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Cars: January-May vehicle sales in Romania increased by 6.9pct year on year
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
The January-May vehicle sales in Romania increased by 6.9pct year on year to 46,222 units, while the national production decreased by 6.9pct against the same period of 2015, say the data published on Tuesday by the Automotive Manufacturers and Importers Association ...
Infrastructure : Transport Minister participated at the TEN-T Days 2016 event in Rotterdam
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Transport Minister Dan Costescu coordinated the promotion of 16 infrastructure projects of companies subordinate to his ministry, for possible financing under the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the core of the Investment Plan for Europe known as the Juncker ...
TAROM connects regional Romania to Madrid
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
TAROM launched flights between Iasi (IAS) ...
Commissioner Cretu urges Transport Minister to accelerate the implementation of projects financed from ESIFs
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
European Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu wrote on Thursday to Romania's Transport Minister Dan Costescu, urging him to accelerate the implementation of relevant projects financed from the European structural and investment funds (ESIFs). Cretu expressed her concern over delays in 2007-2013 transportation projects and on the lack of new projects for ...
Agriculture : Eurostat: Romania hit over 6 pct in the production of fruits and vegetables in the EU
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Romania harvested over 6 percent of the total amount of fruits and berries and over 7 percent of the total vegetables harvested for the EU in 2015, according to Eurosta quoted by business-review.eu. Published on June 22 2016, the dataset shows that Romania’s total EU production area shares of fruits and berries (peaches, strawberries, cherries and apples) reached 6.3 percent, whereas the EU production area shares for vegetables (tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots and ...
Romania's wheat and meslin exports in Q1 2016 increased 24.5 pct y-o-y
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Romania's wheat and meslin exports in Q1 2016 increased 24.5 pct y-o-y, while corn exports dropped by almost 36 percent from the same reference period, shows data of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Relations with the Business ...
Telecom. IT : Romania serious network incidents fall 22% in 2015
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
The number of serious incidents on Romanian telecom networks fell by 22 percent last year, according to report from regulator Ancom quoted by telecompaper.com. A total 281 incidents affecting the security and integrity of networks were recorded, affecting around 6.4 million connections, down 27 percent on 2014. Mobile (2.7 mln) and mobile internet (2.5 mln) connections were the most affected, while only about 660,000 fixed telephony and 350,000 fixed broadband connections ...
Vodafone Romania starts prepaid international offer campaign
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Vodafone Romania launched a new offer for prepaid customers called 'Bye bye distance'. Customers buying its 'Extra offer 7' get 500 international minutes within the EU, 10 GB of data and 2,000 units to use on calls, SMS or data, telecompaper.com informs. They also receive 50 minutes for roaming and free access to the digital music service Zonga, all for EUR 7 for five weeks. For EUR 12, the allowance increases to 700 international minutes, 15 GB data, 4,500 units, unlimited minutes ...
Infrastructure: Chiper: We want public-private partnership to rehabilitate Constanta - Mangalia route
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Romanian authorities want a public-private partnership with funds of Juncker Plan to modernize Constanta - Mangalia route. Investments are estimated at 160 million euros, according to the Marius Chiper, CEO at CFR Infrastructure. “We have a rough estimate of 160 million euros, but we do not have a feasibility study or a cost-benefit analysis to confirm the amount. It is just an overall estimate,” Chiper said. The ...
Wizz Air launches a new route Cluj Napoca – Malaga (Spain) starting with August
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
The air company Wizz Air will launch starting with 2 August a new route Cluj-Napoca –Malaga (Spain) with a frequency of two flights per week on Tuesday and Saturday. According to a press release of the International Airport Avram Iancu Cluj sent on Friday, the new route will be operated along the year, with a aircraft Airbus A320 of 180 seats. ‘The International airport Avram Iancu Cluj announces that, starting with ...
