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Romania's car production declined by 6% in the first five months of 2025 against the year-earlier period, to a total of 231,181 units, of which Automobile Dacia manufactured 129,238 cars and Ford Otosan produced 101,943 units, in line with data provided by the country’s carmakers association ACAROM.

Romania's Competition Council is looking into a transaction through which voestalpine Railway Systems S.A. (VRS) intends to acquire the shareholding package held by PCM RailOne AG in Travertec S.R.L.

Romania's Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF) on June 18 authorized Remus Vulpescu for the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Bursa de Valori Bucuresti S.A. (the Bucharest Stock Exchange), which operates the local capital market, according to Ziarul Financiar (ZF) daily.

Romania's public debt kept rising in March 2025, totaling RON998 billion and weighing 56.1% in the gross domestic product (GDP), as per finance ministry data.

Romania's energy output decreased by an annual 5% in January-April 2025, to 5.917 million tons of oil equivalent (TOE), mostly due to a decline in hydro and wind power generation, the country's statistical office INS said, citing provisional data.

Romania's industrial production decreased by 5.3% in January-April 2025 in unadjusted data compared to the same period of 2024 and was down 2.6% when adjusted for the number of working days and seasonality, data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Friday (June 13).

Romania's current account deficit surged to EUR10.1 billion in January-April 2025, compared to the EUR6.28 billion level reported in the same period of 2024, central bank data showed on Friday (June 13, 2025).

Romania's annual inflation rate jumped to 5.5% in May 2025 after stagnating at 4.9% in March and April 2025, data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Thursday (June 12).

Romania's Competition Council has authorized the transaction through which Kronospan Holdings South Limited plans to acquire ZG Timber Sebes S.R.L..

Romania's economy edged 0.3% higher in unadjusted data and 0.6% higher in seasonally adjusted data in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025 compared to the first quarter of 2024, provisional (1) estimates from the country's statistical office INS showed on Friday (June 6).

Romania's hourly labor costs adjusted to the number of working days increased by 16.04% in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period of 2024, data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Thursday (June 5).

Irish retailer Primark has announced plans to open in 2026 its first store in Romania's northeastern city of Iasi, within the Palas Mall shopping center developed by IULIUS, as per a press statement released on June 3, 2025.

Romania's Competition Council has found that Sun Wave Pharma SRL violated the law on combating unfair competition in the dietary supplements distribution market.

According to Colliers, Romania's real estate investment market could return to an upward trend in the second half of 2025 provided that several major ongoing transactions are finalized and price expectations align with market demand and supply, as per an analysis by real estate consulting company Colliers.

Romania's Competition Council has carried out unannounced inspections at the headquarters of six car importers, as part of ex officio investigations into the automotive maintenance and repair services market and/or the car spare parts distribution market in Romania.

Likud ministers Eli Cohen and Amichai Chikli were both accused of interfering in Romania's internal affairs by bolstering the country's far-right party, which has a history of Holocaust denial, but was defeated in Sunday's presidential election

Romania's energy output decreased by 6.1% year-over-year in January-March 2025, to 4.209 million tons of oil equivalent (TOE) due to a decline in hydro and wind power generation, the country's statistical office INS said on Thursday (May 15), citing provisional data.

Romania's economy edged 0.2% higher in unadjusted data and 0.5% higher in seasonally adjusted data in the first quarter (Q1) of 2025 compared to the same quarter of 2024, flash estimates from the country's statistical office INS showed on Thursday (May 15).

Romania's current account deficit stood at EUR7.6 billion in January-March 2025, compared to the EUR4.2 billion level reported in the same period of 2024, central bank data showed on Wednesday (May 14, 2025).

Romania's industrial production decreased by 4.2% in the first quarter of 2025 in unadjusted data compared to the same period of 2024 due to drops in manufacturing (-4.7%), the electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (-1.9%) and mining and quarrying (-1.5%), data from the country's statistical office INS showed on Wednesday (May 13).