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Romanian students spend an average of 13 hours a week on homework, almost twice as much as their peers in Nordic countries, according to data from the OECD’s PISA 2022 study, quoted by ParentED. Finland ranks at the bottom in Europe with just six hours per week, while countries such as Switzerland, Denmark, and the…

Romania’s central bank BNR has sharply revised its inflation forecast for 2025, raising the year-end estimate from 4.6% to 8.8%, with the possibility of exceeding 9%, Biziday.ro reported. Governor Mugur Isărescu warned that inflation will peak in September, potentially reaching 9.6% or 9.7%, before gradually easing. The upward revision comes after the expiration of the…

The international documentary film festival fARAD is returning to Arad, western Romania, this autumn for its 12th edition. Running from October 8 to 12, the event will feature five days of screenings and meetings with guests from Romania and abroad, according to the organizers. For the first time, the festival is introducing a national competition…

More than 40,000 positions will be cut from local administration in Romania as part of a wider effort to reduce public expenses. In total, the expected annual financial impact amounts to RON 2.2 billion (EUR 434 million). The job cuts were announced by Romania’s minister of development, public works, and administration, Cseke Attila. Also cut…

The residential market in Bucharest and the surrounding Ilfov county showed signs of cooling in the first half of 2025, with the number of transactions down 10% compared to the same period last year. Despite the decline in sales, prices continued to rise, driven by high inflation, anticipated tax changes, and limited supply, according to…

Inflation jumped by 2.7% in a single month in Romania in July, compared to June 2025, to an annual rate of 7.8%. Although food prices did not increase significantly, the removal of the electricity price cap on July 1 led to an average 61% increase in electricity bills, according to a report from the National…

Romanian education trade unions are maintaining their warning of a general strike and possible boycott of the new school year after failing to secure concessions from the government during talks on August 11, Economica.net reported. Union leaders met with prime minister Ilie Bolojan and education minister Daniel David to protest measures in Law No. 141/2025,…

The Social Democratic Party (PSD) expressed several conditions to be met by the ruling coalition before it attends the coalition meetings, interim president Sorin Grindeanu announced on August 11 after a meeting of the party’s leadership, Digi24 reported.  The meeting, aimed at deciding the party’s possible withdrawal from the ruling coalition, was formally triggered by…

Romanian engineering company Simtel has signed a EUR 19.1 million (USD 20.83 million) contract with Verbund Wind Power Romania, part of Austria’s Verbund group, to design, construct, and commission a 60 MWp photovoltaic park in Casimcea, Tulcea County. The project will be implemented over 15 months, followed by a 36-month performance guarantee period. Simtel will…

Romania’s state-owned electricity producer Hidroelectrica has launched a RON 158 million contract for the construction of the Tudor Vladimirescu photovoltaic park in Brăila County, Energy Tehnologies & System documents show, as reported by Profit.ro. The 45 MW project has been on hold since 2012, when the company entered insolvency. The site covers 55 hectares of…