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Romania struggles to save face ahead of Euro 2020

With less than two years until the start of the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship, Romania struggles to finish its stadiums by kick-off time. And with roughly 200,000 fans flooding the ca...

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New real estate bubble? It depends on who you ask

Romania's GDP has been outperforming those of neighbouring CEE countries as of last year, but its Central Bank warns that the mortgage bonanza might lead to a second real estate bubble. With mar...

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Romanian Energy Awards 2018: Celebrating Excellence

The Diplomat - Bucharest celebrated performance and exceptional accomplishments in the Romanian energy field, awarding 17 performers in both conventional and renewable energy, with the seventh a...

Oil & Gas Industry: Challenges and opportunities for Romania

As it appears from the four scenarios of the Romanian Energy Strategy, natural gas will play an important role with expected significant increases in the energy mix starting in 2020. Even though...

Romanian Energy Awards 2017: performance and exceptional accomplishments

The Diplomat - Bucharest celebrated the winners of 21 assigned categories for both conventional and renewable energy, within a prestigious event continuing the annual tradition of acknowledgment...

Digital Banking and Insurance Conference - opportunities and threats for the financial sector

Digitalization is radically transforming the banking and insurance industries, enabling new products, services and business models. This transformation will take time to complete, forcing banks ...

Thermal Energy Forum - Can Romania stand the heat?

The European Commission presented a package of measures to keep the European Union competitive as the transition to clean energy is changing global energy markets By Petre Barac

Romania, Czech investors' reliable partner

Romania is not inch-perfect, but it still counts as a good destination on the foreign investor's map, as confirmed by the Czech community present at the second edition of the roundtable "Czech I...

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Sneak peek into energy's future

In the light of the new National Strategy currently being debated, where Romania faces new challenges regarding the energy market, The Diplomat - Bucharest organized in late November the "Invest...

Smart Transformation Forum 2016 - The next challenge for mankind?

In the context of the "fourth industrial revolution" that everyone is talking about these days, The Diplomat - Bucharest organised the "Smart Transformation Forum 2016" to see how the concepts o...

Insurance: Consolidation and digital technology reshape the market

While the Romanian market sees companies such as Astra and Carpatica Asig going bankrupt, major shift and a new consolidation is expected during the next years, Ovidiu Demetrescu, partner, Londo...

Romania's Business Growth: No Rest for the West

Romania's West Region is estimated to see a 5.4 per cent growth in terms of GDP this year and investors seem to be positive about their business growth. However, the shortage of specialists coul...

Thermal Energy Forum 2016: Coveting new technologies

While 2015 was a very active year in terms of international reflection on energy and climate change, after the Paris summit last November, the need for new technologies emerged as an essential t...

Repatriot: Bringing Romania together

It's no secret that home is where the heart is and that thousands of Romanians who have left the country in pursuit of prosperity would love to come back, but corruption and low standards of lif...

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New real estate bubble? It depends on who you ask

Romania's GDP has been outperforming those of neighbouring CEE countries as of last year, but its Central Bank warns that the mortgage bonanza might lead to a second real estate bubble. With mar...

1 Comment

Romania struggles to save face ahead of Euro 2020

With less than two years until the start of the 2020 UEFA European Football Championship, Romania struggles to finish its stadiums by kick-off time. And with roughly 200,000 fans flooding the ca...

1 Comment

Romanian Energy Awards 2018: Celebrating Excellence

The Diplomat - Bucharest celebrated performance and exceptional accomplishments in the Romanian energy field, awarding 17 performers in both conventional and renewable energy, with the seventh a...

Oil & Gas Industry: Challenges and opportunities for Romania

As it appears from the four scenarios of the Romanian Energy Strategy, natural gas will play an important role with expected significant increases in the energy mix starting in 2020. Even though...

Romanian Energy Awards 2017: performance and exceptional accomplishments

The Diplomat - Bucharest celebrated the winners of 21 assigned categories for both conventional and renewable energy, within a prestigious event continuing the annual tradition of acknowledgment...

Digital Banking and Insurance Conference - opportunities and threats for the financial sector

Digitalization is radically transforming the banking and insurance industries, enabling new products, services and business models. This transformation will take time to complete, forcing banks ...

Thermal Energy Forum - Can Romania stand the heat?

The European Commission presented a package of measures to keep the European Union competitive as the transition to clean energy is changing global energy markets By Petre Barac

Sneak peek into energy's future

In the light of the new National Strategy currently being debated, where Romania faces new challenges regarding the energy market, The Diplomat - Bucharest organized in late November the "Invest...

Romania, Czech investors' reliable partner

Romania is not inch-perfect, but it still counts as a good destination on the foreign investor's map, as confirmed by the Czech community present at the second edition of the roundtable "Czech I...

2 Comments

Smart Transformation Forum 2016 - The next challenge for mankind?

In the context of the "fourth industrial revolution" that everyone is talking about these days, The Diplomat - Bucharest organised the "Smart Transformation Forum 2016" to see how the concepts o...

Insurance: Consolidation and digital technology reshape the market

While the Romanian market sees companies such as Astra and Carpatica Asig going bankrupt, major shift and a new consolidation is expected during the next years, Ovidiu Demetrescu, partner, Londo...

Romania's Business Growth: No Rest for the West

Romania's West Region is estimated to see a 5.4 per cent growth in terms of GDP this year and investors seem to be positive about their business growth. However, the shortage of specialists coul...

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Smart city is not a fad, it's a necessity
In June 2018, the ranking of the most "smart" cities in the world was published. In other words, the most advanced cities in terms of human capital, social cohesion, the economy, the environment, governance, ur...

Ondrej Safar, CEZ Group: "Romania can become a hub for international smart solutions providers"
"We are already in the digital age, so the upward trend of implementing smart solutions is inevitable in all areas," he tells The Diplomat-Bucharest. "Especially in terms of utilities, a compatible approach is ...

Telekom Romania, a strong supporter of Smart City development in Romania
Just like many other countries in the world Romania is now facing an unprecedented growth of the urban population, which can be both beneficial and detrimental for the society and for the administrations's budg...

In the industrial era, the fight was for finite material resources. Not anymore
Now organizations fight and develop themselves for and around their talent. In a nutshell, getting ahead in today's business world is all about attracting and inspiring an energetic workforce. I guess the nat...

Richard Sareczky, Mol Limo: "We look at expansion locations across CEE including Romania"
Consumer mobility behaviour is changing, leading to up to one out of ten cars sold in 2030 potentially being a shared vehicle and the subsequent rise of a market for fit-for-purpose mobility solutions, says Ric...