Industry | 22 January, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Haleon appoints Jon Workman as President for Europe
Haleon, a consumer healthcare company, has appointed Jon Workman as President for Europe operations.
Haleon, a consumer healthcare company, has appointed Jon Workman as President for Europe operations.
Speedwell has entered the development stage of Queens District, a mixed-use project in northern Bucharest. The development will deliver 237 apartments and 22,500 sqm of zero-carbon offices.
Terranova Logistic Park, located on Șoseaua București-Târgoviște in northern Bucharest at the intersection with the city's ring road, was acquired by a group of investors active on the local market, for an undisclosed sum.
The Black Sea Energy Cooperation Association (Besca) has begun operations in Romania as a platform for collaboration among investors, developers, and experts involved in renewable energy projects across the Black Sea region.
While the EU discusses applying handling fees for parcels worth less than €150 from non-EU countries, Romania and Italy have decided to implement it this year.
Romanian communication consultancy Graffiti Plus (GRF+) is opening its private placement round on January 22, targeting retail investors ahead of its planned listing on the Bucharest Stock Exchange's AeRO market in H1 2026.
Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) has entered the Han Asparuh offshore exploration joint venture in the Bulgarian Black Sea with a 10% interest.
Raiffeisen Bank has placed its first benchmark eurobond issuance with a total nominal value of €500 million, in a reference transaction for CEE capital markets.
Romanian investors led the commercial real estate investment market in 2025, accounting for 34% of total transaction value worth €579.4 million, according to a study by Fortim Trusted Advisors, an alliance member of BNP Paribas Real Estate.
Raiffeisen Bank has officially rejoined the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) as a trading participant, marking its return to the Romanian capital market after relaunching brokerage services in December 2025.
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.
The National Bank of Romania's (BNR) Board of Directors decided on Monday to maintain the key interest rate at 6.50% per annum in its first monetary policy meeting of the year.
The Kazakh-Romanian Energy Investment Fund (Kreif), through its subsidiary Rompetrol Energy, has completed commissioning of the cogeneration plant on the Petromidia Năvodari platform.
Romania recorded the highest annual inflation rate in the European Union in December 2025, reaching 8.6% according to data released by Eurostat.
Agricover Credit IFN has signed a €12 million financing agreement with the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB), with funds designated for Romania's agricultural sector.
CMS has advised CCE on the sale of Horia Solar Invest Two, a special purpose vehicle developing a 269.227 MW (AC)/ 293.260 MWp solar project spanning more than 349 hectares in Arad County (Horia 2), to Renalfa Solarpro Group.
The fourth quarter of 2025 brought the weakest residential sales result in Bucharest-Ilfov in nine years and the weakest nationally in six years, according to SVN Romania. Overall, 2025 ended with a 5.3% annual decrease in home sales nationally and an 8.5% decrease in the Bucharest-Ilfov region.
Romania's final electricity consumption fell by 0.7% in the first 11 months of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, according to data published by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).
Romania has the second-lowest consumer prices in the European Union, with costs 36% below the EU average in 2024, according to new Eurostat data released in December 2025.
Global life sciences M&A activity increased by 81% in 2025 to $240 billion, driven by Big Pharma's large-scale deals, despite fewer overall transactions. The surge reflects companies prioritising innovations ready for launch as they face widening growth gaps.
Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) has entered the Han Asparuh offshore exploration joint venture in the Bulgarian Black Sea with a 10% interest.
Haleon, a consumer healthcare company, has appointed Jon Workman as President for Europe operations.
Romanian communication consultancy Graffiti Plus (GRF+) is opening its private placement round on January 22, targeting retail investors ahead of its planned listing on the Bucharest Stock Exchange's AeRO market in H1 2026.
The Black Sea Energy Cooperation Association (Besca) has begun operations in Romania as a platform for collaboration among investors, developers, and experts involved in renewable energy projects across the Black Sea region.
While the EU discusses applying handling fees for parcels worth less than €150 from non-EU countries, Romania and Italy have decided to implement it this year.