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Current Economic Contraction Could Lead to a Correction of the Macroeconomic Imbalances Accumulated during the Last Years 2009

Emerging Markets report - May 2012

Progressions. The third place: health care everywhere

Architects of success - Choosing a change leadership team

Exploring the Cloud

Romania: Top 10 challenges in 2012

Rapid-growth markets

50 ways to grow in retail

'Short term' financing opportunity with 'worst case' protection

Romanian capital market wrap-up

Now is the right time to go public on Bucharest Stock Exchange

Financing the Romanian power sector

Changes in the Tax Code and their impact on the Romanian fiscal environment

Deliver growth, please! Top efficiency levers for companies in 2012*

Which buyer to wish for: strategic or financial?

Romania's policy dilemma: Caught between a rock and a hard place?

Emerging Europe banking: still counting, sharing losses

Making the right moves. Global banking outlook 2012–13

Accelerating innovation: the power of the crowd

Bigger breathing space for higher government bond yields

Top 10 risks in telecommunications 2012

The IASB's new impairment model. Views of European financial institutions

The wealth report 2012. A global perspective on prime property and wealth

Eurozone Forecast - Spring edition 2012

European Retail Guide - Shopping Centres

This time it's personal: from consumer to co-creator

Turning risk into results - How leading companies use risk management to fuel better performance

Weekly Financial Focus - March 2

Voice of the customer - Time for insurers to rethink their relationships

A different way of doing business - Digital in utilities

Digital data opportunities

"Big three" risks trouble companies

Weekly Financial Focus - February 17

Clarity in the Cloud - A global study of the business adoption of Cloud

Social media - New game, new rules, new winners

Weekly Financial Focus - February 10

CEE Weekly - Bond Markets Outlook

As one door shuts, another opens. Ernst & Young European real estate assets investment indicator 2012

Entrepreneurs speak out - European Union Focus

European insurance outlook - Insurers face difficult choices

Weekly Financial Focus - February 3

Innovating for the next three billion. The rise of the global middle class and how to capitalize on it

The digitisation of everything

The Converged Lifestyle

CEE Weekly Bond Markets Outlook

M&A Barometer - Romania 2011

The world is bumpy - Globalization and new strategies for growth

A tale of two markets

Focus FX - January 17

Toward transparency

Views from the European retail banking industry

A vision for growth - How high performing companies are moving forward in challenging times

Weekly Financial Focus - January 13

Focus FX

IFRS: the race is on... The last lap!

CEE Weekly Bond Markets Outlook

Eurozone - Winter edition (December 2011)

CEE Weekly Bond Markets Outlook

Weekly Financial Focus – December 16

Emerging Markets Report - December 2011

Focus FX weekly

Weekly Financial Focus - December 9

CEE Banks - Sector Report

Weekly Financial Focus - December 2

Climate change and sustainability. How sustainability has expanded the CFO’s role

Focus FX weekly

Corporate Responsibility Reporting 2011

CEE - Bond Markets Outlook

Weekly Financial Focus - November 25

Private pension funds, growing more relevant

The rise of the smart customer - How consumer power will change the global power and utilities business. What the sector thinks

Oil & gas industry in Romania

Learning from Female Creators

Recovering from the crisis: Halfway there

Applying IFRS in Romanian banks. Challenges from the management and audit perspective

Advance pricing agreements – A solution for avoiding transfer pricing disputes; developments in Romania and other tax jurisdictions

Attracting European funds - Key elements, steps and “traps”

A delayed and gradual economic recovery, in a challenging macroeconomic environment

There is huge global uncertainty ahead. Can Romania do anything about it?

Is CEE better prepared for the new storm?

Spotting the silver lining in the clouds

Romania in 2012: Growth interrupted

Global debt funding gap. Europe struggles despite positive trends

The rise of smart customers - How consumer power will change the global power and utilities business. What consumers think

Weekly Financial Focus - November 11

Capital Confidence Barometer - Central and South East Europe

Romanian tourism - Long-term investment in pure nature and history

CEE - Bond Markets Outlook

Focus FX Monthly

Managing performance through famine and feast. The CFO’s role as “economic advisor”

Economic overview - September 2011

Eurozone - Outlook for financial services

How managerial transfer pricing can help create economic value

Eurozone Forecast - Autumn edition

CEE - Bond Markets Outlook

Weekly Financial Focus - October 19th

Financial reporting in Romania - October 2011

Focus FX Weekly

KPMG’s Individual Income Tax and Social Security Rate Survey 2011

Emerging Markets Report - October 2011

Weekly Financial Focus - October 14th

CEE - Bond Markets Outlook

Weekly Financial Focus - October 7th

Pulse of the industry - Medical technology report 2011

The top 10 risks and opportunities for global organizations in Oil & Gas sector

Focus FX Currency Forecast

Agriculture - Romania’s huge potential is still waiting to be unlocked

CEE Bond Markets Outlook

A new era of customer expectation. Global Consumer Banking Survey 2011

Weekly financial focus

Focus FX Currency Forecast

Romania - Slogging towards steadier growth

The quality of Romania’s labour force

What lies beneath? The hidden costs of entering rapid-growth markets

Getting up to speed. Solvency II data and systems

Cash on the chip. US technology companies and working capital management 2011

Focus FX Currency Forecast

Weekly financial focus

A World in Transition. Managing the Transfer Pricing Implications of Complex Supply Chains

CEE Bond Markets Outlook

Central & Eastern European Strategy Q3 2011

Weekly financial focus

Focus on Transparency. Financial reporting of European banks in 2010

Insurance managers perceive over-regulation as main risk for the market

The Romanian media industry: whereto?

Laboratory and imaging diagnostics in Romania

Toward transaction excellence. Ernst & Young’s 2011 corporate development study

Will the CFO become the main Controller?

Planning an IPO?

Recent changes in the Romanian Labour Code

Romania: Economic outlook 2011-2015

A pause followed by a rebound

Monetary policy: "Wait and see" remains a good strategy

Romania - retrospective and perspective

Romania likely to ease out of recession in 2011

Recovery: limp and battered

CEE Bond Markets Outlook

Turn risks and opportunities into results

FDI in the CEECs - uneven recovery

Schengen: less than equal

Greece - Sword of Damocles hangs over the financial markets

Cities for citizens. Ambitious and sustainable

CEE Bond Markets Outlook

Beyond borders - Global biotechnology report 2011

Who is the typical fraudster?

Capital market report on the Emerging Markets

Economic overview - May 2011

Nature or nurture? Decoding the DNA of the entrepreneur

Romanian Capital Market 2010 wrap-up

Oil & gas industry in Romania

2011: Romania remains a laggard in IT investment among its CEE counterparts

Healthcare consolidation: challenge and opportunity

Maximising people power: effective talent management in finance

Prospects for the Central and Eastern European electricity market

Making strides in financial services risk management

Romanian pharmaceutical market

How have the Romanian shoppers found their way through the crisis

Execution excellence. A straight answer to strategy implementation problems

Romania Long-term Outlook - Macro/Fixed Income Research

Capital market report on the Emerging Markets

Capturing value through carve-outs

The economic recovery is getting shape

Competing for growth. How business is growing beyond boundaries

Weekly Financial Focus - May 2-6, 2011

A macroeconomic outlook for 2011

Eastern Europe - Resilience and recovery

Quo vadis CEE? Regional trends and prospects for the next decade

Romania’s recovery trajectory

Recovery - in low gear across tough terrain

Tracking global trends. How six key developments are shaping the business world

The Cloud Changing the Business Ecosystem

Romania - Pattern of recovery

Innovating for growth: IT’s role in the new global economy

Economic Overview - March 2011

Eurozone Forecast - Spring edition

CEE Quarterly

The future of global healthcare delivery and management

Strategy Romania

Igniting innovation. How hot companies fuel growth from within

CEE Europe Macro View - Who will get hit if Germany slows down?

Weekly Financial Focus

Global Automotive Executive Survey 2011

Emerging Markets Report - March 2011

Global Transfer Pricing Review - Romania insights

The DNA of the CFO

CEE Bond Markets Outlook

Pharma 2020: Supplying the future. Which path will you take?

Focus FX Currency Forecast

Reporting Change

Economic overview - January 2010

Focus FX Currency Forecast

Romania Macro Flash: Food Prices Continue to Cloud the Inflation Outlook

CEE Bond Markets Outlook

Equity Weekly. Previews - 4Q 2010 results

Focus FX Currency Forecast

SMEs’ access to finance. A commercial banking perspective

Winning in a polycentric world. Globalization and the changing world of business

Weekly Financial Focus

CEE Macro & Fixed Income Report

Focus FX Currency Forecast

Global software leaders, key players & market trends

Economic Overview - December 2010

Focus FX Currency Forecast

Emerging Markets Report - January 2011

Weekly Financial Focus

CEE Bond Markets Outlook

Romania Macro Flash

Focus FX Currency Forecast for March 2011

Weekly Financial Focus

Competing for growth. Winning in the new economy

In Case the Wheels Come off

Infrastructure Project Delivery Strategy: Getting It Right

Slow Recovery in 2011 - The Optimistic Scenario for the Software and IT Services Market in Romania

The Romanian Do-It-Yourself Market

Wind Power - Sustainable Energy or Political Choice?

Romanian Capital Market Regulatory Framework

Project Management: Why Do Projects Fail and What We Can Do to Prevent It

Planning for Growth

Tax Management of Mobile Employees: An Essential Item for the CEO’s Agenda

Restructuring to Preserve Value

2011 Outlook: Will It Be a Better Year for the Romanian Economy?

The Top 10 Risks for Business

Romania’s Economic Recovery - Lagging behind

Fiscal Consolidation Is a Must to Restart Economic Growth

Weekly Financial Focus

Romania: Time to Deliver on Commitments

Chasing Rainbows - Questionable fiscal improvements

Weekly Financial Focus

Weekly Financial - October 21st

CEE Bond Markets Outlook

Long-term Outlook, Romania

CEE Bond Markets Outlook

Weekly Financial - October 8th

CEE Weekly Bond Market Outlook

Weekly Financial - September 24th

Focus FX Currency Forecast

Weekly Financial - September 17th

Emerging Markets Report - September 2010

Weekly Financial - September 10th

Economic overview - July 2010

Weekly Financial - September 3rd

CEE Weekly Bond Markets Outlook

Focus FX Weekly

Impairment accounting – the basics of IAS 36 Impairment of Assets

Romania – Time to deliver on commitments

Emerging Markets Report - August 2010

A Journey to Crisis Land

Green Energy in Romania

Romanian Banking Overview

Are You in Control Enough to LET GO?

Project Management Strategy by Business Approach

The Revival of Scenario Planning: an Integral Part of Reliable Corporate Management

2010 - Austerity Laws Entered in Force. Are Companies Ready to Take Action?

Things to Consider when Embarking on an IPO

Romania - M&A Market Trends

EU Funds in Central and Eastern Europe – Progress Report

The Impact of the Greek Crisis on Romania

European Attractiveness Survey 2010

Romania’s Austerity Package and Public Finances after the Crisis

Economic Overview - June 2010

Emerging Markets Report - July 2010

Economic and Capital Market Outlook - US/Eurozone/CEE June 2010

CEE Weekly Bond Market Outlook

CEE Tax Bulletin - Special Edition

Focus FX

CEE Bond Markets Outlook

Focus FX Currency Forecast

Eurozone Forecast

Construction and Infrastructure

Romania Energy Report

2Q 2010 - A two speed recovery in CEE

CEE Bond Markets Outlook

Introductory Elements on 1980 United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sales of Goods

Transfer pricing – Recent Romanian experience

Focus FX Exchange Rate Forecast

Focus FX Currency Forecast

Bond Markets Outlook

Focus FX Currency Forecast

Transfer pricing climbs the corporate agenda

CEE Banking 4Q 09 Previews

Economic Overview - January 2010

Bond Markets Outlook

Romania - Catching its breath

Economic overview - November 2009

Focus FX - Currency forecast for March 2010

Bond Markets Outlook

Government, Financial Institutions and the Global Financial Crisis

Bond Markets Outlook

Economic Overview - October 2009

Lessons from change

Alpha Cosmos Trade - International Equity Markets

Economic Overview - September 2009

Bond Markets Outlook

The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Romanian Software and IT Services Market

Romanian Telecom Market Overview

Romanian Insurance Market Overview

Romanian Banking Overview

BVB versus Foreign Stock Exchanges in Terms of Market Multiples

Romanian Capital Market

Talent Redefined: Is the Crisis Also a Crisis of True Talents?

Managing the Risks of Fraud in a Downturn

Adventures with the Romanian Capital Gain

Transfer Pricing in the International Context of Economic Downturn

Practical Approach of Romanian Transfer Pricing Issues

Latest Developments in the Romanian Tax and Fiscal Environment

New VAT rules starting 1 January 2010

Taxation in Romania

Foreign Direct Investment in Romania

Agriculture Report: Strengths – Opportunities – Survival

Crisis Diagnosis - Romania Caught on the Wrong Foot?

Economic Outlook

Economic Overview - August 2009

Bond Markets Outlook

Focus FX - Currency Forecast for December 2009

Romania Monthly Economic Review - August 2009

CEE Weekly-Bond Markets Outlook

Focus FX - Currency Forecasts on September 2009

Bond Markets Outlook

Romania – Under spell of correction

CEE Weekly - Bond Markets Outlook

Investment Regulations and Defined Contribution Pensions

IFRS Outlook - July, 2009

CEE Quaterly

Romania monthly economic review - June, 2009

Walking through the Transfer Pricing Era

Global entertainment and media outlook 2009–2013 - EMEA Regional Summary

Romania monthly economic review - May 2009

Romania - Macroeconomy Digest Quarterly April 2009

Financial Reporting in Romania February 2009

The Correlation Between Stock Exchange Performance and Financial Results Throughout the Crisis

2008 at Bucharest Stock Exchange

Romanian Capital Market Regulatory Framework

Real Estate Owned by the State: An Opportunity to be Further Explored

Bridging the Global Infrastructure Gap
Government Urged to Launch Infrastructure Revolution

Assessment and Management of Financial Risk in Romania

Key Tax Questions to Be Addressed in a Downturn

Latest Developments in the Romanian Tax and Fiscal Environment

Taxation in Romania February 2009

2009 - A Challenging Year for Romania

Romania - Navigating Through the Financial Storm

Romania – Retail Development 2008. Perspectives for 2009

Romanian Hotel Industry – Reverse Trend

The Software and IT Services Market in Romania in the Context of a Global Crisis

Romanian Telecom Market Overview

Romanian Healthcare Sector

Romanian Pharmaceutical Industry

Romanian Insurance Market Overview

Romanian Banking Market Overview

Outlook for 2009-10

Hope for Sunshine After Rain?

