1 year EPPO: the EU fights for its interests
Foto: natatravel / depositphotos.com For a long time, the European Union was regarded as a strange entity, something like perhaps the opposite of a great power, in the sense that it had a lot of soft power, but no hard power to back it with. Money was indeed flowing from Brussels, but when it came […]
Growing with purpose: Mazars’ balanced and long-term strategy
Interview: Dino Ebneter, Country Managing Partner, Mazars Romania Dino Ebneter, Country Managing Partner, Mazars Romania Businesses are, rightly, under pressure from everywhere to change how they operate. As auditors and business advisors, what role do you play in the economic world? At Mazars, we help our clients confidently build and grow their businesses through a […]
Sebastian Metz, General Manager AHK Romania: “Sustainability is an issue of central importance to the economy”
After his graduation in 2006 as an economist, Sebastian Metz gathers a wide international experience, being active in France, Algeria and Nepal. After successfully leading the department for SMEs, Export promotion and Trade Fairs of the German-Algerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK Algeria), he left to Nepal, where he got the function of GIZ/CIM […]
Successful business – but not for profit? Bringing the British model to Romania
Investories BRCC Neil McGregor Vice-Chair for Corporate Governance & relations with the British Chambers of Commerce, immediate Past Chair, BRCC Bucharest – 23 May 2022. One of my favourite Romanian expressions from the past is “munca patriotica in zadar” or, as I understand it, “patriotic (i.e. “volunteer”) work which generates no productive result”. Nowadays volunteering […]
How to prepare my retirement?
Foto: Surgay / depositphotos.com This question seems to be a bit far-fetched for most of you, but it is important to start thinking about it in time. Why is a transition between active life and the “afterlife” so challenging? When we work over 30 or 40 years, we often get stuck in a hamster wheel […]
Economy, in dreadful need of good governance
Foto: YAYImages/ depositphotos.com We hear more and more the wording “good governance”. The international financial institutions increasingly base their financial support on the condition that their money finances reforms that ensure “good governance”. The concept is not new. It simply defines qualitatively the decision-making process and the process by which decisions are made. Good governance […]
Johann Strauss Festival 19th edition 2022
The 19th edition of the Johann Strauss Festival carries on the tradition of 19th century music from Imperial Vienna, with an Extraordinary Concert given by the Bucharest National Opera Orchestra, under the baton of the great conductor Iosif Ion Prunner, on Tuesday, 7th of June, starting at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are available online on the EVENTIM website: The Johann Strauss Festival […]
The Decrease In The Electricity Price On The OPCOM Stock Market And The Impact On Consumers
The spot market of the OPCOM stock exchange registered a decrease of 36.5% in April compared to March, according to the monthly reports published by them, but the total value of transactions in April 2022 was 1.781 billion lei, increasing by 132% compared to the same month last year. Consequently, the average price for electricity […]
In bed with the rivals
Foto: vladem / depositphotos.com There are and will be many victims of Russia’s war against Ukraine, but the biggest may be the Comprehensive Agreement on Investments between the European Union and China. The ratification of this document was not a simple operation even before the war: it took seven years to negotiate it, but after […]
Sustainability in BMW vision
Few concrete, real steps I have seen. The BMW Group sees sustainable development and resource efficiency as core themes of the company strategic direction. In other words, the BMW Group is the first manufacturer to introduce sustainability criteria in its management evaluation. Not only the sales and profitability top management objectives matter, but also environment […]