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Cars : Motor vehicle sales surged by 14.4 per cent year on year to 36,053 units in January - April
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Motor vehicle sales surged by 14.4 per cent year on year to 36,053 units in January - April, while the relevant domestic production decreased by 6.4pct, according to data released Wednesday by Romania's Automotive Manufacturers and Importers Association (APIA). By categories, car sales advanced by 9.4pct compared to the similar period of 2015, to 27,993 units or ...
Tourism: Minister Vrinceanu: Romanian investments in tourism are growing; the number of French tourists dropped
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
More and more Romanian entrepreneurs invest in tourism, especially in the spa one but, even so, there is a drop in the number of French tourists who come to Romania, stated on Friday Claudiu Vrinceanu, state secretary for tourism in the ministry of economy, commerce and relations with the business environment. ‘More and more Romanian entrepreneurs invest in tourism. We have good news. Lately, we have met portfolio investments, on the area of spa, ...
Agriculture : Minister Irimescu: Saveni cheddar cheese and Plescoi sausages will join the list of Romanian products protected at European level
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
The Saveni cheddar cheese and Plescoi sausages will join as soon as possible the list of Romanian products protected at European level, after Topoloveni Plum Jam, Sibiu Salami and Ibanesti feta cheese, Minister of Agriculture Achim Irimescu announced on Sunday on Pro ...
AgriMin Irimescu wants Romanian food on China's market
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
China's market is huge, and Romanian wants there the broadest possible range of its agri-food products, while Chinese know-how reaches Romania, Agriculture Minister Achim Irimescu asserted in a Tuesday's meeting with a Chinese delegation led by Beijing Deputy Mayor Lin Keqing.The minister reminded the longtime collaboration between Romania and China, especially in agriculture and trade, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR) mentioned in a ...
Healthcare: Gov't pays the access to international registry of blood stem cell donors
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
The Romanian Government on Wednesday approved the payment of 7,547 euros in fees and dues for 2016 to allow for the interconnection of Romania's specialist organisations with similar international ones in the areas of voluntary blood stem cell donors. The ...
Telecom.IT : Users of mobile phones in Romania advanced by nearly one percent in 2015
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
The number of active users of mobile phones in Romania advanced by nearly one percent in 2015 to 23.1 million; 12.5 million of them used prepaid cards, and 10.7 million were on subscription, according to a report released Monday by National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communication president Catalin ...
Mobile phone users in Romania: 23.1 million at end-2015
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
The number of active users of mobile phones in Romania advanced by nearly one per cent in 2015 to 23.1 million; 12.5 million of them used prepaid cards, and 10.7 million were on subscription, according to a report released Monday by National Authority for Management and Regulation in Communication president Catalin Marinescu. Subscriptions advanced, however, ...
Romania's fixed internet connections up 0.3 mln in 2015
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Romanian operator's fixed broadband internet connections grew by more than 300,000 or 6.1 percent in 2015 to 4.3 million compared to end-2014, according to Ancom’s statistical data report quoted by telecompaper.com By means of fixed broadband connections, the users achieved a total traffic of 4.5 million TB in 2015, averaging ...
Cars: New vehicle registrations in Romania advanced nearly 20 percent in April 2016
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
New vehicle registrations in Romania advanced nearly 20 percent in April 2016, to 9,737 units, from the same period of the year before, according to data released by the Department for Driving Licenses and Motor Vehicle Registration ...
112,300 new and used vehicles were registered in Romania in the first four months of 2016
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Nearly 112,300 new and used vehicles were registered in Romania in the first four months of 2016, up almost 20 percent from the same period of the year before, according to data with the Department for Diving Licences and Vehicle Registration (DRPCIV) released on ...
Trade: Wholesale, retail trade and maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles , up 15.4 percent in Q1, 2016
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Wholesale as well as retail trade and maintenance and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles in Romania were up 15.4 percent in Q1, 2016 in unadjusted terms from the similar quarter of 2015, with trade in motorcycles, spares and accessories thereof, including maintenance and repair of motorcycles recording the highest increase. According to data with the National ...
Infrastructure : EC is recommending Romania to keep its transport masterplan as agreed
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
The European Commission is recommending Romania to keep its transport masterplan as agreed by the Romanian Government with the European Commission and the World Bank, European Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu said Tuesday at the Romanian ...
TAROM launched a new route, Bucharest - Hamburg
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
National airline TAROM launched on Monday a new route, Bucharest - Hamburg, for prices starting at 95 euros. According to a TAROM press release, the inaugural ...
Real estate: The residential market in Romania is underdeveloped in 2016
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
The residential market in Romania is underdeveloped in 2016 and investors will continue to acquire land for development on a long term, according to a report of the real estate consultant DTZ Echinox. 2016 started with a significant trading for the land market of Bucharest. Vastint,Swedish investor acquired a surface of 48 ha inBaneasa – Sisesti for a mixed project (mainly residential). As a total, in Q1 2016 land with commercial destination worth 35 million euro, ...
Real estate market radically changed after economic crisis
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
The economic crisis brought drastic changes in the real estate market, half of apartment demands having in view apartments of up to 60,000 euros while in 2008 about 70% of buyers were interested in more properties more expensive than 100,000 euros, according to a study made by imobiliare.ro. In the last 5-6 years, the share of buyers with budgets over 100,000 euros dropped significantly, to 18% of total. At present, 21% of customers would be in the ...
Trade: Elefant.ro launches abroad, opening online shops in Moldova
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Elefant.ro, one of the largest online retailers in Romania was officially launched in Moldova on May 5. The brand will be present in Chisinau with the online shop and with a “physical” delivery point. Elefant.ro started as an online library in 2010, but now has several additional product lines including furniture, cosmetics, watches and laptops. Moldova is the first country where elefant.ro expands its operations, six years since the ...
Telecom.IT : Over 2.3 million mobile phone numbers ported in Romania. RDS&RCS April market leader (ANCOM)
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
About 2.3 million mobile phone numbers have been ported since 2008 to the present day. 65,173 numbers were ported in April 2016, most of them in the RCS&RDS network, according to ANCOM data. According to the source, 65,173 mobile phone numbers were ported, of which 31,467 in RCS&RDS network, 14,511 in Orange , 12, 260 in Vodafone, 4.856 in Telekom Romania Mobile Communications and 2,076 in Telekom Romania Communications. ANCOM points out that ...
Vodafone Romania launches 'Cartela verde' prepaid brand
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Vodafone Romania discretely launched a new prepaid brand at the end of 2015, writes local paper Ziarul Financiar citing Vodafone's representatives. Named ' (Green prepaid card)', the product is aimed at end-users who are only interested in using minutes for national voice calls and national SMS. This segment numbers several million customers, market analysts say, telecompaper.com says. Available only in a few regions of the country, the product ...
Infrastructure: New air company will fly to Istanbul from Cluj International Airport
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Pegasus Airlines will operate, as of June 2, regular flights from Cluj International Airport to Istanbul, Turkey, three times a week. According to a press release of Cluj International Airport, the flights announced by Pegasus Airlines to Istanbul will be operated on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from the second largest Turkish airport, Sabiha Gokcen International Airport. This airport is one of the international airports ...
EC approved 31,5 million euro for the rehabilitation of road connections
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
The European Commission on Wednesday approved financing the rehabilitation of road connections Targu Mures - Reghin and Reghin - Saratel, part of National Road 15 and National Road 15A, with an eligible value exceeding 31 million euros, the European Commission informed in a ...