Romania monthly economic review

The Impact of Internal Audit in an Organization

Romania monthly economic review - February 2009

Telecommunications Predictions TMT Trends 2009

Technology Predictions TMT Trends 2009

Media Predictions - TMT Trends 2009

Romania monthly economic review

Romania monthly economic review - October 2008

IFRS outlook

Transgaz - September 2008

Transelectrica - September 2008

Romanian SIFs - August 2008

Azomures - August 2008

Romanian Agriculture - Potential vs Reality

Economic Outlook: A Booming Economy - What Next? September

Emerging Romania Going Forward September

Romanian Pharmaceutical Market September

Romanian Telecom Market Overview September

Romanian Banking Market Overview September

Romanian Hotel Industry - Latest Developments September

Romanian Insurance Market Overview September

Stand by for Better Times September

Romanian Capital Market Regulatory Framework - August 2008 September

Romania - On the Convergence Way September

Employees' Transfer as a Consequence of the Transfer of the Enterprise, Unit or Parts of the Enterprise or Unit September

Acceptability of Restitution Claims for Real Estate Abusively Taken-Over by the State during March 6, 1945 - December 22, 1989, Filed after Enforcement of Law No. 10/2001 September

The New Construction Code. Impact in Terms of Required Construction Documentation September

Concessions in Romania: Key Areas of Interest for Investors September

Growing Pains of Romanian Legal System September

The Companies' Financing Procedures September

Latest Developments in the Romanian Tax and Fiscal Environment September

Taxation in Romania August 2008 September

Financial Reporting in Romania August 2008 September

The War for Talent in Romania September

The Odds of Innovation in Romania September

Foreign Direct Investment in Romania September

Outlook: Rising Economic Disequilibria Require a Tight Macro Policy Mix September

Outlook for 2008-09 September

Food and beverage 2012 - A taste of things to come

Taxation in Romania March

Financial Reporting in Romania March

Romanian Capital Market 2H 07 Wrap-up March

Romanian Capital Markets Regulatory Framework* March

Unlock the Potential of Your Business - the Second Year After Romania's Accession to the EU March

Romanian Retail & FMCG Market 2007 March

Romanian Hotel Market and Trends March

The Romanian IT Market Dynamics - Between Political and Economical Instability March

Romanian Telecom Market Overview March

Romanian Pharmaceutical Market March

Romanian Asset Management Overview March

Romanian Banking Overview March

Bucharest Stock Exchange 2007 - Performance Review March

Bucharest Stock Exchange 2007 March

The War for Talent in Romania March

E-RES in Romania March

New Legislation to Combat Delays in Performance of Payment Resulted from Commercial Contracts March

The Growing Challenges of Combating Global Money Laundering March

Latest Developments in the Romanian Tax and Fiscal Environment March

From Brussels with love: EU Law. A Blessing or a Curse? March

Romania - Transition Report 2007 March

Romania - On the Convergence Way March

EUR-RON: Between Fundamentals and Speculation March

Romania Outlook for 2008-09 March

Romania - Economic Outlook: Expect the Unexpected! March

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FinMin Dragoi: Economic growth of 1.5-2% in 2012 could be achieved without a problem

Romanian tourism could register a 15% growth in 2012, says Minister Petrescu

FP managers: Romania could be the first state emerging from crisis with a strong economic growth

Central Bank could keep key interest rate at 6pct

Brokers: BVB could surge 20-30 pct in 2012

Analysts: Economic growth could be saved by rural population if education problem solved

Samsung C&T Corporation could set up Romania's Land Registry

Memorandum with IMF: Public-sector employees' salaries could increase on certain conditions in 2012

BNR could revise downwards own forecast on Romania's economic growth in 2012

Petrom could sell more than 100 filling stations

Valentin Lazea, BNR: The economic increase of next year could be revised from 3.5-4% to 2.5%

Commercial exchanges between Romania and Poland could reach EUR 3 bn in 2011

Romania could offer Iraq expertise in reforming financial-banking, tax and insurance system

BNR Governor: Average annual inflation rate could drop towards 5% in August

CCIB : Rosia Montana project could have a positive impact on sustainable development

FT: Romania, Bulgaria’s Schengen accession could take years

Moody’s: Greek banks could sell Romanian business if crisis worsens

Cathedaral Plaza could be sold to a British investment fund

EBRD official: European fund absorption in Romania could increase by involving commercial banks

Tax increases could shadow Romania private consumption recovery

BCR: Romanian economy could grow 2% in 2011

The National Prognosis Commission head : Romania could have an economic growth of 0.5% in Q1 against Q4 2010

IMF says political tensions could lead to dampening confidence in Romania

Romanian suppliers could deliver wood building materials to Japan for reconstruction

XTB: National currency could face short-term difficulties

Eurostat: Romania's population could drop to 19 mln people by 2030

BNR Governor Isarescu: Romania's external deficit could be kept steady at around 4-5%

Transgaz First Impression 4Q 2010: Dividend yield could climb above 10%

Feasibility study of AGRI project could be ended in April 2012

Romania's New Deal with EU Could Kick off May 1

ING says inflation could top 6% end-December

Sudden liberalization of natural gas market could lead to bankruptcy and certain sectors collapse

BVB president: PF listing could set off economy-beneficial string of events

The Minister of economy wants to privatise the companies in his supervision and find out what investments he could draw

Inflation was 8% in 2010 and BNR could miss the target in 2011

Low cost flights could be transferred to Otopeni

Raiffeisen Capital Management : The political situation in Romania could be tensioned over the next months as well

BCR: Precautionary agreement with IMF could be beneficial for Romania

BCR and Banca Transilvania could become shareholders in Oltchim

Lybek (IMF): Bonus-giving, tax cuts could affect budget deficit

MFP could issue bonds on foreign markets within medium-term financing programme in 2011

Government ordinance could change Fondul Proprietatea existing regulations

Analysis: Romania could reach financing crisis in November

The market for construction materials in Romania and Bulgaria could revive quite soon

Romania could get EUR 360 mn from the World Bank before the end of October

Public administration employees working with EU funds could get pay rises

Romania-Egypt trade could hit USD 500 mn

The Romanian State could sell stake in Petrom by September

Direct foreign investments could continue to drop in Romania

Number of insolvency files could exceed 20,000 in 2010

ING Report : The drop in foreign currency reserves in BNR could be due to intervention to support the leu

Nouriel Roubini: Raising taxes on short-term could trigger negative effects in economy

Regulated gas price could be lifted

CNAS manager : the contribution to the Health insurance fund could be increased from 10.7% to 14%

Gas producer Romgaz listing could take place in nine months

Romanian Economy Could Decline In 2010 As Well

Which could be the third auto builder in Romania ? Tata Motors, a variant

Vladescu: IMF could revise Romania's economic growth. New estimate: zero

Romania Could Have A Third Carmaker, Besides Renault, Ford

Citi: Romania Could Miss 2010 Budget Gap Target

Romania could start next week sales negotiations of emission allowances with interested parties

Romania's national currency could continue growing on large capital inflows, official says

BVB could list itself in two months

Two new consular missions could be open in Timisoara

ING: EUR/RON rate could drop to 4lei/euro in April

JPMorgan : BNR could drop the key interest up to 5% this year

Listing of heavyweight companies could breathe new life into capital market

World Bank proposes Romanian public wage system which could freeze certain salaries

Commerzbank: The leu could be rated at 4 units/euro in the near future

BNR could be forced to intervene to depreciate the leu

German market could draw in another 55,000 Dacia cars in 2010

ING: BNR could have to intervene if the leu appreciates too much

Public-private partnership could be forged for exploiting mineral resources

Industrial output could record Q4 2.6 percent increase

World Bank: Losses caused by non-performative credits could reach 9% of GDP

Romania's economy could compress in Q4 as well because of the political crisis, ING deems

Radu Merica: With political support, the German companies in energy could invest more in Romania

ING: The agreement with IMF is in danger unless there is a strong government and the deficit could be over 8.5%

Erste: Romania could not be among countries that will recover rapidly from crisis

Scenario: NBR could give currency room to fall at year-end

Moody’s: Per capita income could be at European level in Romania after 40-45 years

Gelin: A quick relaunching could happen in real estate

Coface could increase Romania’s rating to A4, once economy recovers

Romania's economy could resume growing in last quarter of 2009

BNR: The Finance Ministry could use buffer fund for sound deficit financing

Romania’s first house buying program could continue next year, prime minister says

Energy, agriculture and constructions could re-launch economy, says Petrom CEO Mariana Gheorghe

Agriculture could be main beneficiary of Romania's EU accession

Berceanu: Timisoara surrounding ring could be enlarged by two lanes

ING: The funding of the budgetary deficit with money from IMF could harm RON

Romania's economic drop of 4% is feasible, but could be worse, central lender official says

Avioane Craiova could be bought by an Italian company

Romania's insurance market could lose 5-10% on the unit-linked segment this year, insurer estimates

Dijmarescu: Gov't could help overcome the economic crisis

Starting on Monday the Romanians could travel to Switzerland with the ID

Romania could build a refinery in Turkmenistan

BCR analyst: Romania could climb back to investment grade league no earlier than 2010

Almunia: Excessive deficit procedures could be started by EC against Romania

Romania’s economy could drop 5% in Q2 and register negative growth next year too

BCR could take over the private mandatory pension funds administered by OTP and Prima Pensie

Isarescu: Hasty adoption of EUR could affect fiscal policy and wages

Bucharest Stock Exchange could list in 15 months, bourse head says

Boc: Higher incomes than President's could be charged supplementary tax

Treasury certificates could soon be traded on the regulated stock market, BSE head says

1,000 outward processing trade companies could close down

Office spaces could become 10 pc cheaper in 2009

Foreign investors could shun Romania, driven away by prognoses, central bank's governor warns

Standard &Poor's estimates Romania's economy could advance 0.8% in 2009

Hard Rock Bar could come after Hard Rock Café

Romanian salaries could rise by 12-13% in 2009, estimates the recruiting company Kienbaum

Romania could call upon an external loan in the second semester

Standard & Poor's : Romania could see a budget gap of 6.2% of GDP in 2009

Switzerland could open labor market gates to almost 4,000 Romanians and Bulgarians starting June 1

IMF estimation: Romania's economy could face recession this year

Romania could enter economic collapse in a few months, employers' union UGIR 1903 mulls

Almunia -�?bad bank�? could help market confidence

2009 budget could include capitalization of Eximbank and CEC Savings Bank

Romania's leu could end year at 3.8 against the euro, depending on the budget, Raiffeisen deems

APIA: Romanian New Car Market Could Go Down To Half In 2009, 100,000 Jobs In Jeopardy

Romania's central lender could relax lending norms, but keep individual tax records, pundit says

Gazprom warns Europe could suffer from Ukraine row

Jewellery sales could drop by up to 40 pc if VAT increases to 25 pc

Furniture market could absorb investments of millions of euros in next 2 years

Productivity could exceed pay rise next year

The Italians from Nusco could build a 5-star hotel in Bucharest

Turnover of Selgros Romania could reach one billion euros, despite crisis

ANEIR : Exporters could send between 100,000 and 300,000 people to unemployment over the next months

Ghetea: Decision on crediting regulations could be taken after January 6

First Lidl stores could open in 2010

Analysis: Industrial production could drop by 10 – 20% next year

Dragulin, BNR: Banks could borrow money from us, guaranteeing with credits

Societe Generale could take over the Italian bank UniCredit

Fiat could invest in Romania

Electrabel could provide energy for Voestalpine steel plant in Dobrogea

Vosganian: In 2008, Romania could register an economic growth of 8 pc

Romanian Central Bank Household Lending Rules Could Slow Dn Econ Growth In 2009 – BCR

Market of notebooks in Romania could double in 2008

Bega Group could be first Romanian wind turbine maker

WTTC: Romanian tourism could grow by 6.7 until 2018

Whiteland could triple warehousing capacity

BCR: Absorption rate of European funds could surpass 60 pc this year

Hidroelectrica could make some 160 million euros from last micro-hydro power plants

Variable loan fees could be eliminated

Sales in first 3 months could revise Vertu estimates upwards in Romania

RBS takeover of ABN Amro could encourage British investors to come to Romania

Cuprom could take over CCCF

Foreign investment could reach 8 billion euros in 2008

Key rate could remain unchanged

Erste could enter Romanian operational leasing market by year-end

Raiffeisen Investment: RCS&RDS could sell a package of shares

Citigroup: BNR could raise key rate to at least 10%

Erste Bank: Romania could be first beneficiary after investors decide to reconsider smaller markets

Sale of Textila complex could create 7 new millionaires

Sandoz could relocate re-analysis center to Romania

Wind park of 250 MW could be commissioned in 2008

Romtelecom could be listed in stock exchange by November

Contract for privatization of Automobile Craiova could be prolonged

Real estate leasing could grow 160 pc this year

Will Poland and Ukraine score with EURO 2012?

OMV Petrom - Rumored calendar for gas price liberalization

Azomures 1Q 2012 results

1Q12 GDP - Romania falls back into technical recession

Daniel Daianu: Romanian economy might shift on growth in Q2

Disinflation beats all expectations in April

OMV Petrom 1Q 12 - Best quarter ever but low chances to be repeated soon

FinMin-designate Georgescu says negotiations with IMF resume today

CEZ Romania plans to take over new wind farms

Monetary policy meeting: Key rate unchanged at 5.25%

Fondul Proprietatea – minimum quorum requirement for share capital reduction followed by cancelation lowered to 25%

Cypriot company acquired 4.4% stake in SIF Banat Crisana

Ambassador Gitenstein voices worries over severe limitation of damages to former property owners

Cemacon is proposing the conversion of debt into equity

March inflation down two notches to 2.4%

Industry - under the spell of Eurozone

February trade balance

Rasvan Radu (UniCredit): Crediting resumption can be economic relaunch source

Michelin might start off new investment in western Romania

Contract for building Bucharest-Otopeni metro sector, to be signed in February 2013

Mugur Isarescu: Restoring public wages has limited impact if deficit target is observed

Erste negotiates with SIF Oltenia the purchase of the BCR stake

The monetary easing cycle continues

Banca Transilvania FY 2011 IFRS - A double digit ROE

Prebet calls GSM to approve 2011 dividend

SPO for Transelectrica ended successfully

Banca Transilvania to pay stock dividends

Fondul Proprietatea – The position of City of London regarding the incoming GSM

SIF Banat Crisana proposes a 2011 DPS of RON 0.1

FinMin Bogdan Dragoi: Favourable moment for Romania on foreign capital markets

Research Institute for Renewable Energies inaugurated in Timisoara

OMV Petrom, Fondul Proprietateta – The Government is mulling hiking royalties for oil&gas companies

EC official: 2012 raises challenges on possible losses of European money for Romania

Joint Venture confirmed potentially significant gas discovery offshore Romania

Banca Transilvania sold a 4% stake in SIF Banat Crisana

Transelectrica - SPO should begin in March, consumption up 5% yoy in February

Fondul Proprietatea - Largest shareholder asks for a change in management fee to simulate returning cash

Azomures - 4Q 2011 results

4Q11 real GDP weaker than expected

Flanco: Romanian electro-IT retail market grows to EUR 1.1 bn in 2011

Transelectrica 4Q 2011: Provisions hit operating profit

A new IMF agreement would not be a good message, says BNR Governor

Romania is somehow over-indebted in terms of consumer loans

Interest rate of monetary policy can change if market allows

SIFs – Erste Group made a better offer for BCR shares owned by other shareholders

