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Infrastructure: Wizz Air extends Craiova base with additional airplane and new flights
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Wizz Air company extends its Craiova base by re-allocating the second airplane , Airbus A320neo with two new routes in Romania and higher frequencies on five other routes, Craiova Airport representatives informed on Wednesday. According to the mentioned source, the base will operate 10 routes to five countries, by means of the new airplane, starting June 2025, passengers will be able to ...
Telecom.IT: Share of households in Romania with home internet access reaches 88.6 pct in 2024
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
The share of households in Romania that had home internet access reached 88.6% of the total this year, up 2.9 percentage points compared to 2023, according to data published on Monday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).According to the official statistics, the proportion of people aged 16-74 who have ever used the internet was 94.7%, up 2.2 percentage points from the previous year.The INS data shows that, 92.5% of households in urban areas are ...
Healthcare: 5 out of 10 Romanians are experiencing nervousness or have trouble concentrating due to sleeping problems
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
The most recent survey conducted by CIPRA – Center for Information, Risk Prevention and Analysis shows that stress is the most important factor affecting the quality of sleep of Romanians, mentioned by 52% of respondents (down from 61% last year), followed by excessive time spent on the computer or on the phone (40%), a habit that most affects young people in the 18-24 age group (62%). In addition, 28% of respondents spend too much time watching TV before going to bed and 27% eat or ...
Infrastructure: Memorandum on almost EUR 5 bn EIB loan for infrastructure investments
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
The government approved on last Wednesday a memorandum on an almost EUR 5 billion worth of repayable financial assistance contract with the European Investment Bank for road, rail and metro infrastructure investments, the government's spokesman Mihai Constantin announced."The funds will partially cover the national financing necessary for the implementation of certain investments within the 2021 - 2027 Transport Program and the Connecting Europe Facility," ...
Real Estate : Bucharest has one of the youngest office stocks in Europe
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
With an average age of approximately 11 years, the Bucharest office stock ranks among the youngest across Europe and the CEE region. This provides a significant advantage for landlords in attracting and retaining tenants, as the city’s office spaces are less likely to face obsolescence in terms of technology, construction quality and sustainability standards over the next 5 – 6 years, according to data from the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate consultancy ...
Trade: Retail turnover up 8.7pct January through October
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Romania's retail turnover (except for motor vehicles and motorcycles) saw an increase of 8.7%, as gross series, in the first ten months of this year, compared to the corresponding period in 2023, according to data published on Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).According to the same source, compared to the reference interval, increases were recorded in sales of non-food products (+14.8%), foodstuffs, beverages and tobacco (+4.3%) and automotive fuels in ...
Romanians, drawn to various limited editions of products launched on occasion of Christmas
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Seven out of 10 Romanians (71%) are drawn to the limited editions of products launched on the occasion of Christmas, the interest being more pronounced among women (78% compared to 64% in the case of men) and among people with children (74% compared to 66% in the case of those without children), according to a survey by Reveal Marketing Research.As to the most popular categories of Christmas-themed products, the top preferences are food (79%), drinks (56%) and ...
Agriculture: Exports of cereals and cereal-based products at 2.39 bln euros over Jan - Aug 2024
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Romania's exports of cereals and cereal-based products over January - August 2024 amounted to 2.398 billion euros, 18% less compared to the year-ago period, shows data centralized by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).In the same period, Romania imported cereals and cereal-based products worth 989.2 million euros (-11.2 percent), resulting in a trade surplus for this product category of 1.408 billion euros.According to the INS, between ...
Tourism : 4.4% more arrivals in tourist accommodation facilites in first ten months
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
The arrivals recorded in tourist accommodation facilities, including apartments and rooms for rent, amounted to 12.308 million people in the first ten months of the year, an increase of 4.4% compared to the same period in 2023, according to data the National Institute of Statistics (INS) published on Thursday.Of the total number of arrivals, from January 1 to October 31, 2024, those in accommodation facilities represented 83.3%, while the arrivals of foreign tourists ...
Cars: APIA: Alarming rise in used car imports and decline in new electric car sales,wrong direction
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
The alarming increase in imports of used cars and the decline in sales of new electric cars represent a wrong direction for Romania, claims the president of the Automobile Manufacturers and Importers Association (APIA), Dan Vardie, in a press release."The alarming increase in imports of used cars and the decline in sales of new electric cars represent a wrong direction for Romania. The dramatic drop of -33.6% in the BEV sector is a direct consequence ...
