Natural growth remained negative in May 2025, with the number of live births continuing to be lower than that of deaths, according to data published on Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).Thus, the number of births decreased compared to May 2024, but increased compared to the previous month (April 2025), and the number of registered deaths decreased both compared to May 2024 and the previous month, respectively April 2025.According to INS figures, birth certificates for 10,881 children were registered in May, an increase of 419 (+4%) compared to April. The number of death certificates registered in May 2025 was 18,781 (9,816 for males and 8,965 for females), 746 fewer deaths than in April 2025, which represents a decrease of 3.8% (-2.8% males and -4.9% females).The number of death certificates registered for children under 1 year of age in May 2025 was 71, an increase of 10 compared to April 2025.Under these conditions, the natural increase remained negative (-7,900) in May 2025, the number of registered deaths being 1.7 times higher than that of live births.In May of this year, 41.8% (7,851 deaths) of the total number of deaths were recorded in people aged 80 and over, 27% (5,073 deaths) in people aged 70-79 and 16.8%, representing 3,161 deaths, in people aged 60 - 69. At the opposite pole, the fewest deaths were recorded in the age groups 0-4 years (81 deaths), 5-19 years (43 deaths) and 20-29 years (69 deaths).In May 2025, 10,285 marriages were registered at civil registry offices.The number of divorces pronounced by final court decisions and by the spouses' agreement (administratively or through notarial procedure) was 1,426.In May 2025, compared to May 2024, the number of birth certificates for live births was 1,336 lower (-10.9%). The number of death certificates registered in May 2025 decreased by 573 (-3%) compared to May 2024, and that for children under one year of age who died was 7 lower.Natural growth was negative both in May 2025 (-7,900 people) and in May 2024 (-7,137 people).In May 2025, 9,330 people died in urban areas (4,875 males and 4,455 females), and 9,451 people died in rural areas (4,941 males and 4,510 females). Compared to the same month in 2024, the number of deaths recorded decreased by 4.2% in urban areas (-1.9% for males and -6.5% for females) and by 1.7% in rural areas (-4.0% for males and +0.9% for females).
Romania's Instant Factoring announced its participation in a cross-border securitization transaction valued at up to EUR 30 million. The move, the company said, "opens a new stage of growth for both Romanian fintech and the alternative financing market in Romania and Spain." The transaction involved the establishment of a securitization fund - Instant Factoring 2025-I, […]
Meta Estate Trust, a holding company active in the real estate sector and listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) under the symbol MET, announced that it signed the mandate agreement with its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dan Petrișor. The appointment decision was made by the Board of Directors on October 31, and the […]
Former star coach Emerich Jenei, one for Romania's best, passed away on November 5, 2025, at the age of 88. He achieved the greatest performance of Romanian football: winning the European Champions Cup with Steaua București on May 7, 1986, in Seville, in the famous final against F.C. Barcelona. Emeric Alexandru Ienei (Imre Sándor Jenei) […]
Renting is steadily becoming more common in Romania, as access to credit becomes increasingly difficult. As such, even though rents traditionally tend to decrease in October, this year they have kept steadily increasing in most major cities. Traditionally, the demand for rentals increases in August and September, when students return to the major university cities. […]
Demand for logistics and industrial space in Romania reached 750,000 square meters in the first nine months of 2025, a 30% increase compared with the same period last year, according to the Romania Industrial Marketbeat Q3 2025 report by real estate consultancy company Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. If the current pace continues, the total volume […]
Documentary Mondays and Fiction Tuesdays, the programs of the Czech Center in Bucharest, return between November 10 and November 25 with screenings of six contemporary and classic European films. Documentary Mondays, the Czech Center's longest-running film program, proposes documentaries that reflect on the present, memory, trauma, and the ways in which we relate to the […]
