In 2022, in the European Union there were 2.3 million hospital beds , 6.8% less thanin 2012 (171,110). Member states with most hospital beds were Germany (642,107), France (374,290), Poland (231,789), Spain (140,551) and Romania (138,618), according to data released by Eurostat on last Thursday. Reported to the size of the population, member counties with most hospital beds per 100,000 inhabitants are Bulgaria (823), Germany (766) and Romania (728). The EU average was 516 hospital beds per 100,000 people in 2022, on the drop compared to 563 hospital beds per 100,000 people in 2012. Member countries with fewest hospital beds per 100,000 people are Sweden (190), the Netherlands (245) and Denmark (261). Between 2012 and 2022 the total number of beds in EU dropped by 6.8%. In most EU states, the total number of hospital beds was lower in 2022 than in 2012. The most serious drop was recorded in Finland, where the total number dropped by 49.3% between 2012 and 2022. There were six EU member states where the total number of hospital beds grew in the last decade: Spain (0.5% increase), Portugal (1.1%), Romania (4.8%), Malta (9.2%), Bulgaria (13.2%) and Ireland (28.4%). Eurostat points out that the drop reflected the fact that beds for outgoing patients were excluded as well as scientific and technological progress which reduced the average hospital stay or replaced those procedures with outgoing ones.
Representatives of the ruling Social Democratic Party, PSD, gathered for a congress in Bucharest on Friday, November 7, to elect new leadership and to amend the party’s Statute. The only candidate for party leader is Sorin Grindeanu, who held the interim position after Marcel Ciolacu's resignation in May. In his speech at the congress, Sorin […]
The e-commerce sector recorded strong early results on Black Friday 2025, according to real-time data released on Friday, November 7, by PayU GPO Romania from its dedicated Media Center. By 14:10, the payment processor reported successful transactions totaling RON 514 million (roughly EUR 101 million). PayU said shoppers had made roughly 889,000 purchases, with around […]
Contakt Express Logistik, one of Romania’s leading retailers of mobile phone and tablet accessories, with a network of over 235 stores, is set to launch the initial public offering (IPO) between November 12 and December 3, 2025. The company offers a wide range of products, including cases, screen protectors, chargers, and gadgets, both in physical […]
Romania attracts fewer international tourists today than it did during the communist era, making it the only country in Europe in this situation, the National Association of Travel Agencies (ANAT) warned, as reported by news agency Agerpres. According to the organization, Romania received more than 3.4...
InterCapital ETF, the first international ETF provider in Romania, will launch two new exchange-traded funds on the Bucharest Stock Exchange starting November 11, 2025. The new instruments are the InterCapital CROBEX10 TR UCITS ETF, which offers exposure to the Croatian blue-chip equity market by tracking the performance of the CROBEX10tr index, and the InterCapital EUR […]
The Competition Councils of Romania, Bulgaria, and the Republic of Moldova have granted the necessary authorizations and approvals for the completion of the transaction through which Maspex Romania takes over the majority shareholding of Purcari Wineries. The Maspex Group, which has been present in Romania for nearly 30 years, became the majority shareholder of one […]
