Romania’s trade gap up 38% y/y in January on 10% higher imports

Romania’s trade deficit (goods) surged by 38% y/y to EUR 2.74 billion in January, as the exports picked up encouragingly by 2.4% y/y, still insufficient to offset the 10.3% y/y advance of imports, according to data published by the statistics …

Verita International School in Romania attracts EUR 40 mln investment through partnership with Dukes Education

Verita International School, a private school accredited in the UK system with a curriculum that addresses holistic and social-emotional education, has partnered with Dukes Education, the largest group of schools in the UK. As a result of this …

Romania's volume of net investments declines by 4.9% in 2024

Net investments in Romania's national economy totaled RON 193 billion (EUR 38.8 billion) in 2024, marking a 4.9% decline compared to the previous year (in volume terms), according to data published by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). The …

Romania's Hidroelectrica expects its profit to further shrink by 13% y/y in 2025

State-controlled hydropower group Hidroelectrica (BVB: H2O), the largest electricity producer in Romania, expects its net profit to decrease by 13% y/y to RON 3.55 billion (EUR 700 million) in 2025 despite the expected 2% y/y increase in revenues …

Accident with casualty involving Moldovan truck in Romania

A woman died and two others were transported to the hospital after the vehicle in which they were travelling was hit head-on by a truck registered in Moldova. The accident took place on Tuesday evening in the Romanian commune Costești, IPN reports. The hit …

Romania: Right-wing extremists put forward new candidate

Romania has exposed anti-democratic tendencies in Europe

I’m Romanian and I recently turned 39, soon after Romanian democracy turned 35 — if we date it to the secretive execution of the tyrant Ceausescu and his wife, on Christmas morning, 1989. A basic rule of politics that most people in the West don’t know is …

Romania's Measles Epidemic Driven by Unvaccinated People and D8 Genotype Variants

(Vax-Before-Travel News)The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) released data today that indicate the ongoing transmission of measles across the EU/EEA has continued into 2025. Between February 2024 and the end of January 2025, 32 …

Romania: Government crisis challenges democratic bodies

Romania once again finds itself in the midst of a deep national crisis. The latest political uncertainty was triggered in December 2024 when the country's Constitutional Court controversially annulled the presidential election held the previous month. …

Romania Bans Far-Right Candidate From Running for President

In Romania, a presidential candidate frontrunner, Calin Georgescu, will not be allowed to run again in the vote set for May. Georgescu was banned after the intelligence agency revealed that he was allegedly backed by Russia through 800 TikTok accounts, …