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Agriculture : Statistics: Cattle and poultry slaughter in Romania in June 2016 declined for all species
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Cattle and poultry slaughter in Romania in June 2016 declined for all species, while carcass weight increased only for bovines, according to data released on Monday by the National Institute of Statistics ...
Cars: Logan,Duster and Sandero in top 25 the best sold models in Russia
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Duster, Logan and Sandero were in top of the best sold 25 models in Russia according to the data published on Monday by the Association of European Businesses (AEB), but the deliveries of cars and vans on this market dropped by 16.6% at 109.410 units, as there are issues in the economy and the rouble went down, Reuters says. Last month, the first in the top of the best sold cars in Russia was Solaris from Hyundai (7,904units) followed by Rio from Kia ...
As many as 175,317 cars registered in Romania in H1, up 19.2pct
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Car registrations in Romania increased by 19.2pct from January to June 2016, up to 175,317 units, from 147,139 units, reported in the first six months of 2015, show the data released on Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). According to the statistics, on the total segment of road vehicles for the passenger transport there is an increase in new registrations by 4.9pct to 180,275 units. Official statistics reveal ...
Tourism : The tourists’ overnight stays in the establishments of tourists’ reception increased by 3.7% in June 2016
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
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’ ...
ANT and Google Romania to start off in September 2016 a Digital Tourism Workshop caravan
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Romania's National Travel Authority (ANT) and Google Romania will start off in September 2016 a Digital Tourism Workshop caravan, ANT reported on Monday in a press statement posted on its ...
Real Estate: 456,070 real estate deals were recorded nationally in the first six months of 2016
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
A number of 456,070 real estate deals were recorded nationally in the first six months of 2016, up by 40,000 compared to January-June 2015, informs on Wednesday the National Agency for Cadastre and Real Estate ...
Trade: A person spent an average of 7.4 lei/month on alcoholic beverages
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
A person spent on the average 7.4 lei/month on alcoholic beverages last year, which shows a consumption of 1.454 litres, beer being most appreciated by Romanians, according to a publication of the National Statistics Institute (INS). According to INS data, a person consumed a monthly average of 0.233 l of wine (1.85 lei), 1.167 l of beer (4.34 lei) and 0.038 l of plum brandy (0.67 lei). In point of consumer categories, the largest quantity of alcoholic ...
One Romanian ate 157 g of chocolate on the average in 2015
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
A person consumed an average of 157 grams of chocolate, candy, Turkish delight and other sweets, which cost 3.17 lei, according to INS. The largest consumption was made by employees - 175 grams/month and lowest by unemployed - 106 grams. As for jam, jelly beans and canned fruit, INS data show that a person consumed 20 grams/month on the average. According to the institute, a Romanian ate 61 grams of ice ...
A household spent on average 53.73 lei monthly for clothes and 43.21 lei for footwear in 2015
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
A household spent on average 53.73 lei monthly for clothes and 43.21 lei for footwear in 2015 shows a publication of the National Institute for Statistics (INS). Thus, for garments 37.97 lei were spent, for knitwear – 9.22 lei and for stockings and socks – 4.86 lei. For clothes, the largest sum was spent by households of employees, 82.69 lei monthly, at the other end being the unemployed households with 25,38 ...
Consumption of coffee, tea and cocoa in Romania in 2015 was 163 grams per capita
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Per capita monthly consumption of coffee, tea and cocoa in Romania in 2015 was 163 grams, which gives an average spending on them of 6.28 lei, according to data with the National Institute of Statistics (INS).The highest monthly consumption, of 184 grams, was ...
Agriculture : Romania, interested in transfer of Argentinean farm research, genetics know-how
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Romania is interested in a transfer of Argentina's know-how in farm research and genetics as well as farm management and associations, given Argentina's experience of more than 150 years, Romania's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Achim Irimescu told Agerpres on an official visit to Buenos Aires. "Romania is interested in know-how ...
