Romania raises €4.7 billion in international bond issue
Romania's Ministry of Finance has raised approximately €4.7 billion from international financial markets through the country's first external bond issuance of 2026.
Romania's Ministry of Finance has raised approximately €4.7 billion from international financial markets through the country's first external bond issuance of 2026.
Enery, an independent renewable power producer in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), has reached financial close on a €460 million syndicated green project financing with a consortium of seven banking groups.
Carmistin The Food Company has secured financing of approximately €500 million to continue investments in agriculture and the food industry through a partnership with a bank syndicate.
Romanian mobility solutions provider Autonom Services has signed a €300 million credit facilities agreement.
Digi Communications has announced that its Romanian subsidiary, Digi Romania, successfully priced an offering of senior secured notes.
Rompetrol Rafinare has announced the signing of an amendment to a syndicated loan agreement, with a value of up to $600 million.
Romania's annual inflation rate climbed unexpectedly to 5.5% in May, up from 4.9% in April, driven primarily by increases in food and services prices.
Romanian metal company Lio-Metal has opened a €5 million manufacturing facility in Galați. The greenfield investment was backed by financing from ING Bank.
Electrica has signed a syndicated loan agreement worth RON 3.1 billion (€620 million), in a deal coordinated by BT and BCR, with Raiffeisen Bank acting as Sustainability Agent.
ING Bank Romania's revenues reached RON 3.8 billion in 2024, up 13% compared to 2023, and the value of the bank's total assets increased to RON 78 billion, up 9%.
Each initiative benefits from funding between RON 230,000 and almost RON 270,000 and the projects are planned to be completed throughout 2025.
Entrepreneurs have automatic access to offers, directly from ING Business, the internet banking platform dedicated to them.
For those who monitor their common expenses, the preferred tool is the banking application, used for this purpose by 36% of the respondents.
Thanks to continuous and prudent lending policies, provisions were still low at approximately RON 58 million, but higher than in the same period last year.
The funds will be utilized to refinance the development of 40 green logistics buildings (Green buildings) of Class A.
ING Bank Romania announces the launch of the account for joint spending ING Together, dedicated to those who choose to manage their money together with other close people.
ING Bank Romania has financed Medisprof Group, which owns the largest private oncology hospital in western Romania, to expand in the region of Moldova.

Romania's consolidated general budget recorded a deficit of €4.2 billion in the first quarter of 2026, representing 1.03% of GDP, compared to a deficit of €8.7 billion (2.28% of GDP) in the same period of 2025 over revenue growth and expenditure control.
Siemens is set to bolster its presence in Romania with the development of a fully digitalised, carbon-neutral production facility in Sibiu.
Siemens Mobility has been selected by Romania's Railway Reform Authority to deliver 12 hydrogen-powered electric multiple units based on the Mireo Plus H platform. The contract marks Romania's first hydrogen train project and one of the first in CEE.
Premier Energy has begun construction of its 200 MW/400 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project near Iași, Romania. The total development and construction cost is estimated at €75 million.
AI has become increasingly embedded in employees' day-to-day work over the past year. More than 48% of employees see AI as a tool that simplifies their work; however, many remain concerned about the broader implications of its growing integration, according to a survey conducted by Genesis Property early this year, on a sample of 1,146 employees.