Next IMF mission, scheduled end-April

CEE countries with bigger breathing space for higher government bond yields

NBR cuts the key rate for the third time in a row

FP managers estimate that leul will strengthen in 2012

Transelectrica - Securities commission approved the preliminary prospectus

New BNR Regulation on mortgage loan, in effect as of January 31

Island, interested in developing several heating projects in Romania by capitalizing geothermal energy

Coface maintains Romania's B risk rating, given shaky political and economic environment

New law on car tax, in force starting on Saturday; its effective implementing, after rules approval

Economic expert Blanculescu: 2012, a positive year for Romanian economy

Romanian Stock Exchange remains attractive in 2012

Global markets: Debt crisis now also affecting real economy

Inflation edges down y/y following base effect

3Q11 real GDP: Positive contribution of the domestic demand to economic growth

Fondul Proprietatea GSM resolutions

SIFs- Legislative proposal to hike the ownership limit (update)

Radu Craciun (Eureko): BNR controlled the speed of leu depreciation and won’t allow the exchange rate over 4.5lei/euro

Trade exchanges between Romania and the Arab Emirates grow twice in first nine months of 2011

World Bank projects sluggish growth for the South East European economies in 2011 and 2012

WB Report: Securing EU10 economic recovery amid headwinds

Statistics: Romania's economy posts 2.7% growth Jan.-Sept. 2011

Raiffeisen: 2.5% economic growth in 2011

EBRD’s report – “Crisis and Transition: The People’s Perspective”

XTB: Romania's budget risks again to be too optimistic

Alumil Rom Industry First Impression 3Q 2011: Retail development sustains sales growth

PM: Our target for 2013 is a zero deficit

Draft 2012 Budget is built on 1.9% of GDP, 2.1% economic growth

FinMin Gheorghe Ialomitianu: The 2012 budget is cautious and realistic; investments are main target

EC Autumn economic forecast – recovery stops

Mugur Isarescu: We need short term capital inflow

Reignited inflationary pressures

Jeffery Franks on the conclusion of a recent evaluation mission conducted by the IMF and the EC

Istvan Szekely: Romania can draw EUR 8 bn in European funds by end-2012

Romania Central Bank revises inflation projection downwards to 3.3% this year, 3% in 2012

Christian de Boissieu: These crises threaten to undermine economic stability in the whole currency area, and by extension other EU countries

Tanasescu (IMF) : Romania's capital market should be encouraged

Government decided with IMF to expand list of EU projects to 100 investments at a lower value

Romanian government targets a budget deficit below 3% of GDP in 2012

Banks - The watered down regulation to curb FX lending published

Global food prices remain high and volatile affecting poorest countries the most

IMF: European funds, the most important element in Romania's 2012 economic growth strategy

Romanian Central Bank works on creating bridge bank to help banks in trouble

Mixed signals regarding reform of Romanian state companies - IMF official

AmCham: Foreign investments influenced by investors’ reduced access to authorities

SIF Moldova calls GSM to be bought out of BCR by Erste Group

IMF Mission begins third evaluation of precautionary agreement with Romania

Mugur Isarescu: year 2012 and the following will not resemble 2009 - 2011

Details from OMV 3Q Trading Statement

IMF wants to limit foreign exchange credits to consumer credits

BRD anticipates cuts of key interest rate in November

Fondul Proprietatea - Analyst and Investors Days Takeaways

EBRD: 2012 economic slowdown specific to all European emerging markets, not only Romania

Analyzing the wealth of the world's adult population

Daianu: Romania will not be able to have economic growth if recession comes back

EBRD revises Romania's 2011 economic growth forecast downwards

Catalin Pauna (World Bank): Nobody measures if public investments have reached their aim

The government and the crisis scared away 13,000 investors from the market

Head of Bilderberg Group: We don't try to create the United States of Europe

EU parliament votes for Bulgaria and Romania to be admitted to Schengen

Gallup Study: Romania registers one of the biggest differences between aspiring freelancers and people who want to start a business

Mugur Isarescu: Annual inflation falls below 4% in September

Labor in Romania is overburdened, BNR governor says

Proprietatea Fund EUR 28 mn stock repurchase over past four months

Isarescu: Treating superficially the deficit financing seems a huge error

Romanians' welfare to see no improvement in 2012

Economic analyst: Romania should cut taxes to have growth

Romania loses investments in favour of Serbia

The multinationals leave at the first signal of insecurity

Rehn tipped as next Eurogroup chief

German company Bosch expected to invest in Cluj

Solutions for Romania to overcome new wave of economic crisis in 2012

Dan Pascariu (UniCredit): 4.4 lei/euro would create problems for banks

WBank: Romania, among states implementing new procedures to enhance economic opportunities for women

SIF Banat Crisana - Securities Commission asks it to call GSM for BCR

World Bank-IFC report finds Government reforms enhance economic opportunities for women, but greater strides needed

Mihai Tanasescu (IMF): Our financial system is one of the best supervised in Europe

UniCredit sees growth of 2.5 % in 2012

Gas price update

The Netherlands-Romanian Chamber of Commerce supports Romania’s bid to enter the Schengen Zone

CNP to revise upwards to 1.7% economic growth prognosis for 2011

Romania must spend EUR 8.6 bn in European funds by end-2013

World Bank Report : Women in Romania earn on average 10% less than men

Netherlands block Romania, Bulgaria from Schengen accession

French Secretary of State: France will continue to strongly back Romania in the accession to the Schengen area

ING Bank revised downwards the estimates regarding the economic increase of Romania in 2012, from 3.5% to 2.2%

SIFs 2009 agreement with Erste Group to postpone BCR listing revealed

Baconschi: We expect JHA Council's consensus on a two-step accession to Schengen; it is a reasonable compromise

SPRM: The Rosia Montana project gives a chance to the mining community in the Apuseni Mountains

Public sector workers drop to 1.225 million, PM Boc announces

U.N. Committee confirms Romania's suspension from green certificate trading

Pharmaceutical drugs manufacturers worried about authorities' statements on tax clawbacks

Rosia Montana Gold Corporation: We deny existence of any financial connection with any party

KPMG: Domestic banks have significant exposure to Romania's sovereign debt, which is a risk in case of contagion

Teraplast 2Q 2011 - Inputs inflation mixed with anaemic local demand

Romania exports agricultural products in value of 1.19 billion euros, up 55pct in first five months

Sebastian Vladescu: Romania has protection against a new financial crisis, but a very fragile one

Gov't: EUR 600 mn in Treasury loan to European projects until Brussels reimbursements resume

How the Fiscal Council sees the draft for budgetary rectification

Lucian Angel, BCR: We shall revise inflation prognosis at 4 - 5%

Istvan Szekely, EC: Romania's economic developments follow established trajectories

Citi analysis: Romania is less vulnerable to the crisis in the Euro zone

IMF not accepting any scaling back the 2012 budget targets to increase public wages

The state reduces the pre-financing on EU projects

OMV Petrom offering to resume in early 2012

Foreign investors require the privatisation of companies

Fitch: Bad loans to peak towards late 2011 in Romania

Sale of OMV Petrom stake to resume, as subscription falls below 80%

Renaissance Capital: Petrom offering will be successfully completed when market conditions stabilise

OMV Petrom/Fondul Proprietatea - Bids for the 9.84% offer below required threshold

Aerostar 2Q 2011 results

GfK Consumer Climate Europe survey for Q2 of 2011: Hopes of economic recovery in Europe

Reuters: The instability of the markets may affect the privatization programme of Romania

Transgaz - Gas consumption in May rose by 20% yoy

ING reduces the estimate for inflation

Transelectrica 1H 2011 preliminary figures

Euro takes a beating as second Greek rescue on hold

Vasilescu (BNR): If Spain and Italy are affected we will be too

Analyst'reaction: Liviu Voinea - the decrease of inflation in June is not a significant evolution

Romania, Bulgaria demand full access to EU's labour market

Sale offer of 9.48% in Petrom to run as of Monday

Eastern Europe only marginally affected by crisis in Greece

Polish EU Presidency vows to rescue European project

Isarescu: Keeping monetary policy rate will lead inflation towards target

'Hottest' domains for foreign investments in 2011: Regenerating energy and automobiles

We had IMF agreement as lifeline, says advisor to central bank governor

President of Greece came to reassure Bucharest: Greek banks have sufficient capitalization

Franks: Romania’s economy has slowed down

IMF completes first review under precautionary stand-by arrangement with Romania and approves EUR 481 mn disbursement

Survey: Most EU citizens, including Romanians voice deep concern over environmental issues

World Bank Group announces new instrument to help food producers and consumers in developing nations deal with volatile prices

Dafora share capital increase

Romania, Jordan to sign new healthcare cooperation agreement

Transgaz Company News - Analysts Meeting Takeaways

Daily News Egypt: Romania vows to help Egypt in coming phase

A possible Institute of UNESCO in the field of physics in Romania

S&P gets down four Greek banks present in Romania to «extremely speculative»

Cristian Popa (BNR): We stick to 1.5% economic growth in 2011

World Bank: Romania’s economy will increase by 1.6% this year and by 3.7% in 2012

Standard & Poor's affirms ratings on Romania, outlook stable

Eurostat : Romania’s population will drop over the next 50 years, down to 17 million in 2060

Exports and further build-up of inventories, key drivers of 1Q11 economic growth

SIF Moldova has sued BCR and Erste Group on profit distribution

Constitutional Court to rule on the ownership limit for SIFs

Romanian Union Agrostar says food prices to rise by 3-5%

Romania requests funds from EC for most intense laser in the world

Over one thousand doctors left Romania in the first four months of 2011

Commission launches infringement procedure against Romania over agreement with Russia on equal treatment of EU airlines

BCR short note: 1Q11 real GDP – flash estimate

Alumil Rom Industry 1Q 2011 results

Bloomberg: Romania, Kazakhstan are attractive on lowdebt, Renaissance Capital says

Jeffrey Franks: No tragedy if Romania is not ready to join Euro Zone in 2015

Jeffrey Franks, IMF: Romania’s exports increase way faster than markets where it sells increase

IMF Reaches staff level agreement on first review of precautionary stand-by arrangement for Romania

European Commission waits EFC approval to release final loan installment worth EUR 150 mn

European Commission Staff Statement after a joint mission with the IMF and the World Bank to Romania

Successful completion of the first review of the new stand-by arrangement with the IMF

National export strategy 2011 – 2015 : Romania wants to get the markets in Russia, North Africa and the Arabic countries

Mugur Isarescu: the Central Bank increased its inflation estimate for 2011 to 5.1%

Which is the prognosis for inflation announced by BNR?

New labour legislation comes into force on May 2, 2011

PM Boc: Comarnic-Brasov and Pitesti-Sibiu road sectors under way this year

Businessman Elan Schwartzenberg to take over Realitatea TV

Germany opens doors to Central European workers

List with main projects to be made in public-private partnership approved

PM Boc: For the time being, there is no direct money under the IMF arrangement

About 2 million people choose black market employment (estimates)

The way the ING analysts see the evolution of the exchange rate for the following months

ING: Jobless figures don’t reflect Romanian economic reality

WB economist: BNR can use leu appreciation to control inflation

Electromagnetica CEO comments on development strategy

XTB: Questions about the solid economic growth in Romania

Romanian transport ministry sets new rules for highway construction contracts

World Bank: Growth returning to Emerging Europe and Central Asia

Radu Ghetea : Bank taxation will increase loan prices

Lazea (BNR): Romania ranks third in EU according to investment share in GDP

Mariana Gheorghe, CIS: In 2010 foreign investors withdrew EUR 800 mn projects from Romania because of economic policies

IER: Launch of the project Preparing Moldova for a comprehensive free trade area with the European Union

Fiscal Council : Romanian economy not out of the woods yet

Minister of Foreign Affairs starts today an official visit to France

Transelectrica - new tariffs for pass-through activities

State Grid Corporation of China interested to buy 15% of Transelectrica

Proprietatea Fund cannot participate in Petrom floatation

NBR provides a stimulus of around EUR 1 bn to support economic recovery

Transelectrica analysts meeting takeaways

Bucharest Stock Exchange – 2011 budget

Erste: Romania sovereign rating may be raised in 2012

Vasilescu (BNR) : We cannot get out of the crisis this year, and possibly next year either

Business analysts about leu's strengthening in the past days

Remarks by Herman van Rompuy, President of the European Council, following the meeting of the European Council (March 24th, 2011)

ING: Romania’s follow-up deal with IMF endangered by VAT cut

Fitch says Romania rating on hold for now

Gov't: Private companies may reschedule their public debt

Inflation surprises again on the negative side

Prognosis: Industrial production likely to drop 6% by Q1 end, according to economic agents

Analysts estimate that the annual rate of inflation went up to 7.3% in February

Environment : Romania, first country in region having completed Danube Management Plan

Industrial production likely to drop 6pct by Q1 end, according to economic agents

Isarescu : We don’t have to take into consideration changes up to 3-4% of the exchange rate

Dacian Ciolos: Romania risks losing European funds, unless it speeds up their absorption

BRD : The reduction of the deficit in 2011, more difficult

Analysts: BNR may not reduce key interest rate in 2011

Viorel Stefan: No functional engines able to re-launch economy

Study: The Romanians, the most pessimistic people in the world when it comes to launching a business

Comments from Concefa CEO

Libya crisis to hit poor worldwide, EU warns

In Ramallah, ForMin Baconschi signed the Romanian - Palestinian Cooperation Protocol

Erste CEE Macro Comments

Over 2,600 construction authorisations were issued in January – increase by 17%

SAR 2011 projections for Romania: 1-pct GDP growth and 4.7-pct inflation

Allianz Group - annual results 2010

Barroso: 'We cannot afford to be passive spectators'

JP Morgan: Romanian GDP likely to grow 2% in 2011

Erste CEE Macro Comments

EBRD sells its holding in BRD-Groupe Soeciete Generale SA

Governor Isarescu: Stimulating consumption, bad idea for our economy

Independent joint stock company to build unit 3 and unit 4 of Cernavoda nuclear-power plant

List of public-private partnership projects completed by 1 March

Govt okays budget for scrappage car scheme

Erste CEE Macro Comments

Investors in the Golf, interested to expand in Romania

Intermediary selection procedure started for OMV-Petrom offer

Erste CEE Macro Comments

Romania: 4Q10 real GDP – flash estimates

Transelectrica 4Q 2010 results

Jeffrey Franks (IMF): Romania is not at half road on the way to euro zone accession yet

Bancpost: Romania economic recovery threatened by high inflation

Investors prefer Hungary as the reform in Romania seems good only on paper

Erste CEE Macro Comments

Teraplast First Impression 4Q 2010: Good results, in line with expectations

Romanian Govt Approves Bill Eliminating Govt Inspectors

UGIR- 1903 arguing for collective labour agreements at all levels

Implementation company of AGRI project to be set up in second half of 2011

IMF new loan fully designated for BNR

Kuweit, one of the richest states in the world, interested to invest in Romania

Martin Harris: Development of trade relations between Great Britain and Romania is a priority

