Foreign direct investment in Romania increased by 9.4% in the first quarter of 2022, to 2.297 billion euros, as against 2.099 billion euros in the first quarter of 2021, according to data with the National Bank of Romania (BNR)."Non-residents' direct investment in Romania totalled EUR 2,297 million (compared with EUR 2,099 million in January - March 2021), of which equity (including the estimated net reinvestment of earnings) and intercompany lending recorded net values of EUR 1,935 million and EUR 362 million, respectively," according to the BNR statement.The number of start-ups running on foreign capital in Romania increased by 32.7% in the first three months of 2022, y-o-y, to 1,640 units, according to data with the National Companies Register Office (ONRC).The 1,640 new companies had a total paid-up share capital of 10.022 million US dollars, 18.6% less than that of the companies registered in January-March 2021, of 12.316 million US dollars.In March 2022, 663 companies with foreign shareholders registered. Most of the new companies were operating in wholesale and retail trade, car and motorcycle repair (23.38% of the total), professional, administrative, scientific and technical activities (21.72%), and transport, storage and communications (15.6%).As of end-March 2022, there were 238,487 companies in Romania running on foreign capital. The value of their paid-up capital was 66.362 billion US dollars.The largest number of such companies - 50,871 (subscribed capital of 3.98 billion US dollars) - had investors from Italy, but the highest value of the share capital belongs to Dutch companies, 12.416 billion US dollars, in 5,734 companies.
Around 40% of Romanians living abroad want to invest in Romania, according to a new survey conducted by RePatriot, highlighting a significant potential for economic development driven by the diaspora. The research, carried out in October–November 2025 among Romanians from more than 20 countries, showed that interest in investing in the home country remains high […]
Romania’s acting minister of defence, Radu Miruță, has asked Parliament to grant prior approval for the signing of a framework agreement with Lockheed Martin for the training of F-16 flight personnel at the European F-16 Training Center (EFTC) hosted in Romania,
Former Social Democrat (PSD) transport minister Răzvan Cuc was detained by prosecutors from the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) on suspicion of complicity in bribery, the DNA announced on Tuesday, December 16. Cuc, a member of the Social Democratic Party who served as minister of transport in the governments led by Sorin Grindeanu (currently the leader […]
Regions across Romania will receive a financing boost as a result of a EUR 25 million loan that CEC Bank is receiving from the European Investment Bank (EIB). CEC Bank will channel the EIB credit into public-sector projects that promote sustainable economic development, particularly in Romanian regions where the shift to a greener industry is […]
Local authorities in Buzău aim to convert the nearby military airbase Boboc, 117 km northeast of Bucharest, into a secondary airport with dual military and civil use. The final decision will be based on Romania's security interests and requires multiple permits, the Ministry of Defence said, according to Adevarul.ro. ...
Romanians purchased RON 1.49 billion (nearly EUR 300 million) under the last Fidelis issue this year, organised by the Treasury in December, with over two-thirds of the money being placed in euro-denominated debt and more than one-third of the total being placed in long-term 10-year euro-denominated debt with a 6.2% coupon attached, according to data […]
