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Agriculture: Wood harvested in 2015 has increased by 1.4 percent
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
The volume of wood harvested in 2015 has increased by 1.4 percent to 18.133 million cubic metres from 17.889 million cubic metres in 2014, according to data released on Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics ...
Telecom.IT: 60% software programs installed without licence in 2015, 2% less than in 2013
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
The level of software programs installed on computers without licence was 60% in 2015 in Romania, indicating a 2% drop compared to 2013, according to the study Seizing Opportunity through License compliance. According to the latest global study referring to BSA software, computer users in Romania use software without license at alarming rates, despite the fact that a close relation was proved between unlicensed software and information attacks. The ...
Infrastructure : Supplementary frequency Lufthansa on the route Cluj-Napoca - Munich
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
The international airport Avram Iancu Cluj announces supplementary frequency for the route Cluj-Napoca- Munich – Cluj Napoca against the two existing now. Thus, between 23 May – 2 June the LH 1671 flight will be operated on Monday, Tuesday, Wendsday and Thursday, between 3 June – 16 September the flight LH 1671 will be operated on Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and between 17 September – 29 October the flight LH ...
Telecom.IT: Allied Telesis Launches Compact, Ruggedized VPN Firewall for Deployment in Harsh Environments
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
High throughput and strong security features make the AT-AR2010V VPN firewall the ideal choice for remote, high-performance deployments, such as those found in transportation, retail, manufacturing, and many other IoT applications, a press release sent to ACTMedia informs. Allied Telesis, a leading provider of hardware and software products that allow customers to build secure, feature rich and highly-scalable data exchange solutions, today announced ...
Romanian sites victims of cybersecurity incidents exceeded 17,000 in 2015
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
The number of Romanian sites victims of cybersecurity incidents exceeded 17,000 in 2015, up 58 percent from 2014, according to Communications Minister Marius ...
The 2007 - 2013 budget for RO-NET project was rescheduled
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
European Commissioner Corina Cretu (Regional Policy) on Wednesday approved the rescheduling of the 2007 - 2013 budget RO-NET project on the construction of a national broadband Internet network in disadvantaged areas of Romania, by using the structural funds, because the works scheduled in the initial project could not be completed by the end of 2015 due to the delays in the ...
Orange Romania launches 'Summer Well' app
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Orange Romania launched an app dedicated to fans of its 'Summer Well' music festival which this year will take place on 13-14 August at 'Domeniul Stirbey' in Buftea, a suburb of the capital Bucharest, telecompapr.com reports. App users can buy discount tickets, have exclusive access to the 'I'm with the band' programme and find all relevant information about the event such as line-up and schedule of music ...
Agriculture : 2016 International Wine Contest Bucharest (IWCB) started last Thursday in Focsani
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
The 2016 International Wine Contest Bucharest (IWCB), now in its 13th year, debuted on last Thursday in Focsani. Turned itinerant as of this year, IWCB moved to ...
Government approved more than 300 ml euro for aid payments to the livestock sector
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
The government approved on Friday more than 300 ml euro in funding required for agriculture aid payments to the livestock sector. According to a government release, the figure refers to the caps allocated for the national transitional aid and the coupled support schemes in ...
Trade: E-commerce market of Romania worth 8.4 bln lei; 89 pct of Romanians still pay cash
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
The value of the e-commerce market in Romania has reached, in 2015, 8.4 billion lei, a 31 percent increase year-over-year, while most Romanians (89 percent) still opt for cash payment of ordered products or services, show the estimates of the online payment processor PayU Romania. Concurrently, in the period between April 2015 — March 2016, the online ...
Healthcare: Regina Maria takes over clinics in western Romania marking third acquisition in 2 months
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Regina Maria, the private healthcare services provider owned by Mid Europa Partners, has taken over the medical centers Dr.Grigoras in western Romania, business-review.eu reads. The company said the acquisition is part of its expansion strategy in this part of the country. Regina Maria had opened its own clinic in Timisoara city six months ago. “Even though we have entered on this market later, Timisoara is a key city for ...
Tourism: Paralela 45 to invest EUR 250,000 in Best Western Stil hotel modernization
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Paralela 45, Romanian travel agency owning the Best Western Stil hotel announced its plans to invest EUR 250,000 this year into modernization works of the building, business-review.eu informs. The four star hotel, situated in the northern part of Bucharest, was acquired in 2007 by the travel agency’s president, Alin Burcea, for EUR 3.5 million. At the time, the owner invested a further EUR 120,000 into its modernization. This new wave of works ...
Telecom. IT: Romania IT revenues up 21% to USD 3 bln in 2015
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
The turnover of Romania's software and IT services segment rose by 21 percent to USD 3.08 billion in 2015, according to the association of the software industry and services (Anis), telecompaper.com informs. The 2015 turnover passed the growth forecast announced in the previous edition of an Anis study, estimated at about 14 percent. The growth trend is further maintained, with the forecast for 2016 being of over 17 percent, which will raise the ...
Romania's broadband mobile connections up 22% in 2015
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Broadband mobile connections in Romania grew by 22 percent year-on-year to 14.7 million in 2015, according to a report by telecommunications authority Ancom, telecompaper.com reports. Broadband mobile penetration rate per 100 inhabitants reached 74 percent, that's over 13 percent more than at end-2014. Some 9 million out of the 14.7 million broadband mobile connections are postpaid, up by 40 percent year-on-year, whereas prepaid card-based connections ...
Subscribers to audiovisual program retransmission services topped 7 million at the end of 2015
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
The number of Romanian subscribers to audiovisual program retransmission services topped 7 million at the end of 2015, marking an annual growth of 4 percent; most of them (65 percent) are cable subscribers, shows the 2015 Integrated Statistical Report on the Romanian Electronic Communications Market published on Thursday by the National Communications Administration and Regulation ...
Infrastructure : Bulgaria-Romania Danube Bridge 2 Generates EUR 43 M in Revenue since Launch
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Danube Bridge 2 linking Bulgaria’s Vidin with Kalafat in Romania has generated revenue of EUR 43 M since opening for road and rail traffic in the middle of June 2013, Bulgarian Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski has said quoted by novinite.com. Nearly 1.8 milllion vehicles have crossed the Danube in both directions between July 2013 and the beginning of May 2016, Moskovski said in a written reply ...
Minister Borc: Infrastructure lost Romania Daimler engine factory
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Sebes was not a serious candidate for Daimler's new engine factory due to the poor infrastructure, according to economy minister Costin Borc, just-auto.com reported, citing Ziarul ...
Real estate: FM Logistics puts EUR 5 million in Romania warehouse expansion
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
The Romanian subsidiary of French group FM Logistics, which provides transport and warehousing services, has expanded its warehouse platform in Petresti following a EUR 5 million investment. The company has increased its platform by 10,000 sqm to 30,000 sqm in total, according to wall-street.ro ...
Healthcare: Doctors in Romania prescrib more expensive drugs influenced by the big marketing budgets of pharma companies
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Doctors in Romania are prescribing more expensive drugs influenced by the big marketing budgets of pharma companies, Chairman of the Competition Council Bogdan Chiritoiu told a 2015 activity report meeting on ...
Agriculture : IER: 97 per cent of Romanian farmers are ineligible for the National Rural Development Programme
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
European Institute of Romania (IER) director Gabriela Dragan says 97 per cent of Romanian farmers are ineligible for the National Rural Development Programme, as the rural areas are highly ...