Seasonally adjusted gross domestic product rose by 0.4% in the euro area and the EU in the third quarter of 2024 compared with the previous three months, with Hungary, Latvia and Romania reporting the most significant declines, data released on Friday by the European Statistical Office (Eurostat) show. In Q2 2024, the economy went up by 0.2% in the euro zone and the EU.As a comparison, the US GDP went up in Q3 2024 by 0.7% as compared to the previous three months and 2.7% against the similar period of 2023.Among the EU member states, the most significant advance of economy in Q3 2024, compared to the previous three months, was registered in Ireland (3.5%), Denmark and Lithuania (both with 1.2%) and the most severe decline in Hungary (minus 0.7%), Latvia (minus 0.2%) and Romania (minus 0.1%, after an advance of 0.1% in Q2 2024).As compared to Q3 2023, between July and September 2024, GDP went up by 0.9%in the euro zone and by 1% in the EU, after an advance of 0.5% in the euro zone and 0.8% in the EU, in Q2 2024.Romania reported an annual decline of 0.3% between July and September 2024, after an annual advance of 0.8% in Q2 2024.The National Institute for Statistics (INS) revised downwards the economic growth of Romania during Q3 of this year, against the previous quarter, at -0.1% after having announced previously that it stagnated, and agains the same period of 2023 the GDP registered an increase of 1.1% gross series and a drop of 0.3% on the seasonally adjusted series, according to the temporary data published on Friday by INS.
The exhibition RomanIa – Identity representation of traditional dress in art, currently on view at the National Museum of Art of Romania (MNAR), gathers a variety of artistic representations of the traditional blouse ia, from painting and sculpture, to drawing, photography, installation, film, music, posters, fashion, books, albums, and more. It includes works by Henri […]
Over 136,000 non-EU citizens held residence permits for employment in Romania at the end of August this year, most of them coming from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Moldova, and India, and two out of three immigrants live in Bucharest, Ilfov, Constanța, Timiș, and Cluj, according to a study conducted by the Economic and Social Council. […]
Romanian prosecutors conducted house searches in 12 locations in Bucharest and two in Târgu Mureș on Wednesday, November 26, in a case targeting former employees of bankrupt insurer Euroins. Specifically, the searches targeted 10 individuals who held executive management positions within Euroins, as well as the headquarters of legal entities controlled by the Bulgarian shareholders […]
Prices in Bucharest’s premium residential market have doubled over the past few years, reaching record highs amid a severe shortage of supply in the city’s most exclusive neighborhoods, Cushman & Wakefield Echinox said. Areas such as Primăverii, Kiseleff, Aviatorilor, and Dorobanți continue to dominate demand. Over the past 2 or 3 years, prices for premium […]
The Romanian Consulate in New York shared on social media the story of George Pomuț (George Pomutz, born Gheorghe Pomuț), the Romanian-American who facilitated the sale of Alaska to the US. Despite his role in US history, the Romanian is largely unknown today, the Consulate noted. Pomuț was born in the Hungarian town of Gyula, […]
Shares of Cris-Tim Family Holding (BVB: CFH) began trading on the Bucharest Stock Exchange on November 26 after an IPO worth RON 454.35 million (EUR 89.3 million) conducted last month. Cris-Tim is now the largest entrepreneurial company in the food sector on the BVB Main Market. The funds raised from institutional and over 8,000 retail […]
