Romania’s retail sales cool down to +3.5% y/y in Q1

The retail sales volume index in Romania increased by 3.5% y/y in Q1, less than half of the outstanding growth rates in 2024 (+8.6% y/y), according to the statistics office INS. Slower disinflation and comparatively modest wage hikes contributed.  …

Turkey's Yeşilyurt Enerji acquires 41 MW PV park in southern Romania

Yeşilyurt Enerji, a Turkish energy producer, supplier, and trader, is acquiring a 41 MW solar project in Romania, Dâmbovița County, according to Economedia.ro, quoting a press release sent by the consulting company Dentons. The project is in the " …

Alive Capital develops 23 MW PV park in southern Romania

Alive Capital, a Romanian company that provides integrated management services to renewable energy producers since 2013, has developed a 23 MW PV park with financial support from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), according to Economedia.ro. …

Dan Barna: Presidential election in Romania is an existential election

0 MEP Dan Barna told IPN that the presidential election in Romania is not just an ordinary election, but is an “existential” one, with direct implications for both Romania and the Republic of Moldova. “Basically, we are choosing between a Romania that goes …

Romania presidential hopeful Simion's emissaries reach out to Orbán

Following years of nationalist discourse that also went against Romania’s ethnic Hungarians, the hard-right leader of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) George Simion is fighting for every vote to ensure his victory in the presidential elections …

Romania’s far-right candidate clear favourite in presidential run-off

After triumphing in the first round of the presidential election, Romania’s far-right candidate George Simion is tipped to win this weekend’s run-off unless his pro-European rival can mobilise the masses who abstained last time. Simion — a big fan of US …

Romania's far-right candidate clear favourite in presidential run-off

After triumphing in the first round of the presidential election, Romania's far-right candidate George Simion is tipped to win this weekend's run-off unless his pro-European rival can mobilise the masses who abstained last time. Simion is also …

After Orbán praises anti-Hungarian Simion, Kövér stresses ethnic Hungarians’ interests in Romania

The interests of the ethnic Hungarian community are a priority in Romania as well, Speaker of Parliament László Kövér said in an interview with weekly Mandiner. He said the decision on who the right presidential candidate for ethnic Hungarians in …

Romania contributes 23pc of agricultural workforce in EU

BUCHAREST  -  Romania is one of the most important coun­tries in the European agricultural sector, considering that 23% of the total agricul­tural workforce in the EU, 1.77 million jobs, is concentrated here - the largest share in the Union, according to a …

EBRD Loans €50M To Garanti BBVA Romania To Boost Green Lending