Online purchases in EU continued to grow in 2024, the most frequent goods bought inline are clothes (including sportswear), footwear and accessories, according to data published by Eurostat. According to those data, last year, 77% of Internet users bought or ordered goods or personal use services online, on the rise from 59% in 2014, which represents a 17% increase. The highest percentages of Internet users who made online purchases in 2024 were recorded in Ireland (96%), the Netherlands (94%)and Demnark (91%). At the opposite pole we find Bulgaria with the lowest percentage of internet users who made online purchases last year (57%), followed by Italy and Romania, both with 60%. If we compare the 2024 situation with that of 2014, the most important increases were recorded in Romania (43% advance from 17% to 60%), Hungary ( from 42% to 79%) and Lithuania (from 36% to 72%). Goods most frequently bought online in 2024 were clothes (includins sportswear), footwear and accessories, 45% of Internet users making those purchases in the last three months. They were followed by food deliveries from restaurants, fast-food chains and catering services (21%) , cosmetics and wellness products (20%), furniture and household accessories or garden items (19%). The next category were sports equipments, magazines, newspapers and health supplements like vitamins, each with a share of 16%.
The third breast milk bank in Romania has opened at the Sibiu County Hospital, following a RON 13.5 million (about EUR 2.7 million) investment aimed at modernizing the hospital’s neonatology department. The modernization project, financed through the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, included the replacement of old equipment, a 20% increase in the number of […]
President Nicuşor Dan stated on Wednesday, July 30, in a press conference that the current system, which allows magistrates to retire under the age of 50 with a pension higher than their salary, is absurd. He also criticized the Superior Council of Magistracy, or CSM, for the current “disorderly” state of the Romanian justice system. […]
Forty Romanian firefighters and eight fire trucks left for Greece on Wednesday, July 30, to participate in firefighting missions, the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations said. Between August 1 and September 15, Romania will take part in the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) program aiming to support the Greek […]
Integrated facility and property management services provider Nazca has opened its first office outside Italy, its domestic market, in Bucharest. Nazca expects revenues of over EUR 1 million next year in Romania, and in the next 3 years, the growth plan aims to reach EUR 10 million, with target sectors being office buildings, retail, industrial […]
The 19th edition of TIFF Sibiu, one of the local editions of the Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), the largest film event in the county, will present a program of international films and the latest productions by Romanian fillmakers, who will attend the event. The festival takes place between August 7 and August 10, with […]
Moldovan carrier Flyone will add a route between Bucharest and Munich starting in October. The flights to Munich will be operated on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. This adds to the flights it has connecting the Romanian capital to Tel Aviv, Brussels, and Verona. With these routes, the airline is responding to the constant demand from […]
