The retail sales increased slightly in the euro zone and were stable in the European Union in August, but Romania had the strongest drop of retail sales in the community block, show the data published on Monday by Eurostat.According to the European office, retail sales increased by 0.1% in the euro area and remained stable in the European Union in August 2025 compared with July 2025. However, the member countries with the largest decreases in retail sales were Romania (minus 4%), Poland (minus 0.8%), Luxembourg and Portugal (minus 0.7%). Retail sales also grew by 1% year-on-year in the euro area and by 1.1% in the European Union. Again, Romania had the biggest decline in retail sales in the EU, with a fall of 3.8%. According to data previously published by the NSI, the volume of turnover in retail trade (excluding trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles), gross series, in August 2025, compared to the previous month, decreased by 7.2% overall, as a result of decreases in retail trade of motor fuels in specialized stores (-11.7%), sales of non-food products (-8.0%) and sales of food, beverages and tobacco (-3.3%). Turnover in retail trade (excluding trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles), working-day and seasonally adjusted series, decreased overall in August 2025 compared with the previous month by 4%, as a result of decreases in sales of food, beverages and tobacco (-3.4%), sales of non-food (-3.1%) and retail trade of motor fuels in specialized stores (-2.9%). Similarly, the volume of the turnover in retail (with the exception of trade with vehicles and motocycls), gross series. In August 2025, as compared to August 2024 there was a drop, on the whole by 4% as a result of the decline registered for food sales, beverages and tobacco (-6%), non-food sales (-3.2%) and retail trade of motor fuesl in specialized stores (-2.3%). Turnover in retail trade (excluding trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles), working-day and seasonally adjusted, year-on-year, fell by 2.1% overall, as a result of decreases in sales of food, drinks and tobacco (-4.4%) and non-food (-0.4%). Retail trade of fuels for motor vehicles in specialized stores increased by 5.9%.
Romanian cosmetics company Caress Society has announced plans to build a modern production facility in Filipeștii de Tîrg, Prahova County, with a total investment of RON 17.6 million (some EUR 3.5 million). The project will be co-financed through the Just Transition Program 2021–2027, with approximately 70% covered by EU funds and the rest from the […]
Romania ranks 36th globally by the size of central bank reserves, around USD 73 billion, according to The World Factbook, but based on 2024 data. The 36th place is the same as the country’s position by the size of its economy in the world, with GDP calculated at purchasing power parity. However, this year the […]
Romania has been officially selected to compete at Bocuse d’Or Europe 2026, marking the first time the country will take part in the world’s most prestigious culinary competition. There will be 20 participating nations at the European edition, which will take place in Marseille, France, in March 2026. The countries that qualify in Marseille will […]
The City Hall of Tășnad, located in Satu Mare County, north-western Romania, has received six bids for the construction of a new water park. The project is valued at RON 138.2 million (approximately EUR 27.2 million), and the building is scheduled to take 3 years. The water park, named Aquapark Transilvania Terme Tășnad, will cover […]
Libris and Save the Children Romania announce the launch of the seventh edition of the CarteTeca program, through which 50 school libraries across the country will be equipped with new books, supported by a total investment of RON 250,000. Registrations for this year’s edition open today, on the platform libris.ro/carteteca. To date, the project has […]
Half of Romanians fear that they will not be able to maintain a comfortable standard of living after retirement, according to the Retail Banking Radar report, produced by the consulting company Kearney. Romania is thus above the European average (47%). According to the report, as quoted by Bursa.ro,...
