The annual inflation rate stagnated in April at 4.9%, and the most significant price increases, 6.83%, were recorded in the services sector, followed by rises in foodstuff prices by 5.57% and in non-food prices by 3.53%, shows data published on Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).By categories, the services sector recorded the most significant price increases: the interurban transport has become the most expensive in the last year, with an increase in fares of 16.92%, followed by hygiene and cosmetics - with a 13.8% price increase and water, sewerage, sanitation - plus 12.36%. Telephone services registered price decreases of 4.75%.In the foodstuffs sector, in the last year, the products to see the highest price increases were fresh fruit, of 12.28%, edible oil - 9.93% and cocoa and coffee - 9.26%. Price decreases were posted for sugar - 6% and potatoes - 4.38%.As regards non-food goods, thermal energy prices have increased by 13.63% (April 2025 compared to April 2024), prices of books, newspapers and magazines by 7.28% and prices of knitwear by 7.22%. On the other hand, gas has become cheaper, with prices lower by 3.67%, while fuel prices have decreased by 0.18%.The National Bank of Romania (BNR) has revised upwards its inflation forecast for the end of 2025 to 3.8% from 3.5% previously and expects it to reach 3.1% by the end of 2026, according to data presented in February by BNR governor Mugur Isarescu.
In the context in which agri-food systems are responsible for almost one third of global greenhouse gas emissions, Auchan Romania assumes an active role in the transition of its supply chain toward a more sustainable model. At the second edition of the Climate Supplier Event, organized under the aegis of the Climate Change Summit, the […]
Janiva Magness, the winner of seven Blues Music Awards following 26 nominations, and nominated for a Grammy for a career spanning 17 albums, is set to perform at the 14th edition of the Brașov Jazz & Blues Festival, which will take place between August 14–16, 2026. Magness is one of the most valuable and influential […]
Auction house Artmark announced a major auction for this winter featuring an engraving created by Francisco Goya, the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Romania's late communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu received this gift from King Juan Carlos I as a gesture of diplomacy. The engraving entitled “The Engagement – Capricho […]
Authorities managing Romania's Bicaz Gorges–Hășmaș National Park has built a fish ladder system on the Bicaz River, which will allow protected species to migrate and reproduce. There are several bridges and small bridge structures in the Bicaz River that have a “bottom sill,” meaning small waterfalls. Fish that do not jump like the trout cannot […]
The far-right opposition parties in the Romanian Parliament are set to file a motion of no confidence against the government headed by prime minister Ilie Bolojan. The motion, authored by senator Ninel Peia of the Peace – Romania First group, is specifically aimed at the reformist party Save Romania Union (USR), and is entitled “Romania […]
Romania's iconic rock singer Adrian Pleșca, known as “Artan,” died on Tuesday, December 2, after a fatal stroke, at the age of 64. The artist founded the well-known band “Timpuri Noi” in 1982 and “Partizan” in 2001, and was popular on the Romanian rock scene. Over the years, he left and returned to the two bands. Several […]
