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Agriculture : Production of meat, milk and dairy products in the industrial units in 2016
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
In 2016, compared to 2015, the slaughtering of cattle and poultry in the specialised industrial units (slaughterhouses) registered an upward trend, while the slaughtering of pigs, sheep and goats registered a downward trend. The production of ...
In 2016, compared to 2015, the total pork production increased by 4.6%
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
• Compared to the previous year, in 2016 the weight of the animals to be slaughtered for consumption increased for cattle, pigs, sheep and goats and decreased for poultry; • ...
Cars: APIA: New motor vehicles sales up 18 pct in first five months of 2017
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Sales of new motor vehicles in Romania advanced 18.1 pct, y-o-y, in the first five months of the year and the sales of automobiles registered a 22 pct increase within this segment, according to statistical data with the Association of Romanian Automobile Makers and Importers (APIA) released on Thursday. The acquisition of new cars by legal entities amounted ...
Romania's Jan - May green car sales see almost two-fold increase
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Romanians purchased in the first five months of the year 717 new eco-friendly cars (electric and hybrid), almost two times more (185 pct) compared to the 251 green cars purchased in the same period of 2016, shows statistical data of Romania's Association of Automotive Manufacturers and Importers (APIA). According to official data, green cars accounted for 1.6 pct of total sales of new automobiles between January — May 2017, and sales of 100 ...
Telecom. IT: Cisco launches new solutions for enterprise networks in major new software, hardware rollout
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Following the global launch on 20 June, Cisco introduced today in Bucharest its new solutions for enterprise networks, business-review.eu reports. The new, intuitive networking system is capable to anticipate actions and thwart security threats, while continuing to learn. The move is part of a major hardware and software rollout that marks, according to the IT giant, “a quantum leap in the evolution of Cisco’s Digital Network Architecture ...
Agriculture : The Romanian agriculture hits record after record. The grain producing business has doubled in the past seven years
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
The Romanian agriculture continues its sustained development, amid significant investments in recent years. According to a KeysFin study, cereal production has doubled over the past seven years, from 8.34 billion lei in 2009 to 16.1 billion lei in 2015. More than 7,000 companies , (with over 40,000 employees) are currently active in the Romanian agricultural market, on the cereal production ...
Real estate: Romanians made over 234,500 real estate transactions in the first five months of the year
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
The number of real estate transactions recorded in Romania, in the first 5 months of the ongoing year, reached 234,525 sales, 37.6% less than in the same period of 2016 because the number of transactions no longer includes any change of property right. As of 2017, only sales-purchase transactions are taken into account, according to data sent by the National Agency of Cadastre and Real Estate Advertising (ANCPI). Most real estate sales were registered ...
C&W Echinox: Stock of industrial and logistic areas grew ten times in Bucharest in last 13 years
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
The stock of modern industrial and logistic areas in Bucharest have grown ten times over 204-2017, to a level of 1,2 million square metres, being backed by the positive evolution of consumption and purchase power, according to an analysis made by the real estate consulting company C&W Echinox. The analysis shows that 2017 will exceed 2016, estimating the delivery of new areas with areas of over 250,000 sq.m. According to it, in 2004 the ...
New apartments prices up 10-15% in Bucharest
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
The prices for new apartments in Bucharest increased by up to 10-15% in the first half of this year, according to an analysis of the portal Directimo.ro quoted by romania-insider.com. The main reason behind the growth was the reduced offer due to developers’ difficulties in getting authorizations. More than 100,000 new apartments are expected on the market, half of which come from top 15 developers, according to ...
Infrastructure: Air traffic values grow by 20% at Henri Coanda Airport
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
The National Airport Company Bucharest (CNAB) doubled the number of border crossing booths and security control lines to process all passengers at Henri Coanda Airport terminals, but warns that average waiting time went up to 35 minutes, in the context of the spectacular increase of the number of flights in the departure area. According to a CNAB press release, the values of air traffic at Henri Coanda Airport have grown by over 20% compared to the ...
