Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, plans to open a new office in Timisoara and two more in Iasi by the end of the year, creating 500 more jobs.
Insurer Vienna Insurance Group (VIG), which operates in Romania via Omniasig, Asirom and BCR Asigurari de Viata, reported a gross profit of EUR14.2 million for local operations in 2020, from a loss of EUR101.8 million in 2019.
Korean Mumuso brand now has four stores in Romania after having opened a new one in the Park Lake mall in Bucharest. Its other stores are in Auchan Militari, DN1 Value Center and Dambovita Mall, its corporate website says.
The interbank market ended February with cash surplus again and banks that were left with lei on their hands at the end of some days used the overnight deposit facility provided by Romania’s central bank and deposit auctions.
Organic fertilizer producer Norofert Group (NRF.RO) has signed a binding agreement to purchase Agroprod Cev, which operates a 1,000-hectare farm in Teleorman county, southern Romania, in a deal amounting to RON9.5 million (EUR1.95 million).
Dozens of plants – furniture, cosmetics, food or construction supplies factories, have been taken down in the past two decades to make room for DIY stores, hypermarkets, malls and apartment buildings. Manufacturing was relocated, but some plants closed for good.
Romania's gross domestic product contracted by 3.9% in real terms in 2020 compared with 2019, breakdown data from the country's statistics board confirmed Tuesday.
Romania's finance ministry on Monday rejected all bids at a tender where it planned to raise 400 million lei (EUR81.9 million) selling bonds maturing in June 2026, central bank data showed.
Private medical services network Regina Maria, owned by investment fund Mid Europa Partners, reported a consolidated turnover of EUR237 million in 2020, up 27% on the year.
The Romanian capital market posted nearly 18% growth in the past year and nearly a quarter of the growth rate was achieved in January and February 2021, Bucharest Stock Exchange data showed Monday.
Romania's president Klaus Iohannis on Monday signed off on a loan agreement allowing Romania to borrow EUR4 billion from the European Union to protect citizens affected by the Covid-19 crisis.
International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, and the Bucharest Stock Exchange, mark International Women's Day on Monday with an event advocating gender equality.