Romania is home to both one of the European Union’s fastest-growing regional economies and two of the bloc’s steepest economic declines. Real GDP in the Bucharest-Ilfov region increased by 33% between 2019 and 2024, the third-largest rise in the EU, while Sud-Muntenia and Sud-Vest Oltenia recorded double-digit contractions, according to Eurostat data published on Thursday, October 22. [...]