Foreign direct investment in Romania fell from €4.9B to €1.1B (Jan–Jul 2026 vs 2025). Is Romania still worth it for foreign investors, and what legal checks do you need before you sign?

In the first episode of the Romania Insider Legal Series, in partnership with Gruia Dufaut & Asociații, Dylan Delhommois talks with Cristina Bojica, Partner at Gruia Dufaut & Asociații, about:
→ why Romania's structural advantages haven't disappeared
→ the sectors with the best opportunities (energy, defence, agri-food, IT)
→ the legal due diligence for a share deal vs a greenfield project
→ the €5M FDI screening threshold and when to notify the CEISD
→ how long FDI authorization takes (45 to 90+ days)
→ the costly mistakes investors make before signing

0:00 Coming up
0:39 Romania Insider Legal Series: introduction
1:22 Why Romania still attracts foreign investors
3:16 FDI divided by 4: is Romania off investors' radar?
5:03 Which countries invest in Romania
5:58 Sectors with the greatest opportunities
7:50 Legal checks before investing: share deal vs greenfield
10:07 When to notify the CEISD (FDI screening)
13:09 Who is covered and how long authorization takes
15:09 Most common mistakes before signing
17:35 Final advice for foreign investors

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Romania's photovoltaic sector has transformed dramatically over the past five years, but the story behind the numbers is more complicated than the headlines suggest.

Andrei Manea is Executive Director of the Romanian Photovoltaic Industry Association (RPIA), the association bringing together more than 70 members from across Romania's solar industry. With over 15 years of history and a mandate spanning advocacy, workforce reskilling, public education, and cooperation with Romanian authorities and local communities, RPIA sits at the centre of one of the country's most strategic sectors.

In this episode, Dylan sits down with Andrei for a wide-ranging conversation about how the photovoltaic industry in Romania has evolved over the past 3 to 5 years, both in installed capacity and production, and the concrete benefits it has brought to the country. They discuss why the instability of recent years, from energy crises to war and regional volatility, makes it urgent to accelerate investments in locally generated energy. They address the growing public narrative that speculative projects are blocking the grid and driving up energy prices, and Andrei explains what is actually behind elevated electricity prices in Romania. The conversation closes with a forward look at how the photovoltaic sector will develop in the coming years, and the concrete steps still needed to fully unlock its potential in the context of rising demand for affordable energy.

A clear, expert-led conversation on one of the most misunderstood, and most strategically important, sectors of the Romanian economy.

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Welcome to the first episode of a new Romania Insider video series dedicated to Leroy Merlin Romania, one of the fastest-changing retailers in the country.

With 25 stores, 3.7 billion lei in 2025 turnover, eleven new openings on the way, a new distribution centre under construction, and the recent launch of the first Romanian marketplace in DIY and interior design, Leroy Merlin is quietly reshaping the way Romanians shop for home and living. Over the coming months, we will sit down with several of the executives leading that transformation.

We start with the backbone of the operation: the supply chain.

Our guest for Episode 1 is Ionuț Vasile, Head of Supply Chain at Leroy Merlin Romania. In this conversation, Radu Dumitrescu explores what it takes to run logistics across 25 stores, e-commerce, and a rapidly expanding network. Topics include the transformation of Romania's logistics and warehousing market, the new 48,500 sqm distribution centre being built with CTP at CTPark Bucharest West (handover February 2027), how the network is adapting to support Leroy Merlin's expansion, where e-commerce fulfilment and the planned urban platform for Bucharest-Ilfov fit into the operation, how the supply chain absorbs the sharp seasonal peaks of DIY and gardening, and what the next 12 to 24 months hold for Romanian logistics and last-mile delivery.

A rare, detailed look inside the logistics engine of one of Romania's most important retailers.

🎙️ Episode 1 of the Romania Insider Leroy Merlin video series.

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