Last year, 16.1% of households were unable to pay on time some of their important current expenses (house maintenance, loan installments, utilities, etc.), according to an analysis of the living conditions of the Romanian population in 2023, conducted by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).The most frequent cases of overdue bill payments in 2023 were those for home maintenance (79.8%) and electricity (75%)."Paying bank installments is a priority for every household. However, 7.0% of households mentioned that, due to their precarious financial situation, they were overdue on various loans (other than loans for house purchase). The lower share of these outstanding debts is mainly explained by the specific nature of these types of payments, which penalize more severely the failure to meet payment deadlines, and by the low frequency of households having to repay loans," emphasizes the INS.In 2023, the share of households with outstanding debts fell by 2.4 percentage points compared to the previous year, and by residence by 2.1 percentage points in urban areas and by 2.9 percentage points in rural areas. In rural areas, 18.2% of households specified that, in 2023, there was at least one situation in which they were unable to pay on timeWhile members of urban households had past-due bills for household maintenance (85.9% of households), in rural areas the highest share of past-due bills was for electricity (84.3% of households).As in 2022, the phenomenon of past-due bills in 2023 was more prevalent among households with dependent children (17.8%), single parent households with at least one minor dependent child (21.2%) and households with two adults with 3 or more minor dependent children (32.9%).The statistical data were obtained through the "Quality of Life Survey", conducted in May 2023, informs the INS.
By teaming up with CC Tax, APTIQ Tax will offer specialized financial solutions for SMEs APTIQ Global has announced the consolidation of its tax advisory division by expanding its integrated services for SMEs, following the affiliation of CC Tax to the APTIQ Tax brand. APTIQ Tax will continue to offer comprehensive accounting, auditing and tax […]
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a EUR 200 million loan to Romanian energy distributor Delgaz Grid to modernize its electricity grid in northeastern Romania. The financing is part of a EUR 630 million investment program by Delgaz Grid, which aims to improve the energy system serving more than 1.5 million households and businesses. […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) announced Wednesday, November 20, that Romania's embassy in Kyiv has reduced its operations to emergency actions due to escalating security concerns in Ukraine. "Given the security developments in Ukraine, in coordination with allied and EU member state missions, the Romanian embassy in Kyiv has taken additional measures to ensure […]
The Oriental Art Gallery, a new permanent exhibition at the National Museum of Art of Romania (MNAR), is scheduled to open starting November 22. Located on the third floor of the museum’s HQ on Calea Victoriei, the gallery includes close to 600 items from Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, China, Dagestan, Egypt, Greece, India, Iran, Japan, Syria, Turkey, […]
Entrepreneurs in Romania correctly perceive business opportunities in the market but fear failure and see difficult access to financing as a significant barrier to business development. These are two main findings included in the country report on entrepreneurship - research conducted by the Babeș-Bolyai University (UBB)-FSEGA team within the international project Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). […]
When it comes to saving, Romanians prefer bank deposits, while the level of participation in the capital market is low, according to a research project carried out by Raiffeisen Bank and the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies. Bank deposits are the main form of savings Romanians resort to. Still, their level is the lowest compared […]