Telecom.IT: Romania gets 42% more user complaints in H1
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Romania's telecommunications authority received and settled more than 1,310 complaints from the communications users in Romania in the first half of 2016, 42 percent more compared to the first half of last year, telecompaper.com reports. Out of all the service categories (telephony, internet, audio-visual programme retransmission, postal services), most of the complaints received by the authority in the first six months refer to mobile ...
Statistics: PC increased to 47.2 per 100 households
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Personal computer ownership in Romania increased to 47.2 per 100 households, from 43.8 in 2014, the National Institute of Statistics (INS) says in a report.Internet connection was 43.4 per 100 households, up from 39.1 in 2014. At the same time, there were 165.2 mobile phones per 100 households in Romania and 24.8 landline phones per 100 households. There were also 11.2 CD players per 100 households, down from 11.4 in 2014.Ownership of reel-to-reel ...
Cars: The leasing market reached 57,000 units in H1 2016
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
The operational leasing market reached 57,000 units under management in H1 2016, up by 10pct compared to the same period of last year, according to the data centralized by the Association of Operational Leasing Companies (ASLO) and released on ...
Health: A million Romanians suffer from cardiac insufficiency
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
About one million Romanians suffer from cardiac insufficiency (CI) and about 25,000 persons are diagnosed every year with this disease, while 9 out of 10 do not know they suffer from it, said Dr Marius Geanta, co-founder and president of the Centre for Innovation in Medicine. Cardiac insufficiency is the first cause of admission in hospitals in Romania and survival 5 years after diagnosis is lower than in most forms of cancer. Data were extracted from ...
500 nurses and doctors in 75 emergency hospitals have been trained in a 28-month Romanian-Swiss project
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
More than 500 nurses and doctors in 75 emergency hospitals have been trained for patient triage, emergency ward management, research and publishing of scientific articles, in a 28-month Romanian-Swiss project summarized on Thursday by Interior Ministry State Secretary Raed ...
Real estate: Brexit revives Romanian real estate market
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
In June and July, searches for properties recorded by Romanian users settled in Great Britain increased by over 63% compared to the similar period of 2015, imobiliare.ro informs. This is the biggest increase in the mentioned period of time for the interest from abroad in the local real estate market. Searches outside Romania have grown by 25%. Germany ranks second in the top of increases (+33%), followed by France (+26%), Spain ...
Infrastructure: Tarom launches special offer for Rome, Vienna, Athens, Salonika, Prague , Stockholm
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
State owned air company Tarom, launched on last Thursday an offer for flights from Bucharest to Rome and Vienna, a return ticket being 79 euros. The Tarom offer also includes flights to Athens, Salonika, Prague and Stockholm at the price of 99 euros/ return ticket. Tickets have been sold since July 28-31. The offer is valid for return trips over October 1-31, 2016 for flights operated by Tarom and has terms and conditions like ...
Wizz Air launches new routes Bucharest -Hanover (Germany) and Bucharest - Billund (Denmark)
Tuesday, August 2, 2016
Wizz Air, the leader of the local air transport market, introduces new routes from Bucharest to Hanover (Germany) and Billund (Denmark) as of December 13 and 16, with two flights a week on Tuesday and Saturday, and respectively on Monday and Friday. Tickets for the new routes are already available on the company website and can be booked starting from 109 lei. Billund is the home of Lego Group and is known for Legoland theme ...
Infrastructure : Transport trade unions in Romania call for freeze of RCA insurance prices
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Transport trade unions in Romania have asked the Government to freeze the mandatory RCA insurance prices calculated by the Financial Supervision Authority (ASF) in June 2016, business-review.eu informs. They say those tariffs offer financial stability on the RCA market. In the trucks category, all the vehicles with a maximum authorized weight up to 3.5 tones, no matter the bonus class-malus, will pay a bonus of RON 1,117 per 12 months and the ...