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The leader of Romania’s Liberal Party (PNL), Nicolae Ciuca, formerly prime minister and currently co-president of the country’s ruling coalition, confirmed for Digi24 firm plans to run in the presidential elections this autumn. This should boost the party’s score in the parliamentary elections, he implied. “Our chance [for getting a good score in the parliamentary…

Amethyst Romania, a radiotherapy clinics chain set up by the entrepreneur Ludovic Robert, has started the EUR 10 million project of a new center in the northwestern part of the country at Satu Mare.  This will be the fifth Amethyst hospital dedicated to oncological treatments in Romania, after the existing units in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Alba…

Romania’s natural gas company Romgaz (BVB: SNG), with Rothschild Bank as its adviser, hired JP Morgan to lead the consortium of banks that will intermediate the sale of bonds on the foreign market under an MTN scheme aimed to finance the Black Sea gas project, Neptun Deep, Ziarul Financiar announced quoting sources familiar with the…

The government of Romania took steps to increase the ceiling of the Medium Term Note (MTN) scheme by EUR 7 billion to EUR 75 billion, citing the EUR 8.5 billion financing needs in 2025 but also another EUR 0.6 billion-1.6 billion issues this year and potentially EUR 1 billion in case not all the Resilience…

Four young women, students at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, have invented a bracelet that converts music into vibrations. This gadget, named the Rhythm Touch bracelet, is designed to give people with hearing impairments the experience of concerts.  “The wearer can dance, feeling the music, even though they can’t hear it,” the inventors told Cluj24.ro.…

The shares of four other companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) will be included in the MSCI Frontier, MSCI Romania, MSCI Frontier IMI and MSCI Romania IMI. Romania will thus have 30 listed companies part of the MSCI indices as of June 1, 2024.   The shares of telecom group Digi Communications (DIGI) will…

DP World announced on May 15 the opening of three new sites in Romania, following total investments of over EUR 130 million. The company said the projects aim to provide “a significant boost to the country’s growing status as a key hub of European trade.” Thus, Constanta, the largest container port on the Black Sea,…

Measuring the confidence of Romanian managers and entrepreneurs in the local economy for over 4 years, the results of the 10th edition of the CONFIDEX study highlight the optimism, resilience, and adaptability of the Romanian business environment. According to the CONFIDEX study from the first semester of this year, the proportion of managers who declare…

Alternative investment fund BT Property said on May 15 that it acquired Funshop Park Turda, Cluj county, from the Polish group Scallier. The transaction marks the fund’s entry into the retail market, where it aims to expand. Funshop Park Turda retail park has over 9,000 sqm of leasable area and BREEAM-certified buildings, according to international standards.  BT Asset…

Attractive Romania/România Atractivă was launched this week with the aim of offering local and foreign tourists a new tool to explore the country. The multimedia platform includes 12 thematic routes in 35 counties, listing 275 landmarks to discover. The program, with a value of over RON 36.3 million, is part of the National Recovery and Resilience…