10.14.2021

Romania's three-month ROBOR index, the interbank interest rate used as a reference to calculate variable interests for loans in lei taken out before May 2019, continued its upward trend on Thursday more

10.05.2021

Romania's central bank on Tuesday (October 5) raised its benchmark interest rate to 1.5% a year from an all-time low of 1.25% a year. more

09.30.2021

Romania's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate grew by 0.1 percentage points to 5.2% on the month in July 2021, data from the country's statistics board showed Wednesday. more

09.22.2021

The Romanian leu collapsed to a new all-time low against the euro on Wednesday (September 22), as the central bank average reference rate stood at 4.9495 lei to the European currency. more

09.21.2021

Lithuanian-held Apex Alliance group, which owns five hotels in Romania, forecasts an occupancy rate of at least 60% by yearend for Marmorosch hotel of Bucharest’s old town, as the best more

09.17.2021

Romania's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate reached 5.1% in the second quarter of 2021, lower by one percentage point compared to the level reported in the previous quarter, data from the more

09.07.2021

The Romanian leu dropped to a new all-time low against the euro on Tuesday (September 7), as the central bank average reference rate stood at 4.9488 lei to the European currency. more

09.03.2021

The Romanian leu dropped to a new all-time low against the euro on Friday (September 3), as the central bank average reference rate stood at 4.9416 lei to the European currency. more

09.03.2021

Romania recorded the tenth lowest youth unemployment rate among Member States of the European Union, in 2020, data from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, showed Friday. more

09.03.2021

Romania’s National Strategy and Prognosis Commission said in its summer forecast that it expects the country’s unemployment rate to reach 4.8% in 2021, lower by 0.2 percentage points than the more

09.02.2021

The Romanian leu plunged to a new all-time low against the euro on Thursday (September 2), as the central bank average reference rate stood at 4.9386 lei to the European currency. more

09.01.2021

Romania's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate grew by 0.1 percentage points to 5.1% on the month in July 2021, data from the country's statistics board showed Wednesday. more

08.30.2021

The Romanian leu plunged to a new all-time low against the euro on Monday (August 30), as the central bank average reference rate stood at 4.9349 lei to the European currency. more

08.25.2021

Garden Inn Bucharest Airport Hotel, controlled by Lithuania’s Apex Alliance, in July posted a 70% occupancy rate, with demand on an upward trend in recent months. more

08.20.2021

The Romanian leu dropped to a fresh all-time low against the euro on Friday (August 20), as the central bank average reference rate stood at 4.9338 lei to the European currency. more

08.10.2021

The leu exchange rate is showing strengthening not depreciation and, unlike the floating exchange rate policies of Hungary, Czech Republic and Poland, Romania’s central bank (BNR) kept the exchange more

08.06.2021

Romania's central bank decided on Friday (August 6) to hold the benchmark interest rate at a record low of 1.25% a year. more

07.30.2021

Romania's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate inched down to 5.2% in June 2021 from 5.5% in May 2021, data from the country's statistics board showed Friday. more

07.14.2021

The Romanian leu dropped to a fresh all-time low against the euro on Wednesday (July 14), as the central bank average reference rate stood at 4.9283 lei to the European currency. more

07.09.2021

The Romanian leu on Friday dropped to a fresh all-time low against the euro, as the central bank average reference rate stood at 4.9281 lei to the European currency. more

07.07.2021

Romania's central bank on Wednesday decided to hold the benchmark interest rate at a record low of 1.25% a year, despite rising inflation. more

07.01.2021

In May 2021, the euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate stood at 7.9%, up from 7.5% in May 2020. At the same time, the EU unemployment rate was 7.3% in May 2021, up from 6.9% in May 2020, more

05.12.2021

Romania's central bank on Wednesday decided to hold the benchmark interest rate at a record low of 1.25% a year, as inflation spiked above 3% since the beginning of the year on higher energy prices. more

04.21.2021

Capital city of Bucharest registered 14,974 jobless people (of whom 8,127 women) at the end of March 2021, taking the unemployment rate to 1.21%, lower by 0.82% compared with February 2021, per data more

03.26.2021

Romania's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate stood at 5.2% in the fourth quarter of 2020, unchanged compared with the third quarter, data from the country's statistics board showed Friday. more