Erste CEE Macro Comments: BNR Inflation report and MinFin auction

Antibiotice 2010 preliminary figures and 2011 budget

UniCredit Tiriac Bank: Foreign direct investments to Romania to reach EUR 5 bn this year

Monetary policy meeting: Key rate unchanged

Mihai Tanasescu IMF: The discussions showed that great progress was obtained but some elements are still to be improved

Premier Emil Boc rejects a possible privatisation of CEC

Standard & Poor's keeps Transgaz rating unchanged

Transactions worth EUR 50 mn of FP shares boost BVB liquidity to reccord level

Jeffrey Franks (IMF): Improvement in labor efficiency and productivity, a key to Romania's economic growth

Fondul Proprietatea will launch the buy-back program today

Stock exchange trading in Proprietatea Fund starts today

APIA estimates an increase of new cars sales of 8.5% in 2011

Proprietatea Fund might seek London, Warsaw, Vienna or Hong Kong listing

Conpet 2011 budget

Franks, IMF: The big disappointment is the economy has not returned to growth

Economist Intelligence Unit: Romania’s economy will recover slowly in 2011

Peter Harrold, WB: Romania is to sign two-year programme with IMF and WB

Admiral Markets Report: The leu will end year with slight growth

UNCTAD: Romania's economy to rise by 2.5% in 2011 and by 4% in 2012

VAT and flat tax not to be modified, finance minister assures

Exchange rate to fluctuate 4.15 - 4.21 lei/ 1 euro and inflation to stand at 4.5-5% (analysis)

Mobius : Romania is as attractive to investors as Uganda or Botswana

Central Bank Governor: 2011, not an easy year in terms of BNR decisions

Turnover of motor vehicle and motorcycle trade decreases 9.2% in first 11 months of 2010

China Development Bank interested in investing in Romania

World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects 2011

XTB : leu – good perspectives in 2011

Inflation rate at 8% y/y in 2010

High level meeting on precautionary agreement with IMF and EU

Analysts: there are big chances that Romania receives the seventh part of the IMF loan

Adrian Vasilescu,Central Bank: 2011 will be more difficult than 2010

The main amendments in the fiscal and income policy for 2011

Romanian Govt puts off hiking taxes on industrial property protection

Imotrust's GSM agenda

The Parliament has adopted the state budget for 2011

Number of insolvencies reached 19,560 in November

German brands top Romanians' used car preferences

Teodor Baconschi: Is it possible to close a number of diplomatic missions in 2011

UniCRedit: Romania and Bulgaria are the most vulnerable to crisis in Euro zone

Ernst&Young: the fiscal impredictability can send away those who invested in Romania

Romania will come out of the crisis when it becomes attractive again

Moody's improves the outlook of Transelectrica's rating

Luxury homes market seeks salvation in rental

Number of Romanians who left to work abroad has tripled in 2010

Romania: CPI slowed down to 7.7% y/y in November

Transelectrica - Analysts meeting takeaways

The real economy, analysed by BNR: What went in September and which are the risks for the months to come ?

Weak domestic demand in 3Q10

Cristian Popa, BNR: Monetary policy interest rate should be maintained at present level

Autumn forecast 2010-2012: EU recovery taking hold, but progress uneven

Isarescu: Romania doesn’t risk default

Lucian Croitoru (BNR): A credible economic growth, only in Q2 of 2011

BERD Report : The infrastructure – the main priority for Romania

WB Press Release : Sustaining EU10 Recovery Requires Strong Policy Action

Analysts anticipate average exchange rate of 4.3 lei/euro and key interest rate of 6-6.25% in 2011

ING says Romania may reach 2010 deficit target, sees limited market impact

Romanian export-oriented industries poised to grow further in 2011

Bucharest Stock Exchange might return some capital to the shareholders

Romania accessed but 15% of European funds

Rolling stock producer Remarul gets Bombardier exclusivity in the Balkans

Rantrua: Some WB proposals to be included in the discussions with EC and IMF

CCIR: Conference on investment opportunities in Romania

BCR: Austerity measures weigh on economic growth

Teraplast First Impression 3Q 2010 - Margins higher than expected

EBRD: Romania's switching to euro in 2015, a far too optimistic target

About 50,000 companies have gone bankrupt in 3 years

Romania: CPI remained pretty high in October

The association of Exporters: there are huge pressures for the foreign exchange rate on the part of speculators

BNR news conference : Impact of VAT increase on inflation is 2.4% in September

Romanian Govt To Allot Funds For Investments In 1H 2011

Successful review of the IMF stand-by arrangement

Key rate unchanged

Foreign investors became interested in the agricultural domain of the Balkans

French Embassy in Bucharest hails adoption of national education law

Jeffrey Franks, IMF: OUG 50 is a condition for next tranche release

Fiscal Council : The agreement with IMF and EU did not help Romania to resume its economic growth

Romania, Poland sign common action plan

BNR does not like increase of guaranteed deposits to EUR 100,000

Romania Ranked 69th In Transparency International 2010 Corruption Perceptions Index

Imotrust 1-3Q 10 results

Dan Bucsa, Bancpost: The economy won’t rebounce in 2011, recession has deepened

Romanian Economy Ministry-Owned Companies Met Budget Targets

Nicolae Petria, Carpatica: No economic recovery before 2012

Chamber of Deputies voted for the reduction of VAT for food to 5%

Romanian-Polish cooperation in mining and defence industries

IMF review mission visits Romania Oct 20-Nov 1, new agreement to be discussed

Gerhard Schroeder speaks in Bucharest about economic situation in Europe and international evolutions

IER Conference: « The economic crisis and the EU finances : predictible evolutions »

ING: BNR may increase interest of monetary policy in 2011

Artego calls GSM to approve transfer to BVB main market

CCPIT chairman: Economic ties between Romania and China should overcome economic crisis

Inflationary pressures from administered prices in September

The IMF mission returns to Romania on October 20

Foreign investors in Romania present on Thursday 12 measures to change the economy

IMF: Parent banks may want to increase exposure to Romania voluntarily

Eurostat: Romania has third annual GDP reduction in EU in second quarter

Foreign financiers: Lower single tax will lead to re-discussing Accord

Joost Kuhlmann : Romania Fails To Use 95% Of EU Funds

Thousands of companies in Romania go to Bulgaria due to the austerity measures

Eugen Radulescu BNR: Romania’s GDP would grow by 3% if taxes were collected at Bulgaria’s level

Ernst&Young: Romania’s economy will contract until 2012

Key rate flat at 6.25%

BNR will keep the monetary policy interest rate

AOAR does not want a new agreement with IMF and proposes a strategic investment fund

Bulgarian President Parvanov: Romania and Bulgaria have great cooperation potential in energy field

Croitoru (BNR): A delay of adopting euro by 1-2 years would not be a problem

Coface : over 11,000 Romanian companies reached insolvency over the first 6 months of 2010

Valentin Lazea (BNR) : this year there came more foreign investment to services and constructions

Labor force occupancy rate in Romania - below European average by 6%

Alumil Group interested in new production facilities in Romania

Almost 80% of the companies with EU financing give up the projects as they have no money

Conference on NATO-Russia cooperation in East

Romanian Govt strategy for 2011-2013: wage raises tied to layoffs

Statistics: Romania's GDP for the first six months - RON 211.4 bn

European structural funds drawn by Romania, almost one fifth of the money of 2007-2009

Martin Harris, new British ambassador: Fight against corruption is very important

S&P: Romanian political problems will not affect country ratings and will not reverse reforms

Early elections in the Republic of Moldova to take place on 21 November

FinMin about the decrease of the flat tax: We have several options, but a decision will be taken with the IMF

Proprietatea Fund to distribute EUR 260 mn worth of dividends

Transelectrica 1H 2010 IFRS results

ING : There is much chance for the government to fail before the end of the year

Romania's industrial turnover, up 7.1% in Q3, 2010

FP shareholders approve appointment of Franklin Templeton as administrator

Shareholders approve listing of Proprietatea Fund on two stock exchanges

Report: Romania Ranks Last In EU By No. Of Employees With Definite Period Contracts

Slightly improved performance of households consumption in 2Q10

15% of Transgaz and Transelectrica to be floated over the coming months

Italian investors interested in tourist infrastructure in Romania

Eurobarometer: Seven of ten Romanians want stronger European economic governance

Romanian-Hungarian joint institute for Danube studies

Analysts say date of adopting euro is possible as of 2017 or 2020

EU education goals: A mixed picture in Eastern Europe

Economists: Romania must get on international markets

Romania, Bulgaria hold technical negotiations for planned Danube hydro-power plant

BNR's Croitoru: Romania cannot have sustainable growth due to lack of savings

More than 10 million euros for Romanian-Hungarian transboundary projects

Teraplast First Impression 2Q 2010: Difficult business environment persists

Real GDP back to positive territory

Gas consumption slows its growth in June

Positive surprise delivered by the inflation rate in July

Analysts: Inflation grew to 7.5% in July

Analysts see big surge in Romania's July inflation after VAT hike

BNR about 2011: the exchange rate euro/dollar – 1.26; Euribor – 1.16%

Romania Central Bank Raises 2011 Inflation Forecast To 3.1%

BNR vice-governor Popa: Price increase might contribute 0.7 - 0.75 pct to inflation rate by mid-2011

Economy Minister Videanu: 2011 will be the year of economic relaunch for SMEs

Central Bank decided to keep the key interest rate and the reserve requirements

Central bank keeps the key rate unchanged

Successful review of the IMF stand-by arrangement

Petrom First Impression 2Q 2010

Economy Ministry to put up for privatisation Avioane Craiova, IOR, Mangalia Shipyard, Cuprumin and Moldomin

Jeffrey Franks predicts inflation growth in Romania

Reuters: the Romanian government loses the battle for the reduction of lending costs

EBRD Cuts Romania GDP Forecast To -3% In 2010

World Bank: Romania Attractive For Long-Term Investments

Romania captures the attention of Japanese companies as a new destination for investments

WB's Pauna: Inflation will not exceed 2.5-3 percent in Romania

The economic growth prognosis was revised again : From growth to stagnation, to drop

Romania's economic restart not any sooner than 2011

KazMunaiGaz to make partial repayment of debt

ING: Romanian Central Bank May Rise Key Rate To 7% By Yearend

Inflationary pressures still low in June

Romania To Meet 1H Budget Deficit Target

ING does not rule out the likelihood of a 9.5% inflation rate

Romania Asks EC For Derogation To Apply Reverse Taxation On Intra-EU Trade

Coface : Romania’s economy will fall by 1.5-2% this year

Prefab to test Ukrainian and Serbian markets

IMF approved the disbursement of EUR 0.9bn to the NBR

Painful fiscal consolidation process

Soc Gen: Investors should buy Romanian lei

Romania Dropped Intra-EU Trade VAT Lest It Should Endanger EU Loan Tranche

XTB: VAT hike will put a crimp on recovery

Moody’s Says Romania Rating Endangered If Budget Gap Exceeds Target

Constitutional Court ruling puts the national currency under pressure

Stocks dip on Constitutional Court ruling

E&Y: Romania risks a Greek type crisis

Lazea, BNR: Austerity measures maintains as long as necessary

UniCredit: Private consumption will drop by 2%

Constitutional Court rejected as unconstitutional part of the measures proposed by Government

Soros Foundation : 80% of the mayors presented projects for European funds

IMF to complete reviewing Romania's economic performance on June 28

Building materials market falls by 15-20 pct

Statistics: Underground economy - 20.4 pct of GDP in Q1, 2010

Romania To Make First Budget Revision For 2010 In July

Zoltan Major, UniCredit: Austerity package will weigh on consumption

PwC’s view on the Government’s batch of fiscal measures

Economy Minister believes EC will approve state aid for Oltchim

Central European Bank does not agree with BNR cut in salaries

How risky is Romania? From the rating agencies reps

C/A deficit widens on the back of lower remittances

Underground economy draws near 50 bln euros

The authorities in Russe will drop the bridge tax

Underground economy draws near 50 bln euros

Over 40 pc of companies enact restructuring plans

World Bank predicts slow economic recovery for Romania

Eurobarometer : 52% of Romanians have a good opinion about entrepreneurship

Lazea: Exports can be encouraged by dimensioning internal demand

Concefa 1Q 2010 results

R&M audit: 8 out of 10 companies provision unpaid invoices

CNP:Romania’s GDP remains in the negative camp

State to sell its stake in Petrom

EIB might lend Romania 1.5 billion euros for viable projects

BNR chief-economist: Public sector employees should have one week unpaid holiday per month

CNVM approves the Bucharest Stock Exchange listing prospectus

XTB: Instability, the No. 1 threat to investments

OECD study: How easy is access to finance in Romania?

UniCredit : Romania will have an economic growth of 0.4% this year and 3.5% in 2011

Transgaz First Impression 1Q 2010

The ministry of finances ; everything that goes beyond 9,500 RON as salary for state company employees will be taxed by 90%

Romanian state to sell its share of Krivoi Rog to the Arcelor Mittal group

Minor increase in inflation rate in April

Additional cost cutting measures, a prerequisite for the next disbursement from the IMF

Isarescu: The 2014 - 2015 deadline for the adoption of the euro stays in place

Popa, BNR: Banks with Greek capital are well capitalized; we will face any challenges

Transgaz Company News - Analysts meeting highlights (positive)

Spring forecast 2010-11: gradual economic recovery in progress in the EU

Romania has largest number of infrastructure projects

Employers' associations believe that Romanian economic growth rating will drop below 0.8 percent in 2010

The main conclusions after Franks - Isarescu talks: Romanian banks are solid

BRD cuts Romania economic growth forecasts

Eureko: Exports is an the essential ingredient for the economic recovery

Videanu: Romania to be able to sell carbon certificates

Romania's on-line advertising market slips 10% y/y in 2009, to lei 65.2m, study shows

XTB: Romania’s GDP to grow 0.5% in 2010

IMF comes to evaluate reforms: the discussions to start will be tougher

IMF comes to evaluate reforms: the discussions to start will be

Romania should be interested in Rosia Montana

Maximum 200 mln euros for Timisoara - Lugoj Motorway

Government’s top 5 biggest stock holdings

Government approved the sale of minority stakes in energy companies

Fitch revises Bucharest outlook to stable

Antitrust: Commission adopts revised competition rules for distribution of goods and services

IMF expects Romania to record the highest economic increase from Europe in 2011, of 5.1%

The government wants over 1 billion euro out the sale of energy companies shares

Old concept of “Third World” outdated, Zoellick says: «New Multipolar global economy requires new approaches»

Saxo Bank: Romania will get out of recession 2-3 quarters after zero area

Romanian Leu In Neutral Drive, Central Bank Intervention Unnecessary

UniCredit estimates economic growth of 0.4% in 2010

Mihai Tanasescu: Romania’s economic growth will be 0.8% in 2010

The Greek crisis and the investors’ sensitiveness lowered the leu

Bank bankruptcy will be declared with BNR agreement only

Romania's central bank estimates the current account deficit will widen to 6% of the GDP in 2010

