- In the third quarter of 2021, the employment rate1 for the population aged 20-64 years was 67.6%. - In the third quarter of 2021, the economically active population of Romania was 8227 thousand persons, out of which 7791thousand were employed persons and 436thousand unemployed persons. The employment rate of the working age population (15-64 years) was 62.3% in Q3. 2021, down 0.1 percentage points from the previous quarter, according to data released Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).The employment rate was higher for men (71.2% compared to 53.1% for women) and for people in urban areas (67.2% compared to 56.3% in rural areas).According to INS data, the employment rate of young people (15-24 years old) was 20.6%.On the other hand, the unemployment rate in Q3, 2012 was 5.3%, up 0.2 percentage points from the previous quarter.By gender, the gap between the two unemployment rates was one percentage point (5.7% for men compared to 4.7% for women), and by residential area, 4.5 percentage points (7.9% in rural areas, compared to 3.4% in urban areas).By age groups, the unemployment rate reached the highest level (21.5%) among young people (15-24 years).INS states that, apart from the 7,791,000 employed people, another 837,000 people worked in their own farm, to produce agricultural goods intended exclusively or mostly for self-consumption, these being in one of the following situations: either only a small part of the obtained agricultural production is destined for sale, or the obtained agricultural production is destined exclusively for own consumption and represents a substantial part of the total consumption of the household.The rate of the productive population - calculated for the 15-64 age group was 66.6% in Q3, 2021, and 72% that for the 20-64 age group.
The 13th edition of Romanian Design Week will take place in Bucharest between May 16 and 25, 2025, with the theme "Design Tomorrow Today." According to the organizers, starting with the 2025 edition, the festival begins a transformation process, focusing on collaboration, sustainability, and a deeper connection with the city and its residents. The program […]
Kodesage, a Hungarian startup specializing in AI-powered solutions for legacy software modernization, has raised EUR 2.3 million in pre-seed funding led by PortfoLion Capital Partners. Romanian angel investors Marius Istrate and Dan Lupu, former UiPath executives, also participated in the funding round. Kodesage’s AI-powered platform streamlines modernization and accelerates employee onboarding while ensuring compliance and […]
Thousands of Romanians in the United States risk deportation at any moment under Donald Trump’s new immigration policy that targets illegal immigration, according to media reports. Less than 10 days after Donald Trump’s inauguration, over 3,500 illegal immigrants from various countries, mostly from Latin America, have already been deported, and images of them in handcuffs […]
A Memorial Route of the December 1989 Revolution will be set up in Timişoara, the western Romania city where the 1989 started. The route will include nine points marked by ground-level monuments. Where the space allows it, benches will also be added and trees planted, the Timişoara City Hall said. Each monument will feature a […]
Eltra Logis, one of the main players in the niche logistics, transport and storage market, plans to expand its warehouse capacity by another 10,000 sqm, reaching a total of 20,000 sqm in the near future. This expansion will enable the company to meet the growing demand from businesses and strengthen its market position, continuing to […]
A group of Romanian citizens stranded in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo due to military conflict has been successfully evacuated from the country, but not before some of them were filmed being threatened by the advancing rebels. The Romanian citizens were working as private contractors for the Congolese government, training […]
