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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...

The BRICS summit that is taking place these days in Kazan, Russia, also has on its agenda the request made by Turkey to acquire the status of a full member of that economic organization, after until now it had observer status. Turkish President...

• Prashant Kothaari, Alpha Alternatives: "All of Trump's policies will probably be inflationary; the dollar is likely to depreciate against gold" 

The main concern of the Government in the last month of autumn was to correct the errors crept into law 296/2023 through which fiscal changes were made, a normative act that passed the Parliament through the assumption of responsibility by the...

Radu Soviani: Mr. Coşea, 30 years since the onset of mass privatization, how do you perceive this phenomenon and set of actions?

• Republicans: "The stimulus plan passed by the American congressmen, too expensive and too badly targeted" 

The Bretton Woods moment has left a mark in politics. The conference which was held in New Hampshire, United States, 75 years ago, has represented a first globalization exercise, in which 44 states have participated, the effort of structuring the...

The European Central Bank has recently published the data of the TARGET2 (Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross settlement Express Transfer) system, which facilitates real time settlement for payments in Euros.

Klaus Iohannis is concerned with the local elections, while the head of his government, Dacian Cioloş, tells us that healthcare has been his "top" priority, while the head of the Ministry of Healthcare - Cadariu Achimaş Patriciu - is...

The biggest Italian banks, insurers and asset managers in the country, have accepted, on Monday night, to create a five billion Euros fund meant to help troubed banks, to allay investor fears over the stability of the local banking sector.

Klaus Iohannis has signed the law which allows the confiscation of unguaranteed deposits (bail-in) to save distressed banks, by promulgating yesterday the law on the resolution and recover of banks and investment firms. Romania's president...

Romania will be forced to pay penalties for every day of delay until it fully transposes the legislation on Bank Recovery and Resolution Law (BRRD), which also involves the application of the bail-in (a procedure which involves the confiscation...

The four Romanian banks with Greek shareholders would become a single entity, if their shareholders decided to merge, specialists from the NBR told us.

Anonymous sources have been feeding the rumor mill around the stress tests conducted on banks of systemic importance in Europe. The most pessimistic estimate, according to which 18 banks will not pass the test, came from the banking expert of...

The information which was published yesterday on the news streams of some European news agencies according to which several European banks would fail the stress tests represents the beginning of the end for the European banking system, claims...

The citizens of Cyprus can consider themselves lucky.

Reporter: Please give us more details about the international event that World Trade Center Bucharest will be hosting in the coming days.

The Banking Union represents an important element of the picture of a more integrated and solid European Union, but it does not represent a magical solution for dealing with all the issues of the continent, said Guillermo Tolosa, the...

The Banking Union does not represent a solution to solving the problems caused by financial instability, and Romania should postpone becoming part of this structure at least until joining the Eurozone, economic analyst Călin Rechea said.

Did you think we would get away with just the bank bail-in, dear readers? Well, no! Amid the lack of reaction from citizens when it comes to the arbitrary measures adopted by the European authorities and the lack of results in the fight against...

Businessman George Copos describes the "bail-in" mechanism (to save banks using the depositors' money) as an experiment that the European Union is conducting on small patients, whose potential (economic) death would not seriously...

Non-performing loans in the portfolios of our banks could reach a peak of 35% of the total volume of loans, economic analyst Florin Cîţu warns. In his opinion, the critical point of NPLs, in terms of the negative impact on the economy was reached...

In the beginning was denial. The financial crisis sparked by the subprime crisis in the US was not supposed to extend to Europe, according to the statements of the officials which were being made a few years ago. The health of banks was not even...

Reporter: How would you describe the first months of this year, in terms of the evolution of the banking system?

Reporter: What is your opinion on the steps recently taken by Cyprus and what effects will they have on the Romanian banking market?

The case of the suspension of the operations of the Romanian branch of Bank of Cyprus has raised questions over the status of companies that have accounts opened with banks and are required to pay their taxes to the government.

The European Union is proposing using deposits to recapitalize distressed banks.

Last year, BCR saw a total loss of 1.2 billion lei (277 million euros), amid the increase of loan-loss provisions, by 68.2%, according to bank officials.

Reporter: What is the form banking mediation currently takes in Romania?

The large number of non-performing loans at the Romanian Commercial Bank (BCR) has attracted the attention of majority shareholder Erste Bank, which asked the new management of the bank, led by Tomas Spurny, to implement a process of...

The National Bank of Romania (NBR) will rescue the possibly troubled banks, with money from the Fund for the Guarantee of Deposits in the Banking System (FGDB), according to an Emergency Government Ordinance (OUG), which will be discussed in the...

• Interview with Mr. Claudiu Doltu, state secretary in the Ministry of Finance 

• Interview with Mr. Claudiu Doltu, state secretary in the Ministry of Finance 

Last week, the European Commission (EC) proposed several measures for the recovery and the resolution of the crises in the banking system. Among other things, these involve the giving authorities the ability to get involved and force the banks to...

• Interview with Aurel Şaramet, President and Managing Director of the FNGCIMM 

• In just one day, the Greeks have withdrawn over 700 million Euros from bank deposits 

Reporter: In your opinion, how did our economy evolve last year, compared to 2010?

The maximum AAA rating of the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF) was placed on watch by ratings firm S&P yesterday, with a view for a downgrade, after making a similar decision on the 15 states of the Eurozone. Out of the countries...