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Electric and hybrid cars sales double in Romania in the first 8 months of the year
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
The sale of electric and hybrid cars in Romania reached 571 in the first eight months of the year, double compared with the same period of 2015, according to data from Producers and Cars Importers Association (APIA), says Agerpres quoted by business-review.eu. During January-August 2016, the 100 percent electric cars sales represented 0.8 percent of the total new cars sold at national level, a growth of 0.4 percent ...
National production of vehicles recorded a total of 240,005 units, in the first eight months of 2016
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
The national production of vehicles recorded a total of 240,005 units, in the first eight months of this year, dropping 6.5 percent compared to the same interval in 2015, while the sales were on a growing trend, up to 87,447 units (+16.1 percent), reveals the Automotive Manufactures and Importers Association (APIA) Statistical Bulletin, published on Monday. The volume of vehicles sold, in August, was 11,578 units, higher by almost 25 percent compared to the ...
Agriculture : In H1 2016, Romsilva reforested 11,582 hectares of state-owned forestland
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
In H1 2016, Romania's National Forestry Corporation RNP Romsilva reforested 11,582 hectares of state-owned forestland on regeneration works worth 56.4 million lei, according to a Romsilva report released on Monday. The report indicates that the artificial regeneration works planned for spring 2016 involving 3,761 hectares has been 111 percent completed, meaning 4,164 hectares were reforested in the end. Artificial regeneration entails full ...
Telecom. IT : Orange Romania presents iPhone 7 offer
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Orange Romania started taking pre-orders for iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus in Orange shops and at its online store, telecopaper.com reports. Apple's new flagship smartphones can be purchased starting from 23 September at prices ranging from EUR 749 (VAT included) and EUR 1,109. The new phone models come in 5 colors, namely matte black, glossy black, silver, gold and rose gold. Both models have memory capacities of 32 GB, 128 GB or 256 GB. Customers ...
Orange Romania promotes Orange Home with online game
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Orange Romania is promoting its Orange Home fixed and smart home products through an online game called 'Orange home quest' , telecompaper.com informs. Until 3 October, participants have the possibility to take a virtual tour of the home presented in the Orange Home ad. The game can be accessed from desktop Pcs and is available on www.orange.ro/servicii-fixe/orange-home-quest. Participants can win various gadgets, including ...
Trade: A Romanian family only eats a fish meal once every three weeks
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
An average Romanian family only eats a fish meal once every three weeks, which leads to a very low 6 kg/capita fish consumption, as opposed to Spain ( 40 kg/capita) and France (38 kg/capita), according to a study sent on ...
Honey exports from Romania experienced a blockage in 2016
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
The honey exports from Romania experienced a blockage in 2016, due to the massive imports from Argentina, Mexico and China and to the diminishing of the honey consumption in Europe where Romania ranks anyway at the bottom of the table, says the president of the Beekeepers Association in Romania (ACA), Ioan Fetea. "It is for the first time in the past 50 years since our association is exporting honey that we have delivered less than 100 tonnes of honey to the ...
Healthcare: Bulgarian health minister: Drugs availability part of regional cooperation
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Bulgaria and Romania will soon sign an intergovernmental agreement to jointly negotiate the pricing and availability of medicines with pharmaceutical companies, Bulgarian Health Minister Petar Moskov said in an interview with EurActiv.com. Moskov spoke to EurActiv.com’s Sarantis Michalopoulos at the Patient Access Partnership (PACT)conference in ...
SEPHAR III study: Over 45% of Romania’s adult population suffers from high blood pressure
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Slightly over 45% of Romania’s adult population suffers from high blood pressure, the figure being 5 percentage points higher than five years ago, according to the SEPHAR III study conducted by the Romanian Society of Hypertension (SRH). “Relative to Romania’s population, it means that, in 2016, an estimated 7.4 million people suffer from hypertension – the primary risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, which are ...
New Hepatitis C drug helps Romanian pharma market grow 16.3% y/y in Q2
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Romania's pharmaceuticals market expanded by 16.3% on the year to 3.29 billion lei ($830 million/739 million euro) for the second quarter of 2016, mostly due to a subsidized sales of a new Hepatitis C drug, a survey by market researcher Cegedim Romania showed on Monda, seenews.com informs. "Market growth in the second quarter of 2016 was due to two reasons: firstly, the market value for the second quarter of 2015 was unusually small, due to lower ...
