Bucharest Mayor Nicușor Dan won the second round of presidential elections in Romania as an independent candidate, defeating George Simion, leader of the nationalistic AUR party.
The main index of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), the BET, experienced a significant downturn on Monday, falling by 2.63% to 16,689 points by the late afternoon.
The Romanian currency leu has depreciated on Monday against major currencies, following the first round of presidential elections in Romania.
George Simion, the President of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), and independent candidate Nicușor Dan, Mayor of Bucharest, have emerged as winners
Close to 12,000 Romanians that are abroad had already voted by Friday morning in the first round of presidential elections.
The Metaminds-Trencadis Corp Association has secured a framework agreement to provide internal cloud TIC solutions and products for Romania's Governmental Cloud project.
Romania's GDP increased by 0.3% on the unadjusted series and 1.5% on the seasonally adjusted series in the first six months of the year, compared to the first half of 2024.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a €25 million loan to Patria Bank to support Romanian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and Mid-Caps.
Rețele Electrice Romania, part of the PPC group in Romania, is investing approximately RON 70 million (€14 million) to upgrade Bucharest's electricity distribution infrastructure.
Visual Fan's Allview Energy division has completed a 1.96 MWp photovoltaic park project at the Cacica Salt Mine in Pârteștii de Jos, Suceava County.