As many as 4,752,548 pensioners were registered in March 2024 in Romania, with 3,890 fewer people compared to the previous month, and the average pension was 2,247 RON, according to data centralized by the National Public Pension House (CNPP).The total value of the due pension rights amounted to almost 10.68 billion RON.Of the total number of pensioners, 636,266 had periods of work in agriculture, the average pension being 637 RON.According to CNPP statistics, of the total number of retirees from the public pension system, the number of those who retired at the age limit was 3,812,232 people, of which 2,189,608 were women, while the average pension was 2,505 RON.In March 2024, 5,089 people received early pension (3,156 RON, average pension), 88,869 people received partial early pension (2,302 RON average pension) and 394,470 people received disability pension (average pension 961 RON), of which 44,952 people for the first degree of disability (828 RON, average pension).In the same month, the survivor's pension was granted to a number of 451,769 people (1,176 RON average pension), while 119 pensioners received social aid (531 RON, on average).
Romania is among 19 European Union member states asking the European Commission to allocate funding for the creation of migrant return centres to be located outside the EU, amid a broader tightening of the bloc’s migration policy, Agerpres reported. The request follows decisions taken by...
The minister of economy, Radu Miruţă, announced that the Agency for Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Enterprises' Performance (AMEPIP) fined him, as a natural person, for "wanting a clean and fair management at a state-owned company" - Avioane Craiova. The fine is apparently linked to comments made by minister Miruţă about the management teams appointed […]
The Chamber of Deputies, as a decision-making body, adopted the Law on Combating Antisemitism and Xenophobia on December 17, after the law was first referred to the Constitutional Court and then sent back to Parliament for re-examination by president Nicușor Dan, who indicated ambiguous formulations in the text that would excessively extend its scope, making […]
Greenvolt Group, through Greenvolt Power, a developer of wind, photovoltaic, and battery energy storage projects, announced that it has agreed to the sale of a 253 MW onshore wind project in Ialomița County to Engie Romania, a subsidiary of Engie Group. This agreement follows a series of successful asset-rotation operations announced by Greenvolt in 2025, […]
The Romanian Competition Council has fined Philip Morris Trading, Interbrands Orbico, and Mediaposte Hit Mail with fines totaling RON 135.2 million (EUR 26.6 million) for participating in anti-competitive agreements on the heated tobacco products market. The decision is enforceable. Following an investigation, the competition authority said it found that there were agreements between Philip Morris […]
The government approved on December 17 an emergency ordinance by which the Ministry of Finance allocates almost RON 2.5 billion (nearly EUR 500 million), intended for the payment of arrears of the Ministry of Development (MDLPA) and the continuation of public investments. This comes on top of RON 1.35 billion allocated to the Ministry of […]
