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Tourism: Sibiu, promoted in five European countries
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Sibiu, the only city in Romania with three Michelin stars, the best possible quote offered by this guide, will be promoted in 2020 at tourism fairs in five European countries: Austria, Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, according to the County Tourism Association (AJTS).Sibiu County, considered the third travel destination in Romania for foreign tourists in 2019, was already present at the tourism fair in Amsterdam (January 10-11) and is due ...
Infrastructure : Authorities prepare ground for entry into Romania of rail multinationals, national companies to be
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
The Government Decision Draft for the approval of the public service contracts for the 1 January, 2020 - 31 December, 2023 period in public passenger transport services by rail is a disaster for all six companies with Romanian capital, including CFR Passengers, which will be "shattered", says Iulian Manescu, president of the Federation of Locomotive Drivers (FML).According to him, the document does nothing but prepare the ground for the entry into Romania of the ...
Less than half of EU travellers are aware of EU Passenger Rights
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
The European Commission released the results of a Eurobarometer survey on passenger rights in the European Union (EU). According to the survey, 43% of EU citizens who have travelled by air, long-distance rail, coach, ship or ferry in the previous 12 months (‘travellers') know that the EU has put in place rights for passengers. Commissioner for Transport Adina Valean said: “The European Union is the only ...
Bucharest National Airports Corporation DirGen Ivan resigns
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Director General of the Bucharest National Airports Corporation (CNAB), Alexandru Ivan has resigned office, but he will stay with the management for another 30 days, the notification time."On January 16, 2020, during a meeting of the CNAB Board of Directors the resignation submitted by Mr George Alexandru Ivan from the position of interim director general was taken note of," a CNAB press statement says.Currently, he is on a month's notice, according to ...
Total freight traffic in Romanian seaports increased by almost 9% last year
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
The Romanian sea ports have recorded the highest freight traffic in their history last year, announced the National Company of Constanta Ports Administration has announced today. The total freight traffic in the Romanian sea ports reported over 66.6 million tons last year, up by 8.64% as against 2018, when it stood at around 61.3 million tons. This is an absolute record in the history of the Romanian sea ports. The highest share ...
Telecom.IT : Approximately one million phone numbers, ported in 2019, of which 93pct in mobile telephony
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Approximately one million phone numbers switched networks during 2019 on the Romanian telecom market, most (93pct) being on the mobile telephony segment, where the first place is held by RCS&RDS, with over 337,700 ported numbers, show the statistics published on Friday by the National Authority for Administration and Regulation in Communications (ANCOM).According to the centralized data by the local telecom market watchdog, out of the total of 958,821 phone ...
Cars: Turnover in trade in motor vehicles, motorcycles - up 8.4pct in first 11 months of 2019
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Compared to the previous month, in November 2019 the turnover volume of the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles decreased as gross series by 2.2% and increased as adjusted series according to the number of working days and to seasonality by 0.6%. The turnover volume of the market services provided to the population, compared to the previous month, decreased as gross series by 4.8% and increased as adjusted ...
Dacia: 2019 - its Best Year, with 730,000 sold cars worldwide
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Dacia has sold 736,000 cars last year, with 55,000 in Romania, which has been the fifth market. France has been the largest market, with 140,000 sold cars, and Italy ranked second- 88,000 cars. The growth was mainly due to Duster’s success in Europe. The brand delivered 55,463 in Romania in 2019, as against 54,593 in ...
Ford Romania, 8.58pct market share in 2019
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
The Ford carmaker market share in Romania has reached 8.58pct in 2019, and the number of registrations on the domestic market saw 16,168 units, according to a company's release sent on Friday , by quoting data from the Direction of Driving Licences and Vehicle Registration (DRPCIV).Ford Romania is the import leader and is strengthening for the fourth year in a row its leading position of the commercial vehicles market."As regards the automobiles, ...
Agriculture: Poland, the country Romania imports cheap eggs from
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Poland ranks first in Romania's egg trade in EU, in point of quantity, with 3,899.16 tons in the first 9 months of 2019, and second in point of value, after Hungary, with 4.17 million euros, according data supplied by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR). In the mentioned period of time, 1,742.44 tons eggs, of 6.32 million euros was imported from Hungary. Bulgaria ranks third with 894 tons eggs, worth ...