Nicolae Danila (BNR) : Under present conditions, Romania’s chances to adopt the euro in the target time are 50/50

IMF: Romanian GDP Seen Growing 1% In H2

Romania Annual Inflation Seen Easing To 4.1% In March

Romania, Egypt trade can attain USD 500 mn

Disinflation process continues

Analysts: Inflation dropped following appreciation of leu

M&A activity grows to €178 million

Industrial production below expectations in February

BCR chief economist does not deny possible rise in VAT

Investors return on RASDAQ

BNR benchmark rate to go down to 5.5 - 6 pct by year-end (RBS)

Investors return on RASDAQ

ING Analysts Expect Romania's Ratings To Improve In 2011

CEC Bank to curb PR for lei and hard currency loans

The decrease of key interest aims at disinflation and the increase of loans offer

Moody’s: Personal Default Bill Might Hurt Romanian Banks

Industry and constructions are relaunched, lay-offs slow down

Mercer consultant : Romania is still attractive for foreign investors

Exchange rate will be relatively stable next month

Romanian jobs market starts moving again

Romanian factoring market, poised for 10-15% growth in 2010

Dacia launches Duster model in Romania

WIIW Study : The economic recovery will have to wait in Romania

Industry and exports up in January

SIF Muntenia to pay a dividend of RON 0.04 per share

Romania's inflation brakes at 4.5% in February, after the hit of excise taxes in January

Romania GDP Poised To Grow 0.2% In Worse Case Scenario

Investments and tourism promotion, Romania's goals at Shanghai World Expo

Central bank governor: Budget revenues cannot exceed 32 pct of the GDP

Real GDP backed by exports and government consumption in 4Q09

ING Report : Romania is at risk of overshooting budget-gap target

KPMG: Better prospects in 2010 for the M&A market

February 2010: Moderate Optimism in Industry; Slower Seasonal Decline in Construction

Business forum on the Greek-Romanian partnership

Transgaz 2010 budget

Turner Broadcasting System To Launch truTV, TNT In Romania

Perception regarding the evolution of the Romanian economy got worse

Dacia, an increased market share in Germany, in 2010

CNVM green lights price amendment for Rompetrol Rafinare offer, the group to pay 0.075 lei/share

Deloitte expects a VAT increase at 22%

Economists decided : We have to go back to consumption to restart the economy

Gazprom Vice Chairman Aleksandr Medvedev arrives in Bucharest on Wednesday

Vasilescu BNR : The disinflation process will be resumed in February

Croitoru : We will get out of the recession later than other countries, once the trust comes back

Romanian economy drops 7.2% in 2009. Inflation up 1.68% in January

Governmental loan drains 29 bln lei from banking market in 2009

GDP continued to fall in 4Q09

Temporary spike in inflation rate

FDIs financed the entire C/A deficit in 2009

Analysts: Romanian Economy Out Of Recession In Q4 2009

PwC: Government may consider raising VAT by 2% this year

Popa, BNR : Romania needs another year to come back to investment grade

Vladescu: We do not discuss fiscal incentives for stock exchange investors

PricewaterhouseCoopers anticipating 1-pc rise in VAT

SIFs - Update on ownership threshold

CNADNR: Bechtel to receive money in instalments for 2009 works

Legislative proposal to hike the ownership limit - update

Banks continue interest cuts (ARB)

The managers stay pessimistic: Drops in activity and staff will continue

Food prices likely to rise 30-40 pct due to fast food tax

Diosi, OTP Bank: I see an exchange rate of 4.1-4.3 lei/euro in 2010

Oxford Economics: BNR will reduce monetary policy interest rate to 5.5%

Year 2015, realistic for Romania's accession to Eurozone

E-road tax disk to increase toll revenues

Ghetea: Interest rates for lei will drop in 2010, credits in euro will go slightly up

SIF Banat-Crisana agrees to Board changes

EBRD increases growth estimates for Romania to 1.3 percent

Daniel Anghel PwC: Consumption will not pick up in 2010

Romania, ranked 63 out of 179 countries according to the index of economic freedom

Jeffrey Franks IMF: We have an ambitions agenda for Romania

Sibiu Stock Exchange launches its own spot market

EU, IMF, World Bank Head To Romania Jan 20 To Review Bailout

ING Report : Romania fails to benefit from exchange rate flexibility

Romania's credit rating outlook may be upgraded after budget approval - Standard&Poor's analysts

BCR on: Inflation above the target in 2009

Industry turnover is 3.8 percent lower in November

Special EU summit to focus on economy, jobs

Vladescu: 2010 will record economic growth

Social security budget approved

BCR on Central bank cut the key rate to 7.5%

The Fiscal Council – elected by the chairman of the Academy, without ministers, MPs and politicians

Romania ’09 inflation to exceed again Central Bank’s target

EU funds drawn in 2007 – 2009 – almost 600 million euro, a little over 10% of the available sum

IMF upgrades Romania budget deficit forecasts

IMF Statement at the Conclusion of a Staff Visit to Romania

BCR Housing customers to receive state bonuses in 2010

Economic growth anticipated by the government and the IMF for 2010 was revised from 0.5% to 1.3%

Raiffeisen sees leu bullish in 2010

Study : Sales in Romania, the most affected by the crisis in Central and Eastern Europe

I NG Report : With a government in place by year-end, the loan tranche from IMF will arrive in March

Jeffrey Franks joins IMF team to discuss Romania's 2010 budget draft

EU summit struggles to raise climate aid cash

ING drops its estimates for the exchange rate evolution in 2010

Romania might receive next tranche from IMF in January

Inflation was 4.3-4.5% in November after rising tobacco prices

Croitoru (BNR): Exchange rate up to 6 lei per euro, in absence of IMF agreement

Study: Half of Romanians can never make savings

Worst may be still to come for Romanian banks

S&P : Romania vote doesn't change rating outlook

IMF: We're ready to come and discuss the next instalment

Political uncertainties hinder the leu appreciation during the period to come

Romania ranks 2nd amid 73 countries for stock exchange gains in past 10 years

Fitch: Romanian banking system, the most exposed

WB Report : The Global Financial “Crisis Hits Home�? in Europe and Central Asia

Analysts expect lending to bounce back in 2010

Statistics: The decreasing trend in the constructions sector

Study: Political Instability, Economic Crisis Slashed Turnovers, Profit Of Over 50% Of Romanian SMEs

BNR is determined to spend any amount of money to support the leu

Erste Report : The pressures on the leu and interest rates will drop after the second round of presidential elections

Belgian PM named as EU president

EIU Sees Stronger Romanian Leu In ’10, At 3.97 Units

Lybek: Possible aggregate release of next two IMF loan tranches

ING improves Romania full-year economic forecasts

Analysis: Banks will use money from RMO reduction for new loan club or foreign exchange bonds

Minimum reserves – BNR slashes reserves for foreign currency passives from 30% to 25%

Romania gets out of recession quicker

Foreign investors interested in Romanian market again

EU leaders to name president at special summit

GDP data for Q3 – much better than expected

Moody’s keeps the rating for Romania, although IMF postponed the third loan

National Bank revises projected inflation upwards to 4.5 pct in 2009

Almunia: The lack of a stable government in Romania hinders the checking of agreement criteria completion

BERD sees the current account deficit – 6% out of GDP in 2009

Autumn forecast 2009-2011: EU economy on the road to a gradual recovery

Romania : Gradual recovery and correction of imbalances under way

Analysts comments on NBR keeping rate at 8%

IMF seeking solutions to release third loan tranche

Jeffrey Franks (IMF): An international coalition has been created to help Romania out

IMF signed with the Republic of Moldova a memorandum for 590 million dollars financing

ANAT urges VAT cut for travel industry services

Tanasescu: Third tranche of IMF loan in December

Raiffeisen Bank: „ The IMF money is absolutely necessary. The alternative is extremely negative�?

EC Team Joins IMF, WB For Loan Review Mission To Romania

ME: Energy production overhauling in line with legal procedures

Deloitte bets on VAT increase to 22% in 2010

Russian Inter Rao May Resume Power Export To Romania In ’10

Gala of e-commerce prizes

ING Report: Government may be forced to cut other expenses to pay salaries and pensions

Dragulin (BNR): We hope for a stable exchange rate in the present macroeconomic frame

EBRD: Romania to grow by 1percent in 2010

Moody’s: IMF and EU show leniency toward "policy slippages" in Romania

Citi: The leu will go down to 4.32 lei/euro before the end of the year

Annual inflation slows to 4.94% in September

Rasvan Radu( Unicredit) : Banks demand higher interest from the state due to the political risk

Reuters' Analysis :Wounded domestic demand in central and Eastern

The meeting of the interim minister of Foreign Affairs Catalin Predoiu with his Bulgarian counterpart Rumiana Jeleva

Raiffeisen estimates that the Romanian economy will reach the lowest level in QIV

IMF: Romania ’09 Pvt Lending Annual Growth Revised To -1.7% From +16%

Economic analysts suggest other measures instead of VAT increase

DLP Piper: It would be dangerous for the interests to go up

ING Report: IMF will impose harsher conditions, should Romania fail to meet targets

Over 750,000 state-paid employees will take part in the general strike on Monday

Ruling coalition collapses

Deutsche Bank estimates Romania's GDP drop at just 5.1 pct

EIU Report : VAT increase and income tax seem unavoidable for the correction of the budgetary deficit

Analysts anticipate a drop by 0.5% of the BNR monetary policy interest

Gov't approves Ordinance ratifying arrangement with IMF

4 in 5 companies cite uncollected receivables as No 1 threat to cash flow

EU achieves unity ahead of Pittsburgh

Key-interest rate will continue to go down, BNR adviser says

ING: Romania’s budget deficit might grow in 2009 to more than 7.7% of GDP

ING Report: Romania Central Bank’s Costs To Keep Leu Stable Seen At EUR4.5B Over Past Yr

Romanian businessman Dinu Patriciu bought the majority shares of the People's Bank in Georgia for 7 million dollars

Would it have been possible for Romania to avoid recession in 2009?

Romania in GMF Transatlantic Trends

EU interim forecast: Coming out of the recession but uncertainty remains high

ZEW & Erste Bank: Romania’s economy in a recovery process

Daianu: Romania will need 2-3 years to make public finance healthy

ING: The economic re-launching will be “U�? shaped

INS President: Economy can emerge from current crisis in second half of this year

Romania close to signing energy market agreement with Hungary and Austria

BCR CEO: The current RON rate is the proper one

Citi analysts maintain their prediction of 7.1 pc fall of the Romanian economy in 2009

Earth oil price to wave near $70 per barrel by year-end, head of Romania's No.1 company Petrom deems

CNP: Metallurgy and light industry will drop in third quarter

Viewpoint: …for something to be credible, it must be true, by Lucian Anghel, BCR Chief Economist

One year loan payment suspension for SMEs is considered

Foreign analysts, optimistic as to the evolution of the domestic economy

Number of jobs available in Romania by August 27 ups to 9,450, the national labor force agency says

Deutche Bank tells investors to buy lei

Classification of companies with highest debts

BCR has 1,800 files for 'Prima Casa'

ING estimates 5.7 pc inflation by year end

Romania's top bank by assets BCR sinks prognosis on the economic contraction from -4.9% to -8%

Exxon, China ink USD 41 billion Australian gas deal

ME identifies energy investment opportunities worth EUR 40 bln

The “First House�? programme is one month old

While, France, Germany got out of recession, Romania ranks four in EU in terms of GDP decrease.

Minimum industrial wage might go up 25% in 2010, says Labour Minister Sarbu

2009 GDP adjusted to RON 497.3 bln

2009 inflation target is in sight, by Lucian Anghel, BCR Chief economist

IMF’s tough verdict: Romania severely hit by recession

X-Trade Brokers: 2010, optimistic horizon for the beginning of the economic revival

ING: Romania’s economy contracted by 9.7 pc in Q2

Moody's: Rating of Romania, unchanged if agreement with IMF is observed

IMF to announce today the results of the mission to Romania

Grifon Intelligence Concept, a civilian and defence system designed in Romania

Fitch: The banks will face credit losses and profitability drop

Allianz-Tiriac Asigurari: revenues of RON 676 M from gross subscribed premiums

GfK Survey: Romanians Think Govt Unable To Fix Economy, Trust Central Bank

Romania wants to issue eurobonds of 300 million euro, maturity 4 years on August 14th

Romania's central bank wants the second installment from IMF to go to the state budget

Number of unemployed peaks in July at 572,562, following 13 consecutive months of growth

Leu interest rates to decline further

Uranium National Company investments, up to 86.2 mln euros

Romania's central lender to slash key rate to 8.5%

IMF tells Government it has relied too much on EU funds

Bogdan Balthazar - most realistic level of deficit will be 7 pct

Dorin Mantescu, the macroeconomist of the finances: We will feel the effects of the crisis for 20 years

POLL – Romania's central lender to slash key rate to 8.5%, on economic contraction, deflation

Economic contraction of 8 pc this year, Fin Min Pogea says

Mihai Tanasescu: ‘Romania needs new economic model’

BVB strong recovery scenario is feasible, according to brokers

Which are the banks to finance public deficit with EUR 1 bln?

IMF officials in Romania, renegotiation of agreement in sight

Authorities promise to finish Turda-Gilau segment in autumn

Romania's Forecast Commission revises downwards by 38% the GDP estimates for 2020

World Bank to help liberalization of Romanian energy market

Telecom and tourism services represent two thirds of online market with card

Romania's pension budget deficit reaches lei 1.52bn in June, over the whole year estimate

Romania, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey sign Nabucco pipe deal

Coface: ‘World economy to shrink by 2.5 per cent in 2009’

EC released SAPARD funds worth EUR 170 M for Romania

Flamingo likely to isue corporate bonds 7 mln euros worth

Petrochemicals to boost Oltchim business to 460 million euros in 2009

Moody’s estimates Romanian economy to decline 5.7 pc in 2009

Companies invest in risk management

BCR and Credit Europe Bank cut interest rates

FMI revision puts Romanian economic contraction at 7-8pc

MT: Romania and Cyprus to establish tourism cooperation committee

PM Boc announces First Silo programme to help farmers

Ghetea: Economy might switch on upward trend in end-2009

Cosmote Group purchased Zapp Romania for EUR 207 M

Farmers to be offered First House-type programme

BNR reduced 0.5 points the monetary policy interest rate

Massive layoffs at CFR

Dacia intends to present its SUV in September

Buyers' enthusiasm pulls up the SIFs 11% on BSE,following proposal to cut the 1% ownership threshold

Gloomy forecasts on economic recovery

Romgaz, Gazprom officials to meet in July

Shipyard in maritime industries - a successful example of Norwegian investment in Romania

Lybek (IMF) : Romania is on the good track if they keep to the IMF economic programme

Romanian leasing companies have seized over 10,000 cars from debtors

Romania's seaside resorts to accommodate 15% less tourists this year

KPMG:Will Romania’s European funding dry up?

