Romania’s Central Bank Further Leaves Benchmark Interest Rate Unchanged At 6.5% a Year

08.08.2025
Romania's central bank has decided in its Board meeting on Friday (August 8, 2025) to keep its key interest rate unchanged at 6.5% a year.
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Statistical Office: Romania Residential Building Permits Up 4.2% YoY In H1/2025
07.31.2025
Romanian authorities issued 17,639 residential building permits in the first half of 2025, 4.2% more than in the same period of 2024, data from the... more
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Statistical Office: Romania Unemployment Rate Unchanged At 5.8% Month-On-Month In June 2025
07.31.2025
Romania’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.8% in June 2025 compared with May 2025, data from the country’s statistical office INS show... more
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Romanian Logistics Company Leases Over 5,200 Sqms Of Storage Space In MLP Bucharest West
07.31.2025
A Romanian logistics company has leased over 5,200 square meters of storage space and 70 sqms of office space in the MLP Bucharest West logistics... more
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China's Trina Storage And Allview Team Up To Develop Battery Energy Storage System In Romania
07.31.2025
Trina Storage, the energy storage division of Chinese company Trina Solar, has signed a strategic partnership with Visual Fan, the owner of the... more
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Austria's PORR To Build Phase 2 Of VIFOR Wind Farm In Romania's Buzau County
07.31.2025
Rezolv Energy has selected Austrian infrastructure group PORR for infrastructure works on Phase 2 of the VIFOR Wind Farm in Buzau County, Romania,... more
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Salad Box Operator Files for Insolvency
07.31.2025
Just a week ago, the firm that operates Noodle Pack restaurants filed for insolvency. With over RON100 million turnover, it was one of the largest... more
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Law Firm Filip & Company Assisted Mozaik Investments in Acquisition of Majority Stake in Genesis College
07.31.2025
Law firm Filip & Company provided legal assistance to investment fund Mozaik Investments in acquiring a majority stake in Genesis College and... more
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Royal FrieslandCampina Sells Napolact Brand and Two Romania Plants to Bonafarm Group
07.31.2025
Dutch company Royal FrieslandCampina has reached an agreement for the sale to Bonafarm Group of its Romania operations, including Napolact brand... more
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BRD-SocGen Ends H1/2025 with RON764M Profit, Up 10.2% YOY
07.31.2025
BRD-SocGen, the fourth largest bank in Romania by assets, in the first half of 2025 generated RON764 million net profit at group level, up 10.2%... more
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OMV Petrom H1/2025 Net Profit Down 21% To RON2.08B YOY
07.31.2025
OMV Petrom net profit dropped by 21% in the first half of 2025 against the same period of 2024, to RON2.08 billion, while sales revenues shrank by... more
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5 to go Enters RON400-500M Croissant Market
07.31.2025
Romanian coffee shop chain 5 to go has entered the market of packaged croissants, listing both in modern retail major networks and in traditional... more
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Germany’s B. Braun Expects over RON880M Turnover in 2025, Up 6-8% YOY
07.31.2025
German-held B. Braun, which has an irrigation solutions plant in Timisoara, but also operates in the wholesale of pharma and medical products or... more
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Germany’s Diehl Group To Build Defence Industry Plant In Romania
07.30.2025
German aerospace and defence supplier Diehl Aviation has partnered with Romanian real estate developer Global Vision to build a new production... more
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Eurostat: Romania Has Lowest R&D Budget Allocations In The EU, With Just EUR19.1 Per Person In 2024
07.30.2025
Romania has the lowest government budget allocations for research and development (R&D) among European Union (EU) countries, with only EUR19.1 per... more
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Survey: What Changed In Bucharest Residential Market Between 2023 and 2025? Bucharest People Choose To Buy Rather Than Rent
07.30.2025
Bucharest people's interest in buying apartments has reportedly grown over the last two years, to the detriment of renting, with the share of... more
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Electrica Lists Largest Green Bond Issue On Bucharest Stock Exchange, Worth EUR500M
07.30.2025
Electrica (stock symbol: EL), a major player in electricity distribution, supply, and production market in Romania, has launched its first bond... more
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Demand for Romania Industrial and Logistics Spaces, 45% Above Past 12 Years’ Average in H1/2025
07.30.2025
Companies leased more than 500,000 square meters of industrial and logistics spaces in the first half of 2025, up 25% from the same period of last... more
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Hidroelectrica Net Electricity Production Down 27% in H1/2025
07.30.2025
Hidroelectrica, Romania’s largest electricity producer, announced at the BVB that net electricity output dropped by 27% in the first half of... more
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Libra Internet Bank Grants EUR20M Funding for Hills Development Bucharest Real Estate Project
07.30.2025
Libra Internet Bank granted a RON99 million (around EUR20 million) loan for the development of housing project HILS Sunrise, part of HILS... more
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Raiffeisen Bank Romania Ends H1/2025 with RON83B Assets, Up 12%, RON896M Net Profit, 9% Higher YOY
07.30.2025
Raiffeisen Bank Romania ended the first half of 2025 with RON83 billion assets, up 12%, and net profit of RON896 million, 9% higher than in the... more

Romania’s economic growth is forecast to pick up gradually to 3.1% in 2025 and 3.6% in 2026, while its public finances will continue
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Romania ended 2024 with a current account deficit of EUR29.3 billion, higher by nearly EUR7.8 billion than in 2023, central bank data
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Economic growth expectations for 2025 stand at the average value of 1.5%, reveals the latest survey conducted by CFA Romania
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Romania economy recovery is slower than expected and political turmoil is denting investors’ and consumers’ confidence, says the
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Romania’s economy enters 2025 with positive long-term prospects, but with significant challenges in the year ahead, Colliers
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Managers of Pillar II mandatory private pension funds and Pillar III voluntary private pension ones will be able to invest up to 10% of
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Romanian investors last year spent EUR577 million on acquisitions in the region, three times more than in 2023, in line with data from
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Romania’s land market remained stable in 2024, with the volume of transactions nearing EUR450 million, similar to the level recorded
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Survey: Romania Could Increase Its GDP By 10% Until 2050 By Boosting Savings
Romania could increase its gross domestic product (GDP) by 10% until 2050, generating an additional contribution of EUR575 billion by boosting savings and redirecting them towards lucrative investments, according to a survey conducted by McKinsey&Company in spring 2022.