Financiarul

Obiectele care i-au apartinut lui Gandhi, adjudecate pentru suma de 1,8 milioane de dolari

  Dupa vânzarea bronzurilor chinezesti din colectia lui Yves Saint Laurent si Pierre Bergé, a venit rândul unor obiecte ce i-au apartinut lui Gandhi – celebrii sai ochelari rotunzi, un ceas de buzunar, sandale din piele cu curele, un vas si o farfurie. Miliardarul indian care a câstigat licitatia joi, la New York, a dat [...]

Viitorii lideri de culoare

  Noul presedinte al SUA netezeste calea unei noi generatii de politicieni si activisti afro-americani. Vin calcând apasat pe urmele lui Barack Obama. Au in jur de 40 de ani, au studiat in universitatile cele mai prestigioase si s -au calit pe terenul ghetourilor. Fac parte din asa-numitul „dream team” al viitorilor lideri de culoare, [...]

Religia, medicina si moartea: credinciosii nu par prea dornici sa se intâlneasca cu Creatorul lor

  Cum influenteaza credinta unui om atitudinea sa fata de o maladie terminala? Raspunsul este surprinzator, scrie revista britanica The Economist. Te -ai putea astepta ca un credincios sa accepte moartea ca vointa a lui Dumnezeu si, desi nu se grabeste spre ea, sa nu incerce sa isi prelungeasca viata folosind proceduri medicale eroice si [...]

Kosovo – o retragere coerenta, dar precipitata

  Decizia ministrului spaniol al apararii, Carmen Chacon de a incheia misiunea militara spaniola in Kosovo pune capat unei situatii absurde care s-a prelungit in mod neinteles timp de un an. Prezenta militarilor spanioli in zona era de neinteles in conditiile in care aceasta regiune balcanica si-a declarat independenta – unilateral si contrar Consiliului de [...]

BULETINUL INSOLVENŢEI – 20 martie 2009

  În Buletinul Procedurilor de Insolvenţă din data de 20 martie 2009 au fost publicate citaţii, comunicări, hotărâri judecătoreşti, convocări notificări şi alte documente emise în cadrul procedurii de insolvenţă, conform Legii nr.85/2006 privind procedura insolvenţei referitoare la următorii agenţi economici:     ¤ ALBA   CORCHES FOREST SRL   ¤ ARAD   LACUL DE [...]

Transport Ministry suggests CFR should lay off 12,000 workers

  The programme for the restructuring of the Romanian railway system submitted on Friday (March 20) by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure to trade unions for consideration provides for a cut by 12,139 in the entire rail labour force.   The ministry has in mind to lay off 5,949 workers of the CFR Marfa [...]

President Basescu: Romania will decide whether or not to raise a loan

  Romania will decide in the period immediately ahead whether or not to take out an external loan, after it ends negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Romania's President Traian Basescu said on Friday (March 20) in Brussels at the close of the European Council.   "We will decide, as so far Romania has [...]

Basescu: Financing of Nabucco project is a priority for EU

  President Traian Basescu said, on Friday (March 20) in Brussels, after the spring European Council, that Nabucco is a priority energy project and it will be financed by the EU.   The head of state said that the European Union will finance also the energy interconnection between Romania and Bulgaria, between Romania and Hungary [...]

PM Boc: Romania needs structural reforms

  Carrying out structural reforms is a priority of the Romanian Government, PM Boc said on Friday (March 20)."We are preparing for the worse. But we hope for the better. In any case, we will take the measures Romania needs. The structural reforms we will carry out in the salary system, the pensions system, agencies [...]

Press review (March 20)

  The Romanian dailies on Friday report that President Traian Basescu and Prime Minister Emil Boc attend the European Council meeting in Brussels, where Basescu discussed with the European Investment Bank officials; experts of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Commission held talks with the officials of the Romanian Finance Ministry and the [...]

Deutsche Bahn va investi 11 miliarde euro in infrastructura

  Compania germana de cai ferate Deutsche Bahn (DB) a anuntat duminica (22 martie 2009) un plan de investitii in infrastructura cifrat la peste 11 miliarde euro pentru anii 2009 si 2010, transmite AFP. Aceste  investitii -  asigurate  in  buna  masura  din  bugetul federal  -  vizeaza  in principal renovarea garilor mici si mijlocii, a sinelor [...]

Barack Obama nu va accepta demisia sefului Trezoreriei

  Presedintele  american  Barack  Obama  il sprijina  in continuare pe secretarul  Trezoreriei, Timothy Geithner, si a declarat sâmbata la postul de televiziune CBS ca nu va accepta o posibila demisie a acestuia, informeaza AP. Timothy Geithner a fost criticat in scandalul bonusurilor acordate de o   mare companie americana si in privinta intârzierii demersurilor pentru revigorarea [...]

