Today Tuesday, February 17, 2026 in the Romanian Newspapers

Romania puts ailing Liberty Gala?i steel plant up for sale Romania has launched the auction for the sale of the Liberty Gala?i steel plant for EUR 709 million, slightly higher than the initially announced figure. The public auction has been scheduled for March 12. The assets of Liberty Gala?i and those of Liberty Tubular Products Gala?i are being sold (…) Feb 17, 2026

Amount Romanians Spend on Holidays Abroad Overshoots EUR10B Mark in 2025 For First Time The appetite for travel continued to grow in 2025, a year marked by a series of economic challenges which led to rising prices and declining living standards. Despite these challenges, Romanians (…) Feb 17, 2026   Visuali Italiane: Paolo Sorrentino’s La Grazia to open Bucharest edition of festival dedicated to Italian cinema Twelve recent Italian productions will be screened at this year’s edition of Visuali Italiane, the festival taking place in Bucharest and five other cities in the country. This year’s selection, (…) Feb 17, 2026   Romania Public Debt Hits RON1,121B in November 2025, Tops 60% of GDP Romania’s public debt reached RON1,121 billion in November 2025, accounting for 60.2% of GDP, in line with Finance Ministry data. Feb 17, 2026   Uber Eats Returns to Romania US giant Uber has officially announced Uber Eats delivery service will be relaunched in Romania during 2026, marking a surprising return six years after the company decided to shut down local (…) Feb 17, 2026   Measles cases on the rise in Romania as vaccination coverage drops sharply, Save the Children warns Romania is facing its most severe vaccination crisis in decades, with fewer than half of children receiving the first dose of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine in 2025, according to a (…) Feb 17, 2026   Pharma Group Dona Invests EUR1M in Employee Training Program Farmaciile Dona, a top five player in the pharma sector, is readying a EUR1 million investment in own employee training and professional development. Feb 17, 2026   Bakery Maker Lidas Enters Preventive Concordat Tulcea-based Lidas, which has invested EUR100 million in a frozen bakery products plant developed in Cataloi and operational since 2024, one of the biggest bakery sector investments of recent (…) Feb 17, 2026   Romanian prosumers generate additional system costs of EUR 40–74 per MWh injected into the grid Each megawatt-hour (MWh) injected into the grid by Romanian prosumers generates additional system costs of between RON 200 and RON 372 (EUR 40–74), costs that are ultimately borne by end (…) Feb 17, 2026   Tensions ease in Romania’s ruling coalition after Social Democrats’ demands are accepted Tensions within Romania’s governing coalition appeared to subside on Monday, February 16, after the government announced that the draft bill on central and local public administration reform, (…) Feb 17, 2026   Romanian entrepreneur invests EUR 13.5 mln in welded mesh factory Welded mesh producer Intertranscom Impex from Bac?u, owned by entrepreneur Ioan Teslaru, has completed a EUR 13.5 million investment project aimed at modernising and re-technologising the (…) Feb 17, 2026   Romania’s external debt up EUR 23.8 bln in 2025, to 61% of GDP Romania’s total external debt increased by EUR 23.84 billion in 2025 (+11.7% y/y), reaching EUR 227.35 billion (61% of GDP) at year-end, according to data published by the National Bank of Romania (…) Feb 17, 2026   Romania’s CA deficit up 4.4% y/y, but slightly smaller at 8.1% of GDP in 2025; FDI inflows up 60% y/y Romania’s current account (CA) deficit has increased nominally by 4.4% y/y to EUR 30.1 billion in 2025, corresponding to approximately 8.1% of GDP (pending final GDP data), slightly down from 8.2% (…) Feb 17, 2026   Romania’s public debt rises by EUR 31 bln, or over 8% of GDP, in January-November 2025 Romania’s public debt increased during the first eleven months of 2025 by RON 157 billion, or EUR 30.9 billion at the end-of-November exchange rate, to RON 1.12 trillion (EUR 220.3 billion) or (…) Feb 17, 2026   EUR 20 mln rehabilitation planned for Târgu Jiu park hosting Brâncu?i works The central park in Târgu Jiu, which hosts several works by Romanian sculptor Constantin Brâncu?i, will undergo a major rehabilitation project worth more than EUR 20 million financed through the (…) Feb 17, 2026   Romania’s 2Performant steps up European expansion with Ireland entry Romanian affiliate marketing company 2Performant has launched operations in Ireland, marking another step in its European expansion as it seeks growth in one of the region’s most developed online (…) Feb 17, 2026   Art Encounters Biennial: Philippe Van Cauteren appointed curator of 2027 edition Philippe Van Cauteren, the artistic director of the museum S.M.A.K. in Gent, Belgium, will be the curator of the 2027 edition of the Art Encounters Biennial. The appointment marks the start of (…) Feb 17, 2026   Lion Capital Posts 25% Growth In Assets To Over RON6B In 2025 Alternative investment fund Lion Capital (LION.RO) ended 2025 with more than RON billion assets, up 24.7% compared with 2024. Feb 16, 2026