The hourly labour cost in adjusted form (based on the number of working days) recorded a 10.34% increase in the second quarter of this year compared to the same period in 2024, and was 1.53% higher than in the previous quarter, the National Institute of Statistics (INS) reported on Wednesday.According to the INS, in Q2 2025 compared to Q1 2025, the hourly labour cost (adjusted for the number of working days) increased across most economic sectors.The most significant increases in hourly labour costs (adjusted) were witnessed in electricity, heat, gas, hot water and air conditioning production and supply (+12.60%), mining and quarrying (+7.50%), financial intermediation and insurance (+4.83%), transport and storage (+4.01%).The only sectors that recorded decreases in hourly labour costs (adjusted) were hotels and restaurants (-1.90%), arts, entertainment and recreation (-1.37%), administrative and support service activities (-0.99%), information and communications (-0.20%).Compared to the previous quarter direct (wage-related) labour costs rose 1.53%, indirect (non-wage) labour costs increased 1.44%.When compared to the same quarter of the previous year (Q2 2024), the hourly labour cost (adjusted) increased across all economic sectors.The most notable year-on-year increases were in construction (+15.04%), other service activities (+14.37%), manufacturing industry (+13.44%).The lowest increases in hourly labour cost (adjusted) compared to Q2 2024 were in public administration (+5.84%), education (+6.02%), health and social work (+6.12%).Compared to the same quarter of the previous year, in Q2 2025, the direct labour cost component (wages) increased 10.33%, while the indirect labour cost component (non-wage) went up 10.54%.
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 […]
