The Romanian leu depreciated further against the euro on Tuesday (May 5, 2026), breaching a new psychological threshold of 5.2325 units to the euro on the interbank market after Romanian lawmakers toppled the government of Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan in a no-confidence vote held Tuesday afternoon.
Drug and supplement producer Biofarm ended the first quarter of 2026 with RON32.5 million net profit, up 0.6% from Q1/2025, despite smaller sales revenues and rising operational expenses.
Entrepreneurial group Agroland, active on the retail, agribusiness, food production and anuimal nutrition market, has reopened the stores of Drobeta-Turnu Severin and Balotesti stores, now transformed in MEGA-type units, continuing the network revamp process nationwide.
Real estate continues to act as a cornerstone of Romanian mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity, underpinned by resilient fundamentals and sustained investor interest.
Raiffeisen Bank Romania reported RON367 million net profit in the first quarter of 2026, while total assets neared RON90 billion, up 6% from the year-earlier period.
Distributie Energie Oltenia S.A. in 2025 generated turnover worth RON1.688 billion (around EUR334.9 million), up 7% from 2024, in line with ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data.
Astra Vagoane Calatori, a leader player on the local rolling stock market, controlled by entrepreneur Valer Blidar, for 2025 reported turnover worth RON306 million (EUR60.7 million), down 28% from 2024, in line with ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data.
Turkish builder CCN, which entered Romania five years ago, is handling several healthcare infrastructure projects locally.
The shareholders of Electroafla International have been convened on May 29 for the first general ordinary meeting after the company’s listing on the main market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, where they will vote, among other things, on the 2026 budget, a plan that envisages crossing the RON1billion turnover threshold and a RON111 million gross profit.