Consumption, the main destination of household expenditures, accounted for an average of 61.1% of total household expenditures last year, amounting to 2,979.3 lei per month per household, according to data centralised by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).The monetary expenses for the purchase of food products (including the expenses in the public catering units), non-food expenses and for the payment of the services were of 2,745.8 lei per month (56.3% of the total expenses).The other part of consumption expenditures, the value of human consumption from own resources (those food and non-food products from own resources that are consumed by household members) was equal to 233.5 lei per household and represented 4.8% of total expenditures.Expenditures for household production in 2021 accounted for 1.9% of total expenditures, of which 0.4% went to cash expenditures, and 1.5% to the equivalent value of productive consumption from own resources (fodder, seeds, etc.) used for household production. The latter amounted to, on average, 72.4 lei per month per household.
The City Hall of Oradea, in northwest Romania, has begun installing new smart parking meters as part of its ongoing modernization and digitalization of the municipal parking system. The first batch of devices has already been placed in central areas, and the entire system is expected to become operational by the end of the year. […]
Orange Romania announced the launch of the 5G+ technology in the Bucharest subway, becoming the first operator in the country to reach mobile data speeds of up to 1 Gbps in the underground network. The company has begun activating the technology in several stations and plans wider deployment in the coming weeks. The first 5G+ […]
PPC blue Romania, the electric mobility division of the PPC group, announced the expansion of its national charging infrastructure through the acquisition of the Hermes Flow network, adding 116 new charging points for electric vehicles. Most are located in the Bucharest-Ilfov region, with the rest in 10 other counties. Once fully integrated, users will have […]
Developer Nusco announced on Thursday, November 27, that it has obtained the construction permit for Phase III of the Nusco City project, which will continue the development of one of the largest urban revitalization projects in Bucharest. Mirroring Phase II, this stage will consist of seven buildings with an estimated investment of over EUR 150 million. […]
Romanian tennis player Iulian Chiriță secured two medals at the ITTF World Youth Championships 2025 in Cluj-Napoca, after qualifying for the finals in the mixed and men’s doubles. In mixed doubles in the Under-19 juniors’ competition, Chiriță and Welsh player Anna Hursey defeated the French pair Flavien Coton/Leana Hochart 3-2 in the quarterfinals, and in […]
Romania has signed a major contract with France for the acquisition of Mistral portable short-range air defense missile systems. The agreement was concluded on Tuesday, November 25, between Romania’s Ministry of National Defense and France’s Ministry of the Armed Forces and Veterans, through their respective General Directorates for Armaments. The acquisition is valued at EUR […]
