The European Commission published the spring forecast on Thursday and significantly revised Romania’s economic growth forecast downwards to merely 0.1% in 2026 compared with 1.1% estimated in the fall.
The Foreign Investors Council (FIC) has elected its new Board of Directors for the 2026–2027 mandate, within the General Assembly held on May 19.
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Europe declined in 2025, marking a phase of slowdown and structural transformation in the investment landscape.
Antibiotice Iasi (stock symbol: ATB), the largest Romanian owned drug maker, continues to develop several strategic projects for the pharmaceutical industry through a EUR67 million in funding granted by Banca Transilvania, the company has announced in a stock market report on May 21.
Drug wholesaler Farmaceutica Remedia reported considerably weaker financial results in the first quarter of 2026 against the year-earlier period: consolidated turnover slid 11% to RON168.3 million, while net profit plummeted from RON2.8 million to RON670,683, a collapse of around 76%.
IT infrastructure and security integrator Arctic Stream ended the first quarter of 2026 with rising results for the main financial indicators (revenues, operating profit and net profit), cementing the upward trend of its business that started in the third quarter of 2025.
George, Adriana and Andra Dusu, part of the new generation of Dusu family, one of the most powerful seaside entrepreneurs, will invest EUR10 million in a seaside hotel.
GDS Manufacturing Services, an Italian-held electronic equipment manufacturer based in Curtici, Arad county, ended 2025 with turnover worth RON49 million (EUR9.7 million), down 41.4% from 2024.
Dacia is for the fourth consecutive year the most valuable Romanian brand, with an estimated EUR1.2 billion value, up 9% from 2025, in a ranking that shows the total value of the 50 most important local brands has doubled in the past decade, to EUR7.4 billion, in line with Brand Finance, the world’s leading brand valuation consultancy.
Globant group has kickstarted the consolidation of Romania operations by merging its two local software subsidiaries: Pentalog Romania, headquartered in Brasov, and Globant IT Romania, based in Cluj-Napoca.
Romaqua Group, the biggest natural mineral water bottler and the largest employer in the beverage sector, for 2025 reported RON1.17 billion turnover, slightly down, by 0.9% from 2024.