National energy transporter Transelectrica (TEL) ended the first six months of 2012 with a net profit of 22.58 million lei (5.1 million Euros), almost 8 times less compared to last year's similar period (down 87.36%), even though it had...

"Romania has gone crazy", Deutsche Welle wrote in Tuesday editorial, where it said that "the Ponta government was planning a large scale falsification of the electoral lists", adding that "the falsified data was intended to...

• Shares of ATEbank lost 31% on the Athens Stock Exchange 

• There are more "clever boys" leeching off the company than those involved in the direct bilateral contracts  

Considered one of the big taxpayers of the economy of Galaţi, the Profiland-Intfor group of companies, managed by businessman Andrei Lişinschi, is among the victims of the economic crisis.

Construction material maker "Prefab" Bucharest (symbol: PREH) reported a net profit of 777,791 lei in the first semester, up 59.72% YOY.

SIF Transilvania announced that it has ended the first semester of this year with a net profit of 67.803 million lei, down 24.6% over last year's similar period, when it reported a net profit of 89,976 million lei.

• On Friday night, the two companies signed the agreement for the provision of energy 

Many are summoned, and few are chosen, and this also applies when it comes to the participation of our athletes in the Olympic Games of London.

• BNS and Cartel Alfa are asking the government not to do privatizations involving controlling interests 

Aluminum parts maker UACE Maramureş will export metallic structures to companies such as Airbus, Alenia and Boeing, after the development of the production facilities through an investment financed by the EBRD with 25 million Euros.

The Arad Thermoelectric plant (CET) will take out an 8 million Euros loan in order to begin the investments into retooling the plant, which will lead to lower prices for the thermal energy supplied to the population.

The European currency yesterday fell on the international markets against the dollar, due to the publication of the data indicating the fall in Germany's industrial output and exports.

• The number of companies which will pay more for electricity will be higher than initially agreed with the IMF 

The majority of banks are showing interest in lending again, considering that the generation of exposure to customers has a positive effect on short term profit, said Traian Stancu, COO of loan brokerage firm Kiwi Finance.

Sorin Ovidiu Vîntu and Liviu Luca were summoned yesterday at the General Prosecutors' Office, of the High Court of Cassation and Justice, to be presented with the criminal case concerning "Petromservice".

• "I haven't seen such a drop in a long time", the president of "Romalimenta" said 

I say that the Constitutional Court should postpone until December 6th 2014, the ruling on the validity of the referendum, because then the referendum will be ready as well and if we hurried, then the Electoral Registry may be implemented as well...

The problem of Greek subsidiaries in our country once again became the focus, after the fears that their parent banks will no longer have the ability to finance them intensified once again, as they are facing difficulties themselves.

Reporter: What opportunities for growth does Romania have in the current context?

The Romanian state, the majority shareholder of "Transelectrica", last week missed the two General Shareholder Meetings (AGA) of the company, which represents a rarely encountered situation at the company.

Băsescu didn't lose the Referendum, and USL didn't win it, regardless of the decision of the Constitutional Court.

Băsescu didn't lose the Referendum, and USL didn't win it, regardless of the decision of the Constitutional Court.

In the first semester, Banca Transilvania (BT) saw a net profit of 179.62 million lei, up 47% YOY, according to a report by the lender.

The Romanian Olympic and Athletic Committee already has to prepare a few hundred thousand Euros to pay the awards of the Romanian athletes who won medals at the Olympic Games.

Fifty percent, plus one.

Since the introduction of structured products on the BSE, in July 2010, the volume of this type of traded products increased from 1.2 million, that year, to 12.1 million, last year, and 15.87 million in the first quarter of 2012.

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...

"Hidroelectrica" still doesn't have enough energy to honor its commitments, even though its receiver, Euro Insol, has decided to terminate the contracts with several energy traders, the so-called "clever boys".

From the presidency of Traian Băsescu we got a bad lesson:

The fact that Romania only has ten millions of citizens who are allowed to vote, could have been easily decreed by the National Statistics Institute even before the referendum, because the Institute is subordinated to the Government and it would...

Slumping under the mink fur and the leopard bonnet, one bandy old lady, in good clothes, was moving heavily, in a cane, below the columns of the Palace Room, through the 38 degrees of the afternoon, on the Sunday of the referendum.

The biggest athletic competition in the world, in all respects, will be officially opened today in London.

The replacement of the management of Sibex was asked by a group of shareholders who own 5.6375% of the company together, as they are unhappy with the results of the Sibiu exchange, since the appointment of Cristian Sima as CEO.

A few million (?) votes were thrown in the negotiation between the National Council of the Romanian Civil Society (CNSC) and USL, in exchange for a list of terms, which includes several shocking ones, such as for instance the disbandment of the...

The teensy hope that Traian Băsescu had that he would succeed in tipping the balance of votes in his favor, to at least allow him to prevent the Referendum from being validated, so he could return to Cotroceni "almost legitimately" was...

"Evenimentul Zilei" yesterday wrote that two days ago, 30 people protested peacefully, bearing banners with slogans such as "The function of the press is to inform, not to manipulate", "You are manipulating people with the...

• Daniel Chiţoiu, the minister of the Economy: the contract can be made public at the request of the ANRM. The company must also be consulted.  

• The key question: What will happen to the liquidity of the BSE after the Proprietatea Fund gets listed in Warsaw?  

• The company expects an annual turnover increase of 10% over the next 3 years 

• The leu, at a record low against the Euro - 4.6397 lei/Euro 

The teensy hope that Traian Băsescu had that he would succeed in tipping the balance of votes in his favor, to at least allow him to prevent the Referendum from being validated, so he could return to Cotroceni "almost legitimately" was...