Romania’s general consolidated budget posted a deficit of RON108.87 billion (EUR20.389 billion) in January-October 2025, or 5.72% of the gross domestic product (GDP), Finance Ministry data show on Thursday (Nov 27).
Altex Romania, the country's leading electro-IT retailer, has contracted a loan of EUR43 million from Raiffeisen Bank Romania, with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) participating in the financing.
Orange Romania, leader of the local telecom market, has announced the launch of 5G+ technology in the Bucharest Metro.
Hidroelectrica (stock symbol: H2O), the largest electricity generation company in Romania, has decided to resume the selection process for the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the company announced in a stock market report on Thursday (Nov 27, 2025).
BIPA, the drugstore brand of German REWE Group, will start its expansion in Romania at the beginning of 2026 by officially launching its first store in Mega Mall Bucharest.
Oxygen, one of the largest independent integrated communication agencies in Romania, is expanding its regional operations by opening a new office in Greece's capital city of Athens.
The active entertainment component within shopping malls in Romania was valued at EUR28-30 million in 2024, almost three times higher than in 2019, according to a study by Nhood, an integrated real estate services and solutions company present in 10 European countries, including Romania.
LPP Logistics has signed a lease agreement for a new distribution center in Romania, near the capital city of Bucharest.
Romanian entrepreneurial group Agroland has invested EUR350,000 in two new MEGA stores, in Odorheiu Secuiesc and Orastie, and wants to step up the development of this format starting next year, from 36 units currently.
Automobile Bavaria, the largest BMW dealership network in CEE, has opened in Constanta one of the biggest and modern BMW authorized service centers in Romania, in the wake of an over EUR3 million investment.
Brico Depot is opening in Targoviste the largest kitchen showroom in its entire network, after an investment which led to the expansion of the commercial space with 1,000 square meters.
PPC blue, the electric mobility arm of PPC group in Romania, has taken over Hermes Flow network that comprises 116 EV charging stations, of which 72 unit in Bucharest-Ilfov and the rest distributed in 10 counties of Romania.
Housing prices have risen by as much as 100% in major cities of Romania in the past six years and Bucharest administrative crunch swells market pressure. Bucharest registered a 45% decline in building permits in the past three years, which is severely constraining new house supply.
Holde Agri Invest, one of largest farmland operators in Romania, registered total revenues worth RON96.2 million in the first nine months of 2025, up 20% from the year-earlier period.
Cosmetics brand Rituals, founded in 2000 in Amsterdam by Raymond Cloosterman, on November 26 opened its first store of Cluj-Napoca, in Iulius Mall, thus reached an 11-unit nationwide network.