- As against the same quarter of 2020, the Gross Domestic Product recorded an increase by 13.0% for the unadjusted series and by 13.6% for the seasonally adjusted series; - In the first semester of 2021, as against the same period of the previous year, the Gross Domestic product increased by 6.5% for the unadjusted series and by 6.2% for the seasonally adjusted series; - The seasonally adjusted series of quarterly Gross Domestic Product was readjusted as a result of the introduction of the estimates for Q2 2021, being revised as compared to the version published in the Press release no. 174 of 8 July 2021. Romania's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) advanced 6.5% in H1 2021 y-o-y in unadjusted terms, and 6.2% when seasonally adjusted according to the flash estimates published on Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).In Q2 2021, GDP increased by 1.8% on a quarterly basis seasonally adjusted. When compared to the same quarter one year before, the Romanian economy was up 13.6%.According to INS data, Romania's Q2 2021 GDP was up 13% in unadjusted terms over Q2 2020."Following the revision of the unadjusted series by including the estimate of Gross Domestic Product for the second quarter of 2021 in the quarterly series, the seasonally adjusted series was recalculated, with the volume indices being revised against the second provisional version of Q1 2021 Gross Domestic Product published in press release 174 of July 8, 2021. Thus, the results of the first quarter of 2021, against the fourth quarter of 2020, were revised from 102.9% to 102.5%," according to INS.
The Alliance for the Union of Romanians, or AUR, announced during a meeting on Monday, November 3, that it supports former TV presenter Anca Alexandrescu for the position of mayor of Bucharest. The elections will be held on December 7. The leadership of AUR decided unanimously to support Anca Alexandrescu, although she is not a […]
A former Royal Navy minehunter has arrived at the Port of Constanța on Monday, November 3, to join the Romanian Naval Forces, following a 41-day journey from the United Kingdom that covered more than 4,200 nautical miles. The vessel, now named M271 “Căpitan Constantin Dumitrescu,” is the second minehunter delivered to Romania under a government-to-government […]
Romania has formally signed an intergovernmental agreement to acquire 18 F-16 fighter jets from the Netherlands, the Ministry of Defense announced on Monday, November 3. The aircraft, already stationed at the Fetești Air Base as part of the European F-16 Training Center (EFTC), will now become the property of the Romanian state and will be […]
Romania has 454 casinos, which places the country right after the United States, which hosts 2,147 such places and over 600 casino hotels, B1tv.ro reported. Bucharest ranks as the second city, after Las Vegas, in terms of the number of casinos per population....
The candidate of the National Liberal Party (PNL) for Bucharest general mayor, Ciprian Ciucu, is two percentage points ahead of Daniel Băluţă, the representative of the Social Democrats (PSD) in the race, seen so far as the preferred one, according to a survey commissioned by the Liberal Party and published by Cotidianul.ro, as reported by
Romania is nearing the conclusion of a "huge USD 30 billion" investment agreement with the United States covering nuclear, hydro, natural gas, and artificial intelligence-based technologies, energy minister Bogdan Ivan announced last week, according to Ziare.com and
