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Romania’s Finance Ministry on Monday, July 7, launched the seventh edition of this year’s TEZAUR Treasury bills program, with one, 3 and 5-year maturities and annual interest rates of 7%, 7.50% and 7.9%, respectively.
The three-month ROBOR index, used to calculate variable interest rates for loans in lei taken out before May 2019, as well as for companies' leu-denominated loans, took a step back on Monday, July 7, 2025, and went down to 6.88%, after dropping below the 7% threshold at the end of last week, in line with central bank (BNR) data.
Romania retail sales volume (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) increased in the first five months of 2025 against the year-earlier period, both in unadjusted data, by 2.6%, and when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days, by 3.5%, in line with data provided by the country’s statistics institute INS.
Bitdefender, one of the first IT companies created in Romania after the fall of communism, in 2024 neared half a billion-dollar revenues with a 20% operating profit margin, in line with data consulted by ZF.
Retailer Mega Image has budgeted EUR40-60 million investments for 2025, in line with recent years’ sums, with the money aimed particularly at store remodeling, process digitalization, logistics and product range expansion.
Carmistin The Food Company, owned by Justin and Andra Paraschiv, has become the biggest fodder producer in Romania after taking over Provimi from US giant Cargill.
Private medical service provider MedLife (M.RO) on Friday notified the Bucharest Stock Exchange that its CEO and largest individual shareholder Mihai Marcu had sold 2 million shares in the business for RON6.75 each.
The M&A market in Romania recorded 122 deals in the first half of 2025, with a cumulative value of more than EUR2.7 billion, a slight increase of 6% in volume and 4% in value compared with the same period of 2024, according to a PwC Romania analysis signed by George Ureche, Partner.
A team of lawyers from the Bucharest and London offices of law firm Clifford Chance advised BT Capital Partners, Banca Comerciala Romana, Raiffeisen Bank and Alpha Bank Romania in the transaction whereby Banca Transilvania successfully completed its first leu-denominated sustainable bond issue, raising RON1.5 billion.
French group Carrefour, which has been seeking its direction and implicitly a sustainable business model on a steadily changing retail market for some time, is contemplating exiting Central and Eastern Europe, including Romania, several market sources told ZF.
Rents were flat in June nationwide against May, but went up by 5% on average from June 2024, with a 9% plus in Bucharest, in line with data provided by Storia, the real estate platform launched by OLX.
Moneycorp, one of the largest companies specializing in international payment and foreign exchange services, has decided to exit the Romanian market.
Transylvania Invest, a major Romanian-held grain trader, founded by Sergiu Gorban, has entered an arrangement with creditors as part of a restructuring plan meant to stabilize the company amid a challenging economic context.
Stonevault, a Baia Mare-based producer of sofa springs, ended 2024 with a turnover of roughly RON174.6 million (EUR35 million), up 3.1% from a turnover of RON169.2 million (EUR34.2 million) reported in 2023, in line with calculations by Ziarul Financiar (ZF) daily based on existing data on the finance ministry website.
Electro Sistem, a manufacturer and supplier of electricity control and distribution equipment based in Baia Mare and held by entrepreneurs Stefan Blasko and Roland Kerekes, posted RON179.4 million (EUR36 million) revenue in 2024, almost the same as in 2023, when its revenue stood at RON179.5 million (EUR36.3 million), according to Finance Ministry data.
Mobexpert, one of the largest furniture retailers and manufacturers in Romania, has opened a large department store on Theodor Pallady Boulevard in Bucharest, following an investment of about EUR10 million.
Romania's Finance Ministry raised RON3 billion from banks on Thursday (July 3), selling government paper in two auctions, at annual average yields of 7.24% and 7.34%, respectively.
Employee benefits group Pluxee has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of MyBenefits, a fast-growing Romanian company that has developed innovative technology to provide a flexible offering of employee benefits.
EY Romania has promoted Razvan Ungureanu to Partner within the Tax Advisory department, effective July 2025.
Romania’s industrial producer price index (PPI) edged 0.9% higher year-on-year in May 2025, as per data from the country's statistical office INS.18948 items