Veniturile firmei de armament Rafael au crescut in 2008 cu 20%

  Autoritatea israeliana pentru pentu producerea de mijloace de lupta "Rafael" a inregistrat un venit net de 166 milioane de shekeli in anul 2008, cu 20% mai mult decât in 2007, relateaza postul de radio Vocea Israelului. Pâna la sfârsitul lui 2008, Rafael inregistrase comenzi militare de ordinul a 9 miliarde de shekeli, aproximativ 1,7 [...]

Boymelgreen Capital, o firma imobiliara aflata in pragul insolventei

  Compania imobiliara israeliana Boymelgreen Capital nu poate face fata obligatiilor sale fata de detinatorii de obligatiuni si se afla in pragul insolventei, relateaza cotidianul economic israelian Globes. La sfârsitul lunii aprilie, compania imobiliara se confrunta cu plata dobânzilor pentru o emisiune de obligatiuni in valoare de 180 milioane de shekeli. Insolventa este determinata de [...]

Basescu: Loan for Ford to be approved next month

  President Traian Basescu on Thursday announced that the approval by the EIB of a loan for Ford, worth 400 million euro, is set for the end of next month, while the loan for Renault is believed to be approved in the second half of the year.   Both loans are part of a program [...]

Romanian-French consultations in European affairs field

  State secretary for European affairs Bogdan Mazuru has paid a working visit to France over March 18-19 this year, informs a release received from the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE). The programme of this visit included consultations with Bruno le Maire, State secretary for European affairs with French Foreign Ministry and Gilles Briatta, [...]

Rosia Montana gold mining project unauthorised

  The Court of Appeal based in the western Timisoara city ruled on Thursday that zoning certificate no. 105/2007 on the procedure authorising the gold mining project at Rosia Montana (western Romania) is suspended by law.   The court ruling backs an evaluation made by the Environment Ministry in Sept.  2007. According to the Romanian [...]

Romania makes progress with aid from EU cohesion policy

  Two years since its European Union accession, Romania has made substantial progress in implementation of projects sustained via EU structural and cohesion funds, pointed out European Commissioner for Regional Policy Danuta Hubner. Romania was allocated for the budgetary period 2007-2013 a total of 19.7 billion euros for regional investments within the cohesion policy and [...]

Draft norms on special administration of private pension funds

  The Council of the Surveillance Commission of the Private Pension System (CSSPP) approved the draft norms on the special management of the private pension funds, applicable in the system of Pillar II (compulsory private pensions) and in the system of Pillar III (facultative pensions) , reads a release of CSSPP.   According to CSSPP, [...]

European Commissioner for Health on visit to Romania

  European Commissioner for Health Androulla Vassiliou pays a visit to Romania over March 20-22, during which he will be received by President Traian Basescu, by Premier Emil Boc and will meet Minister of Health Ion Bazac, informs the European Commission (EC). On the first day of  his visit Androulla Vassiliou will discuss with Ion [...]

Romanians would rather place money in real estate than in lei deposits

  Some 10.9 percent of Romanians think about real estate investments, whereas 10.5 percent appreciate attractiveness of bank deposits in national currency, and 13.8 percent plan to put some money into a private pension fund, Business Standard daily reads on Friday, quoting the conclusions of a study conducted by market research company Daedalus Millward Brown. [...]

Financial investment companies SIF down on Friday opening

  The quotations of the shares listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) were   up in the opening of the trading session on Friday, with BET -C composite index rising 0.50 percent. BET-FI index of the financial investment companies SIF fell 0.05 percent, while BET index of the 10 most liquid listed stock was up [...]

Banca Romaneasca reports net profit worth 26.4 m euros

  Banca Romaneasca, local branch of the  Greek group National Bank of Greece (NBG) reported last year a net profit worth 26.4 mln euros, up 76 percent over the gain off 20078, daily Ziarul Financiar reports. The bank's assets grew almost 42 percent, up to 2.75 billion euros, the rise being prompted by the expansion [...]

Crisis effects upon Romanian tourism

  Under current crisis conditions, Romanian tourism is to register a stagnation, including on the business travel segment, but competition will be boosted and the quality of services will help to differentiate operators' offers, Lucia Morariu, president of travel agency Eximtur is quoted as saying by Financiarul daily.   "The problems generated by the crisis [...]

President and Premier on second day of European Council

  President Traian Basescu and Premier Emil Boc on Friday, in Brussels, attend the second day of the spring  European  Council,  whose  agenda  includes  the  economic  and  financial situation  of  the European Union in the context of the crisis.   Other important subjects to be dealt with by the meeting of the heads of state [...]

PM Boc: We have opportunities and capability to beat crisis

  Romanian Prime Minister Emil Boc voiced optimism on Friday about weathering the economic and financial crisis  arguing Romania has the opportunities, capability and willingness to take the required measures. 'Roosevelt used to say at a difficult time of economic and financial crisis that the only thing he was afraid of was fear. I'd like [...]