Romania's Blue Air leases 12 aircraft from Air Lease Corporation
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Romanian low-cost carrier Blue Air has concluded a long-term lease agreement with Air Lease Corporation (ALC) for six new Boeing 737 MAX 8 and six used 737-800 aircraft, the US-based company said quoted by seenews.com . The 737-800 aircraft, which ALC acquired from Pegasus Airlines, began delivering in May 2017 and will continue through the last quarter of 2017, ALC said in a press release. The new 737 MAX 8 aircraft are ...
Trade: Study: over 90% of the online buyers in Romania acquire clothes at least one a month
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Approximately 93% of the buyers online from Romania acquire clothes at least once a month according to the study made by the online Answear.ro shop which shows that the sums spent by the Romanians on fashion sites vary between 101 lei for a pair of trousers and 257 for a pair of shoes. According to the analysis, the real fashionista get to order even six times in 30 days. ‘The online fashion sector records one ...
In 2016 Romania’s retail growth is above European average
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
In Romania the retail growth is above average, despite the fact that the buying power remains one of the lowest in Europe, business-review.eu informs. In 2016, the buying power recorded the biggest increase in Central and Eastern Europe. The drop in unemployment rates and a slight income increase had a positive impact in several fields. In 2016, EU ...
Healthcare: Mircea Diculescu (IC Fundeni): Number of colon cancer cases trebled in 25 years
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
The number of colon cancer trebled in the last 25 years and declared, recently, Mircea Diculescu, the director of the Centre of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in Fundeni Clinic Institute (IC Fundeni) at the 37th National Congress of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Digestive Endoscopy, organized by the Romanian Society of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Digestive Endoscopy. According to it, one of the causes leading to colon cancers are ...
Tourism : The non-resident tourists arrived in Romania in Quarter I 2017 spent on average 2311.5 lei/person
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
- In Quarter I, the total number of non-residents in collective tourist accommodation was 446.0 thousand and their expenditure amounted per total 1030.7 million lei. In Q1 2017, the non-resident tourists ...
Real Estate: Drop in construction output in April 2017
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Construction output in Romania fell month-on-month in April 2017, dropping 11.6 percent in unadjusted terms and 7.6 percent when adjusted for working days and seasonality, according to data with the National Statistics Institute released on ...
Trade: In April 2017, the turnover of the market services provided to the population increased by 13.7%
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Compared to the previous month, in April 2017, the turnover volume of the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles decreased both as gross series by 12.9% and as adjusted series according to ...
Healthcare: Eurostat: Romania, first in the EU on avoidable deaths rate
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
În the European Union (EU), almost 1.7 million persons aged less than 75 died in 2014, while roughly 33 per cent of them (560,000 persons) could be considered as untimely, meaning 1 death out of 3 in the EU could have been avoided in the light of medical knowledge and technology, reads the latest Eurostat survey on avoidable deaths. Unfortunately, Romania tops the premature death ranking, romaniajournal.ro reports. The highest shares of avoidable ...
Agriculture: The quantity of cow’s milk collected by processing units in April 2017 up 0.3% from April 2016
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
The quantity of cow’s milk collected by processing units from agricultural holdings and collection centres in April 2017 decreased by 0.1% compared to March 2017 and was up 0.3% from April 2016. The quantity of cow’s milk collected by processing units from agricultural holdings and collection April 2017 compared to March 2017 ...
Telecom. IT: Telekom Romania, Ericsson conduct first 5G live demonstration in South Eastern Europe
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Telekom Romania and Ericsson conducted in Bucharest the first 5G live demonstration in South East Europe. During the demonstration, five different use cases exploring the capabilities of 5G technology were showcased: 5G speeds, two cloud robotics and two smart city solutions, business-review.eu reports. Peak throughput data rates went up to 24 Gbps. The trial demonstrated 5G ...