Romania reported 5,746,452 employees in 2024, the highest in the last decade, according to a press statement from the Ministry of Labour, Family, Youth and Social Solidarity (MMFTSS) released on Thursday.The number of individual employment contracts at the end of 2024 was standing at 6,710,815, by over 700,000 higher than ten years ago."Employment policies, increasing employees' skills and supporting employers are priorities of the incumbency. The results of 2024 confirm the effectiveness of the measures on the labour market, and we continue to invest in people under programmes that create new jobs for Romanians," Labour Minister Simona Bucura-Oprescu is quoted as saying in the statement.According to data with the National Employment Agency (ANOFM), in 2024 629,733 jobs openings were announced by employers, including 366,091 jobs that were repeatedly declared open. Most of the jobs openings were in construction, education, healthcare, delivery, commerce and transport. At this moment, ANOFM has over 35,000 available jobs.Through ANOFM, 183,849 Romanians found a job in 2024, of which 98,766 in urban areas and 85,083 in the countryside.The places with most of the new employment contracts in 2024: Bucharest City (693,037) and the counties of Ilfov (150,208), Cluj (138,807), Constanta (126,696), Timis (112,551), Brasov (92,416) and Arges (81,862).Most of the new contracts were concluded in construction (205,163), education (138,526), hospitality (127,383) and road haulage (118,174).
Romanian prime minister Ilie Bolojan stated during an interview on Wednesday, December 17, that there should be no statute of limitations in cases of serious corruption. The statement comes after a Recorder investigation, which showed that several heads of the major institutions in the Romanian justice system allegedly delayed trials for years until wrongdoings were […]
President Nicușor Dan has challenged, before the Constitutional Court (CCR), the constitutionality of the law that requires that at least 40% of the athletes who play on a team in official national competitions be Romanian. Dan noted that the law violates the principle of non-discrimination and the free movement of workers, enshrined both in the […]
Craiova International Airport will open its new passenger terminal on Thursday, December 18, completing a major infrastructure investment aimed at significantly expanding capacity and improving air connectivity in southwestern Romania. It is part of a broader expansion and modernization project financed through the Large Infrastructure Operational Programme (POIM) 2014–2020, with a total value exceeding EUR […]
Romania is set to be connected to the Western European energy network thanks to grid investments worth EUR 30 billion. The funds will be provided by the EU by 2035, and the project will link Romania to Hungary and Austria in a joint project. Romanian energy minister Bogdan Ivan signaled the signing of the new […]
Franck Bagouet has been appointed managing director of TotalEnergies Marketing Romania SA and managing director of Automotive Southeast Europe Hub TotalEnergies Marketing. He succeeds Didier Grimault, who has accepted a new position within the TotalEnergies company. “I am glad to join this dynamic affiliate and confident that, together with our talented team, we will reinforce […]
Databricks, the data analytics and artificial intelligence company co-founded by Romanian professors Ion Stoica and Matei Zaharia, announced on Tuesday, December 16, that it is raising USD 4 billion in funding at a valuation of USD 134 billion, according to CNBC. The new valuation represents a 34% increase compared to the August round, when Databricks […]
