The French retailer Carrefour is planning to sell its store chain in Romania. The retailer has already hired an investment bank to assess buyer appetite, at a time when it also wants to withdraw from Argentina and Poland, the French press reports. Carrefour entered Romania in 2001, being one of the first modern retailers to put Romania on the map of their businesses. The French group Carrefour has been planning to sell its operations in Central and Eastern Europe, including Romania, since the summer. The discussions were held with great discretion, both with a number of large retailers and with an investment fund, the French press also says. The move comes as the €85 billion-a-year giant tries to find its way in a market that is constantly changing both in terms of consumer behavior and store formats. French group Carrefour, Europe’s largest retailer, announced in July this year that it had reached an agreement to sell its Italian operations to food and beverage producer NewPrinces, Reuters reported. The sale of Carrefour Italy, which operated 1,188 stores but last year recorded operating losses of 67 million euros, will boost Carrefour’s profitability, the French group said in a press release. In 2025, Carrefour Romania operates over 450 stores nationwide, in approximately 113 cities in the country, according to official data and the economic press. In a recent analysis conducted by the financial analysis platform RisCo.ro, the top supermarkets in Romania, based on financial data reported for 2024, was controlled by German retailers Lidl and Kaufland, while Belgium-based Profi ranked third and Carrefour fourth.
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 […]
