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Auchan will continue to invest in Romania, says Tiberiu Danetiu, corporate affairs & retail media director with Auchan Romania. Investments contribute to keeping the economy dynamic, support jobs, stimulate innovation and create the premises for a sustainable relaunch.

The number of companies in Romania that filed for insolvency in October 2025 is almost 35% higher than in the same period of 2024, being registered 989 insolvency cases, according to financial analysis platform RisCo.

Romania and the German defense company Rheinmetall signed an agreement on Monday to construct a gunpowder production plant in Romania.

The latest Business Sentiment Index (BSI) released by the Foreign Investors Council (FIC) captures the perspectives of 55 of member companies, among the most prominent investors in Romania, offering a comprehensive view of sentiment across key sectors.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) enjoy the highest level of consumer trust in Romania, according to a new study commissioned by Visa, a global leader in digital payments.

Polymarket’s ban in Romania follows similar crackdowns in the US, France, Belgium, Poland, Singapore and Thailand, where regulators cited unlicensed gambling activity. Romania’s National Office for Gambling (ONJN) has blacklisted leading prediction market Polymarket, calling it an unlicensed gambling platform operating outside state oversight. The decision follows what regulators described as a surge in crypto-based betting during Romania’s presidential and local elections, where Polymarket’s trading volume reportedly exceeded $600 million, according to a recent statement from the regulator. ONJN added that the platform’s activity constitutes “counterpart betting,” meaning users wager money against one another on the outcomes of future events, a model that falls squarely under gambling laws, regardless of its blockchain-based format. Read more

On October 29, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Sergiy Boyev  arrived in Romania to discuss the potential for developing military-technical cooperation between the two countries.

Swiss group Holcim has agreed to take over Xella, a company also present in Romania, with plants in Prahova, Bihor and Hunedoara counties.

New car registrations in Romania dropped by 5.8% in January-September 2025 against the year-earlier period, to 108,770 units. The pace of decline slowed down, though, from 9.6% in the first eight months of the year.

Kaufland, one of the most powerful players in the local retail, wants to reach 250 stores in Romania and the Republic of Moldova by 2030, by opening between 10 and 15 units annually.

Romania software and IT services industry continued its growth tendency in 2024 as well, crossing the EUR17.7 billion turnover threshold, a RON2.1 billion advance against 2023.

The premium chocolate segment is on the rise, both in Europe and in emerging markets in Asia. In Romania, premium chocolate, i.e., specialty chocolate, accounts for 20% of the total market value, with accelerated growth in the dark and bean-to-bar segments.

Artmark auction house ended the fall season of 2025 with total sales of almost EUR2 million in Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia. The figure is 16% higher than in the summer season, signaling more intense activity on the art markets in the region.

IKEA is opening its third Plan and Order Point in Romania, in Cluj-Napoca, in the Kaufland Cluj-Gheorgheni shopping gallery, providing visitors with ideas to furnish their homes, information and personalized solutions.

UniCredit Bank generated EUR705 million revenues in Romania in the first nine months of 2025, up 38% from the year-earlier period, while net profit reached EUR232 million.

Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force (PAF), Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, during official visit to Romania, called on Lieutenant General Leonard-Gabriel Baraboi, Chief of the Romanian Air Force Staff.

The number of brewers in Romania has grown sevenfold in the past two decades, from 11 in 2005 to 85 at present, in line with data provided by the industry association Berarii Romaniei, which in 2025 marks 20 years of activity.

SOCAR Petroleum, a subsidiary of SOCAR (The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic), has so far invested RON400 million in Romania, in a filling station network that has reached 87 units.

Japanese group Sumitomo, which owns Alcedo in Romania, one of the largest farming input wholesalers, and Naturevo, also a farming input wholesaler, has appointed Romanian Marcel Sîrghiac to the position of President of the Group, effective November 2025.

ISLAMABAD - Ilyas Mehmood Nizami, Pakistan’s Ambassador-designate to Romania, called on President Asif Ali Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Wednesday.