More than 40% of Romanians say they will spend less during the winter holidays than they did last year, according to a survey conducted by CEC Bank in partnership with the FinZoom.ro bank comparator. To the question – compared to last year, this year do you think you will spend more or less on the Holidays – more than 40% of respondents claimed that they would spend 10%-30% less. At the same time, about 27% say they will spend the same amount of money, similar to last year. Only 23% of those surveyed say they will spend more than last year on the occasion of the holidays, while over 9% have not determined the amounts they will allocate to this period. Regarding the allocated budget, 30.5% of the respondents say that they will fall between 500 lei and 1,000 lei, while a quarter of those surveyed will spend less than 500 lei. About 20% of the respondents will spend amounts of 1,000 – 1,500 lei and only smaller percentages of those surveyed allocated larger amounts. For more than half of those surveyed, the main expenditure for the Holidays will be on food, for 42% of respondents on gifts and only under 5% will allocate most of the money for the holidays. But even the main expenditure category, food, has a budget of less than 600 lei for 70% of the respondents. For other categories of holiday expenses, almost 50% of respondents will allocate less than 300 lei, over 31% will allocate between 300-600 lei, about 13% between 600-1,200 lei and just over 5% will allocate amounts greater than 1,200 lei.
Health minister Alexandru Rogobete said that 15 hospitals are currently under construction across Romania, financed through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). Of these, 12 are expected to be funded through grants and three through loans, though the final allocation has not yet been confirmed, Agerpres reported. Speaking...
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Romanian defense minister Ionuț Moșteanu announced on Wednesday, July 16, that the government is planning to expand the voluntary military service. The measure is being taken given that the current reservists have aged. During an interview, the minister explained that according to the draft law currently under interministerial review, individuals who wish to take an active […]
Romania's Social Democratic Party (PSD) is pushing for stricter tax regulations targeting multinational companies and a new turnover tax as part of ongoing fiscal reform negotiations within the ruling coalition. Interim party president Sorin Grindeanu warned that the PSD could exit the coalition if its key proposals are not accepted, although he described the alliance […]
Amazon Development Center, the Romanian branch of US tech giant Amazon, is preparing to lay off over 500 employees from its Iași-based retail business services division, Romanian media reported on July 16, citing internal company sources. The Iași centre, established in 2005, handles both IT research and development and business services across several domains, including […]
