Statistical Office: Romania Unemployment Rate Inches Up To 5.9% In August 2025

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Romania's unemployment rate stood at 5.9% in August 2025, higher by 0.1 percentage points (pp) against July 2025, the country's statistical office INS announced on Thursday (October 2), quoting provisional data.
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Unirea Shopping Center Switches To Loss In H1/2025 After 26% Drop In Turnover
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Grup Serban Holding Reports RON148M Consolidated Turnover For H1/2025, Down 37% YoY
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European Bank For Reconstruction And Development Approves New Country Strategy For Romania
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The Board of Directors of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has approved a new Country Strategy for Romania which will guide the... more
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Statistical Data: Foreign Direct Investment In Romania At EUR5.6B In 2024, Down 16% vs 2023
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Romania attracted foreign direct investments (FDI) of EUR5.6 billion in 2024, lower by 16% than the EUR6.7 billion level reported in 2023, an... more
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Statistical Office: Romania Residential Building Permits Up 4.4% YoY In January-August 2025
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Romanian authorities issued 24,821 residential building permits in January-August 2025, 4.4% more than in the same period of 2024, data from the... more
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OMV Petrom Completes Acquisition of 50% in Bulgaria Major Solar Project
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ARMO: Romania E-Commerce Expected To Reach 3.5% in GDP in 2025
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Romania e-commerce is expected to reach 3.5% in GDP in 2025, namely EUR12.8 billion sales, ranking 9th in Europe and 3rd in CEE, after Poland and... more
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Report: Total Value of Capital Raised by Local Funds in 2024 Reached EUR256M
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The Romanian Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital (VC) market recorded a strong recovery in 2024, with total capital raised by local funds... more
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Sonaca Airspace Transilvania Reaches RON4.1M Net Profit in 2024, Up 11% YOY
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Aircraft parts manufacturer Sonaca Aerospace Transilvania, the local subsidiary of Belgian group Sonaca, for 2024 reported turnover worth RON74.1... more
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Sarantis 2024 Turnover Up 13.7% YOY To 604M
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Cosmetics and consumer goods producer and wholesaler Sarantis, owned by the Greek group of the same name, for 2024 reported turnover worth RON604... more
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Poland’s LPP Opens 23rd Reserved Store in Romania in Iulius Mall Suceava
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Polish fashion retailer LPP, present locally with all its five brands, will open on Thursday, October 2, its 23rd Reserved store in Romania in... more
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Spectral Mobila Opens First Own Store after 10 Years
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Economic uncertainty pushed entrepreneur Dan Dodita to halt plans for the expansion of production capacity at Spectral Mobila, a furniture producer... more
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Tea Producer Kalpo Sees Revenue Up 15.7% To RON13.7M In 2024
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Romanian tea producer Kalpo, which has been marketing teas made in Buzau under the Vedda brand for more than three decades, posted RON13.7 million... more
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Furniture Maker Iris Service Ciuc Revenue Shrinks 14.5% To RON143.6M In 2024
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Furniture manufacturer Iris Service Ciuc, controlled by entrepreneur Negru Petru, posted RON143.6 million (EUR28.8 million) revenue in 2024, down... more
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HAVI Logistics Slips Into The Red In 2024
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Transportation and logistics company HAVI Logistics slipped into the red in 2024, with a loss of about RON452,000 (EUR90,900), from a net profit of... more
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Comvex Turnover Down To RON131M, Net Profit Down To RON36M YoY In H1/2025
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Port operator Comvex Constanta (stock symbol: CMVX) ended the first half of 2025 with a turnover of RON131.2 million, lower than in the... more
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Teilor Holding Ends H1, 2025 With RON23M Profit
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Teilor Holding SA, a group of companies that includes luxury jewelry chain TEILOR, financial lending company Invest Intermed GF IFN, Invest... more
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Simtel Team Signs EUR43M Contract For Photovoltaic Park And BESS In Sebes, Alba County
09.29.2025
Simtel Team (SMTL.RO), an engineering and technology group and one of the national leaders in the field of renewable energy, signed a contract... more

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