Experts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are recommending modifications to the recently adopted pension law by the Government. According to government sources cited by Agerpres, the IMF estimates that the expenses resulting from the implementation of the new pension law will be approximately 0.5% of the GDP in 2024 and an additional 1% of the GDP starting in 2025. The IMF mission, following its visit to Romania, is preparing the final Article IV report on the financial situation of Romania, which will be presented to the board. In light of the new pension law, the report will include a paragraph emphasizing that “the projection presented in the report does not include the expenses resulting from the application of the new pension law, estimated at approximately 0.5% of GDP in 2024 and an additional 1% of GDP starting in 2025,” as stated by the source cited by Agerpres. Additionally, it will be mentioned that these additional expenses imply a deficit trajectory inconsistent with fiscal consolidation and achieving the 3% of GDP target. The cited source further highlighted that IMF representatives emphasize the need for the component of the law involving these expenses to be “reconsidered, or the implementation of the law in the proposed form to be reconsidered.” The controversial pension law project, approved by the Executive on Thursday, has sparked debates within the Coalition. According to the Minister of Labor, Simona Bucura Oprescu, 2024 will be the first year in which a government will grant two pension increases—one based on inflation plus 50% of the real increase in the average gross wage, and the other through recalculation. She stated on Thursday that the additional impact compared to the increase in the current law, with recalculation from September to December 2024, amounts to 10 billion lei.
Critical Metals Corp (Nasdaq: CRML), an American company specialising in critical minerals, and Romanian nuclear group Nuclearelectrica (BVB: SNN) announced on December 9 the signing of an agreement for the development, in Romania at Feldioara, of an industrial rare earth processing facility. The planned facilities at Feldioara, where Nuclearelectrica operates its subsidiary Uranium Concentrate Processing […]
One United Properties (BVB: ONE), the Bucharest Exchange-listed developer of residential, mixed-use, and office real estate in Romania, announced the signing of a preliminary sale and purchase agreement for a 34,800 sqm plot of land in “the most desirable residential area of Constanța, on the Black Sea coast.” The land is located in the northern […]
Al Dahra Holding will exit Romania’s grain trading market in 2026, withdrawing from a sector with annual exports valued at about EUR 4 billion, Bloomberg reported on December 9, as cited by Ziarul Financiar. The company’s decision follows sustained pressure on international traders operating in the increasingly...
DN Agrar Group (BVB: DN), one of the leading integrated agrifood companies in Romania and the largest dairy milk producer in Europe, announced the financing plan for the development of a skimmed milk and cream processing facility, a strategic project supporting the group’s growth objectives for the 2025 - 2030 period. “According to the 2025 […]
OMV Petrom (BVB: SNP), as the operator, and Romgaz (BVB: SNG), as an equal partner in the offshore perimeter Neptun Deep, received from the Romanian government a two-year extension to November 2027 for the exploration period provisioned in the concession contract, according to a government press release. The overall period of the contract, which was […]
Romanian president Nicușor Dan announced on Tuesday, December 9, that French president Emmanuel Macron will pay an official visit to Romania in 2026. The confirmation was made during Dan’s visit to Paris, where the two leaders held extensive discussions on defence, security, and economic...