Erste Group Bank survey: Pessimistic views on economic sentiment for Romania

Siemens prepares turbines for entry onto a market worth tens of billions of euros

Patriciu: Black Sea's potentials for alternative energy resources will be quantified in two-three years

Croitoru, NBR: Worst point of recession to be reached in third quarter

Merrill Lynch: Romania's current account deficit to reach 5% in 2009

IMF: Macroeconomic framework possibly amended in August

IMF mission will visit Romania on July 28 to check up on the midyear progress

CEZ, AES and Edison preselected for construction energy group at Isalnita

Massive layoffs in gas sector

Romania to take measures to prevent possible gas crisis

Eurelectric: Romania has a low vulnerability in energy field

Central Bank: The economic growth will not return to positive figures earlier than 2010 3rd trimester

Top 10 economic growth forecasts

President: Romania enters recession

Citi: NBR is likely to bring its policy rate to 7.25%

Almost all Tiriac Imobiliare projects blocked

Romania's lender Banca Transilvania does not need recapitalizations, GM says

Constructions’ decline continues if public investments linger

Rafting, an extreme sport in Jiului Gorge

New energy companies to raise capital on Stock Exchange

New roaming regulations applicable as of July 1

New car registrations halved

State no longer needs to deal with professional reconversion

Law ruling companies' direct payments to subcontractors

Fitch maintains Romania’s ratings at “BB+�?/�?BBB-“ with negative perspective

Berceanu: Financing of northern highway to start in 2013

Petrom enters energy trading market

ARACO: Construction market at the level of 2007

INS: Investments in national economy maintain pace in Q1

Companies to get access to 10,000 cars through old car scrap program starting with September

Romania's Central Depositary to pick a lender in June to operate the payment of dividends

The Arad-Szeged pipeline linking Romania to Hungary to be completed in September, started next year

BNR makes profit

Two new amendments at Rabla Programme, as of today

Romania's cement production will drop this year by 10% y/y, estimates employers' union

Romgaz and Gazprom likely to develop gas storage capacity of 5-6 bln cubic meters

Economy will become stable in end-year, says Deloitte Romania

European funds for the Sun Highway to be approved in the coming days

Romania's Finance Ministry plans to collect 7.5bn lei in June through six bids

Banks with national representation qualified for 'First House' programme

Puma upgrade in Romania stalled ‘over fears for votes,’

LIDL paves way for discount chain in Romania

CFR to lay off 3,700 employees

10 energy strategy scenarios for the elimination of the ‘wise guys’

BCR’ recapitalisation - RON 460 M in 2009 and 2010

Romania, an increasingly attractive outsourcing location

Ruling coalition leaders focus on 'First home' programme

Romania has poor management of information security

IMF: Romania’s GDP will fall further

World Bank: Rising unemployment raises threat of social crisis

Retezat Park, one of the most important protected natural areas in Europe

ArcelorMittal Hunedoara halts production for ten days

Lazea: Romania avoided a dramatic recession

Fiscal Code to be endorsed in H2

Nearly 30,000 lay-offs by October

BNR will release some reserves of commercial banks

Citi Bank: Romania's economy to shrink 6pc in 2009

Encouraging signals for resuming crediting

Parent banks of largest foreign banks reaffirm support for their Romanian subsidiaries

Home appliance importer Groupe SEB Romania expects business to go down 20% this year,on lower demand

Romanian financial companies raise net assets 10% in April to 5.38bn lei

Power market watchdog checks up on Petrom on May 25

Romanian economy shrinks 6.4% YoY in Q1

Fitch : adjustment of the current account deficit of Romania regarding high risks

GDP fall – Romania's economy shrinks 6.4% y/y in Q1

Losses of Romanian oil refinery Rompetrol Rafinare widen 8.5 times in Q1, to lei 291.9m

Greece and Austria trim financing lines to Romanian banks by EUR 2.3bn, central lender says

Romanian wine maker Murfatlar sees lei 40m sales in the first four months, 5% less than estimated

Citi: RON to stabilize at 3.95/Euro in December, economy to drop 4.3 pc

BCR: Our business model proves bank is sound

Minimum Salary Boost Threatens Romania's Economic Stability

AmCham requests that the government eliminate the lump-sum tax

Poll tax likely to be abolished in fall

Analysts expect the leu to strengthen below RON 4/€ 1

EBRD, EIB fund greenfield project in Romania

Constantin Nita: TIMM, big information success

Romanian Banks To First Cut Interest Rates For Deposits, Then For Loans

Jobless rate in Romania hits three-year high

Investors urge capital market watchdog to put up for debate the project to reauthorize Rasdaq

Anghel, BCR: Central bank is likely to cut lending rate to 9% by yearend

Ford plans to build Focus small-car line

Car disassembling companies close to bankruptcy

Energy, one of the most attractive fields for Romania and Azerbaijan

Economist Intelligence Unit: presidential elections and union protests - main threats for Romania's budgetary targets

Romania’s road infrastructure shall be comparable with the Western Europe one in 130 years

Fertilizer maker Azomures keeps 120 employees home one more month, on harsh economic background

Romanian insurer EuroIns to hike share capital by 35% to lei 49m

Prognosis:1.9% drop in real salaries in 2009 and flat in 2010

Merril Lynch sees a roller-coaster for the leu: 4,8 lei/euro in September and 4 lei/euro next year

Popa: Unilateral adoption of EUR is not an option for Romania

KPMG IT Survey : THE ECONOMIC CRISES INCREASES THE RISK OF IT FRAUD

Raiffeisen Bank chief economist Dumitru: I favour the euro switchover schedule being kept in force

Higher inflation rate would delay euro adoption

Sixty-two percent of employees in multinational companies worry they might be laid-off

Head of ArcelorMittal Galati urges government to take measures to relaunch steel production

The RBS sale on domestic market is in progress

Bio-fuel production to be invested 300M euros in

Dacia goes near historic maximum of production

Proprietatea Fund to be traded to the BVB this year

EIB grants about 150 million euros to BCR

Erste Group revised downward the growth estimations for Romania’s economy

Romanian tourism advanced by 20 pc in the first months of 2009

Convention of Lipizzan breeders from over 20 countries to be held in Romania

CSAT to focus on new energy strategy at April 28 meeting

A wine culture starts to exist in Romania

PSV, insolvent, Vantu ready to buy

Baile Figa, a European investment in tourism

Top carmaker Dacia uses up entire quota alloted for “Rabla�? program, other dealers hardly cover half

Fondul Proprietatea to be listed on BSE this year only if current board remains in office

Car parts maker Electroprecizia Sacele in the cards to produce spare parts for Ford’s plant

Top industries by employment opportunities

Oracle to buy Sun Micro, enters hardware market

Eco labels might give Romania hoteliers a 10-year tax holiday

Textile and construction sectors account for most prolific employment opportunities despite turmoil

Aviva study: more than 50% of Romanians would have saved money to anticipate crisis

Coface: Romania’s country rating at the 2005 level – from “A4 minus�? to “B�?

US consumer prices fall as energy demand slumps

Consortium to build Comarnic-Brasov motorway segment to be selected during April 20-25

5th May – Brussels to decide the final form of the loan for Romania

State-run lender CEC Bank estimates an 80% boost in credit portfolio for 2009

Bourse in Sibiu starts tests with new trading platform, brings two lenders as market-makers

The first loan from WB to reach Romania at the end of July

Brokerage Broker Cluj suspended from the capital market in the next two days

BCR estimates 20 pc increase of SMEs credit portfolio in 2009

March brings 513,000 jobless people, the maximum level of the last three years

The introduction of lump-sum tax is not inopportune at this moment

No clear majority predicted in new European Parliament

Housing loan demand falls more than 50 pc

Port of Rotterdam, interested in construction of multi-modal terminals, on Danube

RON 60 M in 2009 for reactors 3 and 4 from Cernavoda

Study: Economic crisis is going to affect companies in 2010 too

Romania, Jordan cooperate on energy issues

The restructuring of the energy sector underway

Romanian car dealer Radacini group estimates halved sales y/y in Q1, following financial turmoil

Bucharest-Brasov motorway to be completed in 2014

Insurer Asirom hopes to see a 10% increase in business pumped by non-auto general policies

Isarescu: Confidence in economy has to be restored

2009 objective – consolidation of financial security

BNR keeps key rate at 10%, cuts reserve requirements for foreign currency liabilities

Extracting industry, constructions, tourism and retail, worst hit by crisis in 2008

Analysts: Romania’s central bank to hold key rate

Canadians interested in development of Cernavoda nuclear units 3 and 4

Isarescu: currency rate still feasible

KPMG: Crisis didn’t dent businesses’ urge to source skilled labor from overseas

Lower price for gas as of autumn

Central Bank Governor: Romania will have a positive economic growth in 2009

Products accessible for high-demand segments have to be sold

OTP Bank: The bank credit market to be revived by mid-year

Number of bank foreclosures up 20 pct in six months

Government to monitor state companies not to gather losses

PCP market to shrink 10-20 pc

Romania's construction materials market to deepen decline by 20% this year, player says

Time Warner To Invest USD 241 mn in CME

BNS president: IMF representatives more flexible this time

Sell-off of plane maker Avioane Craiova should be continued to elude insolvency

British thinktank warns of ‘global pandemic of unrest’

Revision of any sectoral strategy must be in view

Economic results below expectations

Hilton plans to bring luxury brand Waldorf Astoria to Bucharest

EBRD president on a two-day visit to Romania

Merrill Lynch: Rescue package from IMF may have to be larger

Financial crisis hits SMEs – 90 pc affected

Cement maker Holcim expects its turnover to lose 10% in 2009 owing to the crisis

ANALYSIS – Ups and downs of Romania’s contracting an IMF loan

Isarescu: External funding is needed ‘for prevention reasons’

Timisoara surrounding belt shall have only two lanes

Cabinet hopes to re-start economy by keeping flat rate tax and credit resumption

Albu: If Romanian economy decreased, a bigger shock than in EU western countries

Trust in the business environment of Romania reached one of the lowest levels in the area

IPPI up by approx. 2 pc

Capital Economics Report: Romania will not avoid recession even with IMF aid

Some 60,000 Romanian Textile Industry Employees Might Lose Their Jobs

Ionut Popescu: State not to pay private companies' debt with IMF money

Gas price in Romania left unchanged starting April 1, even lowered in Q3, regulator says

Financial company SIF Banat-Crisana proposes its shareholders a 57% smaller gross dividend for 2008

Unemployment rate advanced by 0.4 pc in February

Prospective IMF loan to enter exclusively BNR's reserve

Isarescu: the leu depreciation was unavoidable after two years of productivity deterioration

JP Morgan Report: Romania’s economy will drop by 3% this year

Lloyd's gets ready to enter Romanian market

Intel might choose Romania for research and development projects

Romania may enter economic shrinking spiral, WB warns gov’t

Crisis moves Romanian and Greek companies to Bulgaria

Merril Lynch estimates Romanian economy to drop by 1.5% this year

Raiffeisen Bank Romania profit reached record level of EUR 165 M in 2008

Gov't passes Memorandum on improvement business climate

Penalties of up to 60 mln euros for area payment delay

Cement market in Romania will stagnate in 2009

Transelectrica to invest nearly EUR 1 bln over next 10-15 years

Apartment prices likely to go down by up to 20 pc

Property Fund concludes 2008 with losses

President Basescu to meet top officials from banks

BCR to continue web expansion in Romania, maybe raise share capital this year, Erste says

European Report: Europe needs joint financial supervision system

RBS Romania to be selled by mother bank

Gloomy scenarios for Romania: billion-dollar losses expected for local lenders

Transport ministry and Bechtel reach agreement on works in 2009

Costs for architecture projects to go down in Romania following the financial downturn

Craiova Airplanes request money from AVAS to avoid bankruptcy

Crisis solution – EUR 500,000 grants to companies via state aid schemes notified to the EC

Modification of public acquisitions legislation, debated by Inter-ministerial Committee

Isarescu: BNR is ready to avert the swaying shifts of currency exchange rates

Accor intends to open a new Novotel hotel in Timisoara

WB: Romanian Econ Status, “Neither Very Good Nor Very Bad�?

The automotive market in collapse – 65 pc drop in sales

EU to fund 168M euros for naval projects

EC Launches Excessive Deficit Procedure Against 6 Member States, Except Romania

Sorin Oprescu asks for premier’s support over Basarab passageway

BRD is now authorized to administer an optional private pension fund

Foreign direct investments in Romania likely to exceed 6 bln euros

Romania's antivirus company BitDefender to hike team by 5-10% this year, official says

Agreement between Credit Europe Bank and APIA for farming subsidies

IEA sees risk of oil supply crunch from 2010

RBS 'set to shed up to 20,000 jobs'

Experts in research estimate they will witness massive dismissals

Constantin Nita: 90 pc of SMEs bankruptcies caused by state

The reference exchange rate slides to 4.3096 lei per euro, dealers suspect central bank intervention

Boc: Not all effects of the crisis have occurred

Romania's private pension market watchdog gives OK for merger of Bancpost and Eureko pension funds

New private pension fund Stabil authorized on the market, watchdog announces

Ursache: AVAS recovered 75 pc of Bancorex, BCR, Banca Agricola receivables

Local currency depreciation leads to lack of medicine from the market

INSOMAR poll: A third of Romanians fear they might lose their job in 2009

Senate industry committee rejects bill for setting up National Energy Company

DB Schenker group takes over Romtrans

European Court of Auditors releases report on ISPA in 2000-2006

Romanian Bankers Ask Central Bank To Change Some Rules

BNR sells 1 billion euro for full market sterilisation

BNR: Private external debt is a major worrying factor

Romania's Cabinet to give up idea of a sole energy company, but set up 2-5 equal producers instead

Romania should improve tax regime for private equity investments, KPMG study reveals

Dacia to launch sports coupe

Negoita brothers to invest more than EUR 150 M in a 1,000-room seaside hotel

E.ON wants higher gas price as of April 1

Romania's central lender slashes benchmark rate to 10%, keeps minimum mandatory reserves

Banking sector expectations - decided today by BNR

CEC Bank president: Cut in reserve requirement and key interest rate, a possible boost to economy

Broker Cluj goes to court to contest decision of market watchdog to suspend its activity

Romania law offices block hirings, unsure as to the duration of the economic crisis

Difficult access to credit blocks food industry

2008 – year of the most expensive office renting

FS Metarom: voluntary departures conceal collective redundancies

The way the state helps CEC Bank and Eximbank

Coface analysis : Romania’s economic coming back at the end of 2009

USD 825 billion US stimulus may not buy healthy 2009

S&P: Romania's budget deficit will be 5% of GDP this year

Raiffeisen: Romania will have a budget deficit of 4% and an economic growth of 2.5%

Compania de Factoring to take EUR 10m loan to finance business with small and medium sized companies

Some banks offer interests as high as 30% a year to draw the money of pension funds

Bancpost shareholders agree to a 214m lei share capital hike to 662m lei

Pfizer nears USD 68 bln deal to buy Wyeth

Road to real estate market balance

CCIB representation offices to attract investors to Romania

Multilateral Trading Facilities to lure new companies on Romania's bourses, official says

