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Minister Delia Popescu: Rapid implementation of 5G technology and passing to GigaBit are necessary not optional for Romania
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
The rapid implementation of 5G technology anf passage to GigaBit society is a necessity not an option. Romania must be ambitious to recover the digital difference to other countries, said Delia Popescu, the minister of Communications and Information Society at the Digital Romania International Forum - Industry 4.0. “The fourth industrial revolution is based on a determining factor - the use of data potential. That supposes that the scientific and ...
Fixed telephony continues to drop in Romania in 2015 - study
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Fixed telephony continued to lose ground in Romania in 2015, according to a research by the National institute of statistics, quoted by ...
UPC Romania launches Horizon nationwide
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Liberty Global-owned cable operator UPC Romania has launched the Horizon advanced TV platform across the country via UPC Mediabox set-tops, digitaltveurope.net informs. The service includes seven-day catch-up TV both to the main TV in the living room and to mobile devices via the Horizon Go app. The latter includes access to 60 channels via Android and iOS devices. Horizon also brings web-delivered ...
Healthcare: Zentiva to sell Romanian generic drug plant
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Zentiva Romania [BSE:SCD] said on Monday its majority shareholder Sanofi has decided to sell its Romanian generic drug plant as part of a major divesting plan of its EU generic drugs business, seenews.com reports. "As announced in our 2020 strategic roadmap, Sanofi has carefully reviewed all options and has decided to initiate a carve-out process in order to divest its Generic business in Europe. Sanofi will be looking for a potential acquirer that ...
Roche official: the activity of the pharma market in Romania is difficult to plan
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
The long term planning of the activity in the area of pharma in the business environment is difficult due to the way of taxation of drugs, stated Martine Draulette, the manager of the pharma division of the Roche group for Business Magazin. ‘We have no predictability especially in the domain of health where I don’t see any long term strategy with a coherent plan of investment, so that it is very complicated for a company to operate in these ...
Romanian-Dutch joint seminar on the antimicrobial topic, titled "We fight Together"
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
The Netherlands Ambassador to Romania Stella Ronner-Grubacic argues that lacking a harmonization between the states of the European Union (EU) and some immediate actions against antimicrobial resistance a situation could be reached where common infections might make victims, drawing attention also to the fact that "it's time to take ...
Cars: In the period 1.I - 30.IX 2016, the new registrations of cars increased by 24.7%
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
In Quarter III 2016, the new registrations of road vehicles for passenger transport increased by 31.7 % compared to Quarter III 2015. In Quarter III 2016, the new registrations of vehicles for goods transport ...
Infrastructure: Penalties of 75 million lei applied to company building Barcau-Bors highway and notification for contract termination
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
The National Administration Company for Road Infrastructure (CNAIR) issued penalties of 75 million lei for the company dealing with the construction of Barcau-Bors highway and sent notifications requesting the termination of the contract, a company press release shows. “Since the issue of the Initiation of the order for the execution of works at Suplacu de Barcau-Bors highway (May 2015) CNAIR asked the entrepreneur to fulfil contract obligations. ...
Wizz Air to launch three new routes from Romania's Craiova in March
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
The Romanian unit of Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air said on Thursday it will launch three new routes from Romania's southern city of Craiova in March 2017, seenews.com reports. The three new routes will connect Craiova with Koeln in Germany, Liverpool in UK and Madrid in Spain, Wizz Air said in a press release. Wizz-Air's base on the International Craiova Airport will be serviced by a second Airbus A3200 - an ...
Tourism : The tourists’ overnight stays in the establishments of tourists’ reception increased by 10.1% in September 2016
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
- Compared to the corresponding month of the previous year, both the arrivals and the overnight stays in the ...
Telecom. IT : UPC Romania launches Horizon nationwide
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
UPC Romania launched the Horizon advanced digital television nationwide, which offers customers new features such as 'Replay' that transform any TV into a smart TV, telecompaper.com reads. The new service is included in Connect & Play TV packages whose monthly fees range from RON 74 and RON 84. Thanks to the Replay function, customers can review of up to 7 days old from their TV channels on both their main TV as well as their mobile ...
Trade: Association of Romanian Online Stores joins EMOTA
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
The European Ecommerce & Omnichannel Association has a new member. It announced ARMO, the Association of Romanian Online Stores, has joined the pan-European ecommerce association. Romania is now the 17th country to have an ecommerce association joining EMOTA, ecommercenews.eu ...
Infrastructure : PM Ciolos: Our goal is to organize tenders for all large-scale road infrastructure projects
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Premier Dacian Ciolos said on Friday in northwestern Zalau that his government's goal is to organize by the end of its term tenders for all large-scale road infrastructure ...
Cargo traffic through the Romanian maritime ports reached 44 million tonnes in the first nine months of 2016
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
The total amount of cargo traffic through the Romanian maritime ports reached 44 million tonnes in the first nine months of 2016, as against 43.46 million tonnes in the same period of 2015, up 1.22pct, reads a release by the National Maritime Ports Administration Company ...
Blue Air opens base in Romania's Cluj, to launch four new routes in summer 2017
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Romanian carrier Blue Air said on Monday it opened a base in Romania's central western city of Cluj and will launch four new routes starting summer season 2017, seenews.com reports. The four new routes will connect Cluj with London, Larnaca in Cyprus, Nice in France and Hamburg in Germany, starting on March 26, April 9, April 10 and June 3, respectively. The new base will be serviced by a second 189-seat Boeing 737-800, Blue Air ...
Healthcare: CNAS: 8.5 million Romanians contribute to the fund, but18 million benefit from medical services
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
President of the National Health Insurance Office (CNAS) Radu Tibichi said on Thursday that 8.5 million Romanians contribute to the fund, but 18 million benefit from medical ...
In 2016, 90 pct of the health insurance requests were for family healthcare problems
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
In the past year, the majority of families closing an international health insurance plan have requested coverage for hospitalization, outpatient check-ups and medical tests, advanced imaging, maternity and annual preventive check-ups, according to MediHelp International, quoted by business-review.eu. Since the beginning of the year, over 90 percent of health insurance requests were for family healthcare plans, most of them coming from women aged 30 to ...
Agriculture : Minister Irimescu: Danube Delta's fishing resources depleted by 30 percent
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Illegal fishing is an important obstacle we have to put up with now in the Black Sea and particularly the Danube Delta, where fishing resources have declined more than 30 percent, Romania's Minister of Agriculture Achim Irimescu told a specialist conference on ...
Ciolos: In horticulture, Romania should try to innovate and dare do new things
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Romania should not just strive to bridge the horticulture gap separating it from its neighbours, but it should also try to innovate and dare do new things that others have not done, Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos told the opening on Monday of the Advanced Horticultural Research Institute of Transylvania (ICHAT) at the Cluj-Napoca University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary ...
Romania ranks first in EU for dropping agriculture contribution to added value between 1995 and 2015
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Industry was in 2015 the main economic activity in EU, Romania included. This country ranks first in EU for lowering agriculture contribution to gross added value of the 1005-2015 period, from 19.2% to 4.8%, according to data released on Thursday by Eurostat. On the other hand, Romania ranks first in EU for the increase of contribution of public administration, defence, education and health to gross added value over 1995-2015, from 6.1% to ...