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A new low-cost airline has entered Romania
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Flyone Airlines officially announces its entry into the Romanian market. As part of its expansion strategy, two Airbus A320 aircraft – each with a 180-seat configuration – will be assigned to Henri Coanda International Airport – Otopeni. At the same time, a direct route to Verona (Italy) will be launched, with flights on Tuesdays and Fridays, starting June 10, 2025. It is ...
Contract for the construction of the last section of the Transylvania highway signed
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
The National Road Infrastructure Administration Company (CNAIR) signed today the contract for the construction of the last section of the Transylvania highway, announced Thursday the Minister of Transport Sorin Grindeanu. This is the Poarta Salajului – Nusfalau section of the Transylvania Highway. With a value of 6.62 billion lei (excluding VAT), this is the ...
Wizz Air launches bi-weekly Cluj-Napoca - Castellon service starting from April 11
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Airline Wizz Air launched as of April 11 a new route from Cluj-Napoca to Castellon, Spain, with a bi-weekly frequency on Mondays and Fridays, then on Tuesdays and Saturdays starting with June 17. As the leading airline in Romania (with a 50% market share) and the main air operator in Cluj-Napoca (55% market share), Wizz Air reaffirms its long-term commitment to the market, adding yet another connection that will operate this summer season to Heraklion, starting from ...
Real Estate: Housing sales down 4.3pct in Bucharest and Ilfov, in Q1, and 4.9 at country level
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
More than 13,200 houses and apartments were sold in Bucharest and the surrounding area in the first three months of the year, down 4.3% compared to the same period in 2024, according to an analysis by the real estate consultancy company SVN Romania based on statistics from the National Agency for Cadastre and Real Estate Advertising (ANCPI).Over 11,200 homes were traded in Bucharest in the first quarter, down 5.4% compared to the same period last year, while ...
Tourism : Millennials vs Gen Z: different generations with different travel habits?
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Travel preferences can reveal a lot about a person, but they can also offer clues about which generation someone belongs to. Kiwi.com, a leading travel-tech company, recently conducted a survey exploring how Romanians approach traveling this year and the results highlight a few generational contrasts. Starting with travel motivations, both Millennials and Gen Z chose relaxation as the primary reason for their trips. ...
Healthcare: Streinu-Cercel: Currently there is a personnel drain from state healthcare system to private one
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
The President of the Senate Health Committee, Adrian Streinu-Cercel, stated that there is currently a "leak" of personnel from the state healthcare system to the private one.He said that the manner in which private activity will be carried out in the state sector will make it possible for private health insurance to emerge."The way in which private activity will be carried out in the state sector will make it possible for private health insurance ...
Analysis: Romanians increasingly interested in complex dental services like implantology and orthodontics
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Implantology and orthodontics are growing in popularity among Romanians, according to an internal analysis by Dental Elite, a network of clinics offering comprehensive dental treatments in Bucharest and Brasov. According to the most recent survey, around 24% of Romanians have had a dental implant in the past two years, while 25% have used orthodontic treatment. Classic treatments, such as cavity care and preventive services (scaling), are also among the most frequently ...
Cars: Registrations of green vehicles in Romania up 19.5pct in March 2025, EVs down 58.8pct
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Electrified vehicles in Romania witnessed an increase in registrations of 19.5% in March 2025, year-on-year, as all-electric vehicles saw a decrease of 58.8% and a market share of 2.7%, according to data with the General Directorate for Driving Licences and Registrations (DGPCI), processed by the Association of Romania's Motor Vehicle Manufacturers and Importers (APIA)."March marks the third consecutive catastrophic month for electromobility in Romania, with ...
Tourism : Arrivals in tourism accommodation structures, up 3pct two months into 2025
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
The number of arrivals recorded in tourist accommodation structures (including apartments and rental rooms) in the first two months of 2025 reached 1.6 million people, a 3% increase compared to the same period in 2024, according to data the National Institute of Statistics (INS) published on Friday.Of the total number of arrivals, during the period of January 1 - February 28, 2025, arrivals of Romanian tourists in accommodation structures ...
Heathcare: HealthMin Rafila: Specialist human resource, insufficient and poorly distributed nationwide
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Specialist human resources, including doctors and nurses, are insufficient and, especially, "poorly distributed" across the country, with many people still having limited or no access to healthcare services, Health Minister Alexandru Rafila said on Thursday."The effort to finance the healthcare system is ongoing, and the increase in budgets at the level of the National Health Insurance House and the Ministry of Health is significant. I would also add the ...
