Romania recorded the most significant advance in construction work in February 2015, over the previous month, according to EU’s statistical office Eurostat.

This went up by 5.3%, whereas in Poland it rose by 3.8% and in Hungary by 3.2%. The biggest drops were reported in Germany (3.1%), France and Portugal (both with 2.2%).

In February construction work recorded a 1.2% decline in the EU and 1.8% in the eurozone, over the previous month.

Compared to February 2014, construction work decreased by 2.4% in the EU and by 3.7% in the eurozone. In Romania, construction work went down by 19.5% year-on-year.

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