Romania's M&A market recorded its best quarter in two years, with a cumulative value of €2.9 billion, three times higher than the first three months of last year.
The Romanian government has adopted an emergency ordinance for administrative reform that officially recognises what specialists have long signalled: public administration is oversized, fragmented and financially unsustainable, according to an opinion by PwC Romania experts Dinu Bumbăcea and Cristian Cortez.
Only a quarter of Romanian CEOs expect their company revenues to grow in 2026, marking the lowest percentage in five years.
Vista Bank Romania has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Investimental, a financial investment services company.
Romanian companies represent 53% of the top 5,000 companies in Romania, but figures show significant differences between the country's regions.
Only three in ten (30%) global CEOs are confident their companies will have higher revenues in the next 12 months, according to the PwC Global CEO Survey 2026, launched at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. This percentage is the lowest in five years.
Romania's government ordinance passted at the end of last year signals to companies that fiscal pressure could ease and the series of tax increases might end in 2026.
Romania leads the European Union in both VAT and corporate tax collection failures, losing approximately one-third of potential revenue from each tax, according to a European Commission analysis published this week.
Romanian employees are among the least likely to use artificial intelligence at work, with only 44% reporting AI usage in the past year compared to a global average of 57%, according to a PwC survey.
T2Y Capital, a financial investor focused on growth capital in the energy sector, is investing in Prime Batteries, making it the second-largest shareholder.
Vista Bank has completed the acquisition of Alpha Leasing Romania, including its wholly-owned subsidiary Alpha Insurance Brokerage (Romania).
Global wellbeing leader Therme Group, which has a project near Bucharest, and investment firm CVC, have announced a strategic joint venture named Therme Horizon.
Romania aims to produce 153,000 tons of renewable hydrogen annually and reduce carbon emissions by over 2 million tons by 2030, according to the National Hydrogen Strategy 2023-2030.
Generative AI is poised to significantly alter the way we work within the next five years, impacting nearly a quarter of existing jobs.
While battery electric vehicles (BEVs) hit a record 16% global market share in Q1 2025, driven largely by China, the transition to electromobility faces has slowed down in Romania.
Vista Bank Romania has agreed to take over the loan portfolio of Eurobank's former subsidiary in Romania Bancpost.
Geopolitical conflict is seen as the biggest risk in the Middle East (41%) and Central and Eastern Europe (34%). In Western Europe.
Hidroelectrica has signed a contract for €8.7 million in non-reimbursable financing from the Modernisation Fund to implement a battery storage facility at the Porțile de Fier II hydroelectric plant.
Romania's annual inflation rate will increase and remain at higher levels than previously forecast during March-June 2026, according to the minutes from the National Bank of Romania's monetary policy meeting held in early April.
The Vega Ploiești Refinery, operated by Rompetrol Rafinare, has started producing hexane with a minimum purity of 60%, supporting polypropylene production and the food industry.
Energy producer OMV Petrom and RNV Infrastructure have announced that three wind projects in Romania, with a total installed capacity of approximately 300 MW, are entering the execution phase following the final investment decision. The projects hold the necessary permits, with production expected to begin in stages from H1 2027.
Romania's budget deficit calculated according to the European ESA methodology has dropped from 9.3% of GDP in 2024 to 7.9% of GDP in 2025, representing a correction of 1.4 percentage points of GDP.