Citroën ë-Berlingo, Peugeot E-Expert, and Maxus e-Deliver 9 have been named Best Electric Vans in Romania 2024
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
The electrification of urban commercial vehicle fleets is one of the main ways to reduce pollution in densely populated areas, and the offering of electric vehicles in this segment is constantly growing. Citroën ë-Berlingo, Peugeot E-Expert, and Maxus e-Deliver 9 were named BestElectricVan in Romania, each in their respective category, during the second edition of the event. The awards were granted following the vote of a jury consisting of fleet managers from ...
Healthcare: Romania’s food supplements market estimated to exceed EUR 670 million in 2024
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
In recent years, the market for dietary supplements in Romania has seen steady growth, according to a study published by Type Nature (based on market data according to Cegedim Pharma and Hospital Report), the exclusive importer in Romania and the Republic of Moldova of supplements produced in Portugal by the famous company Dietmed. By 2024, the value of the supplements market in Romania is expected to reach around €673 million, up from €647 million in 2023, the ...
Infrastructure: Wizz Air transported 95 million passengers to and from Romania in last18 years
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Wizz Air company transported 95 million passengers to and from Romania in the last 18 years, since the beginning of its operations in this country, the air operator announced on last Wednesday. Wizz Air reached a total of 20 million passengers on Ävram Iancu” Cluj International Airport and 41 million passengers on “Henri Coanda” Bucharest International Airport and 95 million ...
Romania: EPPO carries out searches in probe into €37 million road works
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) is carrying out 31 searches in several locations, in an investigation into possible fraud involving works in Zalau city’s ring road, financed with €37 million in EU funds, ...
Air passenger transport, up by 5.9% in first 9 months of 2024
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Air passenger transport increased, in the first nine months of 2024, by 5.9%, compared to the same period last year, from 18,703,500 passengers to 19,812,900, according to data centralized by the National Institute of Statistics.The largest shares in terms of passenger transport were registered at Henri Coanda Bucharest airports, with 6,051,700 passengers embarked and 5,996,000 disembarked, Avram Iancu Cluj-Napoca, with 1,264,400 passengers ...
Eurostat: Gdansk and Constanta, EU ports with highest quantity of manipulated goods in 2023
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
In 2023, Constanta Port had the second growth among European ports for the quantity of manipulated goods, acocrding to data released by Eurostat on Tuesday. Compared to 2022, the number of tons of manipulated goods in 2023 went up the most in the ports of Gdansk, Poland (26.3%) and Constanta, Romania (17%). At the opposite pole, the quantity of manipulated goods dropped in the ports of Amsterdam (minus 15.4%), Trieste and Zealand ...
First train produced by Polish company PESA is set to arrive in Romania at the end of H1 2025
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
The first new train produced by the Poles from PESA, purchased by the Railway Reform Authority (ARF), is scheduled to arrive in Romania at the end of the first half of next year."The manufacturer [Pojazdy Szynowe Pesa Bydgoszcz Spolka Akcyjna - PESA - editor's note] has scheduled for the end of the first half of 2025 the bringing of the first train to Romania for the required tests before being authorized to travel. The trains will be handed over for ...
Real Estate: Romanian tenants prefer two-room apartments
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Two-room apartments are in first place in the top of the preferences of tenants in the country's big cities, the price for renting such a building being up to 200 euros higher than in the case of studios, according to a specialized analysis, published on Thursday.According to the Imobiliare.ro platform, two-room apartments generally attract over 40% of the searches made on profile sites, at the level of each major regional center in ...
Trade: Retail turnover down 1.8pct January through September this year
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
The turnover in wholesale trade (except for trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles) decreased, in the first nine months of this year, compared to the period January 1 - September 30, 2023, both as a gross series by 1.8%, and as series adjusted depending on the number of business days and seasonality by 1.3%, according to data published by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).Thus, on a gross series, the decline in turnover was generated by the ...
Zalando survey: Romanian Consumers Seek Personalized, Innovative Online Shopping
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Romanian consumers are increasingly seeking a richer, more personalized, and innovative online shopping experience when purchasing fashion, footwear, and accessories, according to a study commissioned by Zalando, the German online multi-brand fashion retailer. The survey, conducted among Romanians who shop online, shows they value not only convenience and accessibility but also a broad selection of styles and brands, quality ...