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 […]
Tourism in Austria – The sustainable & ecologic path
Investories ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA Foto: Phillipp Vollnhofer Tourism in Austria is a unique success story. For decades, politics, business and culture have worked together in making sure that guests from all over the world feel at home here. Hospitality and innovative thinking make Austria a role model for tourism worldwide. It’s safe to say that Austria’s […]
The index of energy and utilities companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange goes up while volatility intensifies
Foto: cla1978 / depositphotos.com International capital markets are going through a period of significant volatility, and the Romanian capital market has aligned itself with this trend. Rising interest rates, geopolitical tensions, and persistent inflation are some of the factors behind these fluctuations. The increase in volatility has resulted in significant spikes in liquidity on the […]
The DNA test
Foto: cla1978 / depositphotos.com It is said that the role of the media is to present facts, and to do so as impartially as possible to allow the receiver of the information to form an opinion uninfluenced by the journalist. Then, I hear totally coincidentally, that someone who bought a car referred to it as […]
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 […]
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 […]