The unemployment rate in Romania nationwide at the end of February 2025, was 3.37%, down 0.01 percentage points from thr previous month, the National Employment Agency (ANOFM) reported on Friday.The total number of the unemployed at the end of February 2025 was 268,393 people.Of the total number of registered unemployed, 58,419 were unemployed with benefits and 209,974 without benefits. The number of unemployed people with benefits decreased by 2,088, while the number of unemployed people without benefits increased by 1,316, both on a monthly basis.By residence, the number of the unemployed at the end of February: 71,382 from urban areas, and 197,011 from rural areas.The number of female unemployed as of February 28, 2025 was 124,400, while the number of male unemployed was 143,993.Most of the unemployed were between 40 and 49 years old (68,695), followed by those over 55 years old (61,251), while at the opposite end were people between 25 and 29 years old (15,614).Regarding the composition of unemployment by educational attainment, the unemployed without formal education and those with a primary education background have a significant share in the total number of unemployed, at 31.54%.The unemployed with a secondary education background make up 34.02% of the total registered unemployed, and university graduates 4.48%.
La French Tech Bucharest announces the third edition of its highly anticipated flagship event, Sustainability meets Profitability, set to take place on April 8th, 2025, at the Romanian - American University (1B Expoziției Boulevard, Bucharest), starting at 18:30. Sustainability meets Profitability event will explore the new regulations companies—big or small—must navigate and how they can turn […]
The builders of Romania’s important A1 Sibiu – Pitești highway are set to start the construction of a bridge over 300 meters long and at least 100 meters wide, allowing the animals of the Southern Carpathians to cross from one side to the other. The investment will pay off as a corridor for large mammals […]
The local business services industry has potential for growth, even if it will see a slower pace because the market is a mature one and given the high regional and global competitiveness, according to a report carried out by the Association of Business Service Leaders in Romania (ABSL) in partnership with Deloitte Romania. Still, the […]
Several Romanian military personnel who were on parental leave went to Congo as mercenaries, according to a statement from the Ministry of National Defense. The issue of active soldiers taking mercenary work first came up on the public agenda after PressOne...
The European Investment Bank and the government of Ukraine have agreed to allocate EUR 50 million from EIB funding to Ukraine's national railway company, Ukrzaliznytsia, for the modernization of key railway border crossings with Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania. The project includes repairs to worn-out railway tracks, the relocation of wagon inspections, the reconstruction of […]
Medicover has acquired the operations of the lab tests provider Synlab Group in Romania, Turkey, Cyprus, Slovenia, Croatia, and North Macedonia in a transaction worth EUR 71.3 million, the company announced. The transaction was financed from Medicover's own sources. It was carried out by Medicover for its diagnostic services division, present in Romania under the […]
