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Labor market participation is seen as the most important factor that favors long-term integration into society. At present, Romania does not have a national strategy to support the transition of refugees to the labor market, but instead relies on NGOs and volunteers to provide specific and personalized employment services for refugees. By Sorina Faier, Elite […]

The largest car sharing company in Romania – SPARK, announced a partnership with Dacia and will add 100 new fully electric Dacia Spring to its fleet. With this expansion the total auto fleet of the service in Romania exceeds 500 electric vehicles from 6 different models. The cars are already available in Bucharest.   The […]

Growceanu, the business angel investment platform, launches the first investment app in Romania which facilitates the development of tech startup portfolios, eliminating all the hassle related to the administrative process. The business angel platform targets transactions worth over 2.5M euros in 2022.     The Growceanu Investors app brings together all the information a business angel […]

Leading independent law firm Noerr has strengthened its full-service advisory approach and energy practice in Romania by recruiting Anca Mihailescu as associated partner and head of Noerr’s energy practice in Bucharest.    Anca Mihailescu is an outstanding professional with more than 13 years of experience in the field of energy, including energy-related European law, having […]

Online supermarket sezamo, part of Czech Rohlik Group, which will be inaugurated in Romania this spring, has announced the creation of some 1,000 jobs in its first year of activity on the local market.

Dragos Damian, CEO of one of Romania’s major drug makers, Terapia Cluj, says the company plans to carry out investments worth EUR5.5-5.8 million in Romania.

The situation created by the conflict in Ukraine has generated a wave of migration to Romania and other European countries, as Ukrainians but also citizens of other countries in the region seek for safe areas to settle, at least until the end of the war.

Canadian company CGI, one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world, will be hiring 5,000 people in Europe, of whom 150 people at its head office in Romania.

The situation created by the conflict in Ukraine has generated a wave of migration to Romania and other European countries, as Ukrainians but also citizens of other countries in the region seek for safe areas to settle, at least until the end of the war. Beyond the challenges resulted from crossing borders, many of them […]

President Klaus Iohannis said on Tuesday, in the context of Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine, that Romania would increase the government expenditure on defense to 2.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) and ensure its energy independence.

Techcelerator brings to Romania and Bulgaria the Venture Program, the pre-acceleration program launched by EIT Digital, developed to support early-stage entrepreneurial teams on their journey to market. The program is open to teams from the Baltics, Eastern Europe and Southern Europe (full list of 19 countries here).  Entrepreneurial, non-incorporated teams with digital deep tech business […]

The current pandemic context is accelerating the transformation of the recruitment process, so it becomes a real challenge for a company to hire people for middle or top management roles. Thus, in Romania, 40% of candidates who are selected by recruiters to fill key positions in companies end up refusing the first job offer, according […]

Laura Alina Dezsi will coordinate the activity of the sales traditional trade, sales key accounts, consumer marketing and events management teams, reporting directly to Mr. Nawaf Salameh, Founding Chairman & CEO of the Alexandrion Group.   Alexandrion Group, the largest spirits and wine producer and distributor in Romania, announces the appointment of Laura Alina Dezsi […]

The plan of NuScale, which will make the small modular nuclear reactors (SMR) for Romania, is to assemble them in a plant, and one such plant could be in Romania, CEO John Hopkins said at the ZF Power Summit.

Polish fashion discounter Pepco continued its expansion in the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, opening more than 50 new stores in Romania in 2021, ZF has found.

Cargus is dedicated to connecting every aspect of online shopping in Romania and provides online delivery with more and more delivery options, supporting e-commerce players to increase sales by using an affordable, flexible and high-performance click & collect service, which attracts and retains consumers.   The company has constantly invested in the development of the […]

Scandinavian furniture and home products retailer JYSK is continuing its expansion in Romania by opening three new stores on Thursday (Feb 24) in the towns of Ploiesti and Resita and the Floresti commune near the city of Cluj-Napoca.

Retail sales grew by 7.5% in Romania in 2021, above the European average of 3.3%, but below the 10.6% increase in Eastern Europe, in line with data from Retail Audit NielsenIQ.

Philip Morris International (PMI) is committed, globally to delivering a smoke-free future and replacing cigarettes with better alternatives and Romania sits at the center of this strategy to deliver through its Otopeni factory, according to company representatives. The Romanian factory is one of the most important global production facilities for consumables for smoke-free alternatives. Digital […]

EY Romania further consolidates its financial advisory practice by naming Iulia Bratu as Associate Partner within the Strategy and Transactions department. Iulia Bratu will coordinate the Lead Advisory practice, with responsibility for both M&A and capital & debt advisory.      Iulia Bratu is one of the most appreciated M&A consultants in Romania, having over 17 […]