Renault and Ford receive guarantees regarding their investment in Romania

IMF is to check in Bucharest Romania's macroeconomic situation

Budapest summit meeting to focus on Nabucco gas pipeline

The solid demand for euros devaluates the leu down to 4.34 per euro on closing bell

RON hits new historical low vs. EUR – 4.3098

ING: Pessimistic predictions for Q1 2009

Romania's crediting will advance by more than 10% this year, Unicredit deems

Romania might adopt Euro in 2015, a year later than estimated

New historical high: RON 4.3025/EUR

Enel and ANIE help companies in the electricity sector grow

EC warns Romanian economy will dramatically stagnate

Oil Terminal Constanta to see 30% budget drop this year because of the credit crunch

Erste shares, an anchor to fight the leu depreciation on the Bucharest Stock Exchange

Oltchim asks for the EC opinion on state aid

Brokerage Interdealer Capital Invest trims costs, shuts down units on the economic downturn

Romania cannot register economic growth in 2009

Number of unemployed Romanians in the private sector rises by 9.7% in December, data show

Romania’s real estate market stands a chance to recover helped by the central bank’s amended nor

Electrica to become energy supplier from alternative sources

The gas war goes on

Romania's Kiwi Finance to broker four-fold less credits y/y in Q1, general manager says

EU: Tripled car pollution fee infringes European legislation

Number of jobs recorded at Romania's Labor Ministry falls to the steepest level of the past 20 years

About 40% of construction companies in Romania to go bankrupt following the financial turmoil

Dacia to eventually cut prices by 20pc

Transgaz: Consumption of natural gas, ensured for two months

IT investments, up 7 pc this year

Romania's house insurance market to reach EUR 148m this year with a new law adopted

Central Bank To Decide On Amending Household Lending Rules This Week

EUR reached a historic peak: RON 4.2127/EUR

Inter-ministerial group to administrate European funds' absorption

Erste Report: Leu may depreciate by another 5%

Legislative summary December 2008

Gazprom ceases natural gas supply in Romania and the Balkans

Analysts : We avoid recession but we need a weak leu and an agreement with IMF

BNR will keep key interest at 10.25% /year

EuroMetropola: Office buildings – an advantageous investment

Likely changes in money policy

Stocks, dollar surge into 2009

FORECAST – Romania's leu needs a hand from the fiscal policy to fight the stronger euro

As of January 1 we pay more for fuels and alcohol

Bombardier: 400 underground trains to be purchased in the next ten years

Over 44,000 Romanians to be laid off by next March

AIF: Rolling stock acquisition by CFR Calatori, a potential boost for economy

New mortgage loans down 25 times in October

NNDKP's business exceeds by 10 pct that budgeted in 2008

Bega Grup expects 10-15 pct drop in business in 2009

dufa Deutek expects 44m euros in net sales in 2009

One in 10 Europe auto suppliers at risk

Sales of Romanian PCs to drop in 2009

Managers say stock market listing is no longer profitable

SIAB 2009 cancelled

Moody's: Romania is one of "the most vulnerable" countries to the world crisis

IMF sees beginning of global recovery late 2009

BNR spokesman: Rating agencies rash in downgrading Romania, just to display vigilance

Car tax triples as of Monday

Microsoft Romania aims at increasing by 30% number of partners in 2009

Car industry investments and state guarantees

Stepic: EUR 5 bln, enough to rescue Romanian banking system from crisis

Real estate sector crisis drags down the central heating system market

Nuclearelectrica expects a 20 pct annual rise in profit in 2009

Romanian cabling market, 15 pc cut this year

Bankers to submit the crediting norms proposals to BNR

120 tons of dioxin-tainted pork distributed in Romania

Euromedic takes over Nefromed for some 5 million euros

CE: Romania is one of the most exposed EU country to negative effects of globalization

Commercial deficit in excess of 25 bln euros, estimated by economic agents in 2008

Primary energy resources, up 2.4 percent in 2008

Three times gold for wind rotor invented by Romanians

Buderus expects business to grow by 20 pc in 2008

Rompetrol Group interested in the construction of Constanta-Trieste pipe line

First wind turbine built by CEZ in Dobrogea to be installed in May

In pessimistic scenario, analysts see deficit at 4 pct of GDP

BNR: Companies short-term foreign debt hits 5.4 bln euros

Corn husk knitting, transmitted for generations at Chendu

kika invests 31 mln euros in Romania

Nestor and Musat win the oldest trial in Romania

Interest on euro loans to rise on

ECB cuts rates by record 75 bps to 2.5 pct

Asiban business increased by 9 pct in T3

Prices of cement and steel-concrete down 40-50 pc over past weeks

Data collected by INS for real estate index

Isarescu: In 2009, Romania will register economic growth between 3 to 6 pc

Crisis for car makers

How will crisis effects be felt in the Romanian tourism market?

Isarescu: Romanian Unemployment To Grow

Azomures to temporarily halt production

Stock market investors recovered 1 billion euro in one month

Mineral water market to grow, Carpatina

Investment worth five million euros in BMW center, in Pitesti

Alpha Bank: Romania will begin the economic recovery in 2010

To revive sales, developers sell unfinished dwellings

BNR will analyze in January the effects of new crediting rules

WB credits Romania with chances to avoid recession

EFG: Crisis survivors will become much stronger

Retailers selling for small prices expected to gain the most in 2009

Investments in renewable energy solution for economic growth in times of crisis

Milk quota to go up 1 percent per year, for five years in-a-row

Lending – Crediting in Romania slows down at 44.8% in Oct. on less foreign currency loans

Cosmote: Reduction of interconnection tariffs to stimulate competition to the benefit of consumers

EIB loan extended annually to Romania may be increased by one third in next 2 years

Gold and bank deposits, profit sources in times of crisis

Hiperdia takes over Pro-Life for €8-10 million

Expansion to drive up Trident turnover to €100 mln

Ongoing crisis brings a moment's rest to architects

Bond market to become attractive in conditions of bank lending contraction

Economic crisis forces companies to relocate to and from Romania

Romania might face recession in 2009, Moody’s says

Over 50,000 layoffs in the private environment in October and November

Crisis affects insurance market

Battle for insurance market top spot

BNR: Banking system can continue the lending activity

The government decides to place Oltchim privatization on "stand-by"

Abruzzo winemakers want to enter Romanian market

Romania's central bank to review crediting rules three months after applying them, official says

Over 70 pc of trade with EU member states cannot let Romania pass untouched by crisis

Plus to keep expansion rate at 20-25 stores per year

“Romania must invest more in youth and technical experts�?

Second-hand car imports increase spectacularly, of late

Voest Alpine investment launched in Giurgiu

RoCS 2008, at 14th edition

Energy companies to stay preferred clients of banks during crisis

Cluj-Napoca hosts seminar on food heritage

Germany falls into recession, Japan to offer funding for IMF

Oil falls to 22-month low at USD 55 on recession fears

Roche tops pharma market

Outokumpu company contemplates entry into Romania

Kraft Foods to close down Brasov chocolate factory by end of 2009

The international economic crisis deepens

Petrom: Romanian energy sector won’t be spared by international financial crisis

Fitch Downgrades Romania’s Rating By Two Notches To Below Invest Grade

9% economic growth on paper, but negative ratings. Where does the paradox come from ?

PwC: Romania, on the last place in the world according to the SME number of fiscal contributions

Siveco Romania controls 21 pct of EAS market

Fitch confirmed Bucharest rating for long term debts at “BBB-“

Financial crisis - an alien process to Romania

Real estate developer Impact hopes to tap into hotel market

Prices of old apartments in Bucharest continue to fall

Sidex effect: Galati loses 1.4 pc of industrial workers

Real estate developer Impact hopes to tap into hotel market

Ford Europe: Crisis does not change our investment plans for Romania

Foreign banks interested in Romania

Bucharest needs five more luxury hotels

Romanian Central Bank Revises Up ‘08 CPI To 6.7%, '09 CPI To 4.5%

Popa : BNR became net creditor and injected the market with the average sum of 3.5 billion lei in Oc

Who are the beneficiaries of the global financial crisis?

Fin Min says ‘Romania is not experiencing the financial crisis, but a confidence one’

Investors propose Romanian state to reduce its participation in Cernavoda project

Romania's positive balance of 1.6bn euro in 2008 in relation with EU

Survey – BNR will keep the monetary policy interest of 10.25% but analysts do not exclude an incre

Rate cut hopes, bargain hunting lift stocks

Nestle on course to hit turnover worth 200 mln euros

Ford: Romanian automotive market to grow by 15 pc per year in next five years

Imports of used cars booming after change of first registration tax

Banks' interest rate margins continue to drop

Crisis to lead to bankruptcies and low demand of IT experts

Investors continue to sell on BVB

President Basescu promulgated law on 50 percent raise in teachers' salariesa

Stocks bowed to 4-year lows on external pressures

Banks, main targets of Austrian financial groups

Gecad: Financial crisis will lead to small companies' collapses in Romanian IT industry

BNR calls six banks for talks

Swedish project for waste conversion in Tulcea

State to bear 90 pc of ecologization costs of Romanians' homes

Mugur Isarescu: I can amend legislation and sack bankers who increase interests unreasonably

Approval of "investment-oriented" 2009 budget, postponed for next week

Bascov Passage inaugurated yesterday

Analysts: Economic growth of 4-6 percent in 2009

Local pharmaceutical market likely to attain 2.4 bln euros in 2010

Nordic Petfood strives to supply half of pet food market's demand

Analysis: Romania and recession: pessimists vs. optimists

Alenia - a step closer to convincing Romania to select Eurofighter

Hotel market to see another boom in two years, says Ramada Plaza manager

A return to basic economic business principles will tame the crisis, says Petrom's CEO

Isarescu:Market Worries Cause Lending Slowdown, Not Central Bank Rules

Failed attack over domestic currency

Bonds will be paid in the Euroclear system starting Monday

BNR interventions to temper leu depreciation drain market liquidities

AVAS puts again forward for privatisation Avioane Craiova

Fan Courier is dealing with 10 pc higher costs

Voestalpine postpones decision on new plant location

Scandia: Traditional products sell better

Home loans reach 184 million euros in August

Retail market in Romania, evaluated at 15 billion euros, in 2008

European shares jump, led by banks, energy stocks

Heineken to invest next year almost 50 mln euros in Romania

KPMG: Romania may become regional hug of natural gas

Isarescu: Romania might have to put up with dividend repatriations and export deceleration

RZB: IMF funding, a variant to consider in case of crisis

Rompetrol to reorganize Albanian business, does not shut out possible sale

Europe wants a joint action plan against the crisis

Romanian inter-bank payment system, completely automated now, TRANSFOND reports

BVB: Quotes plummet, despite measures of tempering investors' panic

Brokers, investors speak about Bucharest Stock Exchange developments

Erste brings six international funds on Romania's market

Financial companies in Romania slump another 8% to a low of the past three and a half years

CFR Marfa privatisation – next year’s most prominent take-over

BVB – ups and downs due to international turbulences

Reinsurance business declines in 2007

BET Index plummets to December 2004 level

The leu depreciation and its implications on the economy

Romanian monetary market and banking system are liquid

Romania's leu floats around 3.88 against the euro on closing, in anticipation of bailout plan vote

ING Bank: Romania, hard landing risks in 2009

US passes bailout, focus shifts to fallout

Concrete market to exceed 400 million euros this year

Prices for new dwellings to go up 15 pc throughout 2008

Alenia Aeronautica, still interested in taking over Avioane Craiova

Europe rescues more banks as U.S. rejects bailout

Romanian Avioane Craiova Sale To Restart By Oct 20 – AVAS

Erste: Impact on Romania of economic slowdown in Eurozone to be minimal

Analysis:Why the leu suffers more than the other currencies in the region

GEA Executive Director: Tax relaxation is possible

ANALYSIS – Small banks resort to extended offer, niches to face new central bank lending rules

Nokia: Production of mobile phones in Romania to reach ten million until October

Analysts : BNR will keep key- interest at 10.25% in Thursday meeting

America House owners: Romania is a safe bet in the region

Exhibition on air defence, security and industry opens doors

IMF: Romania’s economic growth will slow down to 5-6% in 2009

Eli Leenaars: ING to further invest in Romania

Electrabel and CEZ to invest two bln euros in Termoelectrica

Snack Bakeries, an emerging competitor in Romania's bread-making industry

European stocks posts biggest rise on record

First ‘made in Romania’ Renault vehicle by 2012

Otopeni hosts Baneasa Airport again, for the benefit of the property Mob

FED rescues AIG, Barclays buys Lehman U.S. unit

Isarescu: Pushing for economic growth would be the biggest mistake

GarantiBank grants a medium term loan of EUR 50 M for Cosmopolis project

Effects of US crisis on BVB

ProVision Group, 7 mln euros in turnover from IT security

Lehman storm sparks stock market purge

Economy should rely on local rather than multinational companies

Big investors can be attracted to Romania by further privatizations - Interview with Italy's Ambassa

Price of Russian gas for Europe to go up to USD 500

Poll shows Stock Exchange investors pessimistic, brokers more optimistic

EC opens an inquiry regarding the granting of a state aid to Ford plant at Craiova

Annual inflation down to 8.02 pc in August

Voestalpine investment in Romania increasingly uncertain

City Mall changes manager and turns leisure areas into offices

Current account deficit to go down slightly in 2008 and 2009, BCR analysts believe

More investors following Ford's suit in the region

BCR: Foreign direct investments expect to attain bln. 7.8 euros in 2008

Industrial park in Craiova for Ford suppliers

Economic growth in H1 and Q2 at record levels of 8.8 pc, 9.3 pc

Analysts: Romania's economic growth 8.5 pt in Q2

Human resources analyst predicts labour shortages to continue in Romania

Romania's economy accelerates 8-8.5% in Q2 this year, analysts estimate before official statistics

Fitch: Romania, the 5th within the emerging countries most vulnerable to the funding pressures

Oil rises above USD 119 on storm fears

Skoda to remain at a market share of 8.5 pc in Romania

Romexpo activity blocked by the work on the site

Petrom buys twice the volume of oil to offset stagnating production

Viessmann expects 42m-euro turnover this year

Romanian lending slows in July

Wipro: 15-20% wage hikes will make you an expensive destination

SAPARD funds blocking hits milk makers

Agriculture contributes 1.2 percent to GDP growth in 2008

E-commerce surging in Romania

Evolution of the residential market in the provinces this year

Oil falls to USD 112 on global demand worries

The Economist: For Romania and Bulgaria, “the party�? is nearly over

Profi doubles business in H1

Universal McCann plans 73M-euro turnover this year

Prices go down, rents start growing

Fitch: Romania’s Economy Looks More Like Overheating Than Expected In January

National currency leu devalues in line with other currencies in this region, says financial analyst

