The retail sales increased slightly in the euro zone and were stable in the European Union in August, but Romania had the strongest drop of retail sales in the community block, show the data published on Monday by Eurostat.According to the European office, retail sales increased by 0.1% in the euro area and remained stable in the European Union in August 2025 compared with July 2025. However, the member countries with the largest decreases in retail sales were Romania (minus 4%), Poland (minus 0.8%), Luxembourg and Portugal (minus 0.7%). Retail sales also grew by 1% year-on-year in the euro area and by 1.1% in the European Union. Again, Romania had the biggest decline in retail sales in the EU, with a fall of 3.8%. According to data previously published by the NSI, the volume of turnover in retail trade (excluding trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles), gross series, in August 2025, compared to the previous month, decreased by 7.2% overall, as a result of decreases in retail trade of motor fuels in specialized stores (-11.7%), sales of non-food products (-8.0%) and sales of food, beverages and tobacco (-3.3%). Turnover in retail trade (excluding trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles), working-day and seasonally adjusted series, decreased overall in August 2025 compared with the previous month by 4%, as a result of decreases in sales of food, beverages and tobacco (-3.4%), sales of non-food (-3.1%) and retail trade of motor fuels in specialized stores (-2.9%). Similarly, the volume of the turnover in retail (with the exception of trade with vehicles and motocycls), gross series. In August 2025, as compared to August 2024 there was a drop, on the whole by 4% as a result of the decline registered for food sales, beverages and tobacco (-6%), non-food sales (-3.2%) and retail trade of motor fuesl in specialized stores (-2.3%). Turnover in retail trade (excluding trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles), working-day and seasonally adjusted, year-on-year, fell by 2.1% overall, as a result of decreases in sales of food, drinks and tobacco (-4.4%) and non-food (-0.4%). Retail trade of fuels for motor vehicles in specialized stores increased by 5.9%.
A consortium led by Romanian technology group Metaminds, along with Trencadis Corp, announced the signing of the framework agreement for the provision of “Internal Cloud ICT Solutions and Products” as part of the implementation of Romania’s Government Cloud. The project aims to develop a modern, secure, and high-performance IT infrastructure that will support the digitalization of […]
Romanian conservationist Alex Găvan has once again reported a major pollution incident at the Brădetu wastewater treatment plant, describing the Vâlsan River as "poisoned for years" and calling the situation a public health emergency and an ecological disaster. The river is the only refuge of the asprete, the mysterious-looking 'living fossil' fish that Găvan and his team […]
Bonapp, Romania’s leading app for reducing food waste, today announced the launch of Bonapp Club, a new subscription service inside the Bonapp app. The Club gives members access to exclusive dining deals from top partner restaurants in Bucharest. Unlike the core Bonapp app, which focuses on saving surplus food, Bonapp Club delivers special perks available […]
City Grill Group, the leading player in Romania’s HoReCa industry, has opened the winter festive season with an accelerated pace of reservations for New Year’s Eve 2026. In less than a month since launching the offers, nearly 1,000 Romanians have already booked their seats in one of the group’s eight landmark restaurants. The 2026 edition […]
Only two Romanian universities, namely the Bucharest University of Economic Studies and the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest, appear in the top 1000 of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026, published on Thursday, October 9. Around 30 higher education institutions from Romania submitted data for the ranking, but only […]
Google’s new AI-assisted search mode, the so-called AI Mode, is now available in Romania and in the Romanian language, powered by Gemini 2.5, according to a press release from the company. AI Mode functions as a distinct option within the Google search engine. The user can enter a question in the search bar and then […]
