The unemployment rate registered at national level decreased by 0.06 percentage points compared to the previous month, to 3.19%, the number of unemployed being 254,594 people, according to the National Employment Agency (ANOFM).During the reference period, out of the total number of registered unemployed, 51,563 were indemnified unemployed and 203,031 were not indemnified.The number of unemployed people receiving unemployment benefits decreased by 1,883 people, and the number of unemployed people not receiving unemployment benefits decreased by 2,261 people compared to the previous month.By area of residence, the number of unemployed people at the end of May is as follows: 65,962 unemployed people come from urban areas and 188,632 unemployed people come from rural areas.The number of unemployed women on May 31, 2025 was 118,160 people, while the number of unemployed men was 136,434 people.Most unemployed people were between 40 and 49 years old (65,033), followed by those over 55 years old (61,079), at the opposite end were people between 25 and 29 years old (14,511).Regarding the structure of unemployment by level of education, the unemployed without education and those with primary education have a significant share in the total number of unemployed registered in the records of the ANOFM (31.98%). The unemployed with a secondary education level represent 34.56% of the total number of registered unemployed, and those with university education 4.39%.
The number of people in Romania at risk of poverty stood at 3.59 million people in 2024, 375,000 fewer than in 2023, representing a 9.4% decrease, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics, or INS. Despite the improvement, nearly one in five Romanians was affected by poverty last year. According to INS, 19% […]
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cluj-Napoca carried out multiple searches on Tuesday, July 1, at the Sibiu International Airport and the Sibiu County Council as part of an investigation into suspected fraud involving a EUR 54 million EU-funded infrastructure project. A total of 24 locations were searched across Bucharest, Brașov, and Sibiu county, […]
A Romanian taxi driver who scammed 90-year-old Nigerian Nobel Prize laureate Wole Soyinka was detained by police on Sunday, June 29, according to media reports. On Friday, June 27, the venerable Nigerian arrived at Bucharest's Otopeni Airport. He got into a taxi and asked to be taken to a hotel downtown. At the destination, the […]
Costin Șerban, a Romanian entrepreneur, is digitalizing the construction sector in the United Kingdom with an ERP (enterprise resource planning) solution developed over 12 years and an investment of GBP 1.6 million (EUR 1.86 million). Șerban’s cloud-based ERP platform is called Abilo, was developed by the Romanian IT company Obi Systems, and is dedicated to […]
Border checks between Bulgaria and Romania have officially been lifted on July 1, as part of the implementation of the Schengen Agreement. The lifting marks the end of the transitional period of heightened control at the internal border, which had remained in place for six months following their accession to the Schengen area by land […]
Remus Vulpescu became CEO of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) on Tuesday, July 1, taking over from Adrian Tănase as the stock exchange grapples with a market dominated by government bonds. Vulpescu, 53, is a graduate in political and legal sciences from the University of Bucharest and holder of an EMBA obtained in 2017. He […]
