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PM: Romania's Budget Deficit At 6.4% In Nov. 2025 vs 7.15% In 2024; Deficit Target Stays In 6%-6.5% Range For 2026
Romania's budget deficit reached 6.4% in November 2025, compared to 7.15% in 2024, which means roughly RON121 billion versus RON125 billion recorded in 2024, the country's Prime Minister Ilie (…)
Dec 24, 2025
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Hidroelectrica Calls Shareholders To Approve EDF Partnership For Tarnita Hydropower Plant Project
Hidroelectrica (stock symbol: H2O), the largest electricity generation company in Romania, has called its shareholders for a meeting on January 27, 2026 to vote on a Joint Venture partnership (…)
Dec 24, 2025
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Two Romanians stole hundreds of thousands of pounds from UK taxes and child benefits
Two Romanians fraudulently obtained hundreds of thousands of pounds each by accessing Government Gateway accounts, personal accounts for collecting taxes and child benefits made available by the (…)
Dec 24, 2025
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First death from influenza virus this season: a woman from Cluj
The first confirmed death from influenza virus this season has been reported. The victim was an 88-year-old woman from Cluj County. She had other medical problems and had not been vaccinated (…)
Dec 24, 2025
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Regulator: Romania Insurance Market Up 11% YoY To RON18.7B In January-September 2025
Romania’s insurance market reached a volume of gross underwritten premiums of RON18.7 billion at the end of the January-September 2025 period, up 11% against the year-earlier interval, in line (…)
Dec 23, 2025
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Four trends that will shape tourism in 2026. Algeria, among the new very attractive destinations in North Africa
Bucharest, December 23, 2025 – RBJ – According to the J’Info Tours Travel Agency, the year 2025 confirmed a clear shift among Romanian travelers towards tours in exotic, long-haul destinations and (…)
Dec 23, 2025
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BID Has New Management Team, Ponders EUR100M Capital Boost To Back Investments, Diversify Instruments Available For Companies
Romania's state-owned Investment and Development Bank (IDB) has a new interim management team consisting of Raluca Nicolescu, interim Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Simina Bossennec and (…)
Dec 23, 2025
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IDB Has New Management Team, Ponders EUR100M Capital Boost To Back Investments, Diversify Instruments Available For Companies
Romania's state-owned Investment and Development Bank (IDB) has a new interim management team consisting of Raluca Nicolescu, interim Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Simina Bossennec and (…)
Dec 23, 2025
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Romania's Antitrust Body Unveils Schwarz Group's Proposed Commitments For La Cocos Store Chain Acquisition
Romania's Competition Council submits to public debate the commitments proposed by Germany’s Schwarz Group, to remove the competition concerns identified on the retail market of food and non-food (…)
Dec 23, 2025
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ING Bank Revises Romania’s 2025 Economic Growth Forecast To 1.1% From 0.3%
ING Bank has revised its growth forecast for Romania's economy in 2025 to 1.1% from its previous estimate of 0.3%, supported by a stronger-than-anticipated third quarter.
Dec 23, 2025
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Romanian Film Review - Not just sarmale: eclectic holiday viewings
Christmas is around the (nearest) corner and with it the days up to New Year’s, a daze of food (mainly the eponymous meat-filled cabbage rolls), family, friends, and (hopefully for as many as (…)
Dec 23, 2025
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Romania’s new defense and economy ministers take the oath of office
Romania’s new ministers of defense and economy took the oath of office on Tuesday, December 23, at the Cotroceni Palace, during a special ceremony. As such, Radu Miru?? (picture, right) is the new (…)
Dec 23, 2025
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Romania’s former president Ion Iliescu confiscated the 1989 Revolution, military prosecutor says
Romania’s first post-1989 president, Ion Iliescu, and his allies confiscated the anti-communist revolution and executed a military coup, according to military prosecutor C?t?lin Ranco Pi?u, who (…)
Dec 23, 2025
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The mobile library bringing a world of books to children in Cluj county villages
The Book Truck, a mobile library set up in a van, has been traveling since 2021 to bring books to children living in villages in Cluj county, in western Romania, and sometimes further. Victor (…)
Dec 23, 2025
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Government to set up official WorkinRomania platform for foreign workers
The Romanian executive has released a draft emergency ordinance that provides for the creation of the official platform WorkinRomania.gov.ro designed for foreign workers, Economedia.ro reported. (…)
Dec 23, 2025
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Romania nears 5 billion returned containers under deposit-return system in 2025
Romania’s deposit-return system for beverage packaging (known as SGR) is nearing the milestone of 5 billion returned containers in 2025, according to data released on Tuesday, December 23, by (…)
Dec 23, 2025
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How much does it cost to buy arable land in Romania and how much do you pay in other EU countries?
The average price of agricultural land in Romania was over €8,700 in 2024, according to Eurostat. The cheapest land was sold in northeastern Romania, and the most expensive in the Bucharest-Ilfov (…)
Dec 23, 2025
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