Bucharest people's interest in buying apartments has reportedly grown over the last two years, to the detriment of renting, with the share of people wishing to buy a home rising from 37% in 2023 to 59% in 2025, according to the latest survey conducted by iO Partners in collaboration with Storia, the real estate platform launched by OLX,
Electrica (stock symbol: EL), a major player in electricity distribution, supply, and production market in Romania, has launched its first bond issue on the Regulated Market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, on July 30, 2025. It is the largest green, corporate, and non-financial bond issue on the Romanian capital market, reaching a total value of EUR500 million.
Companies leased more than 500,000 square meters of industrial and logistics spaces in the first half of 2025, up 25% from the same period of last year, reveals a report by real estate consultancy Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
Hidroelectrica, Romania’s largest electricity producer, announced at the BVB that net electricity output dropped by 27% in the first half of 2025, to 6,068 GWh.
Libra Internet Bank granted a RON99 million (around EUR20 million) loan for the development of housing project HILS Sunrise, part of HILS Development’s portfolio.
Raiffeisen Bank Romania ended the first half of 2025 with RON83 billion assets, up 12%, and net profit of RON896 million, 9% higher than in the same period of last year.
Mioveni and Craiova car plants churned out 53,035 units in June, up 15.2% from the same month of 2024, in line with data provided by Romania carmakers’ association ACAROM.
Startup SalesTools AI, which develops a B2B sales automation platform with the aid of AI, targets exponential growth in 2025, aiming to hit sales of $2-3 million.
Private equity fund Mozaik Investments, which has Superbet entrepreneur Sacha Dragic among its founders, has bought the majority stake in private school Genesis College set up by Ioana Necula.