A total of 28,866 companies were deregistered nationwide in the first four months of 2025, 11.52% fewer compared to the same period in 2024, according to statistics from the National Trade Register Office (ONRC).The highest number of deregistrations was recorded in Bucharest, namely 4,903 (a decrease of 0.47% compared to the first four months of 2024), followed by the counties of Cluj (1,434, -12.56%), Bihor (1,189, +12.49%), Timis (1,140, -13.24%), Iasi (1,136, +1.88%), Ilfov (1,053, -3.66%) and Constanta (1,023, -17.9%).At the opposite end, the fewest deregistrations were recorded in the counties of Ialomita (149, down 33.03% compared to January-April 2024), Calarasi (163, -22.38%), Mehedinti (222, -25.25%), Caras-Severin (228, -26.45%), Teleorman (227, -16.85%) and Covasna (236, -5.6%).Significant increases in the number of deregistrations were observed in the counties of Olt (+12.77%), Bihor (+12.49%) and Vrancea (+12.1%), while the most substantial decreases were recorded in Dambovita (-49.41%), Ialomita (-33.03%) and Dolj (-28.3%).By field of activity, the highest number of deregistrations was in wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles (6,753, down 10.44% compared to the first four months of 2024), agriculture, forestry, and fishing (3,306, -13.52%) and transport and storage (2,620, -7.03%).In April 2025 alone, there were 7,860 company deregistrations, most of them in Bucharest (1,423) and in the counties of Cluj (381), Constan?a (379), Bihor (313) and Ilfov (315).
Around 32% of Romanians plan to spend their upcoming holidays abroad, with Greece, Italy, and Spain topping the list of preferred destinations, according to the Visa CEE Travel and Payment Intentions Study 2025. Of those going abroad for the summer, nearly 40% say they are “experience seekers,” prioritizing discoveries and stepping out of their comfort […]
Călin Georgescu, the far-right, Russia-friendly politician who surprisingly emerged as the first-round winner of last year’s presidential elections, will remain under judicial supervision after the District 1 Court in Bucharest rejected his appeal against the prosecutors’ decision to extend the preventive measure,
The mayor of Timișoara, Dominic Fritz, will be the new leader of the Save Romania Union party, or USR, after he received 67.2% of the votes in an internal race. The vote for the new party president was conducted online and started Wednesday at 10 AM and ended Friday at noon. A total of 10,914 […]
The Sports Barometer in Romania, a study conducted by IRES and presented on Thursday, June 12, during the Sports Festival, reveals that 32% of Romanians do not engage in any type of physical activity, and that as age increases motivation drastically decreases. According to the study, 28% of Romanians are super-active and do a form […]
The Romanian-American University has officially launched the country’s first Department of Latin American Studies (DSLA), marking a significant step in its internationalization efforts. The inauguration brought together official representatives from eight Latin American countries - Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay - underlining the strong diplomatic support for deepening educational and cultural […]
Romanian president Nicușor Dan laid wreaths on Friday, June 13, at the Monument dedicated to the memory of the victims of the June 13–15, 1990 Mineriad and at the “Kilometer Zero of Democracy” Monument. The violent events of June 1990 remain in post-communist memory as the “June 13–15, 1990 Mineriad” and refer to the repression, […]
