The Bulgarian city of Varna ranks first among the 22 cities evaluated by the World Bank’s Doing Business in the European Union 2017, as far as starting a business is...
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In Q2 2017, the Romanian economy expanded by 5.9 per cent, compared to the same period in 2016, according to a preliminary estimate by the National Institute of...
On 30 June 2017, BET, the main index at the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), closed at 7,855 points, thus reaching 18.87 per cent growth in the first half of the year. At...
In the current European context, not many European leftist parties are successful in elections. From Western Europe to the new democracies, either populism or anti...
The fight against corruption in Romania seems to be a never-ending story and corruption has very often been closely associated with the country.
Over the past three years, the Romanian economy has recorded some of the fastest growth rates in the European Union, helped by a rapid expansion of consumer spending.
Moldova and Romania have long toyed with the idea of (re)unification. The two countries, which were a single entity until Russia annexed present-day Moldova in 1812 (and...
In 2015, Bucureşti-Ilfov, Romania’s capital-city region, had a GDP per capita of €19,300 amounting to 136 per cent of the EU average (GDP per capita PPS, EU28=100). At...
Many have dubbed Cluj-Napoca the emerging Silicon Valley of Eastern Europe. Although this is debatable (for many reasons which are not within the scope of this short...
“Romania is a hidden gem in Europe, a country which is a very good place for investments but which also needs to promote itself in Western Europe and beyond,”...
The Romanian energy market has gone through a process of accelerated growth in recent years, leading to the emergence of new energy needs and solutions. The steps that...
Since 2014, gains in household purchasing power, resulting from a combination of a tighter labour market, strong nominal wage growth alongside deflation or weak...
The software and IT sector produces three per cent of Romania’s GDP and is expected to exceed €4.1 billion in 2017. It is growing, thanks to the high demand coming...