The number of building permits for residential buildings decreased by 1.3% in Romania in H1 2024, year-on-year, according to data with the National Institute of Statistics (INS) published on Wednesday.Thus, in H1 2024, 16,925 residential building permits were issued. Decreases were recorded in the following development regions Centru (-281 permits), Nord-Vest (-224) and Sud-Est (-38), and increases in Bucharest-Ilfov (+141 permits), Vest (+88), Sud-Muntenia (+46), Sud-Vest Oltenia (+39), and Nord-East (+14).According to INS, in June 2024, 2,875 residential building permits were issued, down 5.7% on a monthly basis, of a total usable area of 625,690 sqm (-10.4%). Of the total residential building permits, 70.7% were for the countryside.In June 2024, there was a monthly decrease in the number of residential building permits (-175 permits). The decrease was reflected in the following development regions: Nord-Est (-99 permits), Nord-Vest (-53), Sud-Muntenia (-41), Sud-Vest Oltenia (-40), Centru (-17,) and Vest (-15). Increases were recorded in the development regions of Bucharest-Ilfov (+73 permits) and Sud Est (+17).
The foreign exchange reserves of the National Bank of Romania, or BNR, totaled EUR 58.281 billion at the end of June 2025, up by 4.71% compared to May 31, 2025. During the month of June, there were inflows of EUR 6.1 billion, representing changes in foreign currency minimum reserves established by credit institutions at the […]
Maib, the largest bank in the Republic of Moldova, has established a strategic partnership with Tuum, a next-generation core banking platform from Estonia, to obtain a fully digital presence for retail customers in Romania. Tuum’s core banking platform will serve as the foundation for Maib’s greenfield operations in Romania. “Maib’s decision to collaborate with Tuum […]
The Romanian government officially launched the 12th edition of its Official Internship Program on July 1, welcoming a new cohort of 150 young interns selected from more than 1,900 applicants. Over the next two months, the interns will be hosted by 26 government institutions, where they will gain hands-on experience in public administration. The program […]
The cogeneration plant on the Petromidia Năvodari platform, the flagship project of the Kazakh-Romanian Energy Investment Fund (KREIF), has entered its final testing phase and is expected to be fully integrated with the Petromidia refinery and Romania’s National Energy System - NES by the end of August. Developed through Rompetrol Energy, a KREIF subsidiary, the […]
More than 108,000 Romanian households changed their electricity providers in June, just before the country returned to a liberalized energy market, according to George Niculescu, president of the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE). “Today, after more than three and a half years, we return to a free electricity market - a market for the consumer! […]
The Romanian Constitutional Court (CCR) has reinstated Traian Băsescu’s rights as a former president, granting him lifelong state benefits, including a monthly allowance, protocol residence, and permanent security. The court ruled unanimously that a 2001 law, which stripped former presidents of these privileges if found to have collaborated with the communist-era Securitate, is unconstitutional, Biziday.ro...
