The loan portfolio of banks is deteriorating from one month to the next, as layoffs, wage cuts and the exchange have been affecting the debtors' ability to repay their loans since 2009.

All sorts of rumors have been going through and around Raiffeisen Bank Romania.

Yesterday, "OMV Petrom" has raised the price of fuel by 3%, or 9 bani per liter.

Brokers say that one of the reasons the stocks of the five SIFs have risen over the past two days, is the fact that investors have high hopes over the dividends which will be paid out this year.

Austria will impose the norms designed to enhance the safety of the financial system, by forcing major Austrian banks to reduce their lending to banks in emerging Europe, in spite of discontent in the region, according to sources close to...

The law concerning the holding limit in the SIFs from 1% to 5%came into effect after being published in the Official Gazette on Tuesday.

The shareholders of SIF2 Moldova may be summoned to decide on a share capital increase and to revise the articles of incorporation, the company's Board of Directors announced in a press release sent yesterday to the Bucharest Stock Exchange.

A deputy governor of the Romanian National Bank (NBR), together with other banking officials of 16 European countries, yesterday attended a conference in Vienna, to discuss the issue of the capitalization of banks in the Eurozone and the...

"Fondul Proprietatea" (FP) is far from being a "bargain" for investors, the analysts of "Erste Group Research" say, as they their target price for the fund's stock by 30%, to 0.51 lei/share.

Who will be the new manager of the Bucharest Stock Exchange is the question everyone is looking for an answer to, after the shareholders elected a new Board of Directors on Monday.

Yesterday, the five largest oil corporations in Romania were fined 880 million lei by the Competition Council for breaking the law.

The shareholders of construction company Concefa Sibiu have issued their agreement for the sale of several real estate assets which the company owns in Braşov.

• Romania's trade deficit expected to increase in 2012 

Lucian Anghel, the chief-economist of BCR, is the new president of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE), elected yesterday by shareholders with 3.7 million votes.

Analysts claim that the government managed the public debt in a faulty manner, and the interest rates at which it borrowed were very high.

The only event which periodically makes the Bucharest Stock Exchange an interesting subject to write about, takes place today - the revocation of its management and the election of a new Board of Directors, decisions which are on the agenda of...

Reporter: What are your estimates on the evolution of the capital market for this year?

Reporter: Concisely, could you discuss what 2011 was like for the stock market and for the Bucharest Stock Exchange?

Răzvan Furtună, the head of the Treasury Products Sales to Retail Customers of BCR, part of the Financial Markets Division of the Romanian Commercial Bank (BCR), considers that the price of gold will continue to rise, as portfolio investments in...

Alina Piciorea, the head of the Corporate and Retail Sales Department and of the Treasury and Financial Markets Department of Piraeus Bank, said that the price of gold is still supported by the demand for gold bars and coins, by the purchases...

Răzvan Rusu, the investment director of Certinvest, considers that the price of gold will not go above 1,900 dollars/ounce.

Reporter: How did you come to run for the position of member of the Board of Directors of the Bucharest Stock Exchange?

Romania, just like the US and even the EU have escaped the economic crisis.

The Board of the Bucharest Stock Exchange has postponed for today the decision concerning the summoning of a new General Shareholder Meeting, to discuss the amendment of the change of the company's articles of incorporation by introducing the...

Reporter: What is your opinion on how stocks have evolved in 2011?

Lucian Anghel, the candidate proposed by BCR for the presidency of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, wants to take the market operator "to the next level" and to turn it from "a boat" into "a cruiser".

Products that use 3D technology are increasingly present in retail stores, and their prices are dropping due to an increase in competition.

Under the threat of dismissal, the current management of the Bucharest Stock Exchange shows off its weapons in a move meant to intimidate.

Romania is far more prepared than it was in the past to handle next year's "financial storm" PM Emil Boc said.

Lucian Bute and Cristi Chivu were the best paid Romanian athletes in 2011. Admired, criticized, cheered, or cursed at, athletes are some of the most envied people on the planet for two reasons: their fame and their income. Even if we are in full...

Schaeffler Romania, which owns a plant in Cristian, in the county of Braşov, expects its output to increase 15% in 2012 compared to the level of 1.2 billion lei which will be reached at the end of this year, said Alexandru Blemovici, the managing...

Rumors concerning the replacement of Dominic Bruynseels as the CEO of BCR has been going around at an increasing rate.

The shareholders of the Bucharest Stock Exchange have already begun preparations for the General Shareholder Meeting of January, in which the stake is the leadership of the exchange operator.

• The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania had suspended the Approval of Force Majeure granted to "Hidroelectrica" 

On Friday, the Romanian authorities signed loan agreements with the European Investment Bank (BEI). The loan is taken on at an interest rate of less than 4%, for the co-financing of the Universitate-Pantelimon subway segment and for environmental...

District 1:The "Gemenii" ("Twins"), "Sadoveanu", "Buba", and "Capone" clans. The "Twins" are accused of being involved in the theft of luxury cars, as they were involved in the theft of the...

FM Romania, one of the most important logistics players in the FMCG sector, expects its turnover to increase 22 million Euros this year, as it succeeded in raising new customers.

A burning wish of investors - the raising of the maximum holding limit in the SIFs - was fulfilled yesterday, after a wait of approximately two years.

In a visit to China, Prince Paul of Romania has proposed "Huawei" officials to invest in Jucu, taking the place of "Nokia".

The development of the stock market depends on the privatization of companies through IPOs and on the raising of the holding threshold in the SIFs from 1% to 5%, several investors said yesterday, in a press conference.