The 3 months ROBOR index , according to which the cost of consumer credits in lei with variable interest rate is calculated, went up to 4.70% per year on Thursday, from 4.68% per year the previous day, according to data released by the National Bank of Romania (BNR). A higher index level was recorded in 2013 – 4.74% per year. At the beginning of 2020, ROBOR index for 3 months was 3.19% per year, and at the beginning of 2021 it was 1.98%. The 6 months index, used to calculate interest rates for mortgages in lei with variable interest rate went up to 4.80% per year, from 4.78% on Wednesday, while ROBOR for 12 months climbed to 4.86% per year, from 4.83% per year. The BNR Administration Board decided two days before to increase the monetary policy interest rate to 3%per year, from 2.5% per year, as of April 6, 2022, and maintain strict control of cash flow in the monetary market. The reference index for consumer credits is 1.86% per year, being calculated as average of daily interest rates of interbank transactions in quarter 4, 2021, on the rise compared to the one published 3 months before of 1.17%. In May 2019, government order 19/2019 came into force to modify the way in which interest rates are calculated for credits with variable interest rates in lei. The order established the reference index for consumer credits calculated on a quarterly basis based on interbanking transactions.
Some dinners are eaten. Others are remembered. At Corinthia Grand Hotel du Boulevard, the past few months have unfolded like a quiet culinary opera. One by one, Europe’s most celebrated chefs arrived, took over the kitchen of Boulevard 73 and left behind more than menus; they left stories. Now, on December 4, the curtain falls. […]
HORIZON CITY, a €130 million residential project, is emerging as one of the most solid and forward-thinking developments in the Pipera area—both through its scale and through the modern direction it sets for the new residential standards in the north. Developed across nearly 23,000 sqm, with 699 apartments and 926 parking spaces, the project brings […]
Romania’s National Forest Administration, or Romsilva, announced that it is putting over 16,000 Christmas trees up for sale over the winter in a press release published on Thursday, November 27. The trees can be purchased directly from the offices of the forestry districts. Prices range between RON 17 (EUR 3.3) for a spruce...
Lot 3 Pietroasele–Buzău of Romania's A7 highway, also known as the Moldova highway, was inaugurated on Thursday, November 27. The newly inaugurated segment is 13.9 km long. The A7 connects Romania’s historic regions of Muntenia, the southern part of the country, with Moldova, the eastern part. “We are opening another 13 km of the Moldova Motorway […]
The City Hall of Sinaia, a popular mountain town roughly 120 km north of Bucharest, announced that a new attraction, the alpine coaster on Pârtia Nouă, will officially open on December 1. The installation, located in the ski area near the Sinaia Gondola, features what the authorities say is the longest track of its kind […]
The Romanian national team debuted with a victory in Group A of the Women’s Handball World Championship, organized in the Netherlands and Germany. Romania won 33–24 (13–12) against Croatia in the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam on Thursday, November 27. The Romanian team dominated the match in the second half, left backer Sorina-Maria Grozav scoring 7 […]
