RSS
Economic
New Duster shown for the first time in Romania at
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
The new Duster model has been shown for the first time in Romania on Sunday, on the occasion of the "Renault Day", an event organized on Dacia's industrial platform in Mioveni town, attended by 15 000 people. The new model was presented by Yves Caracatzanis, general manager of Dacia and Renault Group ...
Telecom.IT : Telekom Romania unveils prices of iPhone 8, 8 Plus
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Telekom Romania announced the prices of Apple's iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus models, telecompaper.com informs. Without any contractual obligation, the iPhone 8 256GB and 64GB models are offered at RON 4,599 (with VAT) and RON 3,699, while the iPhone 8 Plus 256GB and 64GB phones cost RON 4,999 and RON 4,199. Customers who sign or extend a subscription for a Mobil 45 tariff plan, pay between RON 1,899 and RON 3,299, depending on the selected model. Also, ...
Healthcare: Romania's HealthMin Bodog asks EU counterparts to convene urgently to stop parallel export of drugs
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Romania's Health Minister Florian Bodog has asked for an urgent convention of his European Union counterparts to stop the practice of parallel export of drugs, the Romanian Ministry of Health informed in a press statement on Tuesday. As a result of alarm signals over the possible withdrawal of medicines from the Romanian market, the minister of health has ...
Synevo Romania invests EUR 1 mln in digital histopathology department
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Medical services provider Synevo Romania inaugurated the first department of digital histopathology in South East Europe, within its Central Laboratory near Bucharest, romania-insider.com reports. The investment amounts to about EUR 1 million. It will use a scanning system to record high-quality images of specific biological samples, which will significantly reduce the processing time. These technologies are ...
Measles: a deadly killer that EU countries have failed to eliminate - It's worst in Italy and Romania
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
To some it’s a common part of childhood but it’s also one of the most deadly diseases among infants around the world, euronews.com reads.Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission president, took time out from describing his vision of the future of Europe to address the issue of measles in his State of the Union speech last week. “Children in Romania or Italy must have the same access to measles vaccines as other children right ...
Agriculture : Infocons: 40 per cent of the half-prepared foods at sale on the Romanian market are fake
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Infocons has sent a notification to the National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (ANSVSA), the Ministry of Agriculture, the National Authority for Consumer Protection (ANPC) and the Prime Minister according to which 40 per cent of the half-prepared foods at sale on the Romanian market are fake, Sorin Mierlea, head of the Consumers Association - Infocons, stated on Friday, while warning that, in case he will not receive an official answer, he will make the result ...
Real Estate: Romania’s logistics&industrial market could set new records in 2017
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
A record level of over 300,000 sqm of logistics & industrial space was leased in the first half of 2017, according to data from real estate consultancy Cushman & Wakefield Echinox. JLL Romania estimates the figure at over 350,000 sqm, which makes it 54 percent higher than the same period a year ago, business-review.eu reads. New demand – meaning expansions or new leasing contracts – was up by 51 percent in the first six months ...
Retail stock in Romania’s big cities to expand by 500,000 sqm until 2020
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
The modern retail spaces stock from the biggest 23 cities of Romania, with a population of over 90,000 citizen each, will increase in the next three years by approximately 500,000 sqm, with most of the development set to be recorded in Bucharest and cities from the central and western part of Romania such as Brasov, Sibiu and Timisoara, according to an analysis of Cushman & Wakefield Echinox, the real estate consultancy, business-review.eu ...
Trade: Romanians spent 2.5 billion euro on online shopping in 2017
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Romanians spent 2.5 billion euro on online shopping in 2017, the average price of a purchase being around 60 euro, shows a market study released on Thursday by an online marketing agency. According to the quoted source, this year, 61 pct of Romanian Internet users have chosen to purchase products online, while 34 pct still go shopping in offline stores. In this context, the smartphone has caught up with the desktop when it comes to shopping, ...
Infrastructure : "Avram Iancu" International Airport of Cluj recorded the passenger no. 2,000,000
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
The "Avram Iancu" International Airport of western Cluj County on Thursday recorded for the first time in its history the passenger no. 2,000,000, an event that was properly celebrated in the presence of the county ...
