Economic
Healthcare: Romania ranks well in terms of dentists and pharmacists but last in the EU for physiotherapists
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Over 1.4 million professionals in the domain of health were, in 2022 in the European Union who worked as dentists, physiotherapists or pharmacists show the data published by Eurostat on Thursday.According to these figures, the EU member states held 363,162 dentists the respective year. The countries with the highest share of practising dentists compared to the population were: Cyprus (119.4 dentists to 100,000 inhabitants), Bulgaria (115.35) and ...
EUR 85 ml genomic research project underway aimed at creating national biobanks network
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
The 'Iuliu Hatieganu' University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Cluj-Napoca is a strategic partner in the EUR 85 million ROGEN project, a national initiative for the development of genomic research by modernizing the research infrastructure, promoting innovation and integrating the results into the national health system. The project with a duration of 60 months benefits from funding from the European Regional Development Fund (51%), the state budget (49%) and ...
Tourism : Garanti BBVA finances the first 5-star hotel from DamboviTa County: Pestera Wellness & Spa
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Garanti BBVA Romania announces the financing of Pestera Wellness & Spa, a premier 5-star hotel located in Pestera-Padina Tourist Resort of National Interest, from the Bucegi Mountains, with a loan of EUR 5 million. Garanti BBVA supports Grupul Industrial Alca SRL, the company behind this investment. Pestera Wellness & Spa Hotel officially opened its doors ...
Cars: Dacia Sandero, the best-selling car in Europe in 2024
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
The Dacia Sandero was the best-selling car in Europe in 2024. The Tesla Model Y had one last attempt to overtake the Sandero in December, when it was in first place, 6,400 behind the model produced in Romania and Morocco by Dacia. With 28,426 cars sold in the last month of the year and an increase of 15%, the Tesla Model recovered some of the difference, but this did not change the final ranking in any ...
Motor vehicle trade up 2.7% as gross series in first 11 months of 2024
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Wholesale and retail trade, maintenance, and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles, in gross series, recorded a turnover increase of 2.7%, and 2.4% as adjusted series, in the first 11 months of 2024 compared to the same period of the previous year, according to data the National Institute of Statistics (INS) published on Thursday.According to the source, in the period from January 1 to November 30, 2024, as a gross series, turnover increases ...
Real Estate: Bucharest Apartment Prices Rose by EUR 16K in One Year
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
The average sale prices for apartments – both on primary and secondary market – registered a 13% increase in December 2024 compared to the same month in 2023, according to the latest data from Storia, the real estate platform launched by OLX. Regarding buyer-seller interactions, the data shows a 27% increase in contacts between buyers and sellers in December 2024 compared to December ...
Cushman & Wakefield Echinox valuated properties exceeding EUR 8.5 billion in 2024
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
The valuation department of the Cushman & Wakefield Echinox real estate consultancy company valuated properties totaling 5.5 million sq. m, with a cumulative value of more than EUR 8.5 billion in 2024. This corresponds to a 10% portfolio growth compared with 2023, based on the department’s reported turnover. Most valuation ...
Colliers: Top 10 predictions for the Romanian real estate market in 2025
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Romania’s economy and real estate market enter 2025 with positive long-term prospects, but face significant challenges in the year ahead, Colliers consultants predict in the report ”Top 10 Forecasts for the Romanian Real Estate Market in 2025”. Optimism about long-term economic growth is driven by factors such as infrastructure investments, entering the Schengen ...
Bucharest, Ilfov and Timis, the regions with most mortgage loans granted in Romania in 2024
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Bucharest, Ilfov and Timis are the top three regions with the most tabulated mortgages in 2024 in Romania, followed by Iasi and Constanta, according to an analysis released by online broker Ipotecare.ro and financial consultant and mortgage lending company SVN Credit Romania. About 86,600 mortgages were tabulated last year in Romania, ...
Trade: Eurostat: Romania cheapest in the EU for food and non-alcoholic drinks in 2023
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Romania had the lowest prices for food and non-alcoholic drinks in 2023, followed by Poland and Slovakia, show the data published, on Friday by the National Institute for Statistics (INS).According to INS, which relies on the Eurostat data, Romania was in 2023 the cheapest state in the EU for ‘ food and ...
