Third Quarter in Figures

July 1

- The Financial Supervisory Authority grants authorization to CCP.RO Bucharest to operate as a Central Counterparty-an entity that will serve both the capital and energy markets, enabling the launch of financial derivatives and short-selling in the country.

July 7

- President Nicuşor Dan announces, from the NATO summit in Ankara, that Romania has joined a joint declaration by the allies to establish a Bank for Defense, Security, and Resilience; he notes that Romania is a founding member of the new institution and will host one of its regional offices.

July 14

- A ransomware cyberattack strikes the National Agency for Cadastre and Land Registration, causing the most extensive IT system disruption in the institution's history.

July 20

- The SANITAS Federation initiates a warning strike.

July 28

- Unit 1 at the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant undergoes a controlled shutdown due to the very low water level of the Danube.

- The SANITAS Federation launches an indefinite general strike.

July 31

- Fitch Ratings reaffirms Romania's sovereign rating at "BBB-" with a negative outlook.

August 6

- The Government approves the Risk Preparedness Plan for the electricity sector.

August 10

- The Board of the National Bank of Romania (BNR) decides to maintain the monetary policy interest rate at 6.50% per annum. maintaining the interest rate on the lending (Lombard) facility at 7.50% per annum and the interest rate on the deposit facility at 5.50% per annum; maintaining the current levels of the minimum reserve requirement ratios for the leu- and foreign currency-denominated liabilities of credit institutions.

August 11

- Romanian military divers destroy, via controlled detonation, two "Gerbera" type drones found drifting in Romania's exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea, near the Neptun Deep perimeter.

August 13

- Unit 2 at the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant is taken offline due to the continuous drop in the Danube River's water level.

August 14

- A drone crashes and explodes in the area of the Cetăţuia quarry, Tulcea County, approximately five kilometers from the border with Ukraine.

August 16

- A drone enters Romania from the direction of the Republic of Moldova, approximately 24 kilometers north of Galaţi.

August 19

- The Ministry of Finance informs the Government that public debt-calculated according to European methodology-reached 60.1% of GDP at the end of the first quarter.

August 20

- A drone enters the airspace near Galaţi and crashes in an uninhabited area near the locality of Grindu, Tulcea County.

August 26

- Romania receives the first installment under the SAFE program, amounting to 2.5 billion euros; this sum represents 15% of the total allocation of 16.68 billion euros-the second-largest allocation in the European Union. August 27

- The Government is redistributing the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) budgets among the coordinators of reforms and investments, following the revision approved by the Council of the European Union on August 5.

August 28

- The Ministry of Finance has issued an endorsement for the allocation of 135.622 million lei from the Government's budgetary reserve fund to supplement the budget of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, ensuring that the operations of ROMATSA and air navigation services can continue safely. September 1

- The National Bank of Romania (BNR) announces that, as of August 31, 2026, its foreign currency reserves stood at 64,865 million euros, compared to 63,230 million euros on July 31, 2026. Romania's international reserves (foreign currency plus gold) as of August 31, 2026, amounted to 77,627 million euros, compared to 74,972 million euros on July 31, 2026.

September 15

- The BNR announces that, for the period from January to July 2026, the current account of the balance of payments recorded a deficit of 16,290 million euros, compared to 15,707 million euros for the same period in 2025.

September 18

- The Government approves a budget for CFR Călători (the national passenger railway operator) consisting of 4.138 billion lei in revenue, 4.113 billion lei in expenditure, and a projected gross profit of 25 million lei, following a loss of 27.3 million lei in 2025.

- The Government approves the filling of 270 vacant positions at Romgaz, as well as an increase in the workforce by an additional 860 employees, to support the expansion of operations.

September 23

- The BNR announces that the broad money supply (M3) reached a balance of 813,336.9 million lei at the end of August 2026. It increased by 0.5% (0.3% in real terms) compared to July 2026, and rose by 8.3% (2% in real terms) relative to August 2025.

September 26

- The Ministry of Finance announces that the general consolidated budget ended with a deficit of 59.42 billion lei-equivalent to 2.89% of GDP-for the first eight months of 2026, compared to a deficit of 86.36 billion lei (4.51% of GDP) during the same period in 2025.

September 30

- The Siegfried Mureşan government fails to secure a vote of investiture in Parliament.

- AnimaWings, an airline affiliated with Christian Tour through common ultimate shareholders, has filed for insolvency and is temporarily suspending all flights, citing recurring technical issues with its fleet and financial pressures.

- The Government has officially submitted its final payment request under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) to the European Commission, amounting to euro6.04 billion.

- The National Bank of Romania (BNR) announced that, in collaboration with the National Institute of Statistics, it has completed its annual survey on foreign direct investment (FDI). The data shows that net FDI inflows reached euro7.907 billion in 2025-an increase of over 41% compared to the euro5.6 billion recorded the previous year.

- The BET index, which tracks the 20 most liquid stocks listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), fell by 4.3% in the third quarter to 31,093 points, while the BET-BK index-a performance benchmark for equity investment funds-declined by 4.6% to 5,966 points.

- Shares in Electro-Alfa International, a manufacturer of electrical equipment and energy infrastructure solutions, rose by 36% during the third quarter.

- Shares in Cris-Tim Family Holding, a producer of cured meats and ready-made meals, gained 32.1%.

- Shares in oil and gas producer OMV Petrom rose by 10.4%, while those of natural gas transmission operator Transgaz increased by 24.3%. - Shares of Sphera Franchise Group-the company that operates the KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell restaurant chains-fell by 20.3%.

- The BET-FI index, which tracks the former SIFs (Investment Financial Companies) plus Fondul Proprietatea, rose by 4.6% to 109,224 points, making it the only basket of shares on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) to end the third quarter with a gain.