Agriculture: Ministry of Agriculture: Pesticide residues in Romanian fruit and vegetables are not dangerous for consumers
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Vegetables and fruits produced in Romania are controlled for pesticide residues, according to European provisions and does not represent a risk for consumers, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR) announced in a press release. “Vegetables and fruits produced in Romania are controlled for pesticide residues according to European provisions. Inspectors from phytosanitary offices pick up samples according to a calendar and send ...
Harghita: Bee growers say they had worst production of last 60 years
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Harghita bee growers say they were faced with a very difficult year with the worst production of the last 50-60 years because of bad weather. Adam Iozsef, the representative of bee growers in Odorhei area declared that despite the moderate cold season which allowed an easy winter, the months that followed were a disaster with cold weather and did not allow the good development of bees. Moreover, because of the rainy weather the production of r honey ...
Statistics: Slaughtered pigs in Romania advanced in July 2016
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
The number of slaughtered pigs in Romania advanced in July 2016 on a monthly basis, while the number of slaughtered cattle, sheep, goats and poultries declined, according to data with the National Statistics Institute (INS) released on Friday. The number of ...
Romania is among the top three barley exporters in European Union
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Over the last several seasons share of Romania in the EU barley production was no higher than 3%, but the role of the country in the exports of barley from EU is constantly growing, blackseagrain.net reads. Having gathered not the highest barley crop in 2015 (1600 KMT or 6% compared to the crop of 2014), Romania was able to export its record volume that was +16% to the result of the previous season and secure the third place on the list of top three EU barley ...
Real Estate: Luxury home sales increased spectacularly in the past 5 years
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Luxury home sales increased spectacularly in the past 5 years and account for 5 percent of the overall real estate market, despite 30 percent of the properties having been listed with pricea over one million euros, a recent study released by a real estate company shows. Romanians earning high incomes and expats working in multinational companies are the main buyers. According to the study released by Regatta Real Estate, the most recent trend to be ...
Telecom. IT : iPhone 7 to be launched in Romania on September 23
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus will arrive in Romania on September 23 and prices will start at EUR 649, business-review.eu informs. Apple unveiled its next generation smartphones at its annual event in San Francisco on Wednesday evening. The iPhone 7 will have its official launch on September 13 in 30 countries. Although Romania is not a part of the group of countries where the phone will be launched first, the iPhone will arrive only one week ...
Telekom Romania announces new MagentaOne benefits
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Telekom Romania Communications announces a new set of benefits for the MagentaOne bundles launched two years ago in Romania through a communication campaign centred around a 'dad-hero' character when it comes to family entertainment and communication, telecompaper.com informs. The campaign that unfolds under the #1Dad label, calls for all dads in Romania to rely on Magenta One for the experience in entertainment and communication for their ...
Cars: APIA: Sales of electric and hybrid cars increased to 402, in January-July 2016
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Sales of electric and hybrid cars increased by 62.09 percent, to 402, in January-July 2016, compared with 246 sold during the same period in the previous year, data with the Romanian Automotive Manufacturers and Importers Association (APIA) show. According to the same data, Toyota was the best-selling brand, with 258 sold units. According to official data, January-July 2016, ecological car sales were 0.7 percent of the overall car sales in the ...
Tourism : Romanians prefer to spend their summer vacations abroad, decided to go in Greece or to Tenerife
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Most of the Romanians that chose to spend their summer vacations abroad, decided to go in Greece (Crete, Zakynthos, Santorini, Corfu) or to Tenerife, while the perfect destinations for a city break remained the big European cities - Rome, Paris, Barcelona and Venice, according to an online travel agency analysis, sent on ...
Trade: A third of supermarkets, hypermarkets and discount stores are in Bucharest
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
About a third of supermarkets, hypermarkets and discount stores are in Bucharest, retailers taking advantage of higher incomes of inhabitants and their number. About 10% of the population lives in Bucharest but the average salary is about 60% higher than the national average - about 400 euros net salary per month. Moreover, the most important companies in the country are located there and the Capital is the most important business centre in ...