Romania’s public finances will continue to deteriorate and have become a cause for concern, according to the Romanian edition of the Country Risk Atlas 2024 published by Allianz Trade Research.
Despite some planned fiscal consolidation, Allianz Trade Research projects the annual deficits to remain high at about -5% of GDP in 2024-2025. Meanwhile, the public debt-to-GDP ratio is forecast to reach about 50% in 2025 after it increased from 35% of GDP in 2019 to 47% in 2022.
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Digitail, a provider of AI-powered practice management software for veterinary clinics, has raised USD 23 million in a series B funding led by Five Elms Capital. Existing investors Atomico, Partech, Byfounders, Gradient, and others also participated. This brings the company's total investment to over USD 37 million. The investment will enable Digitail to accelerate product […]
President Nicușor Dan intervened in the conflict sparked between recently-appointed deputy prime minister Oana Gheorghiu and the Superior Council of Magistracy, or CSM. The latter filed a criminal complaint against the former, after Gheorghiu stated that the magistrates’ pensions have to be cut. Specifically, Oana Gheorghiu stated during an interview on Digi24 that she understands […]
Romania’s former head of the Environmental Guard, Octavian Berceanu, has claimed he was offered a EUR 10 million bribe to intervene in a defense-related commercial deal, he revealed in an interview with Europa FM. According to Berceanu, the offer came...
Romania’s automobile output declined by 2.7% year-on-year in the first ten months of 2025 to 453,955 units, according to data published by the Romanian Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACAROM). Of the total, 245,765 cars were produced at Automobile Dacia’s Mioveni plant, marking a 5% decrease compared to the same period in 2024. Production at Ford Otosan’s […]
The Government intends to submit a new disbursement request for an amount exceeding EUR 2.5 billion in grants under the Resilience Facility by the end of November, prime minister Ilie Bolojan announced in a Facebook post, as cited by G4media...
Romania’s trade in goods posted a EUR 7.75 billion deficit in Q3, 7.6% smaller compared to the same period in 2024, according to data published by the statistics office INS. The trade gap expanded by 10.9% year-over-year (y/y) to EUR 16.7 billion in H1. It is still premature to conclude that fiscal consolidation has a […]
