The jobless rate recorded at national level was at the end of February 3.06%, 0.06% higher than in the same month of 2023, According to the National Agency for Labor Force occupation. The total number of unemployed at the end of February 2024 was 246,701 people, of whom 56,704 were paid jobless people and 189,997 were unpaid. The number of paid jobles was 940, and the number of jobless not paif grew by 7,8926 persons against the previus month. At the end of February there were 70,270 unemployed from the urban area and 176,431 from the rural area. There were 116,346 unemployed women and 130,355 men. Most jobless people were between 40 and 49 years old (62,760), followed by 55 year-olds (53,778) at the opposite pole being people between 25 and 29 years old (14,980). The structure of unemployment according to the instruction level, people without studies and those with primary instruction had an important share among unemployed people (29.71%). Unemployed people with high school education represented 34% of jobless people recorded, while 4.77% had higher education.
Two sovereignist candidates, namely the leader of the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), George Simion, and former Social Democratic (PSD) prime minister Victor Ponta, are in the first two positions in the race for the presidential office in a Verifield poll commissioned by Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan and presented on Monday, March […]
Romania is becoming a European benchmark in sustainability, thanks to the Deposit Return System implemented by RetuRO, the company managing the country’s largest circular economy project. The system’s performance in its first year of operation and its development objectives for this year were presented by Gemma Webb, CEO and Chair of the RetuRO Board of […]
Teilor Holding, the company operating the Teilor jewelry store chain, is on track to list its two corporate bonds on the Bucharest Stock Exchange on Thursday, April 13. The bonds, which will go on the AeRO Multilateral Trading System, have a total aggregated value of nearly EUR 4.5 million, and were sold in October last […]
Eight Romanian couriers in the United Kingdom were sentenced to more than 30 years imprisonment after stealing parcels worth EUR 1 million and selling them online. Three of the suspects managed to flee to Romania and are now being sought. The former couriers operated together between September 2022 and February 2023 in Birmingham. Using their […]
Bucharest’s central Easter fair, Traditions and Flowers of the Holidays, returns in King Michael I Park (Herăstrău) between April 12 and 21. Held at the Charles de Gaulle entrance, the event awaits visitors with local crafts, traditions, and various activities. The fair is dedicated both to the Palm Sunday and Easter holidays, the organizers said. […]
Interim president Ilie Bolojan marked 21 years since Romania's accession to the North Atlantic Alliance by stating that the NATO anti-missile shield in southern Romania made the country safe, allowing it to develop economically. NATO membership meant that Romania was a safe place, Bolojan said, adding that this was “especially due to the support provided […]
