1.0Radio Romania Internationalhttps://www.rri.ro/enCorina Cristeahttps://www.rri.ro/en/author/corina-cristearich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="cmz7qhTL8K"><a href="https://www.rri.ro/en/news-and-current-affairs/today-in-the-news/economic-contraction-in-romania-id1037961.html">Economic contraction in Romania</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.rri.ro/en/news-and-current-affairs/today-in-the-news/economic-contraction-in-romania-id1037961.html/embed#?secret=cmz7qhTL8K" width="600" height="338" title="“Economic contraction in Romania” — Radio Romania International" data-secret="cmz7qhTL8K" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.rri.ro/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.rri.ro/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/grafic-scadere-economie-finante-foto-pixabay.jpg960540Romania’s economy continues to face difficult times, with data released Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics showing that it is stagnating compared to the last quarter of 2025 and experiencing an annual contraction. Compared to the same period last year, the country’s economy contracted by more than 1% in the first quarter; specifically, the […]