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Romania’s construction output rose by 6.8% on the year in the first three months of 2026, the country's statistical office, INS, announced on Thursday (May 21), citing working-day adjusted data.
Romania’s total electricity production increased by 8.8% in the first quarter of 2026 compared with the same period in 2025, while imports fell by 15% and final consumption was 2.2% lower, National Institute of Statistics (INS) data show.
US group Starbucks, present in Romania in a franchise system, shut down two coffee shops locally in early 2026.
Rewe has EUR3 billion investments budgeted in Romania in the 2025-2035 period and is set to double the network to 1,000 units.
Sphera Franchise Group, the operator of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell chains in Romania, is entering the segment of pan-Asian restaurants and bringing international brand Wagamama, founded in London in 1992, onto the local market.
Austria’s STRABAG will acquire BAWI Construction in Romania, a full-service provider for all railway-related projects.
German group Bosch ended fiscal year 2025 with consolidated sales to third parties in Romania worth RON3 billion (EUR570 million), up around 9% (7.6% in euros), despite challenging market conditions.
Turkish builder CCN, which entered Romania five years ago, is handling several healthcare infrastructure projects locally.
BT Asset Management (BT AM), an investment management company within the Banca Transilvania (stock symbol: TLV) Financial Group, has become the largest mutual fund management company in Romania, overtaking BRD AM.
Vantage Towers, the second largest telecom tower operator in Europe, has a EUR20 million annual investment budget for Romania.
Farmavet Group, which owns production, distribution and retail operations in the sector of pet and farm animals, controls 10% of a total of 2,100 veterinary pharmacies in Romania.
German group Karcher, which has bet RON600 million (EUR120 million) on Romania in the past decade, on three plants in Arges county, says it earmarks a budget of at least EUR10 million in 2026 on investments in technology and new products.
Orange, the leader of Romania telecom market, this year aims to significantly improve the mobile network “nucleus”, which will allow the company to provide high-quality 5G services, and plans to complete the integration of IT systems with the former Romtelecom and return to growth on the fixed internet segment after progress made on the mobile telephony segment.
Greece’s Public Power Corporation (PPC) Group, which is also present in Romania, has announced a strategic plan by 2030, which entails total investment of about EUR24 billion, partly paid for with an about EUR4 billion capital increase, to be conducted on the capital markets.
The market for short-term apartment rentals in Romania continued to grow rapidly in 2025, confirming owners’ growing interest in this form of real estate investment, an analysis by Crosspoint Real Estate, Savills’ international partner in Romania, shows.
European digital investment platform InRento has officially launched in Romania, providing an alternative funding solutions for developers of renovation, conversion, hospitality or renting projects.
Beauty company Rituals, which entered Romania in the autumn of 2024, accelerated expansion in Romania, opening nine stores last year. And it continues development.
Romania’s National Statistics Institute (INS) has revised the economic growth rate from 0.6% to 0.7%, adding almost RON6 billion to the first estimate.
Romania’s insurance market continued its solid growth in 2025, supported by increasing premium subscriptions and strengthened financial indicators, despite an economic context still marked by inflationary pressures and uncertainty, as per data from the country's Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF).
Ukrainian group Interpipe, a world leading manufacturer of steel pipes and rail products, has finalized the acquisition of ArcelorMittal Tubular Products (AMTP) plant of Roman, Romania.
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