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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...

Private pension funds are very liquid and can handle payments without any problem, including the peak in payments expected to occur in ten to fifteen years, Radu Crăciun, president of the Association for Privately Administered Pensions in Romania...

The first package of fiscal measures comes into force today, the impact of the VAT increase from 19 to 21% being the greatest on consumers, who will face price increases in the chain, both for food products that are not part of the 14 cataloged...

Only one in three entrepreneurs still believes that the national economy will have a positive direction this year, said Florin Jianu, former president of the National Council of Small and Medium-sized Private Enterprises in Romania (CNIPMMR),...

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...

Nicuşor Dan officially began his term as president of Romania yesterday, after taking the oath of office in the reunified plenary session of Parliament. The solemn moment was blessed by His Beatitude Daniel, the patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox...

Although Nicuşor Dan obtained 6,186,642 votes in the second round of the presidential elections, we believe that very few of those who voted for him read the vision of "Honest Romania" - the electoral program of the future president of...

The situation in our country, before the elections of May 18, is creating tension in society. Promises are being made, scenarios are being floated that are meant to create panic, and the impression is that we are on the edge of an abyss. In this...

Investments considered ethical or socially responsible, promoted by many European pension funds, could indirectly support serious human rights abuses in Gaza and the West Bank, according to an investigation by the journalistic platform Follow the...

Innovative cases have led the competition authority to rethink and adapt its intervention methods to new economic realities, which has required innovative solutions in the regulatory framework, said Bogdan Chiriţoiu, president of the Competition...

Officials within the Financial Supervisory Authority face a high risk when they find certain irregularities in the activity of that public institution. Being a whistleblower regarding the ASF represents the most difficult position an official can...

The United States risks running out of cash to pay its obligations by mid-July unless Congress adopts a resolution to raise or suspend the maximum national debt ceiling, according to an analysis published by the Bipartisan Policy Center think...

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...

Uniunea Salvaţi România a anunţat că propune modificarea noii legi a pensiilor, susţinând că aceasta afectează grav persoanele care au muncit în condiţii deosebite sau speciale. Potrivit reprezentanţilor acestui partid, aplicarea legii în forma...

The Save Romania Union announced that it proposes amending the new pension law, claiming that it seriously affects people who have worked in special or exceptional conditions. According to representatives of this party, the application of the law...

Ilie Bolojan, former president of the Senate, assumed his duties as interim president yesterday after the Constitutional Court took note of Klaus Iohannis' resignation on Tuesday. Before becoming interim president, Ilie Bolojan suspended...

Reporter: The funds managed by Karoll Capital Management focus on investments in the Emerging Europe capital markets. What do you think are the main opportunities offered by the markets in this region compared to those in Western Europe or...

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...

The last financial quarter of last year was a time of intense complexity for the Romanian economy, in which political and economic forces faced significant challenges generated by the general elections, the tense geopolitical context and an...

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...

The indices of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) had an evolution marked by two distinct phases last year when, after a strong increase until the summer, the electoral period and the situation arising from the parliamentary and presidential...

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 creation of a Sovereign Investment Fund in Romania (SIFIR), which would be capitalized from the collection of royalties and taxes for the exploitation of mineral and energy resources, as well as from the dividends of state-owned energy...

The last month of summer was marked by a series of government decisions that continued to deepen the budget deficit, which - according to the budget execution for the first seven months published by the Ministry of Finance at the end of August -...

The nominal returns of the seven Pillar II private pension funds were around 8%, in the first seven months of this year, respectively 14-16% in the period July 2023 - July 2024, performances above those achieved in normal. They are really...

Reporter: How adequate do you think the current pension system architecture is for our country's current and future needs?

The escalation of the budget deficit indicates structural problems, which can only be remedied through urgent fiscal reforms that lead to budgetary consolidation, the Fiscal Council states in the report for the year 2023, published yesterday, a...

France is on the boil again on July 14, after the political situation became volatile following President Emmanuel Macron's decision to dissolve the National Assembly and call early parliamentary elections for June 30 and July 7, 2024....

Reporter: Based on the legislation in force, the portfolios of mandatory private pension funds in our country are composed of approximately 65% government securities and 25% shares. Given that the investments are long-term, how do you...

Reporter: According to the European Federation of Stock Exchanges (FESE), the Bucharest Stock Exchange is the second largest in Eastern Europe, above the stock exchanges in Hungary and the Czech Republic, but the value of transactions is...

During May, the government continued to make chaotic decisions regarding budget expenditures, although the deficit after the first four months of the current year stood at 3.24% of the Gross Domestic Product, i.e. a minus of 57.29 billion lei...

The assets of mandatory private pension funds in our country will double in the next five years, so administrators will be forced to look for other investment areas outside the capital market, Radu Crăciun, the president of the Association for...

Through the National Recovery and Resilience Program (PNRR), Romania has committed to carrying out tax reform in 2025. Until the elections for the Romanian Parliament in December 2024, citizens would have the opportunity to participate in an...

Social convulsions have been a constant in the first three months of the current year, with a peak in January, when almost half of the country's major cities were blocked by farmers' and transporters' protests, which lasted for three...

Less than half of the member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) prohibit anonymous donations for political financing, according to the data published in the report Anti-corruption and integrity -...

Traditionally, the second month of the year should be marked by the beginning of the first parliamentary session and less by the visibility of the work carried out by the government, but the electoral year 2024 seems out of the ordinary, in view...

• January 5 

Last year, the governments of Ciucă and Ciolacu failed to comply with the state budget law approved in December 2022, a normative act drawn up by the PSD-PNL governing coalition and which provided for an increase in budget expenditures, but also...

• July 3rd 

The first government round within a political coalition marked the second half of last year not through the lens of exceptional results, but through the continuation of taking measures that had a negative impact on the business environment, in...