KeysFin: The market of transport in Romania surpassed 10 billion euro
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
The economic growth and significant investments in the national fleet for cargo led the transports market of Romania to a historic level, surpassing last year 10 billion euro, the analysis of KeysFin showed taking into account the data presented by the companies to the ministry of finances and the trade registry. According to it, over 34,000 companies with 156,000 employees cover the transport of goods in the country and abroad. Romania has ...
Tourism : In Semester I 2017, the non-resident tourists arrived in Romania spent on average 2199.4 lei/person
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
In Quarter II 2017, the total number of non-residents in collective tourist accommodation*) was 759.0 thousand and their expenditure amounted per total 1619.3 million ...
Infrastructure : EU commissionaire Corina Cretu warns: Romania can lose European funds due to the delay of transport projects
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Romania has delays regarding the preparation of the European projects for transport and risks to lose EU funds allocated for this, warned on Wednesday the European commissionaire for regional policy Corina Cretu,in an interview offered to HotNews.One month and a half ago, Corina Cretu and other 3 European commissionaires sent to the minister of Finances Ionut Misa a letter in which they asked him to allocate the necessary resources for the European ...
CNAIR: the target of putting into service 90 km of motorway in 2017 is maintained
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
The managing director of the National Company of Road Infrastructure Administration (CNAIR), Stefan Ionita, argues that the target of putting into service 90 km of motorway in 2017 is maintained and that it was discussed at the beginning of the year with the contractors who were promising 130 ...
Healthcare: Study: Three out of ten Romanians lost all their natural teeth
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
30% of Romanians lost all their natural teeth, three times more than the European average of 10%, a comparative study made by Dental Office Managers Association shows. The study points to a higher preoccupation shown by Romanians towards dental implant treatments, their number being three times higher than 5 years ago. While over 2008-2012, 31% of patients who visited a dentist requested dental implant treatments and 1,300 such ...
Romania has only 500 doctors for 115,000 cancer patients
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
A total of 495 doctors and residents specializing in oncology work in Romania, according to 2016 data from the Health Ministry quoted by romania-insider.com. Meanwhile, the number of cancer patients under treatment is close to 115,000. Most oncologists, 89, are in Cluj-Napoca, in Western Romania, while Bucharest has 50. By contrast, the county of Calarasi, in South-Eastern Romania, has only one oncology resident doctor. Iasi, in ...
Telecom.IT : Dolce Sport becomes Telekom Sport
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Telekom Sport is the new brand under which Telekom will bring sports events, including live broadcasts, sports news and talk shows, business-review.eu reports. Telekom Sport offers sports enthusiasts a whole package of premium competitions, anytime and anywhere, live, on TV, laptop, tablet and smartphone. The channel will broadcast all UEFA Champions League and Europa League matches, all the Liga 1 and La Liga matches, the exclusively broadcasted ...
Vodafone Romania launches new My Vodafone app version
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Vodafone Romania launched a new version of its 'My Vodafone' app that enables end-users to manage their subscriptions or prepaid accounts, telecompapaer.com informs. My Vodafone can now be used free of charge both in the country and abroad because the data traffic required to access the application is not charged. Customers who download and install the new version of the app will be able to activate a 10GB data bonus available until 30 ...
Cars: New car registrations decrease by 1.58pct in Aug., Dacia remains the most registered new car
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
The number of new car registrations decreased by 1.58 percent in August compared with the same month of the previous year, to 15,531 units, with only trailers, goods vehicles and mopeds /motorcycles showing positive developments, according to statistics with the Driving License and Vehicle Registration Directorate (DRPCIV) released on last Tuesday. According ...
Vehicle trade turnover up 6.5 pct in July
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
The turnover volume of the trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles rose in July 2017, as compared to the same period last year, both as gross series and as series adjusted depending on the number of working days and seasonality, by 6.5 pct and 9.9 pct, respectively, according to data released by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) on Wednesday. Between January 1 and July 31, 2017, Y-o-Y, the turnover volume for wholesale and retail trade, the ...