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The confidence in the ability of the major central banks to fix the mistakes from the period that predates the financial crisis has just been dealt a powerful blow.

Mişu Negriţoiu, the president of the Financial Oversight Authority (ASF), seems to have forgotten his self-declared goal he announced in the beginning of his term - the "depoliticization" of the institution, as written in a response sent...

The unemployment rate in Germany stayed at 6.3% in December 2015 - the lowest level since the reunification of the country in 1990 -, an evolution which places the biggest European economy on a solid position in the beginning of this year.

Shares of Banca Comercială Carpatica (BCC) have risen substantially lately, amid the repeated announcements about the agreement with American fund J.C. Flowers to acquire the Sibiu-based lender, but it would seem that the transaction has been...

The initiators of the giving in payment law (lawyer Gheorghe Piperea and liberal deputy Cătălin Zamfir) consider the position of president Klaus Iohannis in his argumentation for sending the law back to the Parliament as being balanced.

Inflation in the Eurozone was not as high in November as expected in the initial official estimates, according to data published on December 16th by Eurostat, but analysts predict that the deflation fears will persist in the coming months.

The industrial output in the Eurozone has increased above expectations in October, after dropping for two months in a row, which could mean that the expansion in the region may have accelerated towards the end of the year, according to Eurostat.

The tentacles of the scandal concerning the Law of giving in payment keep stretching farther, and over the last few days, the clash has revolved around the issue of the National Anti-corruption department.

The elections for a new Board of Directors of the Bucharest Stock Exchange have been compromised yesterday, following a string of embarrassing mistakes in the organization of the General Shareholder Meeting.

Dan Paul, the president of the Association of Brokers, and Lucian Anghel, the current president of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, seem to be the favorites for the supreme management of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, splitting the shareholders into...

Germany's trade with the rest of the world has slowed down in October, as its exports and imports fell compared to September, due to the difficulties on the emerging markets, especially in China, Brazil and Russia.

The "BURSA" press group won the special award for 25 years of unbiased press, on Tuesday night, at the Capital Market Awards Gala, organized by the Association of Brokers.

First of all, the Cioloş technocratic government announced it would put up for public debate the draft budget.

Lawyer Gheorghe Piperea has succeeded in obtaining a meeting with the officials of the Presidential Administration, on the issue of the giving in payment of homes.

Greece will loosen restrictions on capital movements in order to allow domestic investors that want to buy stock through the Athens Stock Exchange to use the locked money they have deposited in Greek banks, Charalampos Gotsis, the president of...

The talks that took place last week, concerning the Law of giving in payment, between the officials of the Presidential Administration and those in the banking system, have attracted major controversies.

If she had stuck to announcing that the minimum wage would not be raised until an impact study was done, the new Finance minister Anca Dragu Paliu would have simply confirmed that she is part of a technocratic government, but she had to go and...

Last week was an extremely tumultuous one for the banking system, after the law of giving in payment which allows the giving of the property to extinguish bank debts was passed by the Parliament.

The unemployment rate in France has risen in the third quarter of 2015, reaching its highest level since 1997, according to the National Statistics Institute (INSEE) of Paris.

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.

The heated debates around the law of giving in payment of the ban collaterals have brought to the attention of the public a number of arguments which were far too underexplained by those that used them.

"Flori de IE", together with the Romanian Cultural Institute of New York is organizing, between December 1st and December 11th a special event, ENDLESS ROMANIA, a unique exhibition of traditional Romanian outfits, which will be hosted at...

Banks, particularly small and medium sized ones, will be forced to increase their efficiency and to focus on niches, according to Cătălin Pârvu, member of the Board of Directors of the Romanian Banking Association (ARB).

When all the arguments that would justify your lack of action in an area of primordial social interest, in relation to which you are claiming absolute competence, all that is left for you is to switch to forcing the creation of...

Romania has two categories of vulnerable people: the young and the elderly.

Tempers flared on the meeting of the Board of the Bucharest Stock Exchange on Monday night, after the posting of the list of candidates for the new management, after the BSE flagged three candidates with an asterisk, and wrote next to their names...

Sixteen candidates have registered for the elections for the Board of Directors of the BSE, scheduled to take place on December 14th, with a number of 1.77 applicants per seat, after the Financial Oversight Authority (ASF) has maintained the...

Only two months have passed since the decision of the ministers of foreign affairs of the EU member states concerning the system for the allocation of the refugee quotas, but despite the fact that so little time has passed, the whole world seems...

All of the readers of the "BURSA" newspaper deserve the award of honorary member of the editorial office, for their steadfastness and appreciation shown in supporting us over the last 25 years.

The world is in crisis, and the concern over exiting the "labyrinth" is a major and justified one.

MAKE, the president of the "BURSA" press group, launched the book "The solution to the crisis / Terminus a quo", at the Gaudeamus International Fair yesterday. The book represents a collaboration between "BURSA" and the...

In their opinion, several measures taken by the Ponta Government will need to be reformulated or cancelled to maintain the budget balance, which will create hostility among the citizens which would have benefited from them.

Ludwik Sobolewski, the CEO of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, sent the following message on the 25 year anniversary of the BURSA newspaper:

Almost half of the ministers proposed yesterday by designated prime-minister Dacian Cioloş for the new government have either worked in European institutions, or in multinationals, which would not be a bad thing, if they haven't forgotten...

Russia will counter NATO's defense program by developing new attack weapons, capable of penetrating that shield, according to statements made by Russian president Vladimir Putin.

The European Central Bank (BCE) should scale back or end its quantitative easing program earlier than it has planned, because the governments can not offset on their own the effects of the monetary policy of the institution, according to the...

The successor of Traian Băsescu in the presidential seat has nominated Dacian Cioloş, as the former president had repeatedly announced over the last few days.

The Organization for Cooperation and Economic Development (OCDE) has worsened its estimates concerning the growth of the world's economy, for the second time in the last three months, as the slowdown of the emerging markets is affecting other...

Bank borrowers have asked for the resignation of Mugur Isărescu governor of the NBR, protesting against corruption.

Liviu Voinea, deputy governor and member of the Board of Directors of the NBR has been nominated by the PSD for the position of prime-minister.