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Romania's National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) has approved the Development Plan for the National Natural Gas Transmission System (SNT) for 2024–2033, updated for 2025, state-run national gas transmission system operator Transgaz announced in a statement sent to the Bucharest Stock Exchange.

Romania's Competition Council has given green light to the notified acquisition of certain assets of Getec Servicii Energetice S.R.L. by Corden BioChem Romania S.R.L.

Romania's Competition Council has given green light to the notified acquisition of Thermonet Beteiligungs GmbH, Austria, and Thermonet SRL by RZ International Beteiligungs GmbH, Austria.

Romania's Competition Council announces that it has fined the companies Stericycle, AKSD, Bio Hazard, Eco Fire and Mondeco a total of RON5.35 million for participating in a cartel on the market for the treatment and/or disposal of waste resulting from medical activities in Romania.

Romania's Competition Council has given green light to the notified acquisition of Elcomex I.E.A. SA. by Electro Alfa Servicii Inginerie SRL, part of the Electroalfa group.

Romania's Competition Council fined the companies Tredeco Holding SRL, Trecon Logistic SRL, Data Capture SRL and Geo Drumuri Banat SRL a total of RON2.31 million (nearly EUR466.000) for rigging public tenders organized by Romania's national road infrastructure administration company CNAIR through DRDP Brasov, DRDP Bucharest, DRDP Constanta and DRDP Timisoara.

A step-up in Romania's annual GDP dynamics in the third quarter of 2025 was probably underpinned by investments, but not by private consumption, as suggested by high-frequency indicators, per the minutes of the monetary policy meeting of the National Bank of Romania Board on October 8, 2025, released on Monday (October 20).

Romania's energy output decreased by an annual 3.3% to 10.952 million tons of oil equivalent (TOE) in January-August 2025 mainly due to a decline in hydro and wind power generation, the country's statistical office said, citing provisional data.

Romania's industrial production decreased by 1.5% in January-August 2025 in unadjusted data compared with the same period of 2024 and was down 0.7% when adjusted for the number of working days and seasonality, data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Wednesday (October 15).

Romania's current account deficit surged to EUR18.7 billion in January-August 2025, higher by nearly EUR800 million than in the same period of 2024, central bank data showed on Tuesday (October 14, 2025).

Romania's annual inflation rate remained unchanged at 9.9% in September 2025 compared to August 2025, data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Monday (October 13).

Romania's economy inched 0.3% higher in unadjusted data and grew by 2.3% in seasonally adjusted data in the second quarter (Q2) of 2025 compared to the second quarter of 2024, provisional estimates (2) from the country's statistical office INS showed on Friday (October 10).

Romania's central bank has decided in its Board meeting on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) to keep its key interest rate unchanged at 6.5% a year.

The former Solventul industrial platform in Romania's western city of Timisoara will be turned into residential area with integrated retail, office, service, and public amenities, following a partnership concluded between Nhood, an integrated real estate services and solutions company present in 10 European countries, including Romania, and Reuben Brothers, a leading international real estate investor.

Romania's retail sector saw a 4.0% month-on-month decrease in August 2025—the largest drop among all Member States, with the decline marking a dramatic shift, as annual growth turned negative at -3.8% year-on-year, breaking a five-month streak of positive growth.

Romania's Competition Council has given green light to the notified acquisition of IAC Group (Slovakia) s.r.o, Slovakia by Artifex Interior Systems Limited, United Kingdom.

Romania's Competition Council is assessing the transaction through which Celco SA intends to acquire Prefab SA.

Romania's Competition Council said on Friday (Sept 26) that it is assessing the transaction through which Hungarian agri-food group Bonafarm Zrt. intends to take over dairy producer FrieslandCampina Romania Holding B.V. and, indirectly, FrieslandCampina Romania S.A.

Romania's average gross monthly earnings stood at RON8,061 (EUR1.588) in 2024 , higher by 14.5% (+RON1,019) than in the previous year, data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Thursday (Sept 25).

M3, the broadest gauge of money supply, grew by a nominal 8.3% to RON751.1 billion (EUR147.9 billion) in August 2025 versus August 2024, Romania's central bank, BNR, has announced in a monthly monetary statistics report on Tuesday, Sept 23.