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Romania’s unemployment rate stood at 5.3% in April 2024, higher by 0.1 percentage point compared to March 2024, data from the country’s statistics institute INS show on Thursday (May 30, 2024).

Eight out of ten Gen Z employees spend their free time with their teammates, with social relationships in the office being a key factor for many of them in choosing or keeping a job, as per a survey conducted by Genesis Property among 1,247 respondents nationwide.

Coffee shop network 5 to go is opening, starting June, three regional franchise offices, in Iasi, Cluj and Timisoara, in a bid to boost the brand’s footprint nationwide.

FintechOS, one of the best-known tech startups launched in Romania, a tech provider for banks, insurers, lending institutions and financial services companies, has completed an A-series investment round worth $60 million led by Molten Ventured, Cipio Partners and BlackRock, together with existing investors EarlyBird VC, OTB VC and Gapminder VC.

Dentons has advised the Joint Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners on Premier Energy PLC’s initial public offering (IPO) and listing on the Bucharest Stock Exchange.

The Board of Directors of Agroland Business System, a group that owns the largest network of agricultural stores in Romania, has convened shareholders to vote on July 1 on the acquisition of two machineries for Mihailesti poultry platform at the price of EUR3.8 million.

The cost of living remains the top concern for young Romanians (43% of Millennials and 29% of Gen Zs), but the share is slightly lower compared to 44% of Millennials and 33% of Gen Zs, respectively, in 2023, as per Deloitte Global Gen Z and Millennial Survey 2024, conducted in 44 countries, including Romania.

Patria Credit IFN, a non-banking institution owned by Patria Bank Group, which funds farmers and farming micro-enterprises, in 2023 posted RON8.54 million net profit, up 44%.

Dutch group Damen Shipyards, which owns 49% in Damen Shipyards Mangalia SA, has requested the bankruptcy of the shipyard amid accumulated debts, with the petition filed at the Constanta Tribunal.

Rapotan family, which founded building materials wholesaler Arabesque and store network MatHaus, ended 2023 with RON2.5 billion turnover, down 8% from 2022.

Coreea de Nord a lansat o rachetă balistică spre Marea de Est, cunoscută şi sub numele de Marea Japoniei, a comunicat armata sud-coreeană, la câteva zile după tentativa eşuată a Phenianului de a lansa un satelit spion

Candidatul independent la Casa Albă Robert Kennedy Jr. s-a plâns organismului responsabil de buna desfăşurare a campaniei electorale că a fost exclus de la dezbaterea televizată dintre Joe Biden şi Donald Trump, a declarat miercuri echipa sa de campanie

Președintele turc Recep Tayyip Erdogan urmează să participle la summitul şefilor de stat şi de guvern din G7, programat să fie organizat în iunie în Italia, a anunţat miercuri biroul de presă al şefei guvernului italian

La 30 mai 1431, Ioana d’Arc, eroina naţională a Franţei, a fost acuzată de erezie și arsă pe rug, iar în anul 1672 s-a născut țarul Petru cel Mare.

French-held Carrefour Group posted RON17.6 billion consolidated revenue in Romania in 2023, 52% higher than in 2022, ZF has calculated based on data provided by the retailer.

Sunetele, imaginile și mirosurile din natură oferă cea mai simplă și eficientă cale de relaxare și echilibrare mentală și emoțională. O simplă ieșire în natură reduce stresul și ameliorează durerea, îmbunătățește somnul și mărește puterea de concentrare.

Judecătorii Curții de Apel Ploiești au motivat eliberarea din arest preventiv a fiilor vrajitoarei Sidonia cunoscuți în lumea interlopă care au ucis un om la o petrecere dintr-o pensiune din judeţul Dâmboviţa

Drug wholesaler Alliance Healthcare, formerly known as under the Farmexpert, the third largest medicine distributor on the local market, ended 2023 with a turnover of over RON4.8 billion, up 6% from 2022.

Electroplast Bistrita, which has been operating in the field of electrical cable manufacturing for over 30 years, reported a turnover of RON155.9 million (EUR31.5 million) for 2023, up 16.4% from 2022, in line with calculations by Ziarul Financiar (ZF) daily based on finance ministry data.

Cargus, one of the biggest actors on the parcel delivery market in Romania, has overshot the RON500 million revenue mark for the first time ever. Last year, it posted RON508 million revenue, an 8% increase year-on-year, the data the company provided show.