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Aquila enters due diligence for a €36m distributor acquisition

The Bucharest-listed group is negotiating the takeover of an undisclosed distributor posting €4.1 million EBITDA annually.

  • Aquila has entered due diligence for a distributor with €36m in annual revenues.
  • The target records €4.1m EBITDA; its identity has not been disclosed.
  • Aquila is listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange and has grown through successive acquisitions.

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Dr. Max to invest €70 million in Romania in 2026

The pharmaceutical group, which runs nearly 1,000 pharmacies across the country, plans to expand warehouse capacity and ramp up automation.

  • Dr. Max is investing €70 million in Romania in 2026, focused on warehousing and automation.
  • The group operates nearly 1,000 pharmacies and its own medicine distribution network.
  • The investment targets supply chain efficiency in a sector where speed directly impacts patients.

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Europe hit by stagflationary shock from Iran war, top EU official warns

European Economy Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis says the Iran war has pushed Europe into a stagflationary spiral, combining rising prices with slowing growth — just as the Commission prepares to release its spring forecasts.

  • Dombrovskis explicitly links the Iran war to a stagflationary shock hitting the European economy.
  • Stagflation — high inflation plus stagnant growth — is particularly hard to counter with standard policy tools.
  • The EU's spring economic forecasts were due Tuesday, covering all member states including Romania.

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BNR chief: retailers raise prices when the leu weakens — but never lower them when it strengthens

Romania's central bank governor flags a well-known but persistent asymmetry in retail pricing that keeps inflation elevated even when the exchange rate improves.

  • Retailers push prices up when the leu falls, but do not reverse increases when it rises.
  • The BNR governor identifies this asymmetry as a structural driver of inflation.
  • The pattern narrows the central bank's room to ease monetary policy.

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Dacia drops Mioveni expansion plans, shifts focus to profit

Automobile Dacia SA has decided against expanding its Mioveni plant, choosing profitability over production growth. The company's CEO met interim Prime Minister Bolojan in Bucharest on Tuesday.

  • Dacia will not expand its Mioveni plant in Argeș county, reversing earlier growth plans.
  • The company will prioritise profit growth over increasing production capacity.
  • Dacia's CEO met interim Prime Minister Bolojan in Bucharest on Tuesday.

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Romania near the bottom of the EU on poverty risk. Bucharest is the exception

The country ranks third-worst in the EU, behind only Bulgaria and Greece — yet its capital scores better than Vienna, Paris or Rome.

  • Romania ranks third in the EU for poverty risk, behind only Bulgaria and Greece.
  • Bucharest scores better than Vienna, Paris, Berlin and Rome on the same indicator.
  • Two Romanian regions are rated at maximum poverty risk on the European scale.

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CFR Marfă files for bankruptcy as Carpatica Feroviar steps in

Romania's state freight rail company has formally requested bankruptcy. A newly created firm is set to take over its assets.

  • CFR Marfă filed for bankruptcy after years of unresolved debt accumulation.
  • Assets will be transferred to Carpatica Feroviar, a newly created state company.
  • The asset-transfer model raises questions about creditors left behind with unrecovered claims.

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Wizz Air CEO: Being low-cost alone is no longer enough

Co-founder József Váradi says budget airlines must reinvent themselves as costs rise, regulation tightens and decarbonisation reshapes the industry.

  • Váradi: being low-cost alone will no longer work as a competitive advantage.
  • Decarbonisation and new propulsion technologies will reshape aviation long-term.
  • CEO remains optimistic: "Wizz Air's golden age is yet to come."

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Romanian tourism down 10%. Brașov industry meets to find answers

Hotel and tourism operators gathered in Brașov and challenged official statistics, saying first-quarter drops reached as high as 20%.

  • Romanian tourism has fallen 10% over the past year, including in Brașov.
  • Industry players report drops of up to 20% in the first quarter alone.
  • Official INS data is directly contested by operators as inaccurate.

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Romania sells cheap electricity at noon and buys it back expensive at night

In April, Romania exported power at around €50/MWh while paying up to €250/MWh for peak-hour imports — nearly five times more.

  • Romania exported power at €50/MWh while importing the same product at up to €250/MWh in evening hours.
  • Imported volumes were only twice exported volumes, but the financial cost was far higher.
  • Lack of storage and flexible generation capacity drives the asymmetry and keeps consumer bills elevated.

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