Soft wheat exports in EU since the beginning of 2024/2025 season until March 23, 2025 have reached 15.46 million tons, on the drop by 35% compared to 23.75 million tons in the same period of 2024, according to data released by the European Commission. According to these data, over July 1, 2025- March 23, 2025, Romania was by far the biggest soft wheat exporter in EU, with a quantity of 4.367 million tons, followed by Lithuania (2.166 million tons) and Latvia (1.864 million tons). At the same time, corn exports in EU dropped by half, to 1.520 million tons over July 1, 2024 – March 23, 2025. In that case too, Romania is, by far, the biggest exporter, with 592,000 tons of corn, followed by Poland with 500,000 tons. EU barley exports dropped by 21% yearly, to 3.644 million tons over July 1, 2024- March 23, 2025, from 4.587 million tons in the sama period of 2023-2024 season. In that case too, Romania is a leader in EU with exports f 1.539 million tons of barley since the beginning of the present season to the present. As for imports, EC data show that EU soft wheat imports dropped by 14% annually, to 6.119 million tons, while corn imports went up by 12% to 15.369 million tons. Over July 1, 2024 – March 23, 2025, EU imported 3.987 million tons of soft wheat from Ukraine, on the drop compared to 4.995 million tons in the same period of 223-2024, while EU corn imports from Ukraine dropped to 8.808 million tons, from 9.106 million tons.
La French Tech Bucharest announces the third edition of its highly anticipated flagship event, Sustainability meets Profitability, set to take place on April 8th, 2025, at the Romanian - American University (1B Expoziției Boulevard, Bucharest), starting at 18:30. Sustainability meets Profitability event will explore the new regulations companies—big or small—must navigate and how they can turn […]
The builders of Romania’s important A1 Sibiu – Pitești highway are set to start the construction of a bridge over 300 meters long and at least 100 meters wide, allowing the animals of the Southern Carpathians to cross from one side to the other. The investment will pay off as a corridor for large mammals […]
The local business services industry has potential for growth, even if it will see a slower pace because the market is a mature one and given the high regional and global competitiveness, according to a report carried out by the Association of Business Service Leaders in Romania (ABSL) in partnership with Deloitte Romania. Still, the […]
Several Romanian military personnel who were on parental leave went to Congo as mercenaries, according to a statement from the Ministry of National Defense. The issue of active soldiers taking mercenary work first came up on the public agenda after PressOne...
The European Investment Bank and the government of Ukraine have agreed to allocate EUR 50 million from EIB funding to Ukraine's national railway company, Ukrzaliznytsia, for the modernization of key railway border crossings with Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania. The project includes repairs to worn-out railway tracks, the relocation of wagon inspections, the reconstruction of […]
Medicover has acquired the operations of the lab tests provider Synlab Group in Romania, Turkey, Cyprus, Slovenia, Croatia, and North Macedonia in a transaction worth EUR 71.3 million, the company announced. The transaction was financed from Medicover's own sources. It was carried out by Medicover for its diagnostic services division, present in Romania under the […]