Telecom. IT: Sixty-one percent of Romanians say they have been the target of online fraud attempts
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
As many as 61% of Romanians say they have been the target of online fraud attempts, although 68% of Romanians in urban areas consider themselves well informed and aware of the risks related to online scams, according to a recent survey.According to Reveal Marketing Research, the most common consequences of online fraud are infection of the device with malware or viruses (42%) and loss of money (30%)."Among the most popular types of online ...
Trade: Draft beer consumption low in Romania as local purchasing power hinders it
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Draft beer consumption in Romania increased the most in 2024, by 13%, from 2023, but Romania is still below its heyday pick of 2008, with a declining local purchasing power being one of the factors that led to this situation.In fact, in 2024, after three years of consecutive decline, Romania's beer market stabilised slightly above the threshold of 15 million hectolitres, according to data with the Brewers of Romania Association. While between ...
Brewers of Romania Association: Beer market, somewhere at critical threshold of 15 million hectoliters
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
The Romanian beer market is at the critical threshold of 15 million hectoliters, having stabilized after two consecutive years of aggressive decline, but it is difficult to work with inflation, fiscal unpredictability, with elements that generate distrust, something that can be seen among consumers, said Mihai Voicu, president of the Brewers of Romania Association, on Tuesday."Obviously, we have been going through less easy times in the last period at ...
Amstel to be produced in Romania
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
The Dutch beer Amstel, part of the HEINEKEN group, is launching in Romania in March of this year. Amstel® will become the first international brand from the current portfolio of mainstream beers in Romania, offering consumers an affordable alternative, but with a consolidated reputation globally. Made from 100% malt, without the addition of unmalted grains, Amstel offers a balanced, light taste, but at the same time full of flavor. Amstel beer will be also ...
Agriculture: Romania's chicken meat production exceeds by 100pct national demand
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Romania is producing chicken meat on farms that exceeds by 100% national demand, and so there are export possibilities, said Ioan Popa, chairman and founder of Transavia agricultural company, on Monday."It is the only area - I mean in terms of food, food products - where we produce 100% over the domestic demand. We also have export possibilities. That does not mean that we do not import, but imports and exports are somewhere close to the same level. On ...
Additional financing of almost 60 million euros for investments in agricultural machinery
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
The Agency for Financing Rural Investments (AFIR) will allocate money, in a first stage, by supplementing funds from Package 4.1.1. of sub-measure 4.1 ''Investments in agricultural holdings'', to a number of 189 projects worth almost 60 million euros, declared eligible and left without financing, informs a press release from the institution."By supplementing the funds allocated to Package 4.1.1. from sub-measure 4.1 'Investments in agricultural holdings', ...
Romania recorded, last year, a decrease in areas and yields of main crops
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Last year, Romania recorded a decrease in areas and yields (average production per hectare) for the main crops, and at the European Union level, the country ranked first in the area cultivated with sunflower and corn and third in production, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics, published on Monday.Last year, crop production decreased in all crops, namely cereals for grains, oilseeds, vegetables, potatoes and legumes for grains, and ...
Infrastructure: Wizz Air celebrates 100 million passengers in Romania
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
In over 18 years of activity on the market, the airline already transported over five times Romania’s population 100 Romanian passengers flying this week will be randomly selected as the lucky winners of EUR 30 travel vouchers, on some of the airline’s flights from all seven bases across the ...
Real Estate: Romania’s construction market faces a wave of insolvencies
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Romania’s construction market is facing big problems: the volume of work fell by almost 6% last year and the number of insolvencies topped 1,500 companies. The current challenges and possible solutions to overcome them were discussed and analyzed during the second edition of FORECAST Brunch, an event recently organized by the platform Vindem-Ieftin.ro, which brought together major players in this ...
Agriculture: EU cereal exports dropping , Romania the biggest exporter
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Soft wheat exports in EU since the beginning of 2024/2025 season until March 23, 2025 have reached 15.46 million tons, on the drop by 35% compared to 23.75 million tons in the same period of 2024, according to data released by the European Commission. According to these data, over July 1, 2025- March 23, 2025, Romania was by far the biggest soft wheat exporter in EU, with a quantity of 4.367 million ...