Author: Andreea Ionescu

Romania, along with Vietnam and India, forms the group of countries that have impressed globally over the last decade with their economic performance. They have risen spectacularly in the global rankings of economic complexity and have at the same time recorded GDP growth of over 80%. The conclusion comes from the analysis of the Index of Economic Complexity developed by Harvard University and gives us an important lesson: strong growth depends on economic complexity, i.e. a diversified economy in high-value areas, says Daniel Anghel, Country Managing Partner PwC Romania Thus, the economic recovery that is very necessary and which is being discussed these days can be achieved...

National and European integrity institutions will be able to analyze data on projects with European funding without intermediaries, in order to prevent and sanction possible fraud, the Minister of European Investments and Projects (MIPE), Dragoș Pîslaru, announced on Monday.”It's official: we have signed the cooperation protocols with the European Public Prosecutor's Office, the National Anticorruption Directorate and the Department for the Fight against Fraud (DLAF), through which these institutions will have direct and complete access to the MySMIS database of projects funded by European money, managed by the ministry I head. Any suspicion of fraud or irregularity in a project funded by EU money can now be investigated without any...

The Government's intention to introduce an administrative gas price for the population creates a well-known economic mechanism: the costs that will no longer be paid by domestic consumers will inevitably be transferred to industry, an analysis by the Intelligent Energy Association (AEI) shows. ”As the analyses carried out by the Intelligent Energy Association (Impact of the ”administered price”, Analysis of the weight of energy cost in food) show, this type of intervention does not eliminate costs, but redistributes them, with direct effects on the final prices of consumer goods. ”Estimates indicate a possible increase in gas prices for industry up to 15% from...

More than 801TPTP3T of employers in Romania plan to increase salaries in 2026, but differentiation in the labor market will increasingly be done through benefits packages and flexible work policies, according to a survey. ”After a year marked by moderate revenue growth, more than 801TPTP3T of employers are planning wage increases in 2026. This year, companies will focus on benefits as a key differentiator, with individual bonuses and health insurance on an upward trend,” the HR Trends 2026 study, conducted by Randstad Romania, shows. According to the source cited by Agerpres, the competitive salary and benefits package remains the...

The Ministry of Finance is proposing changes to the tax regime for micro-enterprises, aimed at excluding some incomes from the 100,000 euro ceiling, extending the deadline for hiring an employee in newly established firms and introducing more flexible rules on the return to the micro-enterprise regime. ”It is proposed that income from the transfer of fixed assets and land will not be included in the ceiling equivalent in lei to €100,000, which will be determined on the basis of the income taken into account in the calculation of turnover as defined by the applicable accounting regulations. At the same time, a restriction is introduced on the transfer of no more than one tangible fixed asset from...

Natural gas prices will definitely not increase until next year, on March 31, there will be a cap in several margins, by the end of next week, most likely, the whole legislative framework will be drafted to put this mechanism on the market, Energy Minister Bogdan Ivan told a press conference. ”Following the technical discussions that we had since September last year with the whole market, with specialists in the field, after an agreement at the level of the Romanian government, we are at the stage where people at home need to know that the prices of...

Energy Minister Bogdan Ivan said that during 2026, in order to achieve the goal of Romania becoming a net energy exporter and to cover all its consumption needs from domestic production, gas-fired capacities of about 2,280 MW will be commissioned. From a practical point of view, in order to be able to lower the final price and to achieve the goal that we had to go from being a net importer to a net exporter of energy, to cover all our consumption needs at national level and to be energy independent,...

Hidroelectrica S.A. returned on Thursday to the first position in the ranking of companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange in terms of market capitalization, reaching a market value of 62.4 billion lei, the power producer announced. During the trading session on February 5, 2026, Hidroelectrica's share registered an appreciation of around 14% compared to September 2025. This positive development was directly reflected in the company's market capitalization, which increased by about RON 7.7 billion, from RON 54.7 billion to RON 62.4 billion. As a result, Hidroelectrica returned to the first position in the top of market capitalization,...

The Federation of Associations of Energy Utilities Companies (ACUE) draws attention to the major risks generated by unpredictable regulations and successive administrative interventions in the energy sector, which, in the absence of a solid economic foundation and a real dialog with the industry, risk to prolong the existing imbalances and affect the normal functioning of the market. According to a statement by the federation, the negative impact of unpredictable regulation and legislation continues to represent the biggest risk for the Romanian energy sector and the most complex obstacle to its development. The electricity and natural gas supply sector is the most competitive segment...

The extension of the natural gas price cap scheme, in force until April 1, 2026, has gone beyond its social protection role and has become a mechanism that generates arbitrage and economic advantages for the so-called „smart guys”, distorting competition and real price signals in the market, according to an analysis signed by Dumitru Chisăliță, president of the Intelligent Energy Association (AEI). Romania is not, in fact, in a debate about the gas price cap. It has already been decided. The scheme is in force until April 1, 2026, with a cap of 0.31 lei/kWh for domestic consumers, and public messages are already talking about...