Trade: Romania has lowest prices for bread in EU and Europe
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Prices for bread and cereals in Romania are 53% of the average registered in EU, bring the lowest prices in the 38 European states included in a study made by Eurostat in 2015. Even in countries like Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia Herzegovina and Kosovo bread prices are higher than in Romania, reported to the EU average. For instance, food prices in EU varied in 2015, between 63% of the EU average in Poland and 145% in ...
The Romanians pay on average 1,300 lei to buy a smartwatch ( analysis)
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
The Romanians pay on average 1,300 lei to get a smartwatch, the sale of such gadgets being three times bigger in 2015 against the previous year, says a market analysis published by a retailer specialised on online sales. ‘Smartwatches get attention among the technology passionates and start to occupy an increased share in the sales of retailers in Romania. Only last year they meant an advance of 340% against the level recorded by Quick Mobile in ...
Tourism : In Q I 2016, the non-resident tourists arrived in Romania spent on average 2684.9 lei/ per person
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
- In Quarter I 2016, the total number of non-residents in collective tourist accommodation *) was 414.0 thousand and their expenditure amounted per total to 1111.4 million lei. A number of 414,000 non-resident tourists were accommodated in ...
Real estate: Romania, the most attractive market of CEE for investments in office spaces
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Romania is the most attractive market of the Central and Eastern Europe for investments in office spaces, and its capital city, Bucharest, has recorded in 2015 the largest area of square metres rented in the region, except for Warsaw, on Thursday said Mihai Paduroiu, real estate expert with the CBRE Romania, in a specialist ...
Healthcare: 60 percent of deaths in Romania in 2012-2014 were triggered by cardiovascular conditions
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Romanians are more concerned about cancer than cardiovascular diseases, although cardiovascular mortality is the higher, Chairman of the Romanian Cardiology Society Gabriel Tatu-Chitoiu told the signing ceremony on Thursday of a cooperation protocol between the Alliance of Romania's Chronic Patients and the Romanian Heart ...
Agriculture: Pahontu (Romsilva): Virgin forests in Romania will be included in national catalogue
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Virgin forests in Romania, occupying 200,000 - 300,000 hectares, will be included in a national catalogue of virgin forests, after being verified in point of criteria and validated by specialists, the new general manager of the National Forest Company (RNP) - Romsilva, Ciprian Pahontu announced. “Every area on the list will be visited and criteria will be checked. We have virgin forests throughout the country, but especially in the south-western ...
Romanian beekeepers ask the Agriculture Ministry to support them to face the desperate situation of this year
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
The Romanian beekeepers ask the Agriculture Ministry to support them to face the desperate situation of this year, when rains in excess and bad weather have slashed significantly the honey production and affected the beehives; they say 2016 will be a disaster, perhaps the worst in the past 30 ...
Government: 110.5 million euro in financial aid to farmers for the crop sector, for the 2015
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
The Government approved on Thursday 110.5 million euro in financial aid to farmers, payable in the form of transitional national aid and coupled support schemes for the crop sector, for the 2015 disbursement year. The Government approved a ...
Cars: Ferrari, Lamborghini or Porsche, on the Romanians’ list of favourits, during the first five months of 2016
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Expensive cars such as Ferrari, Lamborghini or Porsche are on the list of favourites of the Romanian drivers, in the first five months of this year, says the statistics of the DRPCIV. ( the department for driving licences and registration of vehicles). According to the data, in the interval January – May 2016 the Smart brand had 783 units both new and second hand up by 11.38% against the first five months of the previous year. From the total, 149 ...
Dacia car sales in EU went up by 13% in May
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
In May, Dacia car sales went up by 13% in Europe (EU plus EFTA) and the market share of the automobile manufacturer maintained at 2.8%, according to statistics of the European Automobile Manufacturers Association. There were 37,049 Dacia cars were registered in Europe in May, on the rise compared to May 2015 (32,777 cars). The French groups Renault and PSA Peugeot Citroen reported sale increases of 27.9% and 17.6% while the ...