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Italian company Fidia Farmaceutici has bought the majority stake in Meditrina Pharmaceuticals, a pharma wholesaler active on the markets of Romania and the Republic of Moldova.

Private equity funds completed five acquisitions and five exits in Romania In the first half of 2025 and, if add-on acquisitions are taken into account, the total number of transactions saw a 14% increase compared to the same period in 2024, according to a study by consultancy company Roland Berger.

More than 40 international retailers have entered Romania market in 2020-2025. Globally, these networks boast annual revenues of over EUR80 billion, while the local retail market is estimated at around EUR60 billion.

Romania is set to sign the procurement agreement this coming fall. “These are defensive missile batteries that we don’t have and we need them,” Romanian Defense Minister Mosteanu said.

Romania’s public debt overshot the RON1,000 billion mark in April and increased by RON15 billion to RON1,013 billion. It accounted for 56.6% of GDP compared with 55.8% in March, Finance Ministry data show.

The European Union recorded an average general government deficit to GDP ratio of 81.8% at the end of the first quarter of 2025. Romania was below this level, with 55.8%, 16th in the debt-to-GDP ranking of the 27 countries, Eurostat data show.

Romania and Germany, together with their partners, can help Ukraine now and after the war ends.

Belgium’s Aukera announced at the end of 2021 its intention to reach a green energy portfolio of 1 GW in Romania. Now, 250 MW are in the construction start phase. Aukera says it will also add 2 GW of storage, a capacity that positions the company in the heavyweight league in this new energy project market.

Office space rentals in the first six months of the year went down by an average of 30% in the five largest cities of Romania - Bucharest, Timisoara, Cluj-Napoca, Iasi and Brasov, with the sharpest decline in demand in the capital city, according to a report by Fortim Trusted Advisors, a member of the BNP Paribas Real Estate Alliance.

More than two-thirds (68.6%) of Romanians living abroad do not have any form of insurance in Romania, not even the mandatory home insurance, according to a nationwide online survey initiated by Allianz-Tiriac, despite the fact that nearly a quarter say they own a house or apartment in the country, and approximately 13% still own a car left to their family.

Wizz Air, the largest airline operator in Romania, announces a partnership with state-run Romaero to open a maintenance center dedicated exclusively to the maintenance of Wizz Air aircraft, located in the Romaero facility near Baneasa International Airport.

Around 74,500 housing units were sold across Romania in the first six months of 2025, down 3.4% from 2024, while in Bucharest and Ilfov the decline reached 7.9%, reveals a report by real estate consultancy SVN Romania based on official statistics.

Romania M&A market reached a total estimated value of $4.1 billion in the first half of 2025, expanding by 45% from the $2.8 billion registered in the same period of 2024, reveals an EY Romania report.

The SPYDER system from Rafael is heading toward a €1.9 billion deal in Romania, after the Israeli company surpassed competitors from Germany and France.

The M&A market in Romania recorded 122 deals in the first half of 2025, with a cumulative value of more than EUR2.7 billion, a slight increase of 6% in volume and 4% in value compared with the same period of 2024, according to a PwC Romania analysis signed by George Ureche, Partner.

The five largest winemakers in Romania posted more than RON1.3 billion revenue together in 2024, up 5.3% from the previous year. The cumulative net profit increased by RON9 million, from RON180.6 million in 2023 to RON189.6 million in 2024, according to ZF calculations based on data provided by companies and the Finance Ministry. They have 1,500 employees.

New car registrations stood at 10,522 in Romania in June, 50.1% fewer than in the year-ago month, data from the Automotive Manufacturers and Importers Association (APIA) using figures supplied by the police (DGPCI), show.

Bayer, a German distributor of farm inputs and seed processor in Romania, in 2024 posted the lowest net profit in the last five years in Romania, RON29 million, according to ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data.

A serious road accident occurred on Monday in Bacău County, Romania, involving a bus carrying 60 Ukrainian citizens, including 21 children. One person was killed in the crash.

Romania in 2024 ranked second lowest in the European Union by the level of prices for consumer goods and services destined to the population, in line with Eurostat data communicated by the country’s statistics board INS.