Study: Romanians are placing an increasing emphasis on natural cosmetic products – 45% consider them essential
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
The latest study conducted by Reveal Marketing Research explores the behaviors and preferences of Romanian consumers regarding cosmetic products, with a focus on trends ...
Cars: Dacia will launch several electric models, starting with Sandero in 2027
Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Dacia, the low cost car of the French group Renault, will launch several electric models in future, starting with the next Sandero, which will appear in 2027, according to director Denis Le Vot, Reuters informs. At present, Dacia offers a single fully electric model, Spring, while the company hopes that placing Dacia in the area of accessible prices, makes it a good competitor in the context of the ...
Real Estate: Colliers: Romania’s land market, dominated by local investors
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Despite the challenging backdrop, marked by political and economic uncertainty, the Romanian land market reached a solid transaction volume of 450 million Euros in 2024, broadly comparable to the previous year, as per Colliers estimates. The real estate consultancy tracks deals involving land plots for commercial real estate projects, usually in an urban setting. The sector continued thus to demonstrate significant momentum through some representative ...
Two-room apartments being most polular for Romanians in 2025
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Two-room apartments in big cities in Romania are the most popular in 2025, according to an analysis released on Thursday on a real estate platform. As for prices, most potential buyers do not intend to pay more than 120,000 euros for a future dwelling, while 34% want to pay cash and many others wish to access mortgage loans. According ...
Infrastructure: Airline TAROM's newly established technical arm to provide civil aircraft maintenance and repair services
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Romania's flagship airline TAROM has a newly established technical arm - TAROM Tehnic, tasked with providing maintenance and repair services for civil aircraft, specializing in Boeing, Airbus and ATR models. The new entity will continue the tradition and expertise of the technical teams of the former TAROM Technical Department, a company release informs."This strategic transformation addresses the need to modernize and streamline operations, but also ...
Capital airports witness record air traffic in 2024, exceeding historic maximum of 2019
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
The two airports in the Capital witnessed a record air traffic last year, with the number of passengers passing through them having increased 9.22% compared to 2023, and 8.99% compared to 2019, when the historic maximum was reached, Bucharest Airports National Company (CNAB) reports on Thursday.According to CNAB data, in 2024, the Henri Coanda International Airport Bucharest and the Aurel Vlaicu Bucharest-Baneasa International Airport recorded air ...
Romanian airline to operate eight weekly flights from Cluj to Bucharest
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
The Romanian company AnimaWings is operating as of Wednesday eight weekly flights from Cluj airport, on the Bucharest-Cluj route and return."Starting today, AnimaWings airline will connect Cluj-Napoca with Romania's capital, Bucharest. The flights will have eight weekly frequencies, on Mondays (2 frequencies), Wednesdays (2 frequencies), Thursdays, Fridays (2 frequencies) and Sundays, and tickets can be booked on the airline's website: ...
Agriculture: Romania Tops European Grain Exporters’ Ranking in Six Months
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
The EU’s second largest grain exporter, after France, Romania reached the top in the first half of this trading year, with exports 2.1 times higher than its main competitor. Romania’s exports of common wheat, common wheat flour – grain equivalent, durum wheat, durum wheat flour – grain equivalent, barley and maize amounted to 5.1 million tons in the first half of this marketing year (July 1, ...
APIA authorizes payments worth 337.659 million EUR to 639,440 farmers since early December
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
The Agency for Payments and Intervention in Agriculture (APIA) has authorized payments to 639,440 farmers worth a total of 337.659 million EUR (1.68 billion RON) between December 2, 2024 and January 15, 2025, as part of the advance payment campaign for the 2024 application year, APIA announced in a press release sent on Wednesday.According to the source 303.479 million EUR (1.51 billion RON) come from the European Agricultural Guarantee ...
Cow's milk collected in Romania, Jan.-Nov. 2024, up 4.3pct
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
The cow's milk collected in the first 11 months of 2024 by processors in Romania from farms and collection centres was up4.3% y-o-y, according to data published on Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).The highest increase in production between January 1 and November 30, 2024 was recorded for butter (+9.4%). The amount of raw milk imported by processing units increased by 41.7%.In November 2024, the amount of cow's milk collected ...