Romania sees 4.3% rise in net economy investments during Q1 2025
Net investments in the Romanian national economy totalled RON 37.48 billion (€7.57 billion) in Q1 2025, marking a 4.3% increase compared to Q1 2024, according INS.
Net investments in the Romanian national economy totalled RON 37.48 billion (€7.57 billion) in Q1 2025, marking a 4.3% increase compared to Q1 2024, according INS.
Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in Romania decreased to €1.67 billion in Q1 2025, down over 32% versus the same period last year.
Romania and Turkey have signed their first memorandum in the energy field to improve energy security, renewable energy investments, and enhance regional infrastructure.
The Romanian government has approved a new state aid scheme with a total budget of RON 578 million (up to €150 million) to assist large energy consumers in Romania.
Romania is making gains expanding its renewable energy capacity, recording an increase in the number of projects that are fully permitted for development.
Planned investments include a new composting factory at the Lacto Agrar farm and the installation of solar panels on the rooftops of buildings at Apold, Lacto Agrar, and Cut farms.
Real estate investment decisions in CEE are currently made considering various challenges, such as difficulty in predicting five-year exit strategies for investments, liquidity in the region, and concerns about the impact of ESG regulations on building compliance and financing, to name a few. CEE Property Forum 2024 in Vienna has taken a closer look at European investment trends in the panel chaired by Tim Wilkinson, MRICS, Head of European Acquisitions at Indotek Group.
The offering will include up to 150,000 nominative, dematerialized, unsecured, and non-convertible bonds, with a nominal value of RON 100 per bond.
Both Romanians and foreigners want to buy houses in the capital, big cities or in cities with landscapes such as Brașov, either to rent them or to settle.
The US, China, and Germany retain the top three spots in the Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index due to strong policy support
Over 70% of the study participants anticipate an increase in the number of completed transactions in Romania by investment funds, after 20 were completed in 2023 transactions.

Romanian PM Ilie Bolojan has announced that a transitional period for natural gas pricing will be implemented between 1 April this year and the end of March 2027.
Star Residence Invest, the first investment platform listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) dedicated to the real estate sector, has appointed Adrian Tănase as CFO.
Oil major OMV Petrom closed 2025 with a net profit of approximately €620 million, down 27% compared to the previous year.
The Romanian Business Leaders Foundation (RBL) has been accepted as a member of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's Civil Society Steering Committee for a two-year mandate from 2026 to 2027.
Greenvolt Power has secured €58.5 million in project financing from Erste Group Bank and BCR for a 49.8 MW onshore wind project in Săcele, in the Dobrogea region of south-eastern Romania.