Monday, 19 October 2026 · Bucharest
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The contract for the stadium is worth RON 372.86 million (EUR 70 million).
Radu Dumitrescu · 19 Oct · 1 min read
President Nicușor Dan promulgated on Friday, October 16, the draft law that will allow Romanians to save for retirement through stock market investments and control their own money, modeled after the American 401(k) system.
iulian ernst · 19 Oct · 1 min read
Romania is offering to cover part of the costs incurred by the US in maintaining troops on its territory, according to sources familiar with the matter cited by Bloomberg.
iulian ernst · 19 Oct · 1 min read
The government proposed by prime minister-designate Luca Niculescu, formed mostly of Social Democrat ministers, has reportedly secured a comfortable majority of 279 votes in Parliament, compared with the 233 required, after the Liberal Party’s leadership decided by an overwhelming majority to support it amid a difficult economic context.
iulian ernst · 19 Oct · 2 min read
The internal use of gross energy resources in Romania dropped by 6.3% y/y to 20.9 million tonnes of oil equivalent (toe) in January-August, as one of the country’s refineries remained shut down throughout the period and coal use declined amid decarbonisation efforts, according to data published by the statistics office INS.
iulian ernst · 19 Oct · 1 min read
Romania’s industrial output contracted by only 0.5% y/y in August, the slowest contraction this year, while the seasonally-adjusted output increased by 1.6% m/m, according to data published by the statistics office INS.
iulian ernst · 19 Oct · 2 min read
The European Commission will rule on Romania’s final two disbursement requests (the fifth and sixth) under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), amounting to EUR 2.08 billion and EUR 4.36 billion, respectively, or EUR 6.43 billion in total, according to Finance Ministry data. The decision is expected by November 20.
iulian ernst · 19 Oct · 1 min read
Alexandru Nazare, finance minister in Romania’s outgoing government of prime minister Ilie Bolojan and likely to retain his seat in the new government facing a parliamentary vote on October 20, has pledged fiscal and budgetary responsibility and a credible 2027 budget in a message apparently aimed at sending a strong signal to financial markets and rating agencies.
iulian ernst · 19 Oct · 1 min read
The general government budget deficit contracted by 23% y/y to RON 78.5 billion (EUR 14.7 billion) in January-September, accounting for 3.8% of GDP, down from 5.3% of GDP in the same period of 2025.
iulian ernst · 19 Oct · 3 min read
The drones entered Romanian airspace near Sulina and were destroyed four minutes apart, marking the first interception of their reported type by Romania’s Air Force.
Irina Marica · 19 Oct · 2 min read
The store is fitted with 24 LED screens, 50 central screens and 7 screens in special formats, offering 12 communication formats.
Simona Fodor · 19 Oct · 3 min read
The new investors are primarily clients of Banca Transilvania’s Private and Premium Banking segments.
Simona Fodor · 19 Oct · 1 min read
