Finance | 14 March, 2025 at 8:00 AM
EIB funding for Romania nears €10 billion mark since 2020
The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group's financial support for Romania is rapidly approaching a significant milestone.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group's financial support for Romania is rapidly approaching a significant milestone.
Replacing fossil-based raw materials with recycled and renewable ones supports the circular economy and decreases tires' carbon footprint.
According to Nokian Tyres, its new passenger car tire factory in Oradea will be the world's first full-scale tire factory with zero CO2 emissions.
Nokian Tyres new passenger car tire factory in Oradea, Romania will operate entirely without fossil fuels
The construction of the factory started in May 2023 and requires a total investment of €650 million.
The World Bank has significantly downgraded its economic growth projections for Romania this year, lowering expectations to 0.5% from the 1.3% forecast issued at the start of 2026.
Foraj Sonde Videle has announced the acquisition of Raffles Energy, a British holding company that owns two Romanian energy companies active in natural gas and electricity production.
Econergy Renewable Energy has secured approximately €31 million in project financing from Kommunalkredit Austria to develop its 60 MW photovoltaic project in southeastern Romania.
Romanian software company Arobs Transilvania Software has completed the merger by absorption of five subsidiaries - Arobs Development & Engineering, Berg Computers, Nordlogic Software, Infobest Romania, and Centrul de Soft GPS.
The European retail sector faced a cooling period in February 2026, with the latest Eurostat data revealing a divergence between a stabilising Union and a sharply declining Romanian market.