Romania's primary energy resources over January 1 - May 31, 2024 were 5 percent down year-over-year, with the country's main primary energy resources in the reporting period amounting to 12.801 million toe, by 669,800 toe less compared to the year-ago period, shows data released by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) on Monday.The country's electricity resources were 2.4 percent down from the same period of 2023.The domestic energy output amounted to 7.248 million toe, down by 347,700 toe (-4.6 percent) from the year-ago period, and imports stood at 5.553 million toe (-5.5 percent).Electricity resources over the reporting period totaled 27.855 billion kWh, by 697.1 million kWh less compared to the same period last year.The output of thermal power plants was of 7 billion kWh, down by 501.9 million kWh (-6.7 pct). The hydropower output stood at 7.245 billion kWh, down by 1.791 billion kWh (-19.8 pct) year-over-year, and that of the Cernavoda nuclear power plant was 4.677 billion kWh, up by 57.4 million kWh (+1.2 pct).The wind power output in the first five months of the year stood at 3.063 billion kWh, by 583.9 million kWh less compared to the same period of the previous year, and the photovoltaic energy produced in the reporting period amounted to 1.217 billion kWh, by 444.1 million kWh more compared to the same period of 2023.The final electricity consumption in this period was of 20.656 billion kWh, by 0.3 percent lower year-over-year, while the final electricity consumption dipped 0.1 percent.Public lighting consumption was 4.9 percent lower, while household consumption slid 0.4 percent.Electricity exports in the reporting period stood at 4.941 billion kWh, by 541.7 million kWh less year-over-year, while the own technological consumption in networks and transformer stations was 2.259 billion kWh, by 103.4 million kWh less.
CATANE, the feature debut of director Ioana Mischie, has received an international nomination at the prestigious Hollywood Music in Media Awards for its original score composed by Emiliano Mazzenga. The film’s music has been selected among the top five film scores worldwide in the International Independent Film category. The film is the first Romanian production ever […]
Moldovan prime minister Alexandru Munteanu arrived in Bucharest on Thursday, November 13, for his first official foreign visit since taking office. He met with president Nicușor Dan and Romanian counterpart Ilie Bolojan before visiting the Parliament, where he met with the president of the Senate, Mihai Abrudean. After the first meeting, president Nicușor Dan stated […]
Bucharest maintains a steady flow of new office developments, with nearly 170,000 square meters of projects scheduled for delivery between 2026 and 2027, according to the latest Bucharest Office Marketbeat Q3 2025 report from Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. Despite a 25% drop in total leasing activity compared to last year, demand remained solid, with companies […]
The number of Romanians seeking work abroad has fallen to its lowest level in five years, according to new data from leading online recruitment platform eJobs. So far in 2025, only 106,000 applications were submitted for jobs outside Romania out of a total of 9.8 million, representing just 1.1% of all job applications. Employers abroad […]
Four young Romanians from Prahova County created Youllgetit.eu, a platform containing a database with thousands of internships dedicated to students in Europe. The youths are former members of the RO2D2 robotics, and are now students at top universities in Romania, Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands. Luca Moșu, one of the creators of the platform, told […]
Banca Transilvania, a leading bank in Romania, and BPC, a global leader in payments solutions, have completed the first Romanian pilot of the EU Digital Identity Wallet (EUDIW) for payments, enabling cardholders to authenticate online purchases with their new European Digital ID. The project forms part of the EU Digital Wallet Consortium led large-scale pilot funded by […]
