ING Bank Cuts Its Growth Forecast For Romania's Economy In 2025 To 0.3%, Sees Inflation Peaking At 8% In September-October

07.17.2025
ING Bank has lowered its economic growth forecast for Romania in 2025 to 0.3% from its previous estimate of 0.8% and sees an “inflation hump” forming over the next 6-9 months, with inflation above 8% between September and October 2025 and marginally below that in December.
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Patria Bank’s Majority Owner Considers Full Or Partial Sale Of Its Stake
yesterday, 20:30
EEAF Financial Services, a Dutch special purpose vehicle backed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and majority... more
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Antitrust Body Looks Into Planned Acquisition Of Three Wind Power Plants By Energy Distribution Services
yesterday, 15:01
Romania's Competition Council is analyzing the transaction through which Energy Distribution Services SRL plans to acquire three wind power plants... more
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Scala Development Secures RON119M Financing From Libra Bank For Scala Sopor Residential Project In Cluj-Napoca
yesterday, 13:33
Libra Internet Bank has granted RON119 million financing to the company Scala Development for the Scala Sopor residential project developed in... more
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Ryanair To Launch Its First Flights From Bucharest Baneasa Airport This Fall
yesterday, 13:08
Ryanair, the second largest airline operating in Romania by number of passengers carried, announces first operations from the Baneasa Airport of... more
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Filip & Company Assists Booster Capital In Acquisition Of A Stake In Artesana
yesterday, 11:50
Law firm Filip & Company has provided legal assistance to investment fund Booster Capital in connection with the acquisition of a stake in... more
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Statistical Office: Romanian Construction Works Up 4.2% YoY In May 2025
yesterday, 10:54
The volume of construction works in Romania grew by 4.2% in unadjusted data and by 2.9% when adjusted for the number of working days and... more
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Belgium’s Aukera Goes Ahead With Planned 1GW Of Green Power In Romania, Has 2GW Of Storage In The Works
07.17.2025
Belgium’s Aukera announced at the end of 2021 its intention to reach a green energy portfolio of 1 GW in Romania. Now, 250 MW are in the... more
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Fortim Trusted Advisors: Office Space Leases Down 30% In Top Five Cities In Romania In H1
07.17.2025
Office space rentals in the first six months of the year went down by an average of 30% in the five largest cities of Romania - Bucharest,... more
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Allianz-Tiriac: Over Two-Thirds Of Romanians Living Abroad Have No Insurance For The Houses And Cars Left In Romania
07.17.2025
More than two-thirds (68.6%) of Romanians living abroad do not have any form of insurance in Romania, not even the mandatory home insurance,... more
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Token Payment Services Appoints Raluca Micu As Deputy General Manager
07.17.2025
TOKEN Payment Services (TOKEN), the fintech company that was authorized by Romania's national bank as an online payment institution, has appointed... more
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Finance Ministry Raises RON424M From Banks On July 17
07.17.2025
Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON424 million from banks on Thursday (July 17), selling benchmark bonds, at an annual average yield of 7.33%. more
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Filip & Company Assists Finance Ministry In EUR4.7B Bond Issue
07.17.2025
Filip & Company has assisted Romania's Ministry of Finance, alongside law firm Linklaters, in a new issuance of bonds in three tranches totaling... more
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Romania's Finance Ministry Attracted RON1.65B In July 2025 From Investors On Bucharest Stock Exchange
07.17.2025
Romania's ministry of finance has attracted RON681.3 million and EUR192 million (values totaling RON1.65 billion – EUR326 million), through the... more
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Smartwings To Launch Bucharest-Prague Flights This Autumn
07.17.2025
Smartwings, the largest airline in the Czech Republic, has recently announced the launch of multiple flights from Prague to various European... more
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Colliers: Bucharest Office Market Touches 4-Year Low At Regional Level In H1/2025
07.17.2025
Leasing transactions in modern office buildings in capital city Bucharest exceeded 100,000 square meters in the first half of 2025, which is lower... more
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Statistical Office: Romania's Industrial Sales Up 2.1% YoY In January-May 2025
07.17.2025
Romania’s industrial sales (on the domestic and external markets) grew by 2.1% in nominal terms in January-May 2025 compared with the same period... more
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Dedeman Owners Buy DIY Retail Chain Praktiker Hellas In Greece For Over EUR130M
07.17.2025
Paval Holding, the special purpose vehicle of DIY retailer Dedeman's owners, brothers Adrian and Dragos Paval, will buy the Greek chain Praktiker... more
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Traffic On Henri Coanda (Otopeni) Airport Hits Record High Of 7.8 Million Passengers In H1, 2025
07.17.2025
Henri Coanda Airport (Otopeni), the largest airport in Romania, served 7.8 million passengers in the first half of 2025, a record traffic level, up... more
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Etihad Airways To Launch Flights To Bucharest In March 2026
07.16.2025
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, announces the expansion of its network as part of its ongoing strategy to... more
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Turkish Businessman Kilic Sinan Buys 8% In Fuel Distributor JT Grup Oil From Founder
07.16.2025
JT Grup Oil (JTG.RO), a company operating in the fuel distribution market, has notified the capital market that Turkish businessman Kilic Sinan... more

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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.