The Social Liberal Union (USL) plans to obtain the absolute parliamentary majority in this autumn’s parliamentary session. The announcement was made by Premier Victor Ponta who stated that USL has so far won all political battles: the local elections and the impeachment referendum. In his turn, Lower Chamber Speaker Valeriu Zgonea stated that PSD’s legislative [...]
The European Commission (EC) approved Romania's national defense projects worth almost EUR 16.7 billion under the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) programme, paving the way for low-cost, long-term EU loans aimed at strengthening military capabilities and strategic infrastructure. On January 15, the EC endorsed the defense investment plans of eight EU member states - Belgium, […]
Thousands of people gathered in central Bucharest on January 15 for a rally initially organised in opposition to the so-called Vexler Law, the legislation aimed at strengthening Romania’s legal framework against extremism, antisemitism, and xenophobia. The demonstration later broadened into a protest against the government and state authorities more generally. The rally was first promoted […]
OMV Petrom (BVB: SNP) has calculated total "impairment adjustments" of EUR 420 million, which will be seen in the financial results of the last quarter of 2025, arising mainly as a result of the agreement between the OMV group and the Romanian government at the end of last year. "Following the principles agreed between OMV […]
The Romanian minister of finance, Alexandru Nazare, on January 15, signed the second financing agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB), worth EUR 500 million, intended to support the construction of the A1 Sibiu-Pitești motorway, one of the most important road infrastructure projects in Romania. The EIB loan will partially finance the state contribution to […]
Europe could face a wave of credit rating downgrades if tensions with the United States over Greenland fracture NATO, Fitch's chief sovereign ratings analyst, James Longsdon, said on January 15, according to Reuters, as quoted by Ziarul Financiar. Romania is working to maintain its fragile investment-grade rating after narrowly avoiding...
The industrial production volume in Romania contracted by 1.1% y/y in January-November and by 0.9% y/y in the 12 months to November, after a disappointing performance (-2.9% y/y) in November, according to data published by the statistics office INS. The production dropped by 0.7% m/m in November after adjustment for seasonality. The state forecasting body […]
