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Ovidius Clinical Hospital (OCH), the largest private hospital in the south-east of Romania has completed a EUR28 million investment in a new building next to the already existing one, a new facility with an area of more than 7,000 square meters.

Winemaker Purcari (WINE.RO) wants to pay a dividend of RON0.55 per share and has called shareholders for May 26, 2023 to secure approval in this respect.

Retail Park Dej, the first shopping center in the town of Dej (Cluj County), is officially opening on Thursday (April 6) following an investment of over EUR10.5 million carried out by retail parks developer Cometex, part of Altex Group.

Iulius Group, a real estate developer held by businessman Iulian Dascalu, has concluded a partnership with MedCity for the setup of a medical center within the Palas Campus Iasi office complex.

Romania’s Competition Council is looking into a transaction through which Zarea, leader on the sparkling wine segment, acquired 70% of the shares of the group of firms DDMU (Domeniile Dealu Mare Urlati) founded by the Radulescu family, at the end of February 2023.

Real estate owners in Romania are much more interested in ESG (environmental, social and governance) standards and also have higher expectations when it comes to sustainability than their counterparts in other countries.

EVconnect, one of the largest electric vehicle (EV) charging networks in Romania, is set to exceed 500 EV charging stations by the end of 2023 and the network is expected to include at least 3,000 charging stations until 2025.

Profluo, a startup that builds machine learning technology for the automatic processing of accounting documents, has reached total investments of EUR625,000 less than a year after completing its first seed investment round, company representatives said in a statement.

Law firm Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) has assisted Holcim Romania, the leading construction materials producer in Romania by turnover, with the expansion of its aggregates division through the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Stones Business Development SRL, which operates an aggregate station and a sand and gravel mining exploitation.

The concept of e-learning, meaning any type of learning delivery and acquisition taking place in the digital media, is relatively new, more specifically its penetration to the market, then widespread usage in different industries have only occurred in the last decade.

Real estate investments in the first quarter of 2023 topped EUR153 million, up 72% from the same period of last year, reveals an analysis by Fortim Trusted Advisors, a member of the BNP Parisbas Real Estate Alliance.

Poland’s Unilink is going to be taken over by global insurance and fintech broker Acrisure, meaning that after the deal Safety Broker, leader of Romania’s insurance brokerage market will belong to US-held Acrisure, in line with information provided by the brokers’ representatives.

“Avram Iancu” international Airport of Cluj saw about 600,000 passenger traffic in the first quarter of 2023, an increase of 6% on the first quarter of 2019, the best in the history of the Cluj airport, and an increase of 80% on the year-ago period.

Book sales in Romania stand at about RON500 million, which includes print books, e-books and audiobooks, data from audiobook and e-book streaming service Voxa show.

Sixty-two percent of MedLife (M.RO) shares traded on the Bucharest Stock Exchange in January 2023, went to a single buyer, Pillar II pension fund Metropolitan Life Pensii Private, ZF as calculated from the Pillar II reports and trading prices.

Danube transport company Transport Trade Services (TTS.RO) has budgeted revenue of RON970 million in 2023 from RON934.4 million in 2022, which translates into potential growth of 3.8%, as per calculations by Ziarul Financiar (ZF) daily based on data from the company’s budget of revenue and expenditure.

Danube transport company Transport Trade Services (TTS.RO) has officially announced on Tuesday (April 4) the name of the company it had acquired in February 2023 for EUR21.8 million, namely, port operator Decirom S.A. Constanta, as per a stock market report.

Romania has been a strong performer among emerging economies, though periods of economic overheating have caused concern at times, but economic perspectives have deteriorated significantly since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as per an analysis by Allianz Trade.

Klass Wagen Rent-a-Car has announced the purchase of 500 Dacia vehicles from Renault Commercial Roumanie SRL, thus reaching a fleet of more than 2,500 cars in Romania.

Nine startup firms which “graduated from” the InnovX-BCR acceleration program will be supported to participate in 2023 edition of the SelectUSA - the leading event dedicated to foreign direct investments in the United States of America.