PM Boc: Romania needs structural reforms

  Carrying  out structural reforms  is  a  priority of  the Romanian Government, PM Boc said on Friday. "We are preparing for the worse. But we hope for the better. In any case, we will take the measures Romania needs. The structural reforms we will carry out in the salary system, the pensions system, agencies restructuring [...]

Romanian Minister of Health and European Commissioner for Health launch portal EU-HEALTH in Romanian

  Romanian Minister of Health Ion Bazac on Friday met European Commissioner for Health Androulla Vassiliou when launching the portal EU -HEALTH in Romanian. On this occasion the two men approached subjects connected to policies and actions taken at the community level such as organ donation and transplant, the patients' rights to cross-border medical care, [...]

Metro, Rewe and Carrefour groups account for 20 pc on domestic retail market

  Metro, Rewe and Carrefour groups, the top three players on the Romanian retail market, posted last year cumulated business in the amount of 5 billion euros, up 20 percent from 2007, Ziarul financiar daily reports. The three retailers' turnover account for approximately 20 percent of total sales of consumer goods domestically, estimated by the [...]

Head of the European Affairs Department Vasile Puscas argued on Friday that the crisis currently seen by Romania too will be weathered only if we think constructively and if we accept that things will no longer be as they are now.   'We'll weather the crisis if we think constructively, i.e. we should not be [...]

Basescu: Financing of Nabucco project is a priority for EU

  President Traian Basescu said, on Friday, in Brussels, after the spring European Council, that Nabucco is a priority energy project and it will be financed by the EU.   The head of state said that the European Union will finance also the energy interconnection between Romania and Bulgaria, between Romania and Hungary and the [...]

Boc: Inclusion and keeping of Republic of Moldova in eastern partnership, objective achieved

  The inclusion and the keeping of the Republic of Moldova in the Eastern partnership is an important objective achieved by Romania, said, on Friday, PM Emil Boc, after the works of the European Spring Council.   "This eastern partnership will be re-launched on new basis at the summit at the start of the month [...]

EU funds for tourism exceed 1bln. euro

  The EU structural funds available for the Romania tourism exceed one billion euros, and the amount the Tourism Ministry plans to invest 70 million euros in tourism's infrastructure in 2009, reads a ministerial release.   'The  Tourism Ministry avails  itself  of  about 70 million euros  to  invest in the  tourism infrastructure, during 2009, but [...]

Basescu: Romania has achieved its goals at the European Council

  President Traian Basescu said on Friday in Brussels , at the end of the works of the European Council which discussed economic and financial issues, that Romania has achieved its goals. 'As far as we are concerned, we have achieved our goals. Funding was provided for the Nabucco project, which was declared a priority [...]

Bardelli to open solar panels factory at Plopeni

  Bardelli  Group  will  open  a  factory  manufacturing renewable energy equipment at Plopeni, Prahova County (south), where it is to make solar panels, mainly, Company official Petre Armando Bardelli said on Friday. 'The factory already exists at Plopeni, but Bardelli is to refurbish it and the  investment amounts to 150,000- 200,000 euros. We expect the [...]

PM Emil Boc: EU approves 75 bln euros in extra funding set at IMF disposal

  The European Union decided to supplement by 75 billion euros the fund set at the disposal of the IMF for aid to member states in urgent need of financial support, Premier Emil Boc announced in Brussels at the end of the spring European Council.   According to the Premier, Romania attained its goals set [...]

Moody’s affirms Romania’s local and foreign currency ratings

  Moody's Investors Service on Friday affirmed the 'Baa3' local and foreign currency ratings of the Romanian government. Romania's local and foreign currency bond ceilings are affirmed at Aa3 and A1, respectively. Moody's also affirmed Romania's foreign currency deposit ceiling at Baa3, short-term foreign currency bond ceiling at P -1, and short-term foreign currency deposit [...]

Tariceanu: We had a foe in Traian Basescu, but we have defeated him

  National leader of the opposition National Liberal Party (PNL) Calin Popescu Tariceanu told an extraordinary convention of the party that the Liberals had in President Traian Basescu a foe whom they defeated. Tariceanu, a prime minister in 2004-2008, highlighted the achievements of his Cabinet while in power, in a 2007-2009 report on the political [...]

Basescu: Financing Nabucco project is priority to EU

  Nabucco is a priority energy project and the European Union (EU) will finance it, Romania's President Traian Basescu said after the spring European Council, in Brussels, on Friday. The EU will also fund the energy inter-connection to ship natural gas between Romania and Bulgaria, between Romania and Hungary, President Basescu explained.   'Interconnecting Hungary [...]

President Basescu: Subsidiaries’ activity not subject to restrictions from parent banks

  President Traian Basescu stated on Friday at the end of the works of the European Council that one of the major conclusions reached by the EU leaders on this occasion refers to parent banks not having the possibility to restrict the activity of their subsidiaries in EU states.   "We would have wanted a [...]