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PENNY Overshoots RON10B Revenue Mark in 2025 After 11th Year Of Double-Digit Growth In A Row

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:15:44 GMT

Rewe Romania, which operates the PENNY discount chain, closed 2025 with more than RON10 billion revenue, following a double-digit growth in sales.

Value4Capital Raises Almost EUR130M For Second Fund To Invest Mostly In Poland And Romania

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 20:49:17 GMT

Private equity firm Value4Capital (V4C), known for betting on Central and Eastern European countries, mostly Poland and Romania, has closed the capital raising process for its second fund, V4C Poland Plus Fund II, having raised EUR127.8 million from investors.

WDP Develops 47,000 Sqm Warehouse For AQUILA

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 20:09:47 GMT

WDP, the second largest owner of logistics and industrial space in Romania, with a portfolio of 2 million square meters, is developing a more than 47,000 square meter warehouse for FMCG distribution and logistics provider AQUILA.

Deep-Tech Startup .lumen Teams Up With Arrow Electronics To Scale Production Of Its Glasses For The Blind

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 18:37:41 GMT

.lumen, the Romanian deep-tech startup behind the world’s first AI-powered glasses for the blind, has concluded a strategic partnership with Arrow Electronics (NYSE: ARW), global technology solutions provider, to scale intelligent guide glasses designed to replicate the key functions of a guide dog.

InvestEU: UniCredit And EIF Sign EUR450M Guarantee Agreement To Unlock EUR890M SME Funding In CEE, Including Romania

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:43:18 GMT

UniCredit and the European Investment Fund (EIF), part of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Group, have signed a new InvestEU guarantee agreement, unlocking up to EUR890 million in additional financing for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across seven countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), until 2027.

Enery Starts Work On Ogrezeni, Giurgiu Hybrid Park With Solar Power And Battery Storage

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:22:50 GMT

Austria’s Enery, an independent renewable energy producer in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) announces the start of the hybrid project in Ogrezeni, Giurgiu County, Romania, which combines electricity generation from photovoltaic sources with battery storage.

Romania's Antitrust Body Slaps Three Companies With RON8.29M Fine For Bid-Rigging Cartel In Road Maintenance Tenders

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:46:00 GMT

Romania's Competition Council has fined three companies a total of RON8.29 million (EUR1.66 million) for coordinating their commercial policies in tenders organized by Romania's national road infrastructure administration company CNAIR for road maintenance contracts.

First Fidelis Edition In 2026: Romanians Can Buy Government Bonds In January 16- 23 Period

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:10:36 GMT

Romania's finance ministry is conducting the first public offering for Fidelis government bonds in 2026, on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), between January 16 and 23.

Central Bank: Romania's Current Account Deficit Surges To EUR27B YoY In January-November 2025

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 13:52:00 GMT

Romania's current account deficit surged to EUR27.1 billion in January-November 2025, compared to EUR26.06 billion in the same period of 2024, central bank data showed on Wednesday (January 14, 2025).

Statistical Office: Romania's Annual Inflation Rate Ticks Down To 9.7% In December 2025

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:54:01 GMT

Romania's annual inflation rate inched lower to 9.7% in December 2025 after reaching 9.8% in November and October 2025 and peaking at 9.9% in September and August 2025, data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Wednesday (January 14).

FAN Courier 2025 Revenues Up 11% YOY To RON1.5B

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:37:24 GMT

FAN Courier, a leading courier services provider locally, ended 2025 with RON1.5 billion revenues, in the wake of an 11% annual advance.

Allianz Risk Barometer: Cyber Ranks as Top Risk for Companies for Fifth Consecutive Year

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:31:56 GMT

Cyber, especially ransomware attacks, ranks as the number one risk for the fifth time in a row for companies of all sizes (42% of responses globally), but Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the biggest riser and jumps from #10 to #2 (32%), highlighting the emerging risks for companies in almost all industry sectors, reveals a survey conducted by Allianz.

FMCG Distributor Licurici Impex Revenue Rises 20% To RON675M In 2025

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:37:48 GMT

Licurici Impex, a distributor of fast-moving consumer goods in Onesti (Bacau County), ended 2025 with RON675 million (approximately EUR134 million) revenue, up 20% from the previous year, according to information provided by the company.

Sibiu Airport Traffic Up 21% In 2025

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:21:52 GMT

Sibiu International Airport recorded 694,805 passenger traffic in 2025, an increase of about 21% on 2024’s 573,918, it said in a press release.

UniCredit Sees Romania’s Economic Growth At 1.5% In 2026

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:32:00 GMT

UniCredit Bank is starting 2026 with a 1.5% economic growth forecast for Romania, compared with 0.8% in 2025, while inflation should drop to 4.5% from 9.8% and Romania’s central bank should cut the key rate to 5.5% from 6.5% in a best-case scenario.

Romanian Chamber Of Commerce And Industry Supports EU-Mercosur Free Trade Deal

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:59:17 GMT

The Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIR) has unanimously decided to support the free trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur, seeing it as an opportunity to consolidate Romania's position as a regional industrial hub and to diversify Romanian companies' export markets.

Eurostat: Romania Posted The Highest Current Account Deficit In The EU In Q3/2025

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:34:33 GMT

Romania recorded the highest current account deficit among the European Union member states in the third quarter of 2025, amounting to EUR8.3 billion, which is similar to the EUR8.2 billion level reported in the third quarter of 2024, per data released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

Sezamo Appoints Michael Kaiser As Country Lead For Romania

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 11:41:12 GMT

Online supermarket Sezamo, part of Czech Rohlik Group, has put Michael Kaiser in charge of its Romanian operations, effective as of November 2025.

PartnerVet Buys Brains & Bones Hospital

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 09:54:59 GMT

PartnerVet group, controlled by Romanian entrepreneur Ferenc Korponay and Dragic family, has taken over veterinary hospital Brains & Bones, specializing in advanced medical imaging, neurosurgery and veterinary orthopedics.

C&W Echinox: Major real estate investors in Romania anticipate rental growth and demand stabilization for new spaces in 2026

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 09:32:00 GMT

The leading investors and property developers in Romania anticipate rental growth throughout 2026, particularly in the office segment, while occupier demand shows signs of consolidation rather than expansion, in a context of macroeconomic caution, but also market consolidaton, reveals a survey by real estate consultancy Cushman Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.