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The Ministry of Public Finances (MFP) yesterday posted several legislative drafts on its website, of which three concern the energy and natural resources market.

In the first eleven months of last year, Romania has seen direct foreign investments of 1.440 million Euros from non-residents, compared to 1.388 million Euros, in the similar period of last year, according to a press release of the National Bank...

• The Executive of the County Council has decided not to resort to investing on its own or to a public-private partnership to accomplish the second stage of the investment objective 

The sale on the stock exchange of a 15% stake in the shares of the national gas carrier, Transgaz SA, will take place by the end of April, the General manager of the Office For The State's Interests and Industrial Privatization (OPSPI),...

• Interview with Daniel Kearvell, Managing Director "DHL Express" România 

Requests for banking mediation received and solved by the Union of Banking Mediators fell over 90% last year, said Tudor Tatu, the president of the Union of Banking Mediators, in an interview.

Even though the police and the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) prevented him from going up in flames at Piatra Neamţ, had he turned on his ignition, which three dudes were caught placing a bomb under, Bogdan Mararu wasn't nominated for...

• Interview with Mr. Bogdan Chiriţoiu, the president of the Competition Council 

• Shares of BCC have risen 32% in the last few days 

• Interview with Mr. Bogdan Chiriţoiu, the president of the Competition Council 

• The shareholders of the Warsaw Stock Exchange will decide the fate of Ludwik Sobolewski as head of the Stock Exchange, on January 17th 

Grup Feroviar Român (GFR) (Romanian Railroad Group), a company owned by the "Grampet Group" corporation, controlled by businessman Gruia Stoica, is interested in the privatization of the Bulgarian railroad freight company.

• Deadline much too optimistic, market sources say 

Reporter: Mr. Young, how was, in your opinion, the year 2012, from economic and financial point of view, globally, regionally (Europe) and locally (Romania).

Citizens who woke up at 3 a.m, in the first days of 2013, to pay their taxes ahead of time so they could receive a discount, may have the surprise to see that they have nevertheless paid more than they should have.

Poor Vergil Voineagu was dismissed on Friday by Victor Ponta from the management of the National Statistics Institute (INS), being accused of having made a huge mistake which caused the GDP for the year 2011 to be 21 billion lei than it actually...

The downward revision of the GDP for the year 2011 will change the economic indicators, as well as lead to the replacement of the National Statistics Institute.

The time has now come for the year-end assessments and for the forecasts for 2013. Like it has already become customary, Danish investment bank Saxo Bank has published its "outrageous" forecasts for 2013.

• The bank will have to pay 1 million lei to its customers 

The time has now come for the year-end assessments and for the forecasts for 2013. Like it has already become customary, Danish investment bank Saxo Bank has published its "outrageous" forecasts for 2013.

• In the summer, Chamber of Deputies member Ion Stan said that the Ministry of Defense launched a call for tenders "with a < < dedicated > > tender book, so that UTI would be the only bidder to upgrade HAWK missiles to the C3 level  

• The court has admitted the request of lawyer Ioana Sfîrăială to delete the record of the decision of the General Shareholder Meeting by which Franklin Templeton was appointed manager of the Proprietatea Fund 

• The bank announced that it would lay off almost 20% of its staff  

The creation of provisions represents the main risk for the Romanian banking system in 2013, which could to the drastic drop of the profitability of lenders, said Radu Graţian Gheţea, the CEO of CEC Bank, in an interview.

The prosecutors of the Department for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) have announced yesterday that they are investigating a suspected fraud of 85 million Euros, which involves branch heads from several banks,...

Guarantee funds should also be included in the Financial Oversight Authority (ASF), which, if created, would bring together the Insurance Oversight Commission (CSA), the Commission for the Oversight of the Private Pension System (CSSPP) and the...

The prosecutors of the Department for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) have announced yesterday that they are investigating a suspected fraud of 85 million Euros, which involves branch heads from several banks,...

• Interview with Felipe Gajardo, Trade Director of the ProChile Promotion Office of Eastern Europe 

In yesterday's meeting, the Government has approved the emergency ordinance which allows the updating of local taxes to match the inflation rate.

• Interview with Gabriel Sorbo, regional manager at "Western Union" - for Italy, Romania, Greece, Bulgaria, Malta and Cyprus 

Transelectrica was sued by one of its shareholders, Tudor Dimofte, who is disputing the switch from the single to the dual management system.

• The Russian group wants to come to Bucharest after the installation of the new Government 

Out of the approximately 7.5 million voters who attended the vote on Sunday, - almost 400,000 more than in the previous parliamentary elections - 4.3 million voted for the USL.

• Florin Georgescu, in the cards for leading the new Financial Oversight Authority 

• Interview with Gabriel Sorbo, regional manager at "Western Union" - for Italy, Romania, Greece, Bulgaria, Malta and Cyprus 

Banks expect a moderate tightening of corporate lending in Q4, especially in the case of long-term loans, compared to the third quarter, a report of the National Bank of Romania states.

The lack of interest of the local authorities, according to the statements of some investors, or the reduction of the funds available, according to others, have deprived the city of Galaţi of projects worth approximately 2 billion Euros.

Swedish company Usitall, which intended to invest over 200 million Euros in Romania in a plant for generating thermal energy out of waste, has dropped its plans, claiming lack of interest from the local authorities.

Traian Băsescu and Dan Voiculescu continue their remote dialogue as the electoral campaign is nearing the finish line, as greater or less important politicians at various levels are doing the same things.

• TISE wants to talk more about "Oil Terminal" than about "Oltchim"