Romanian authorities issued 17,639 residential building permits in the first half of 2025, 4.2% more than in the same period of 2024, data from the country’s statistical office INS showed on Thursday (July 31, 2025).
Romania’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 5.8% in June 2025 compared with May 2025, data from the country’s statistical office INS show on Thursday (July 31, 2025).
A Romanian logistics company has leased over 5,200 square meters of storage space and 70 sqms of office space in the MLP Bucharest West logistics park.
Trina Storage, the energy storage division of Chinese company Trina Solar, has signed a strategic partnership with Visual Fan, the owner of the Allview brand and one of the leading EPC contractors in Romania, for the development of a battery energy storage system (BESS).
Rezolv Energy has selected Austrian infrastructure group PORR for infrastructure works on Phase 2 of the VIFOR Wind Farm in Buzau County, Romania, while Vestas will supply 42 EnVentus V162-6.4MW turbines – the largest-capacity turbines installed in Romania to date.
Just a week ago, the firm that operates Noodle Pack restaurants filed for insolvency. With over RON100 million turnover, it was one of the largest operators on the local hospitality market. Previously, the company managing La Placinte chain resorted to the same solution.
Law firm Filip & Company provided legal assistance to investment fund Mozaik Investments in acquiring a majority stake in Genesis College and sealing a strategic partnership with the founder of the institution, Ioana Necula.
Dutch company Royal FrieslandCampina has reached an agreement for the sale to Bonafarm Group of its Romania operations, including Napolact brand and the production units of Cluj-Napoca and Targu Mures.
BRD-SocGen, the fourth largest bank in Romania by assets, in the first half of 2025 generated RON764 million net profit at group level, up 10.2% from the year-earlier period.
OMV Petrom net profit dropped by 21% in the first half of 2025 against the same period of 2024, to RON2.08 billion, while sales revenues shrank by 1% to RON17 billion, reveals the company’s financial report published at the BVB.
Romanian coffee shop chain 5 to go has entered the market of packaged croissants, listing both in modern retail major networks and in traditional stores.
German-held B. Braun, which has an irrigation solutions plant in Timisoara, but also operates in the wholesale of pharma and medical products or dialysis centers, projects over RON880 million turnover in Romania in 2025, up 6-8% from 2024.