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Romania keeps gas price controls until 31 March; pensions to rise in 2027
File photo: PM Luca Niculescu press conference, gov.ro / Wikimedia Commons
NEW Romania · 06:49

Romania keeps gas price controls until 31 March; pensions to rise in 2027

Prime Minister Luca Niculescu said on 5 November that Romania will keep regulated gas tariffs for households until 31 March and that pensions will be increased in 2027, Digi24 reported from his Antena 3 CNN interview.

Source: Digi24; News.ro via Digi24
Eurostat: Romania had the EU's biggest rise in household electricity prices, up 51.6% in a year
Photo: Asurnipal, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped (file image: high-voltage power lines in Transylvania, Romania) / Source: Wikimedia Commons
NEW Romania · 06:38

Eurostat: Romania had the EU's biggest rise in household electricity prices, up 51.6% in a year

Household electricity prices in Romania rose by 51.6% in the first half of 2026 compared with a year earlier, the biggest increase in the European Union, Eurostat data published on Friday show. Measured against purchasing power, Romanians now pay the most for electricity in the EU. Romania also recorded the largest rise in household gas prices, while EU averages for both fell.

Source: Eurostat; Agerpres; Biziday