Metro

Passengers travelling by metro in Bucharest will be able to pay their rides by any contactless cards from now on, with their smartphones or smart watches. The services is available in nine tube stations for the time being. Metrorex and BCR…

On the occasion of the “Own Business Day” on 8 October, METRO surveyed 10,000 from 10 countries, 1,500 of whom are self-employed entrepreneurs. The study paints a very positive picture, as nearly all of the Romanian entrepreneurs…

Around 77% of Bucharest’s modern office spaces are within 10 minutes’ walking distance from a subway station, according to the latest data from the real estate consultancy company Colliers International. The interest in office developments…

The employees working in modern offices in Bucharest spend an average of 46 minutes between home and work, while 52% of them consider the commuting time to be long or too long, according to the first edition of the Working Habits and…

The High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ – Supreme Court) has issued the final decision confirming that Parmalat Romania has violated the competition law, a Competition Council release informs on Thursday. CC has proved that…

European Commissioner Corina Cretu has Okayed on Wednesday an allotment of over EUR 517 million for a major infrastructure project in Bucharest, Romania, more precisely for the construction of the 1 Mai-Tokyo section of the M6 metro line.…

Another Romanian city, after Bucharest, plans to have subway. The municipality in Cluj-Napoca, central Transylvania have such a project in store, worth more than EUR 75 million. The city hall will launch the call for tenders on…

The murderer from the subway, Magdalena Serban, who killed a young woman at the tube station in December last year by pushing her in front of the train, has got a life sentence. The Bucharest Court’s ruling can be appealed within the next…

WDP kicked off its Investor Day in Romania by announcing an additional investment volume of around EUR 75 million, amounting to some 130,000 m² in property, both through new development projects and through acquisitions for existing and new…

German group Metro, one of Europe's leading players, has mandated Goldman Sachs to find a buyer for real estate - land, shops and other real estate - in Romania and Bulgaria, sources in the market say, quoted by zf.ro. The company, which…