The quantity of cow’s milk collected by processing units in November 2019
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
The quantity of cow’s milk collected by processing units from agricultural holdings and collection centres in November 2019 decreased by 6.8% compared to October 2019 and was down 1.2% from November 2018. The quantity of cow’s milk collected by processing units from agricultural holdings and collection centres in the 1.I-30.XI.2019 period rose by 1.2% compared to the 1.I-30.XI.2018 ...
Healthcare: Coface Romania: Revenues on pharma products up by 15pc in 2018
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
In 2018, Romanians allocated over 10% more money each month for purchasing medication compared to 2017. Strenghts: Half the companies (50%) registered an increase of the net result, while almost three quarters registered a net profit (73%) The debt level at the sector level of 75% is decreasing compared to previous years Almost ...
Cars: Over 6,000 ecological cars, acquired by the Romanians over 11 months: an increase of 150% for electric cars
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
The number of ‘gree’ cars bought by the Romanians over the first eleven months of the year, has increased by almost 50% as compared to the similar period of 2018, getting to 6,015 units, show the data of the Association of Producers and Importers of Vehicles (APIA). At general level, the share of ecological cars in the total of domestic market is 3.8% as compared to 2.8% over the first eleven months of last year.The data ...
Registrations of new, used cars in Romania, up 0.27pct in 2019
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
The number of registrations of new and used cars in Romania in 2019 reached 606,163, up 0.27pct from the previous year, when 604,535 registrations were reported, according to data with the Driving Licence and Vehicle Registration Directorate (DRPCIV) released on Thursday.According to official statistics, of the total 12-month reports, the registrations of used cars were of 444,601 units, down 6.13pct from 2018, while the registrations of new cars increased by ...
Infrastructure : Investment needs in Romania's rail, road infrastructure - 40bn euros in 10 years
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
The investments needs in rail and road infrastructure in Romania amounts to about 40 billion euros in the next 10 years, and our country will have to borrow from foreign partners to achieve these goals, Minister of Transport Lucian Bode said on Tuesday."In an analysis that we have conducted and I saw myself, in the next 10 years the need for investments in Romania in road and rail infrastructure exceeds 36 billion euros. We must all sit at the table and say: this ...
Blue Air opens eight new flight routes from Romania, this summer
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
The airline Blue Air announces the launch of eight new flight routes from the airports in Bucharest, Iasi and Bacau, starting this summer.According to a Blue Air's press release, from Bucharest, the route to Munich will be inaugurated on June 15, with four flights a week, and on June 16 the first Blue Air aircraft will take off from Iasi to Verona, where three flights per week will be scheduled.At the same time, Blue Air launches six new routes from ...
Healthcare: Mandatory vaccination is a priority for health minister
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Mandatory vaccination is a priority, local health minister Victor Costache said at local news station Realitatea TV, adding that he supports such an idea. In support of his statement, the minister referred to the period before the 1989 Revolution when vaccination was done in schools and was mandatory. “Vaccination was a success in Romania, it was a ...
Eurostat: Romania is the EU leader in breast cancer screening
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Only 0.2% of women in Romania, between the ages of 50 and 69, performed in 2017 the screening for breast cancer screening, which is by far the lowest percentage registered by a member country of the European Union. According to estimates released by Eurostat. the statistical office of the European Union., in 2017, the proportion of women aged 50-69 years who had been screened for breast cancer (using a mammography) within ...
Tourism : Over 12.4 mln arrivals, in tourist accommodation establishments in Romania, in first eleven months of 2019
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Compared to the corresponding month of the previous year, both the arrivals and the overnight stays in the establishments of tourists’ reception with functions of tourists’ accommodation decreased by 1.6 %, respectively by 1.8% in November 2019. Compared to November 2018, in November 2019 customs registered an increase in the arrivals of foreign visitors of 5.4 % and a increase of 7.2% in the departures ...
Romanian tourists prefer short trips, accommodation at relatives or friends
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Romanian tourists prefer short trips of four nights at the most and seek accommodation at relatives or friends, shows data centralized by the National Institute of Statistics (INS), which reveals that most of the Romanians' holiday trips in the first three quarters of 2019 were of 1-3 nights.Tourist trips by residents in the reporting period stood at 15.326 million, up by 6.6 percent YoY.Holiday trips accounted for 90.2 percent of the total, while ...