Low-cost competition hurts Eurolines

Schneider Electric Romania aims to top smart house market

First Romanian block of flats with ecological heating

Romania has a potential to be energy exporter in the Balkans

Commodities tumble; stocks, dollar gain

Isarescu: Romanian 2008 Economic Growth Seen At 8%, 9%

Electrica to invest 650m euros in green energy

Romania's economic growth outstrips expectations

Rothschild to organise Ozone sale

BT Insurance, 40 percent of the loss in its segment

real,- retailer projecting 2009 Romanian sales at 1 billion euro

BNR new lending restrictions can trigger real estate crisis, say bankers

Valentin Lazea: July to register highest inflation level in 2008

Ambient Sibiu in talks to sell to EQT

Property market gridlocked by price decline expectations

Seven companies competing to take over IAR Ghimbav aircraft maker

National Office for Traditional and Ecological Products to become operational this August

Rising oil prices and depreciation of the national currency affect local business

Investor fear of acquisitions is obvious

Developers do not want buildings\' prices to go down

July brings exchange rate lows

EUR rate dropped to RON 3.5581

MOL: Fuel sales up 10 percent, despite higher pump prices

Labour market short of 35,000 engineers

Cosmote Romania doubles number of users in H1

How financial crisis has affected Romania\'s economy

Bechtel has spent only half of funds received in 2008

Erste Report : Romanian insurance market, at Austria\'s level in 1969

Oil briefly hits record above USD 147, pulls back

Voestalpine buys 96.4 ha plot near Constanta

Euroinvest plans to invest 380 million euros in real estate projects

High fuel prices cause certain distributors\' to change strategies

New food and fuel price hikes push inflation to 8.61 pc in June

Romanian insurance market will grow by 18% every year until 2012

Carrefour: Modern retail to account for 50 pc share in Romania, in 2010

Romanian real-estate market to follow Greek model

Mercedes «effect» : Voestalpine guards itself against real estate « sharks »

Over 36 percent of Perla Covasnei shares sold on Rasdaq

Dividends worth 2m euros for heirs to Auschnit and Malaxa

Stock Exchange president: Investors\' attention captured by foreign markets rather than by locally l

Moretti Polegato: Romania must invest in youth training, tourism and agro-food industry

MediCredit Leasing: Big projects for health system

Private medical services market: close to 1 billion euros by 2012

Unit-linked insurance: 30% of Grawe\'s turnover in 2009

500 Romanian executives earn more than 10,000 euros a month

Hotels in Bucharest more expensive than in Berlin

BBC Romania to close down

Rio Bucovina invests 9m euros and doubles capacity in Vatra Dornei

Raiffeisen to invest 51 million euros

Anchor Grup to invest 10m euro in expansion of Plaza Romania

Stock trading suspensions restricted to 15 minutes

Maturity of domestic residential market settles down prices, eliminates speculators

Continental Hotel in Cluj Napoca, put up for sale

Eli Lilly to expand its portfolio

Transylvania, among first five tourist destinations in Europe recommended by USA Today

BVB to implement reporting system similar to one on U.S stock exchange

UNPR: Construction sector may draw one quarter of Romanians from abroad

E.ON Gaz Romania wants increase in natural gas price

Residential market sandwiched between international decline and local psychological impasse

OMV: Petrom privatization is in line with European legislation

NNDKP managing partner: Local companies\' domination on business law market to continue

Scandia to expand to Serbia and Bulgaria

E.ON to hold 70pc of energy consortium that comprises Enel

Price of homes in certain Bucharest areas, down 20% in May

Metropolitian farming land - gold mine for investors

iPhone 3G to enter Romanian market in end 2008

Distrigaz Sud asking for approval of 22pc rise in gas prices

No foreign exchange risk for Romania\'s eurobonds

Centrofarm to produce two OTC drugs

Glass production to exceed 320 mln euros

Employers aided by law to hire students in their summer vacation

Dufa Deutek paint sales up 20 percent

ERA Iasi, the largest retail park outside Bucharest

3-4 companies to be listed on BVB till this year-end, says Stere Farmache

Sweets producers count on sharp rise in consumption

Steel and aluminium producers reap the benefits of price hikes

Romgaz to reserve transport capacities in Nabucco pipeline, instead of Transgaz

Transelectrica contemplates listing another 10 pct stake in spring 2009

Romania\'s ten largest retail traders report 5 billion euros in 2007 turnover

P&G posts 15 percent profit margin

Top 10 construction materials distributors, 2bn-euro turnover

Transelectrica to launch operations in communications

Gerocossen intends to extend to Middle East market

BCR: Romania to have higher economic growth compared with 2007

Germany\'s PCC seeks takeover of Oltchim Ramnicu Valcea

Austrian companies operating in Romania attract brokers to Vienna

Central bank governor: Economic growth \'a bit too high\'

Recent acquisition leads Rompetrol to covet 20 percent of the Moldovan LPG market

Rulmenti Barlad to establish subsidiary in India

Orange Romania would have liked to enter DTH business

Bucharesters invited to turn off the light on International Environment Day

KPMG wants half of its clients to be Romanian

Austrian group Uniqa plans to buy Unita Vienna Insurance Group

Tomis Development prepares 40 million euros IPO

Selgros business in Romania grows 30 percent

Use of Microsoft Office Romanian language version up 50 pct in 2007

Twelve companies voice interest in taking over IAR Ghimbav

Raiffeisen analysts: Annual inflation to hit nine pct peak in July

Inox Style, a successful venture into unknown field

Central bank governor: Political class must promptly assume responsibility for Romania\'s joining eu

Romania should more easily absorb oil price shock

Isarescu: Central Bank keeps inflation forecast

2014 - target year for EUR adoption

Romania\'s oil reserves are worth 45 billion euros

WB: Productive companies need easier access to the market

Romanians to be able to buy Google shares through BVB

Bayer nears revenues worth 100m euros

Mineral water bottlers project 20% growth

Oil tops USD 130 haunted by future supply worry

Romania\'s central bank wants lenders to halt credits in Swiss francs, vice governor says

Domestic brands dominate beer market

Interex aims for 30-40 stores in 4 years

MAN: Truck market to stabilise at around 20,000 units

New acquisitions will double Hame turnover

Romgaz invests 48 million euros in equipment

Gaz de France plans to set up underground natural gas storage in saline cavities

From retro to modern

Romania\'s top 50 structures

BREI becomes operational in Bucharest

Another crisis for Romania

Bankruptcy looming over small-scale tobacco producers

Areva to participate in building second n-power plant in Romania

Isarescu: We think of new measures to discourage lending in foreign currency

Proprietatea Fund valued at 2.3 billion euros

Isarescu: Volatile prices will not help us fight inflation

UniCredit steps up network expansion

Foreign banks trading in Romanian stock

Romania Central Bank Raises Key Rate To 9.75% From 9.5%

Belt railway line in parallel to Bucharest\' ring road, in three years at most

Banks, pharmacies and casinos double rents in Bucharest

Analysts forecasting Petrom Q1 profit to reach €270 mln

Ferrari opens first show-room in Romania

E.ON, Gaz de France fight for Petrom\'s gas distribution

IMF says VAT cut for basic food products must not be accepted

Moody’s on the risks that challenge Romanian economy

Postal company interested in buying delivery company

Erste Bank to sell leu-denominated bonds, more than 40 mln euros worth

Marriott chain to bring Courtyard brand on domestic market

Carrefour negotiates retail deal with Cramele Recas wine producer

Orange will only conduct necessary acquisitions

Banca Transilvania registers 65 percent higher income in Q1

Petrom estimates 36 percent increase in profit

Raiffeisen: excess RON on monetary market will be absorbed in a year

IMF forecasts 5.5 percent economic growth in Romania, in 2008

New Frontier Holding plans new acquisition in Romania

Alka aims to double exports

S&P Report :Romania, Among Emerging Markets Most Exposed To Credit Squeeze

Vosganian: Prices in real estate market to get stabilized, in second half of 2008

First Romanian 6-star hotel to open in Bucharest

Petrom eying 2008 profits of 670 million euros

BNR: Cut of financing from foreign parent banks would send two local branches in trouble

BNR: Amounts sent to the country by Romanians abroad to go down

One sqm of mall/capita, a realistic target for developers

ING estimates double profit for Petrom this year

Foreign investors interested in Romanian rail freight transport

Local professionals association: Foreign experts\' opinions on Romania excessively pessimistic

Electricite de France wants to enter Romanian energy market

BRD president Gelin: Foreign financing, more costly

La Caixa, final negotiations with Broadhurst for Libra Bank takeover

Nokia project in a deadlock, media

Major investment in real estate developments and shopping centres coming next week

BRD: Foreign financing, more costly

Governmental bonds to be listed on Stock Exchange this June

Kika estimates sales of 30-50 million euros for its store in Romania

Real estate market gets stabilized

Market research suppliers cannot cope with demand for market studies

11 bln euros for rural development up to 2013

Romania will not become strong competitor for EU agriculture until 2013

Oltchim announces investments worth 1 billion euros

Equest investment fund plans stock listing for Domo and Technomarket

Roman Co. in Brasov to assemble trucks in Dubai

SIF Transilvania to buy a foreign company

BCR analysts: If 2008 is a good farm year, Romania\'s economic growth may reach 7pc

Tnuva to double product portfolio by yearend

Auto market accelerates towards 400,000 vehicles

A financial package for liberal professions, launched by Raiffeisen Bank

Raiffeisen Capital & Investment to list Teraplast with BVB

Green certificates tradable ceiling up 10 pct starting April

Coca-Cola enters sports drinks segment

Major retailers: Our profits don\'t exceed 5 percent of turnover

Marsh budgets 25% higher revenues

Ford suppliers to invest 150 million euros in Craiova

Big banks renounce insurances

Johnson Controls plans to build factory for Ford at Bals

Romania, less prepared facing foreign volatility

MicrosoftRomania anticipates 35 pc increase in revenues

Stephen Stead aims to triple LaborMed\'s value in 4 years

Sommering looks abroad for growth

Worst hit companies on Bucharest Stock Exchange this year

ArcelorMittal\'s Romanian sales down 27 percent in 2007

IMF: Romania has become prisoner of foreign context

Best Western, largest hotel chain

Romania ranks 5th in EU at commercial deficit

Romania can triple its energy output from renewable sources by 2020

Government securities close to being listed on Stock Exchange

Romania, largest contributor to ESA program

bauMax expects sales to double this year

Five mandatory pension funds in search of buyers

Romanian real estate market, not affected by world crisis

Morgan Stanley shows trust in direction Romanian economy is moving

KAZIER - system for resource management

Smartphones to hit 14 pct of Romania\'s mobile phone market in 2008

IT&C sector contributes seven percent to GDP in 2007

Viviane Reding: EC would not accept monopolies on IT market

Mancini: Italian entrepreneurs provide at least 5 pc of Romania\'s GDP

Romania to support inclusion of Azerbaijan in Nabucco and Constanta-Trieste projects

Dan Sucu: Mobexpert\'s value set to reach 400 million euros

Primola\'s founder: it remains difficult to enter foreign markets

Romaqua Group enters beer market with Albacher brand

Der Standart: Voestalpine closer to Romania

PwC study: Romania’s competitive edge annulled by 12-14 pct wage rise this year

Bramac Romania to expand production

Romanian exporters advantaged by wheat price increase

Avion Systems negotiates Turbomecanica\'s takeover

TNT\'s profit rises faster than turnover

Daianu: Tighter regulation of banking field needed

Feasibility study for Romania-Turkey high-voltage undersea cable to be launched in June

Ford to start production in Craiova plant by year-end

Eleven pensions administrators at most to conclude contracts in 2008

D&O liability insurance worth 5 mln euro in 2008

BVB main indices on the rise

Sol-Med Properties intend to build town close to Giurgiu Free Trade Area

Romania, the only country in the region with foreign deficit in tourism and transport

We hope to start activity in Craiova as soon as possible, says Ford

BRD posts positive all-round financial outcomes

Danone Romania budgets 5 mln euros for investments, in 2008

Rezidor Group to open 17 hotels in Romania in next decade

Mercedes – awaited with maximum interest in Romania

UPC said to consider replacing head of Romanian subsidiary

Raiffeisen Leasing anticipates M&A deals on leasing market

Romanian financial appraisal market to exceed 30 mln euros in 2008

Russia might increase by up to 7pc gas prices charged on 2008 natural gas deliveries to Romania

Foreign investments portfolio exceeds eight billion euros

BNR Governor Isarescu: \'BNR\'s powers on the real estate market are very much limited\'

Romanian SMEs funded 100m euros by JEREMIE programme

David Martinez, IMG Business: “The real estate market in Romania is very active”

Altur Slatina reports revenues worth 31M euros in 2007

Banks tighten loan provision criteria

Rompetrol Refinery\'s turnover up 24 pct in 2007

Rompetrol Group to invest $340 mln in 2008

Farewell, Nabucco!

Industrial production increases by 5.4 percent in 2007

Hungarian group Videoton interested in acquisitions in Romania

Analysts expecting losses for Rompetrol Rafinare

Nokia 1200 to be assembled at Jucu by 160 workers

Erste Bank seeks BCR CEO candidates

Rompetrol interested in South Stream project

Gaz De France joining Nabucco project stirs confusion, controversy

Asesoft Distribution targets 135m dollars this year

Deutsche Bank: Rise in Romanian banking system, highest in the region

Investment by EBRD in CEC savings bank not ruled out

Mandatory private pension funds, monthly contributions of 20 mln euros

Reactions to central bank\'s decision to raise key interest rate

Piata Presei Libere to become Bucharest\'s second hotel pole

Petrom hires foreign company to investigate Petrobrazi refinery fire

Investors on Stock Exchange lose 7 bln euros in January

Petroleum market to reach 6.8 billion euros in 2008

BVB - interested in taking over Slovene Stock Exchange

Privatisation of Electrica Muntenia Sud to be finalized soon

First Microsoft Innovation Center at Romanian -American University

Farmache: Technically, BVB is one hundred percent ready for Erste Bank shares floating

12 offers for Comarnic-Brasov motorway leasing

Raiffeisen Banca pentru Locuinte takes over rival HVBL

Romania to be promoted by main tour operators in Europe

Private pension schemes generate higher, yet sustainable budget deficit

Hypermarket networks still have high potential

Raiffeisen Banca pentru Locuinte takes over rival HVBL

Valentin Lazea: Romania’s economy is over-loaded

Romtelecom to focus on giving more consistency to partnership with Cosmote

Siveco expects turnover worth 84M USD in 2008

Euro continued its slight appreciation vs. RON

BNR Governor vows RON will recover, national currency hits 3.7619/EUR

Interest rates hike as tensions on international markets deepen

Electronic retail market to grow up to 250 mln euros in 2008

Aquila Group posts 150m-euro in turnover in 2007

Economic analysts upbeat about Romanian economy in 2008

Rating agency Moody’s recommended Romania to focus on investment

UN: Romanian economy to grow by 5.5 pc in 2008

Nokia dismisses personnel in Germany and hires in Romania

ING and Allianz would lose 250,000 clients if the pension law is modified

Nokia plant in Cluj to be opened by February 11

GfK study: consumption basket is bigger, but more rarely filled

The current account deficit will grow to 15.3 pc in Romania, warns WB

Romania’s car production could increase by 74.5% until 2014

Come sun, rain, or high wind: Europe could create a 100% renewable electricity supply by 2050

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