Retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles), in unadjusted data, grew by 3.7% in April 2022 versus April 2021 due to increases recorded by the retail of automotive fuel in specialized stores (+11.4%) and by the sale of non-food products (+5.6%).
The European Commission approved on Friday (June 3) state aid schemes for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), respectively for the IMM PROD and GARANT CONSTRUCT programs.
The total lease volume on the Bucharest office market amounted to almost 65,000 square meters in the first quarter of 2022, similar to the level traded in the same period 2021, but higher by 10,000 sqm than in the first quarter of 2020, as per data from real estate consulting firm Crosspoint Real Estate.
A consortium made up of Raiffeisen Bank International, Raiffeisen Bank Romania and UniCredit Bank Romania has granted a syndicated loan of EUR65.2 million to Portugal’s Greenvolt-Energias Renováveis.
Global survey “Attitudes towards payment methods”, commissioned by eService and other EVO Group entities, shows that almost six in ten Romanians pay digitally due to ease of use and convenience.
Passenger car registrations in Romania declined by 9.9% in the first five months of 2022 to 182,920 units against the same period in 2021, according to data released by the Automotive Manufacturers and Importers Association (APIA) on Friday (June 3).
Aluminium aircraft parts manufacturer United Alloy Corporation Europe (UACE), ended 2021 with a turnover of RON411 million (EUR85 million) versus RON471 million (EUR97.8 million) in 2020, in line with public data from the finance ministry.
Romania’s energy ministry on Thursday published a draft government decision stipulating the sale to the employees of energy company OMV Petrom (SNP.RO) of a package of shares representing almost 1% of the company’s share capital that is held by the Romanian State, at a price of RON0.215 per share.
Tiberiu Mavrodin, a member of the Board of Directors of state-run lender CEC Bank, was proposed to take over as Chairman of the Board and replace Mirela Calugareanu, in line with banking sources.
Romanian natural gas producer and supplier Romgaz (SNG.RO) has put into operation the Cosereni drying station, with three wells being put into production, stated energy minister Virgil Popescu.
Romania’s finance ministry on Friday confirmed that it would launch and list on the Bucharest Stock Exchange a new issue of FIDELIS government bonds for retail investors, between June 6 and 21.