Annual inflation rate in Romania rose to 9.9% in August, from 7.84% in July, as non-food goods prices rose by 10.48%, services by 9.85% and food goods by 8.92%, according to data published on Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).The consumer price index in August 2025 compared with July 2025 was 102.10%. The inflation rate at the beginning of the year (August 2025 as against December 2024) was 8.1%. The annual inflation rate in August 2025 as against August 2024 was 9.9%. The average rate of change in consumer prices in the last 12 months (September 2024 - August 2025) compared with the previous 12 months (September 2023 - August 2024) was 5.7%.The Governor of the National Bank of Romania (BNR), Mugur Isarescu, said in August that inflation will form a hump in September, when a peak of 9.6-9.7% will be recorded, expected to go down to just above 9% at the end of the year.BNR has revised upwards its inflation forecast for the end of 2025 to 8.8%, probably above 9%, from 4.6% previously, and it anticipates that it will reach 3% at the end of 2026, as against 3.4% in its previous forecast.On August 1, standard Value Added Tax (VAT) in Romania increased to 21%, from 19% previously. The only single reduced VAT rate is 11%.
Some dinners are eaten. Others are remembered. At Corinthia Grand Hotel du Boulevard, the past few months have unfolded like a quiet culinary opera. One by one, Europe’s most celebrated chefs arrived, took over the kitchen of Boulevard 73 and left behind more than menus; they left stories. Now, on December 4, the curtain falls. […]
HORIZON CITY, a €130 million residential project, is emerging as one of the most solid and forward-thinking developments in the Pipera area—both through its scale and through the modern direction it sets for the new residential standards in the north. Developed across nearly 23,000 sqm, with 699 apartments and 926 parking spaces, the project brings […]
Romania’s National Forest Administration, or Romsilva, announced that it is putting over 16,000 Christmas trees up for sale over the winter in a press release published on Thursday, November 27. The trees can be purchased directly from the offices of the forestry districts. Prices range between RON 17 (EUR 3.3) for a spruce...
Lot 3 Pietroasele–Buzău of Romania's A7 highway, also known as the Moldova highway, was inaugurated on Thursday, November 27. The newly inaugurated segment is 13.9 km long. The A7 connects Romania’s historic regions of Muntenia, the southern part of the country, with Moldova, the eastern part. “We are opening another 13 km of the Moldova Motorway […]
The City Hall of Sinaia, a popular mountain town roughly 120 km north of Bucharest, announced that a new attraction, the alpine coaster on Pârtia Nouă, will officially open on December 1. The installation, located in the ski area near the Sinaia Gondola, features what the authorities say is the longest track of its kind […]
The Romanian national team debuted with a victory in Group A of the Women’s Handball World Championship, organized in the Netherlands and Germany. Romania won 33–24 (13–12) against Croatia in the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam on Thursday, November 27. The Romanian team dominated the match in the second half, left backer Sorina-Maria Grozav scoring 7 […]
