 9% rate for basic food or increasing the...

Romania's entry with land borders into the Schengen area, one of the most important diplomatic achievements of the beginning of the year, was quickly overshadowed by a series of events that strained the country's political, social and...

The first quarter of 2025 ended with a March full of strategic decisions, with a mix of social support, economic investments, programs for industry and entrepreneurship, but also budgetary prudence measures. The decisions taken by the Government...

At a time when a new technological revolution is taking place at a global level, profoundly rewriting the rules of the economic game, and when supply chains are being reconfigured amid aggressive protectionist trade measures introduced by the US,...

Ten years of presidency ended with a resignation, with Klaus Iohannis thus ending his two terms not in glory, but in disgrace. On February 10, the former president announced his resignation in order to avoid a political crisis generated by the...

The progressive tax is not on the agenda of the current government, as long as one of the coalition partners considers the approach to the subject as a red line regarding its participation in the Executive, said Marius Alin Andries, Secretary of...

The disappearance of the Dacian treasure, following a burglary on the last day it was still on display at the Drents Museum in the Netherlands, represents the main event of the first month of 2025, despite the Government's attempts to keep...

The construction materials producer Prefab Bucharest (PREH) reported preliminary operating income of 96.2 million lei, 20.2% below those in 2023, while operating profit increased by 6.6%, to almost 3.5 million lei, according to the issuer's...

The National Bank of Romania revised the inflation forecast for the last quarter of the year to 3.8%, from 3.5% as previously estimated, but the general downward trend in inflation remains, with the Consumer Price Index set to reach 3.1% in the...

The year 2024 was marked by economic-financial and socio-political convulsions, which accentuated Romania's vulnerabilities in the face of domestic and international challenges. From the alarming budget deficit to the uncontrolled increase in...

The second half of 2024 represented a critical turning point for Romania's economy and political stability. In an attempt to counter the ever-expanding budget deficit and ensure macroeconomic balance, the government implemented a series of...

• October 4 

Over 9.4 million citizens who went to the polls on November 24 had their options canceled by the Constitutional Court of Romania, which, after validating the first round of the presidential elections on December 2, reversed its decision on...

Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu declared yesterday, after the meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Tanczos Barna, Minister of Finance, that the budget for the current year will be built with caution, so as to fall within a 7% deficit, according to...

The Parliament established following the 2020 elections ends its four-year mandate today, a period that can be characterized as one marked by major crises such as the Covid-19 pandemic, the energy crisis following the war in Ukraine, political...

The balance sheet of his own government is a positive one, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu claimed yesterday, at the end of the government meeting, in a press statement in which he presented the main achievements of his mandate. Unfortunately, the...

• November 1 

The end of the calendar autumn was marked by the presidential and parliamentary elections that took place on November 24 and December 1. For this reason, in order to increase its chances before the election and to maximize the chances of its own...

Financial markets may be losing patience with Romania's high fiscal deficit, Daniel Dăianu, president of the Fiscal Council, warned, noting that the seven-year deficit reduction plan risks being too slow for some investors, Reuters reports....