In January - July 2025, the balance-of-payments current account posted a deficit of EUR 17,226 million, compared with EUR 14,691 million in the same year-ago period, the National Bank of Romania (BNR) informs in a press release.According to the quoted source, the breakdown shows that the deficit on trade in goods widened by EUR 1,942 million, the surplus on services expanded by EUR 330 million, the primary income deficit increased by EUR 96 million, while the secondary income surplus dropped by EUR 827 million.Non-residents' direct investments in Romania totalled EUR 4,269 million (compared with EUR 3,244 million in January - July 2024), of which equity (including the estimated reinvestment of earnings) and intercompany lending recorded net values of EUR 2,339 million and EUR 1,930 million, respectively.In January - July 2025, total external debt rose by EUR 15,264 million to EUR 220,157 million, of which: long-term external debt at end-July 2025 ran at EUR 171,099 million (77.7 percent of total external debt), up 10.4 percent against end-2024; short-term external debt at end-July 2025 amounted to EUR 49,058 million (22.3 percent of total external debt), down 1.7 percent from end-2024.Long-term external debt service ratio stood at 14.6 percent in January - July 2025 against 19.6 percent in 2024. At end-July 2025, goods and services import cover ran at 5.6 months, as compared to 5.7 months at end-2024.At end-July 2025, the ratio of the National Bank of Romania's foreign exchange reserves to short-term external debt by remaining maturity came in at 100.4 percent, as against 99.1 percent at end-2024.
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 […]
