Statistical Office: Romania Retail Sales Down 9.1% YoY In January 2026
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Retail sales volume in Romania (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) fell by 9.1% in unadjusted data and by 6.5% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days, in January 2026 compared to January 2025, the country’s statistical office INS said on Wednesday (March 11).
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Raiffeisen Bank Romania and InnovX Select Scamy.io as Winner of MagicMoon Program yesterday, 15:02
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OMV Petrom Joins Shell And TPAO In Offshore Exploration Project yesterday, 15:01
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MedLife Unveils Preliminary Results Of Its Genomics Study On More Than 3,000 Genetic Tests In Romania yesterday, 14:52
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Rompetrol Rafinare Starts Producing New Polymer Type, Used in Car and Food Industries yesterday, 14:50
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Engie Romania Likely to Contract 4,000 Sqms of Offices in Bucharest’s Matei Millo Building for IT Center yesterday, 14:42
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Intesa Sanpaolo Bank Romania Appoints Anca Petcu As Chief Operations And Transformation Officer And Deputy CEO yesterday, 13:48
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METRO Romania Wants to Reach around 3,000 LaDoiPasi Partner Stores in 2026 yesterday, 10:53
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Dai-Tech, Maker Of nJoy Electrical Equipment, Sees Revenue Rise To Almost RON37.7M In 2025 03.10.2026
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Delivery Solutions Fed More Than RON62M In Delivery Solutions International, Vehicle For Sameday Operations In Bulgaria In 2025 03.10.2026
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Romania’s Antitrust Body Looks Into Planned Acquisition Of Romania's Automecanica By Türkiye’s Otokar 03.10.2026
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Dante International Injected Another RON152M In HeyBlu Financial Services In 2025 03.10.2026
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Mark Twain International School Builds Campus Near Bucharest in EUR30M Investment 03.10.2026
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Builder Novarion DMX Construction Ends 2025 with RON68M Turnover, Up 150% YOY 03.10.2026
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HORNBACH Invests Nearly EUR4M In Sibiu Store To Enhance Energy Efficiency, Expand Gardening Section 03.10.2026
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Schoenherr Advises Enterprise Investors On Investment In Romanian Gym Chain 18GYM 03.10.2026
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ZRVP Appoints New Partner, Promotes Seven Other Lawyers 03.10.2026
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Renault Group Unveils New "futuREady" Strategy For Dacia Brand Through 2030 03.10.2026
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Germany’s IKEKS Buys 13,000-Sqm Land Plot in Chitila for Administrative Office and Warehouse 03.10.2026
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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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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.