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Bruynseels (BCR): I expect lending to surge in 2011 last quarter (08-08-2011)

General Director of the Romanian Commercial Bank (BCR) Dominic Bruynseels said on Thursday he expects a higher lending in the last quarter of 2011, given that Full story

BRD-GSG ends H1 with net profit of 282mln lei (08-08-2011)

BRD-Groupe Societe Generale ended H1 of this year with a net profit of 282 million lei (some 66.5 million euros), the net banking income having stood Full story


Transilvania Bank: Net profit almost twice as much, in six months (08-08-2011)

Transilvania Bank (BT) has obtained a net profit almost doubled in the first six months of this year, 65.67 million lei (about 15.5 million euros), compared Full story

President Basescu: Gov't programme generated conditions for relatively small economic growth in 2011 (01-08-2011)

President Traian Basescu says the economic programme implemented by the Romanian Government essentially contributed to the strengthening of economic growth in Romania, creating conditions for 'relatively Full story


WB's Harrold: Arrangement with IMF, WB and EC was very successful (01-08-2011)

Romania seems to be saved after two years of sacrifices during the financial crisis and the arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank Full story

IMF's Franks: Economic growth may accelerate in 2012 (01-08-2011)

Officials of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) believe Romania is very likely to continue positive economic growth in 2012 and even to accelerate it, according to Full story

H1 budget deficit at 2.07 pct of GDP, below limit negotiated with IMF (01-08-2011)

The H1 general budget deficit stood at RON 11.3 billion, ie 2.07 pct of GDP, below the RON 12.6 bln deficit target set forth in the Full story

Central Bank: Households' deposits in lei exceed 52 billion lei in June 2011 (01-08-2011)

The time deposits and the deposits redeemable at notice in lei in June 2011 amounted to over 81 billion lei (approximately 19 billion euros), out of Full story

Basescu: Attempt to sell Petrom shares, a failure, but Romania cannot afford to sell (01-08-2011)

President Traian Basescu believes the recent attempt to sell a stake in the Petrom oil corporation by a secondary offering was a failure, insisting that Romania Full story

BCR net profit in H1 2011, equal to a third of H1 2010 (01-08-2011)

The Romanian Commercial Bank (BCR) reported a net profit of 158.2 million lei (37.8 million euros) in the first half of the current year, an amount Full story

Reuters:East EU faces contagion risks from euro, U.S. crises (01-08-2011)

The European Union's eastern members are bolstering the economic defences they have set up over the last two years to guard against growing contagion risks from Full story

Banks to shoulder €37bn in fresh Greek bailout (25-07-2011)

The euro zone attempted to draw a line under Greece’s mounting debt problems Thursday (21 July) as banks holding the country's government bonds agreed to contribute Full story

Fitch: Banks in Greece will not withdraw funds, in case of a country's default (25-07-2011)

The entry of Greece in default, and /or banks, will not make Greek banks to withdraw funding from subsidiaries in Central and Eastern Europe, and branches Full story

An increasing number of retirements in past years (25-07-2011)

Years 2009 and 2010 have brought into the public pension system the largest number of beneficiaries of such social insurance, the early retirements rising the most Full story

Greek rescue needs bigger aid facility, say sources (18-07-2011)

A second rescue package for Greece will likely exceed the size of its predecessor, sources told EurActiv, as finance ministers take heed of investors' reluctance to Full story

Central Bank governor: Romania has Europe's lowest financial brokerage alongside Poland (18-07-2011)

Romania has the lowest financial brokerage level in Europe alongside Poland, while the money supply created in the prior years does not represent the inflation problem, Full story

Bloomberg:Sberbank to Use Volksbank as Springboard for Turkey, East Europe Expansion (18-07-2011)

OAO Sberbank will use the acquisition of Volksbanken International AG as a springboard to expand into the former communist part of Europe and Turkey as it Full story

Finance Minister Gheorghe Ialomitianu: Romania will not draw money from IMF precautionary loan (18-07-2011)

Romania currently has a stable economy and no additional measures on taxation are considered, said on Thursday, Finance Minister Gheorghe Ialomitianu. He admitted, however, that any turbulence Full story

Anca Dumitru (BVB): Tax reduction for listed companies would encourage the capital market (18-07-2011)

The capital market could be encouraged through two measures, namely through the tax reduction for the listed companies and the tax reduction for the revenues gained Full story

Romania's capital market is well-outlined but there is still much to do (18-07-2011)

Romania's capital market is well-outlined, but, inside, there is still much to do, Authorization-Regulation Director General in the National Securities Commission /CNVM/ Radu Toia told a Full story