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PCC SE, the minority shareholder of "Oltchim", and Israeli investment fund "Fortissimo Capital" will form a consortium for the privatization of the plant of Vâlcea.

Investment manager "Axxess Capital" wants Nextebank, which it intends to acquire, to take over the activity of Patria Credit, a financial institution which it owns, bank sources told us.

The government approved the privatization of CFR Marfă, but forgot to publish in the Official Gazette, Traian Băsescu, noted yesterday, after the BURSA newspaper reported this as early as one week ago, in the article called "The contract...

Reading the heavy duty polemic of last week's issues of the newspaper, along the appointment of a new General Manager of the BSE and becoming nostalgic at the evenings of debates taking place at a speed of over 100 IQ, when the BSE was...

Russian giant Gazprom could be behind Oil Gas Trade LLC, who recently visited Oltchim, said sources with business connections in the Russian Federation.

The structure of the list drawn up by the ANAF, which comprises the biggest debtors of the ANAF was changed on the sly. The biggest debts to the tax administration disappeared between March and June, through privatization and restructuring...

The list of major state debtors, at the end of the first semester, published by the National Tax Administration (ANAF) raises some questions, because every time it is published, the companies included in it dispute the numbers.

The most important components of the treasure of the Romanian Academy are the cultural and scientific ones, rather than its wealth, like far too many laymen or malevolents imagine, academician Păun Ion Otiman, the secretary general of the...

In an apparently destructive note, I posted a comment yesterday on the website of the newspaper, where a beautiful debate had begun around the article "Dispassionately about the BSE and its Polish CEO", signed by Doru Nicolaescu, an...

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The most important components of the treasure of the Romanian Academy are the cultural and scientific ones, rather than its wealth, like far too many laymen or malevolents imagine, academician Păun Ion Otiman, the secretary general of the...

The European Commission considers that in order to ensure the correct application of the regulations concerning the unbundling of activities in energy companies, the Proprietatea Fund (FP) will no longer be allowed to exercise its right to vote...

The founder of the Conservative Party, Dan Voiculescu, will be indicted for complicity to blackmail in the case in which also being investigated are the general manager of Antena TV Group, Sorin Alexandrescu, as well as Camelia Voiculescu and the...

Companies asking for de minimis aid can submit their applications online, the Ministry of Public Finance recently decided, in its revision of the Guide for the Government Decision which promotes a new de minimis scheme for small and medium...

Things were looking up for Oltchim, after the receivers of the plant of Vâlcea and the Ministry of the Economy convinced Piraeus Bank and Banca Transilvania to grant them the much sought after financing for increasing output.

The European Commission considers that for the correct application of the unbundling regulations (separation of lines of business) at energy companies, the Proprietatea Fund (FP) will not be allowed to exercise its voting rights at Transelectrica...

• Costel Ceocea, SIF Moldova: "The meetings with the shareholders are beneficial for the BSE" 

The number of crimes like burglaries and shoplifting seem to be rising, in the opinion of Gabriel Mihai Badea, the president of the Federation of Security Services (FSS) România, who told us in an interview, that thieves have more expertise and...

The case in which the managing director of Antena TV Group is being investigated for blackmailing the manager of RCS&RDS has reached the stage where media personalities have been summoned to make statements at the headquarters of the National...

Whoever thinks that Gruia Stoica should have been carrying around over 200 million Euros in his pocket, so he can afford to take CFR Marfă off the shelf, is wrong; him not having the money is to be expected, because this kind of acquisition is...

In the beginning of this year, the authorities realized that they needed to make some changes to the aid scheme which was intended to stimulate the production of renewable energy (wind, solar, biomass, hydroelectric).

The insurance market was shaken, in autumn last year, by the layoff of Constantin Buzoianu, the president of the Insurance Oversight Commission (CSA), following the parliament's decision, which uncovered several irregularities.

All big companies use loans for significant investments, says Gruia Stoica, the owner of the Grampet group, which includes Grup Feroviar Român (GFR), the company which was designated as the winner of the privatization of CFR Marfă, as president...

The regulator of the energy market (ANRE) announced on Friday that the effect of the postponement of a significant volume of the green certificates is the reduction by one third of the costs borne by consumer on that specific segment, which is...

• The amount of the deal - 26.4 million Euros 

On Friday, the ANRE (the regulator of the energy market) has granted the licenses requested by the OPCOM (the operator of the Romanian energy exchange) and the Romanian Commodities Exchange (BRM) for the management of the centralized natural gas...

Remin Baia Mare is getting ready for privatization, with three companies expressing their interest for a possible partnership with the mining company of Maramureş. Among the potential investors are the companies African Consolidated Resources and...

Approximately half of the country's natural gas consumption is currently being sold at a regulated price, far below the international quotations, because we have the advantage of a generous domestic production (which covers 70% of the...

Romaltyn has decided to go to court to fight the decision of the Local Council to relocate the building of the former "Aurul" factory, the only location which still has the ability to process gold ore, with an annual capacity of 2.5...

Reporter: What is the strategy of Ligatne Ltd for expansion on the Romanian natural gas distribution market, by acquiring Petrom Distribuţie Gaze?

The National Agency For Mineral Resources (ANRM) has ordered a study for the establishment of the new royalties system. Gheorghe Duţu, the president of the ANRM, told us that the study will be ready in autumn, and the royalties will be discussed...

Russian company Gazprom, through NIS (a subsidiary of Gazprom Neft), has recently inaugurated the first gas station network in Romania. The officials of the company have announced that the number of gas stations will reach 120 by the end of 2015,...

Optimists can't believe in the end of the world no matter what, even though it is in front of them, they see it, they can touch it, they are living it.

Energy derivatives will be launched by Sibex, after it concluded an agreement with the operator of the energy market OPCOM, which is wholly owned by Transelectrica.

The scandal between the mayoralty of the city of Baia Mare and Romaltyn began recently, after the local council decided to change the intended use of the area where the plant is located.

All the stakeholders need to join forces to prevent the death of the Romanian stock market, says Daniel Dăianu, first vice-president of the Financial Supervision Authority, former minister of finance and member of the European Parliament.

All the stakeholders need to join forces to prevent the death of the Romanian stock market, says Daniel Dăianu, first vice-president of the Financial Supervision Authority, former minister of finance and member of the European parliament.

The receivers of Oltchim, which has been declared insolvent on January 30th, have succeeded in securing the much sought after financing, intended to set the foundation for increasing output to a profitable level.

Last week brought a first in the area of the monetary policies promoted by the main European central banks, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England.

Taking into consideration the population present in Romania alone, prime minister Victor Ponta claims that only 8,134,920 voters would have been enough for last year's Referendum (July 29th 2012), for president Băsescu to be suspended, a...

The labor union of the Cernavodă nuclear power plant has filed a statement of opposition at the Trade Registry, against the registration of the decision of the shareholders of Nuclearelectrica to increase the share capital of the company for the...