Romanian lender Banca Transilvania posted a gross profit of EUR 14.1 million in the first half of this year, which was more than five times higher than the gross profit posted mid-last year. The net profit in the first half of this year was of EUR 7.8 million, according to the bank. The gross profit in the first half of the year covers 40 percent of what the bank had expected for the entire year.

Central European Media Enterprises, which owns several TV stations in Romania, posted USD 80 million in net revenues in the first half of the year, down USD 4 million on the same period of last year. The first quarter of the year meant net revenues of USD 43 million for the company in Romania, down USD 5 million on the first quarter of 2009.

The Romanian Finance Ministry will issue EUR 400 million of state titles today on the internal capital market. The acquisition of these state titles will be made through a bidding process.

Romanian media, Ioan Niculae, owner of Interagro, moves his businesses to Bulgaria – in Ziarul Financiar, Howard Johnson: stagnating revenues – in Ziarul Financiar, The IMF insists we have trouble in drawing in EU money– in Ziarul Financiar

A project meant to improve the infrastructure for water and wastewater in Dambovita county will be implemented until 2013. The value of the project is of EUR 140 million, one of the biggest such projects undergoing in Romania.

Fondul Proprietatea (Proprietatea Fund) posted a net profit of around EUR 49 million in the first half of this year, which was up 25 percent on the same period of last year.

Several tourist sights around Bucharest will be accessible by public transport starting August 1st, when the Bucharest Public Transport Service (RATB) will start its partnership with the Tourism Ministry and will set up nine bus tracks to reach the tourist sights.

The biggest retailers in Romania run businesses worth EUR 7.5 billion in total last year, shows the recently published Top 100 companies in Romania report by Romania Insider. Last year, these 15 companies together posted sales of EUR 8.2 billion in total, the report shows.

The British ambassador to Romania, Robin Barnett, who is preparing to end his term in Romania, said the bureaucracy in the country is still high and that the infrastructure problems and the labor Code are barriers to investors in this country, he said, quoted by Mediafax newswire.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Romanian Government experts have included a 6.8 percent budget deficit on their economic forecasts, according to the Finance minister Sebastian Vladescu.

Romanian lender Banca Transilvania posted a gross profit of EUR 14.1 million in the first half of this year, which was more than five times higher than the gross profit posted mid-last year. The net profit in the first half of this year was of EUR 7.8 million, according to the bank. The gross profit in the first half of the year covers 40 percent of what the bank had expected for the entire year.

Central European Media Enterprises, which owns several TV stations in Romania, posted USD 80 million in net revenues in the first half of the year, down USD 4 million on the same period of last year. The first quarter of the year meant net revenues of USD 43 million for the company in Romania, down USD 5 million on the first quarter of 2009.

The Romanian Finance Ministry will issue EUR 400 million of state titles today on the internal capital market. The acquisition of these state titles will be made through a bidding process.

Romanian media, Ioan Niculae, owner of Interagro, moves his businesses to Bulgaria – in Ziarul Financiar, Howard Johnson: stagnating revenues – in Ziarul Financiar, The IMF insists we have trouble in drawing in EU money– in Ziarul Financiar

A project meant to improve the infrastructure for water and wastewater in Dambovita county will be implemented until 2013. The value of the project is of EUR 140 million, one of the biggest such projects undergoing in Romania.

Fondul Proprietatea (Proprietatea Fund) posted a net profit of around EUR 49 million in the first half of this year, which was up 25 percent on the same period of last year.

Several tourist sights around Bucharest will be accessible by public transport starting August 1st, when the Bucharest Public Transport Service (RATB) will start its partnership with the Tourism Ministry and will set up nine bus tracks to reach the tourist sights.

The biggest retailers in Romania run businesses worth EUR 7.5 billion in total last year, shows the recently published Top 100 companies in Romania report by Romania Insider. Last year, these 15 companies together posted sales of EUR 8.2 billion in total, the report shows.

The British ambassador to Romania, Robin Barnett, who is preparing to end his term in Romania, said the bureaucracy in the country is still high and that the infrastructure problems and the labor Code are barriers to investors in this country, he said, quoted by Mediafax newswire.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Romanian Government experts have included a 6.8 percent budget deficit on their economic forecasts, according to the Finance minister Sebastian Vladescu.