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Dacia Duster 4 electric: what it needs to survive Chinese competition

The next generation of Romania's best-selling SUV faces a market reshaped by Chinese manufacturers — being affordable alone will no longer be enough.

  • Duster 4 electric will compete directly with increasingly affordable and better-equipped Chinese SUVs.
  • Dacia must cross the 400 km range threshold and modernise its digital features.
  • No launch date announced; the hybrid Duster 3 remains on sale.

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Revenue up, profit and jobs flat: Romania's 2025 company data

Aggregated data from nearly 480,000 financial statements show turnover growing 7.8%, while profit and employment barely moved.

  • 479,000 firms reported combined revenues of 2,480 billion lei in 2025.
  • The 7.8% revenue rise did not produce higher profits or more jobs.
  • ZF's major-companies conference takes place Tuesday, 16 June.

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Romania's central bank and banking association demand ROBOR verdict explained

The NBR and ARB ask the Competition Council to name the "correct" ROBOR level and identify which rules were actually broken.

  • NBR and ARB ask the Competition Council to specify what ROBOR level would have been deemed correct.
  • Both institutions demand identification of the exact legal provisions allegedly breached.
  • After individual bank reactions, the pushback has now turned institutional.

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Liquidity, not growth, now separates winners from losers in Romania's economy

Companies that survive market shocks are not necessarily the biggest, but those with solid financial buffers, according to a KPMG-ZF business debate.

  • Liquidity is becoming the primary metric companies track when facing market shocks.
  • Rapid growth without solid margins leaves firms exposed when conditions deteriorate.
  • KPMG and ZF debated financial resilience as a key competitive advantage in Romania.

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A Romanian operator takes over Oradea's Real hypermarket, 18 years on

The store opened by German chain Real in 2008 with a €22 million investment is now passing into Romanian hands.

  • The Oradea Real hypermarket, opened in 2008 with a €22m investment, passes to a Romanian operator.
  • It was Real's 18th Romanian store at the time of its December 2008 inauguration.
  • The deal reflects the continued retreat of major Western European retail chains from the local market.

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Financial resilience becomes the new benchmark for Romanian businesses

A KPMG-backed business forum concluded that market growth no longer offsets operational weaknesses — companies must now earn resilience deliberately.

  • Liquidity, financial discipline, and fast reaction define resilient companies.
  • Market growth no longer masks internal operational vulnerabilities.
  • Protecting cash flows is now a permanent standard, not a crisis response.

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Iulian Stanciu sells his eMAG stake to Prosus after 17 years

The entrepreneur who built eMAG into a €2 billion e-commerce giant is exiting the shareholding, selling his 11.77% stake in Dante International to Dutch group Prosus.

  • Stanciu is selling his 11.77% stake in Dante International, eMAG's parent, to Prosus.
  • eMAG reached €2 billion in annual sales under his 17-year leadership.
  • Financial terms of the deal have not been made public.

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Nuclearelectrica drops plan to revive heavy water plant near Severin

State-owned SNN has abandoned the idea of taking over the long-idle Romag Prod facility and is instead pursuing a new production technology to be piloted in Râmnicu Vâlcea with EU funds.

  • SNN drops its bid to take over Romag Prod, bankrupt for over a decade.
  • A new heavy water production technology is to be piloted in Râmnicu Vâlcea.
  • The pilot targets EU funding; full technical details have not been disclosed.

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Romania's tax chief to make unannounced visits to fiscal offices nationwide

ANAF president Adrian Nica plans to show up unannounced at county tax offices to speak directly with staff about revenue collection and institutional reform.

  • Nica will make unannounced visits to all county tax offices in Romania.
  • Topics include tax collection performance and ANAF's reorganisation.
  • The agency chief wants direct contact with frontline counter staff.

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Nazare in Luxembourg: Europe can't have economic security without aligning energy and finance

Romania's caretaker Finance Minister addressed the Eurogroup+ meeting, calling for stronger coordination between EU finance and energy ministers.

  • Nazare spoke at Eurogroup+ in Luxembourg on the need for EU-level energy-finance coordination.
  • Without a common vision, Europe cannot achieve genuine competitiveness or economic security.
  • Romania is represented by a caretaker government with limited decision-making authority.

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