Chamber of Deputies postpones the submission of candidacies for ANRE
The Chamber of Deputies postponed the deadline for submitting the files for the ANRE candidacies and the ASF presidency, according…
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INS: The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 4.8% in April 2020
The unemployment rate in Romania rose to 4.8% in April 2020, equaling the level of the second half of 2017,…
Chiriţoiu: We amend the Unfair Competition Law, in order to intervene if a large company abuses the bargaining power in relation to suppliers
The Competition Council has elaborated a project for amending the Unfair Competition Law, so that the relationship between large companies,…
The number of companies that went into insolvency fell by 33% in the first four months
The number of suspended companies decreased by 39% in the first four months, compared to the same period last year,…
The post-pandemic economic crisis, an endemic recovery process and a catatonic year
Bogdan Tudorache Following the 2008 crisis, global economies have recovered gradually but differently, with the most affected being the emerging…
EDP Renewables helped the local communities in Romania with 50,000 euro
EDP Renewables, a global leader in the renewable energy sector and one of the largest wind energy producers in the…
OMV Petrom launches a new edition of the “School of Petroleum Workers” program
OMV Petrom launches a new edition of the vocational education program “School of Petroleum Workers”. It is the first series…
Zoltan Nagy-Bege: Pandemic crisis significantly reduces energy consumption and ability to pay
The crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic has considerably reduced both energy consumption and the ability to pay for certain…
Germany to launch 80 billion euro-stimulus programme for ‘innovation and sustainability’
The German government’s coronavirus recovery programme will likely mobilise funds of about 80 billion to 100 billion euros, Kerstin Schwenn…
Gilda Lazăr (JTI): Business environment expects dialogue and transparency and elimination of ordinances adopted overnight
Business representatives expect dialogue and transparency from the authorities and to abandon the practice of adopting ordinances overnight, in favor…
Iancu: Hydrogen can be the basis of a new technological and digital revolution
Hydrogen is currently the most spectacular solution to the new challenges, said PSD MP Iulian Iancu, chairman of the Industry…
Holcim maintained its activity in Romania with no incidents caused by Covid-19
“During this period, our first thought was the safety of employees,” said Horia Adrian, executive director of Holcim Romania. “We…
EU recovery fund has green strings attached
The European Union’s proposed €750 billion fund to help the bloc recover from the coronavirus crisis will have green strings…
EU boosts ‘just transition fund’, pledging €40 billion to exit fossil fuels
The European Commission has increased five-fold its proposed EU fund to wean carbon-intensive regions off fossil fuels, with fresh cash…
Dieselgate: Emissions fraud compensation ruling marks black day for Volkswagen
Volkswagen lost a key legal battle in the long-running Dieselgate scandal on 25 May when a court ordered that a…
Predictive maintenance – benefits for the energy industry (May 25, online conference)
On May 25, Energynomics organized its first online conference dedicated to the maintenance of power systems. 4 experts representing some…
Tradeville: Gold remains an attractive investment in the context of political and economic uncertainties
Gold has evolved dramatically in the last year and a half, its price rising by more than 45% compared to…
Eurostat: Romania, third place in the EU according to the share of employees in the public utilities sector
Approximately 4.6 million people over the age of 15 were employed in 2019 in the public utilities sector in the…
EU target: more than 2.6 million cars to use hydrogen by 2030
Europe is embarking on a transition to climate neutrality, and the European Union’s (EU) goal is for more than 2.6…
APIA: 4.6% increase in green car sales in Romania in the first 4 months
Sales of green cars in Romania increased 4.6% in the first four months of the year, compared to the same…
Convergence program 2020: A 14% cut in economic activity in Q2 is estimated
The Romanian economy will register a severe reduction of activity in the second quarter of this year (Q2), of 14.4%,…
Europe’s draft ‘green recovery’ plan – accent of hydrogen
The European Commission’s promised green recovery plan will focus on building renovation, renewables and hydrogen as well as clean mobility…
German cabinet agrees CO2 price of 25 euro per ton from January 2021
Germany’s cabinet agreed on changes to the climate package launched last September, and it is now certain that from January…