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One United Properties (BVB: ONE) recorded total residential sales and pre-sales of EUR 174.1 million in 2025, corresponding to 57,018 sqm of residential and commercial spaces. These results reflect the sale and pre-sale of 577 apartments and commercial units, as well as 768 parking spaces, and represent a 18% price increase. The 18% increase in…

Romania’s modern retail market surpassed the 5 million sqm threshold in 2025, following the delivery of around 190,000 sqm of new retail space, about 20% above the average of the past five years, according to an annual report by Colliers. Despite a more moderate economic backdrop, 2026 is expected to bring roughly 240,000 sqm of…

RuralBots Initiative, a program offering free robotics classes and summer camps to children in rural areas, will be available in three additional rural communities this month. Theodor Gorovei, the project’s manager, told Romania Insider more about the program’s beginnings, how it managed to expand its reach, and its mission. RuralBots Initiative is a program of…

A Romanian explorer and photographer, Radu Frențiu, found the longest wild snake in the world on an island in the Indonesian archipelago. The female python, measuring 7.22 meters, was registered in the Guinness World Records. “If placed across a standard FIFA goal, this prodigious python would occupy essentially the entire width from post to post.…

More than 80% of employers in Romania plan to raise salaries in 2026, but the competition for talent is increasingly shifting toward benefits, flexibility, and work–life balance, according to the HR Trends 2026 study released by Randstad Romania. The report showed that 83% of companies intend to increase pay for white-collar employees, while 85% plan…

Romanian battery manufacturer Prime Batteries was included for the first time in a list of the world’s top energy storage equipment manufacturers, compiled by BloombergNEF. The company began battery production in 2016 in Cernica (Ilfov). One of the key moments in the company’s evolution was the entry of energy investor EIT InnoEnergy into its shareholder…

Former captain of Romania’s national team and current head coach of Inter Milan, Cristi Chivu, carried the Olympic flame ahead of the official opening ceremony of the Milano–Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games on Thursday, February 5. Chivu carried the torch along a segment of the route in the historic area of Piazza Sant’Ambrogio in Milan,…

Wizz Air transported around 14.5 million passengers to and from Romania in 2025, up 13.1% compared to the previous year, as the airline strengthened its presence on the local market. According to the company, Romania remained a key growth market in 2025, with eight new aircraft allocated to local airports over the past year. The…

Former transport minister Răzvan Cuc has been sent to trial by the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) in a case in which he is accused of facilitating a bribe worth more than RON 1 million for the head of the Romanian Automotive Register (RAR), Agerpres reported. A local businessman has also been indicted in the same…

While much of the country has entered a wait-and-see phase, Bucharest continues to concentrate real activity in the real estate market. Of the 24,598 properties traded nationwide in January, more than 4,100 were in the Capital—more than in the next two counties combined. In a fragmented market marked by sharp slowdowns across most regions, Bucharest…